Nakatani Miki to appear in "Beautiful Rain"

Nakatani Miki will join Toyokawa Etsushi and Ashida Mana in FujiTV's summer drama "Beautiful Rain" which marks the first time in 10 years since she acted in a drama from the TV station. Nakatani made her debut in 1993's "Hitotsu Yane no Shita" and was the lead actress in 2002's "Renai Hensachi".

Toyokawa plays Keisuke, a father who has to raise his daughter Miu (Ashida) alone after his wife passed away but finds himself down with Alzheimer's disease at a relatively young age. Nakatani acts as Akane whose father owns the factory that Keisuke works in and becomes drawn to him despite her being poor at interacting with others.

Nakatani and Toyokawa last worked together in the 2006 movie "LOFT" while Ashida had appeared in "Hankyuu Densha" with Nakatani Miki which was screened in April last year.

Source: Sanspo