Supporting cast line-up of new TV Tokyo drama SP "Kohaku" announced

The supporting cast line-up of new TV Tokyo drama SP "Kohaku" due to be shown on 15 September at 9pm had been announced. The drama SP which is based on the same-titled novel by Asada Jiro, features Nishida as Yoneda Katsumi, a police detective who is about to retire and Terao as Arai Toshio, a fugitive and an unresolved case which happened 25 years ago. One day, Yoneda happens to come across a booklet about a cafe by the name "Kohaku" which reminds him of an arson-cum-murder case that happened in Kichijoji 25 years ago. Yoneda then travels to Kohaku which is at Uozu in Toyama Prefecture, where he meets the master of the cafe Arai and his regular customer Hirai Sachiko. Coincidentally, the three of them have huge secrets to hide which are about to be revealed as they come to know one another better.

Suzuki Kyoka will be playing the heroine Hirai Sachiko who actually didn't appear in the original novel and is the only regular at the cafe. She is a married woman but has feelings for Arai and is hiding a secret which she cannot tell anyone. Suzuki described her character as someone who is headstrong and brave woman but didn't have a smooth-sailing life. As such, it took time for her to understand the feelings of her character and she learnt a lot by watching the natural acting of Nishida and Terao. As for the filming at Uozu, Suzuki commented that she had been to Toyama for some time when she appeared in Nishida's movie "Tsuribaka Nisshi" but this was the first time that they saw a mirage there. Since the characters in the story all have their dark pasts, they actually can connect to and encourage one another because of this similarity so this drama is a sad story about adults.

Co-stars also include Kudo Asuka who plays a police officer Satoshi and his girlfriend Atsumi who is played by Kawashima Umika.

Source: Oricon