Fake News

Details

 * Title: フェイクニュース
 * Title (English): Fake News
 * Format: Tanpatsu
 * Genre: Drama
 * Episodes: 2
 * Broadcast network: NHK
 * Broadcast period: 2018-Oct-20 to 2018-Oct-27
 * Air time: Saturday 21:00

Synopsis
Shinonome Itsuki (Kitagawa Keiko) is a reporter on loan from a major newspaper to internet media. As ordered by the chief editor Usami Kanji (Arai Hirofumi), she starts collecting information in regards to an incident of budworm in instant food. The incident which started out from one man’s dubious post on social media eventually expands to disputes between companies. While getting targeted herself, Itsuki confronts the fake news as a reporter and continues her pursuit of truth.

Cast

 * Kitagawa Keiko as Shinonome Itsuki
 * Mitsuishi Ken as mysterious man
 * Nagayama Kento as Nishi Tsuyoshi
 * Yamoto Yuma as Amishima Fumito
 * Kaneko Daichi (金子大地) as student
 * Arai Hirofumi as Usami Kanji
 * Iwamatsu Ryo as Yatsumine Kohei
 * Sugimoto Tetta as Mogami Keiichi

Production Credits

 * Screenwriter: Nogi Akiko
 * Producer: Tsuchiya Katsuhiro (土屋勝裕)
 * Director: Horikirizono Kentaro (堀切園健太郎), Sasaki Yoshiharu (佐々木善春)
 * Music: Ushio Kensuke (牛尾憲輔)