Sunday, October 06, 2013

Cast announcements for TV Asahi's drama SP "Olympic no Minoshirokin"

Further cast announcements for the TV Asahi drama SP "Olympic no Minoshirokin" starring Takenouchi Yutaka and Matsuyama Kenichi were made on 2 October. The drama SP which will be shown over two nights in autumn, will include Kuroki Meisa who plays Takenouchi Yutaka's younger sister Ochiai Yumi who doesn't appear in the original novel. Despite Yumi's relationship with Ochiai, she finds herself drawn to the poor Shimazaki, a Todai student who is being hunted down by her brother as a serial arsonist to sabotage the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Hayami Mokomichi will play the role of Tadashi, the son of the person-in-charge of security during the Olympics while his boss Kasahara who is a reporter at a TV station will be played by Amami Yuki. Tadashi's girlfriend Midori will be played by Eikura Nana. Karasawa Toshiaki will also be a member of the star-studded cast.

Filming of the drama SP was completed this spring.

Source: Yomiuri Hochi

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