Nakama Yukie to star in TBS autumn 2014 drama "SAKURA ~ Jiken wo Kiku Onna ~"

Nakama Yukie will be starring in the TBS autumn 2014 drama "SAKURA ~ Jiken wo Kiku Onna ~" (SAKURA ~ The woman who listens to cases) which will begin its run from 20 October in the Mondays 8pm timeslot. The first episode which will be a 2-hour SP, will start from 7pm instead. This is the first time in 7 years that Nakama is playing a police detective since 2007's TBS drama "Joshideka!".

Nakama will play the role of an undercover police detective Mizusawa Sakura who works as a DJ at a radio station in the morning and as a customer service officer at the Komagome Chuo Police Station in the afternoon where she listens to the complaints of the residents. Through the collection of intelligence via these mediums and listening to the regulars at a restaurant she frequents, Sakura uses the information to solve cases together with her partner played by Sato Ryuta.

Filming will begin in early September after Nakama wraps up filming for the ongoing NHK morning drama "Hanako to Anne" at the end of this month.

Source: Yomiuri Hochi