Drama W Special Pandora Eien no Inochi

[Machine Translation] The latest WOWOW original drama series about the fate of people who opened "Pandora's Box" with a revolutionary invention! The fourth episode is a special drama about "cloning technology". A revolutionary invention gives birth to cloned human beings. Can humans have eternal life? What is the dignity of life? The ambitions of a tycoon politician and the speculations of the medical world are intricately intertwined around a mysterious murder case. Starring Masato Sakai. --Suzuki Gen (Sakai Masato), a brilliant medical scientist, makes a revolutionary discovery in cloning technology. Seven years later, Suzuki, now a local doctor, learns that Megumi Tashiro (Ayumi Ito), whom he had been searching for with a detective, has been found dead. She has a six-year-old son, Shinji ( Takahashi Kai ), and his younger sister, Natsumi ( Ono Machiko ), who has lost touch with the free-spirited Megumi for nearly ten years, takes him in. Unable to adjust to life with her sister's son, who suddenly appears on the scene, and due to her financial situation, Natsumi leaves the newborn in the care of Suzuki, who she meets at the hospital and claims to be his father. However, Natsumi feels uncomfortable with Suzuki's obsession with the newborn and decides to go with him. Meanwhile, Megumi's death is thought to be a homicide, and Tadatsugu Kuroiwa (Katsumi Takahashi), a lieutenant in the First Investigation Division, also focuses his attention on Suzuki. Sakakibara meets with Kuroiwa for an interview about Suzuki, and is astonished to learn of the existence of a newborn child. He suspects that Shinji is a "cloned human" using the technology discovered by Suzuki.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: making-of

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革命的な発明により、"パンドラの箱"を開いた人々の運命を描くWOWOWオリジナルドラマシリーズの最新作! 第4弾は"クローン技術"をテーマにしたスペシャルドラマ。革新的な発明によりクローン人間が誕生する。ヒトは永遠の命を手にできるのか? 命の尊厳は? 謎の殺人事件を軸に、大物政治家の野望、医学界の思惑が複雑に絡み合っていく。主演は堺雅人。 ――優秀な医学者・鈴木元 (堺雅人)は、クローン技術の革新的な発見をする。だが倫理上の問題から上司の榊原道隆 (伊武雅刀)から反対を受け衝突、大学の研究室を追われることに。7年後、地方の医者となっていた鈴木は、探偵を使って探していた田代めぐみ (伊藤歩)が遺体で見つかったことを知る。彼女には6歳の息子・新児 (高橋來)がおり、奔放なめぐみとは10年近く音信不通だった妹のなつみ (尾野真千子)が引き取ることに。突然現われた姉の息子との生活になじめず、経済的な事情もあり、なつみは病院で出会った父親を名乗る鈴木に新児を預ける。だが、鈴木の新児への執着に違和感を覚え、なつみも同行を決意。一方、めぐみの死は他殺と思われ、捜査一課の警部補・黒岩忠嗣 (高橋克実)も鈴木に着目する。鈴木に関する聴取で黒岩と面会した榊原は、新児の存在を知り驚愕。新児は、鈴木が発見した技術を使った"クローン人間"なのではと疑念を抱く。

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