Friday, October 16, 2009

FujiTV drama SP "Hanshin Awaji Daishinsai kara 15 nen Kobe Shinbun no Nanokakan"

Arashi member Sakurai Sho will be acting in the FujiTV documentary-drama SP "Hanshin Awaji Daishinsai kara 15 nen Kobe Shinbun no Nanokakan ~ Hisaichi ni ikita kisha tachi no tatakai" (temporary title) [15 years after the Hanshin Awaji Earthquake ~ The 7-day battle of Kobe News' reporters who lived in the disaster zone). This drama SP will be shown in Jan next year and is based on the true story of a reporter Mitsuyama Tomohiko who will also be making an appearance in the story.

Sakurai plays the role of Mitsuyama who is a reporter working in the photography department for the past 4 years when the earthquake struck in Jan 1995. As someone who was a victim of the natural disaster when their office building collapsed, Mitsuyama had to continue working on the news coverage of the earthquake for at least 7 days in a row without resting despite the tough circumstances.

The real-life Mitsuyama is now the chief of the photography department and the SP will include interviews with Mitsuyama and some of his fellow colleagues. All character names will also be taken from their real-life models.

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