TBS Television’s “Dearest,” which mixes mystery with a love triangle story, was on Wednesday named the winner of the Grand Prix for a drama series at the Tokyo Drama Awards.
The annual awards for dramas broadcast during the past year are presented every October at the International Drama Festival in Tokyo. They are organized by the International Drama Festival in Tokyo Executive Committee. This year they were additionally the subject of a discussion streamed live on the TIFFCOM website site
The show sets up the key witness to a murder as a former lover of a detective on the case, as well as an object of romantic interest of a lawyer. He vows to protect her by whatever means necessary. Director Ayuko Tsukahara said that the 10-hour series holds the attention of the viewer with not only the love complications of the principals but also the classic whodunit…
