The Dream of Nepenthes

• Drama: The Dream of Nepenthes
• Romaji: Utsubokazura no Yume
• Japanese: ウツボカズラの夢
• Director: Yoshikazu Kaneko, Katsumi Ishikawa, Daisuke Ajiki
• Writer: Kiyomi Fujii, Yukari Nakamura
• Network: Fuji TV / Tokai TV
• Episodes: 8
• Release Date: August 5, 2017 -
• Runtime: Saturday 23:40-24:35（55 min.）
• Genre: Suspense
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Mifuyu (Mirai Shida) is a high school student. Her mother suffers from a severe illness, which causes Mifuyu to spend most of her time taking care of her mother and doing housework. She doesn't think about her future after high school.

One day, Mifuyu's mother dies. Her father brings his girlfiriend to their house and kicks Mifuyu out. Mifuyu goes to the home where her mother's cousin lives, which is an exclusive area of Tokyo.