Saito Takumi & Nikaidou Fumi to star in new TV Asahi drama SP "Tantei Monogatari"

Saito Takumi and Nikaidou Fumi will be starring in TV Asahi's remake of the drama SP "Tantei Monogatari" based on the same-titled novel by Akagawa Jiro. The last adaptation movie was 34 years ago in 1983 which featured Yakushimaru Hiroko and the late Matsuda Yusaku and had accumulated box office takings of JPY 5.1bn. The new drama SP will be shown at 9pm on 8 April and is the first production to be shown in the TV station's new timeslot for drama SPs on Sundays.