Koike Teppei, Nishijima Takahiro co-star in BeeTV summer romance drama
WaT member Koike Teppei (25) and AAA member Nishijima Takahiro (24) are co-starring in a BeeTV mobile drama that will begin distribution next month. This is the first time that either of them has played a lead role in a mobile drama.
Titled “Shonan☆Natsukoi Monogatari,” the drama tells the story of two young men both searching for a place to belong. They meet at a beach house one summer, and there they find their path to adulthood through friendship and romance. The actresses playing their love interests are Usuda Asami (26) as the beach house owner’s daughter and Kinami Haruka (25) as one of the people in charge of the meals at the house. Sato Jiro (42) and Sato Aiko (33) also appear in the series.
BeeTV will begin releasing episodes on August 1, but in order to capture the true feeling of summer, filming just started on July 11 on an actual beach in the Shonan area.
The staff includes Tanaka Makoto, who directed and wrote the screenplay for the “Moshi Koukou Yakyuu no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no Management wo Yondara” movie (“Moshidora”), and Morikawa Masayuki, who produced “Koizora.”
A total of 12 ten-minute episodes are planned, scheduled to be updated on Wednesdays.
source: TOKYOGRAPH