Komori Koto (Hiroto/Yagira Yuya) is a normal, serious, kind protagonist who works in the city hall, and his younger brother Michito (Ryuta Bando) has autism spectrum disorder (known as ASD here). One day, in their peaceful daily life, a boy who calls himself “Lion” (Ozora Sato) arrives, and they become involved in an unexpected event.
The TBS Friday drama “Human” and “Suspense” are well balanced.the lion’s den‘ attracts attention for its high quality.
The delicate and detailed script was co-written by Koji Tokuo, a veteran screenwriter known for works such as “Ossan’s Love,” and Yoshino Ichinohe, a screenwriter making his first attempt at a serial drama, and gave it is two and a half hours. years to produce.It is said that
The designer and producer of this work is Yuka Matsumoto, who also worked on the plan for the popular TBS Tuesday drama, My Housekeeper Nagisa-san.
In this essay, which is the second part of the interview with Mr. Matsumoto,We asked Mr. Matsumoto about the thoughts he put into the project and how the unique collaboration of screenwriters came about..
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I wanted it to be “genderless” like a Korean drama.
――It seems that it took about two and a half years to develop the script for this work. I think this work perfectly balances the different genres of “human” and “suspense” while showing social issues like the diversity of ASD and abuse/neglect What was it about ?
Yuka Matsumoto (hereinafter referred to as Matsumoto P): First, the human element was strong. I like dramas like “Hito ni Yasashi” (Fuji TV/2002).The drama I did in my third year at the drama company was called “Three Dads” (2017).“If it’s going to be a Friday drama, I think it would be better to have a little more suspense.””, so I rewrote the proposal, submitted it, and it was approved.
From “Lion’s Lair” Episode 5 (C) TBS
— Many Japanese dramas are divided into genres, such as “suspense,” “human,” “social science,” and “romantic comedy.” I think this is easy for viewers to understand, and easy for producers to create, but if you look at Korean dramas, for example, even romantic comedies always show family and society the back. I think that’s where Korean dramas have a high level of maturity, and “Lion’s Lair” has a similar depth of story.
Matsumoto P: Actually, I also like Korean dramas. “Moving” (2023 / Disney Plus) has no genre, right?. It’s science fiction, it’s a war story, it’s a love story, it’s a parent-child story, and so on. I’ve always felt envious of sexless dramas like that.
So this time,When I decided to introduce an element of suspense, I thought it would be difficult, but I also thought, “I can do it in any genre.”. I created it as a human suspense story, but I thought it would be interesting to gradually reveal different aspects of the story.
