Smiling Matryoshka (2024)★ 6.7/10

JP · June 28, 2024 · 1 seasons

• Mystery
• Thriller

Directed by: Kazuyuki Iwata, Hidenori Jôhô, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Yôko Asahina

Written by: Kazumasa Hayami, Yû Kanda, Yoshihiro Izumi, Shôhei Fukuda

Ichiro Seike (Sho Sakurai) is a popular, 43 year old politician. He has gained popularity for his impressive smile and liberal speech and behavior. He is expected to be a future prime minster candidate. He has a secretary, Toshiya Suzuki (Tetsuji Tamayama), who carefully works to guide him to the prime minister position. They look like a perfect match as a politician and his secretary, but Reporter Kanae Michiura (Asami Mizukawa) feels something is off about the relationship of these two. She begins to investigate their past and notices the mysterious deaths that have followed Ichiro Seike during his rise in politics. Her own father's death, who was also a reporter, is somehow connected to the politician's past.