Tanaka Kei to star in new FujiTV on-demand drama "Furin Shokudou" as a cheating husband

Tanaka Kei will be starring in the new FujiTV on-demand (FOD) drama series "Furin Shokudou" (The Adulterous Restaurant) which consists of 4 episodes and will be released weekly from 7 March at 6pm on Wednesdays. The drama which is based on the same-titled manga by Yamaguchi Masakazu, features Tanaka as the 35-year-old lead character Yamadera Ryuichi who is married with a child. During his business trips which takes him to various places nationwide, he seeks pleasure not just in tasting the best of local cuisine but also sleeping with married women who he meets at these places. The four "married women" featured in each episode will be played by Adachi Yumi, Konno Anna, Hakase Mai and Iwasa Mayuko. The four dishes featured in this drama are doumangani, charomen, Koshu katsudon and ankake spaghetti.

Tanaka commented jokingly that the story is so silly that there is really nothing serious to think about. Besides, the drama is so short and is jam-packed with the senseless desires of men so he was wondering who might want to watch this. As such, he called upon the viewers to watch this drama for the sake of enjoying the delicious food and admiring the sexy beauties on screen. He also said that he had been done a number of characters last year who had affairs so it was a great thing for him to wrap up the year with this drama. As for working with the 4 ladies who are very different, Tanaka said that the similarity between them is their toughness like a man when faced with the tight filming schedule and many bed scenes so he found them really cool. He admitted that he wasn't sure what the story was at first when he just read the title and found out how interesting it was after reading the manga.

Sources: Sanspo / Natalie 1 / Natalie 2