Ryosuke Yamada is cast in NTV-YTV drama series “Labyrinth of Hortensia and the Minotaur.” Drama series is based on novel “Ichi Jigen no Sashiki” by Ryunosuke Matsushita. The screenplay will have Ryosuke Yamada play graduate student-researcher Haruka Nanase. He is tasked to examine the DNA for 200 year old skeletal remains excavated from India, but he finds a remarkable match with his missing stepsister. He attempts to unravel the baffling mystery.
“Labyrinth of Hortensia and the Minotaur” will first air July, 2026 in Japan.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Haruka Nanase (Ryosuke Yamada) is a graduate student studying genetics. Having lost his younger stepsister Shiori during a catastrophic flood, he has been unable to accept her death even as time has passed. He continues to believe that she is alive. One day, his professor asks Haruka Nanase to analyze the DNA of 200 year old human skeletal remains excavated in India. While examining the human skeletal remains, he finds a 100% DNA match with his stepsister Shiori. He is baffled by this seemingly impossible test result. Meanwhile, people related to the case are murdered one after the other. The human skeletal remains kept in the laboratory are also stolen. Chasing this mystery, which is somehow related to Shiori’s life, he steps into a vast darkness that connects the past and present.
