Press conference of new BS Japan drama "Inochi Urimasu"

The press conference of new BS Japan drama "Inochi Urimasu" was held on 9 January which was attended by cast members Nakamura Aoi, Maeda Oushirou, Taguchi Hiromasa, YOU, Tanaka Min and Wajima Shinji. The drama begins its run from 13 January in the Saturdays 9pm timeslot.

As there will be different guests appearing in each episode, Nakamura revealed that this was the first time he got to work together with so many seniors in such a short period of time so he was filled with joy and anxiety at the same time during the filming. He cited the example of working with Daichi Mao who will appear in the 6th episode that he was really shocked to find out that she seems to live in a different world from what he has known. During the filming, they happened to be shooting in front of a branch belonging to a gyudon restaurant chain so he asked Daichi if she had ever entered a gyudon restaurant. To his surprise, Daichi told him that she had never eaten gyudon before. In addition, she didn't know the names of the snacks and juices provided by the catering services on set so Nakamura was somewhat glad that his impression of Daichi matched what he found out about her during the filming.

Nakamura also had intimate scenes with actresses like Hashimoto Manami and Dan Mitsu which he commented was something which always made him nervous. However, as he had experience working with Hashimoto and Oosugi before, he was able to relax a lot during the filming.

The story is based on the same-titled novel by the late Mishima Yukio and features Nakamura as the lead character Yamada Hanio who works at an advertising agency and leads a normal life without any issues on the surface. One day, he suddenly commits suicide but fails to succeed. This leads him to start a business of selling lives which makes him realise the meaning of life and start having the desire to continue living while dealing with a myriad of strange requests from his clients. Co-stars include Maeda who plays a senior high school student Inoue Kaoru staying at Hanio's home, Taguchi who plays Miyamoto, a regular at the cafe Hanio frequents, YOU who plays Kyoko, the master of the cafe and Tanaka who plays Kishi Soichiro, an entrepreneur who is Hanio's first client. Miwa Akihiro who was a close friend of Mishima, will be the narrator for this drama.

Sources: Nikkansports / Sanspo / Oricon