Tomoya Nakamura & Tao Tsuchiya cast in NHK drama “Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai”

Tomoya Nakamura and Tao Tsuchiya are cast in NHK drama series “Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai.” Drama series is based on manga series “Shrink: Seishinkai Yowai” by Jin Nanami & illustrated by Tsukiko. Story for “Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai” will be set at a small psychiatry clinic in a back alley within Shinjuku. Tomoya Nakamura will play Psychiatrist Konosuke Yowai and Tao Tsuchiya will play Nurse Yuri Amamiya.

“Shrink: Psychiatrist Yowai” will consist of 3 episodes and first air August 31, 2024 in Japan.

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Konosuke Yowai (Tomoya Nakamura) is a psychiatrist and he runs his own small psychiatric clinic in a back alley in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. He listens to his patients carefully and faces their symptoms patiently. He can identify the names of illnesses that other doctors fail to do and he gives hope to his patients. He has a staff nurse, Yuri Amamiya (Tao Tsuchiya), who is working in the psychiatry department for the first time. She is fascinated by the depth of the psychiatric treatments administered by Konosuke Yowai, but she is unaware of Konosuke Yowai’s own tragic past.