Name: Dearest
Genre: Romance, Thriller & Suspense, Crime & Mystery
Released: 2021-10-15
Rating: 9.2
Cast: Yuriko Yoshitaka, Matsushita Kouhei, Iura Arata, Minami Tanaka, Mitsuhiro Oikawa

Yuriko Yoshitaka is a Japanese actress born on July 22, 1988. In 2007, she had her breakout role after starring as a lead character in ‘Snakes and Earrings.’ She is well-known for role as Ririko kamata in ‘Tokyo Tarareba Girls.’

Yuriko Yoshitaka

Matsushita Kouhei is a Japanese singer and actor who was born on March 6, 1987, in Tokyo, Japan. While still a child, he hoped to emulate his mother and become an oil painter, but eventually also developed an interest in acting and music. He graduated from the Vocal Department of the SHOBI College of Music and began singing professionally in 2008. In 2012, he appeared in the drama “Will You Marry Me…Again?” He followed up with a role in “The Brothers Karamazov” in 2013 and more recently starred in the dramas “Familiar Wife” in 2021 and “Involvement in Family Affairs” (2022).

Matsushita Kouhei

Iura Arata, formerly known as ARATA, is a Japanese model, fashion designer, and actor. He was born in Tokyo, Japan, on September 15, 1974, and made his acting debut in 1998. Since then, he has appeared in a wide variety of films and television dramas, including “Parasite in Love” (2021).

Iura Arata

Minami Tanaka is a Japanese actress and former TV announcer who was born on November 23, 1986, in New York, the United States. She studied at Aoyama Gakuin University and joined the Japanese broadcaster TBS in 2009 as an announcer. She began acting in drama series titles in 2011, appearing in “Ikemen Desu ne.” Some of her more recent roles include “Daughter of Lupin” (2019) and “Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania” (2019).

Minami Tanaka

Mitsuhiro Oikawa

Ken Mitsuishi is a Japanese actor who was born on September 26, 1961, in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He made his acting debut in the late 1970s, making a name for himself in the 1980s, starring in movie titles like “Tora's Tropical Fever”&nbsp;(1980) and “Okinawan Boys”&nbsp;(1983). He has continued to act ever since, with appearances in movies such as “No Worries on the Recruit Front”&nbsp;(1991), “The Eel” (1997), “Tokyo Playboy Club” (2011), and the more recent film “A Beloved Wife”&nbsp;(2020).

Ken Mitsuishi

In 2006, Sanada Rio’s (Yuriko Yoshitaka) peaceful town was shaken to its core after one of the local townspeople went missing. Without enough evidence and information to go on, the case was never solved and the missing individual was never found. Though everyone in the town, including Sanada, eventually moved on with their lives, the case was never truly forgotten.

Fifteen years later, Sanada has grown into a hardworking businesswoman who has met with incredible success. A leader in her field, Sanada is proud of her accomplishments, and rightly so. But when the missing person from all those years ago suddenly reappears in her life, everything she’s worked so hard for begins to crumble around her. Suddenly a prime suspect in a case that now involves murder, Sanada soon finds herself coming face-to-face with Daiki Miyazaki (Kouhei Matsushita), the detective in charge of the case and her old flame.&nbsp;

Forced to face the ghosts of her past, Sanada’s memories begin to resurface, leaving her to wonder what happened all those years ago. Certain Sanada knows more than she’s letting on, will Daiki be able to prove her connection to the case or will his investigation prove her innocence?

Peppered with romance and mystery, “Dearest” is a 2021 Japanese mystery romance thriller drama directed by Ayuko Tsukahara, Takeyoshi Yamamoto, and Yoshiaki Murao.

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