Eita and Ueno Juri drama confirmed, "Sunao ni Narenakute" based on Twitter
Good news for all fans of the Eita (27) and Ueno Juri (24) combo, as their spring dorama on Fuji TV just got confirmed today. It will be called "Sunao ni Narenakute" (could be translated as Hard To Say I'm Sorry) and be based on Twitter.
It will be a fresh story about 5 young men and women who meet each other in Shibuya after getting in contact via the popular social networking tool Twitter and start to develop real friendships with each other. This will mark the 8th time Eita and Ueno are going to appear together in a dorama or movie. Both are enthusiastic about going to play as friends again.
Another reason to anticipate the dorama is the fact that it is going to be produced by the same person who worked behind "Last Friends," Eita and Ueno's last encounter on a dorama. "We wanted to create a story about youth that has a new feeling to it and chose a cast that can capture the atmosphere of the current era the best," he said.
Eita will play the amateur photographer Nakaji who admires his father who used to be a battlefield photographer. He wants to become as great an photographer as his him, but at the same time he is really worried about his father who got changed by the injuries he took home from his job. On the other hand, Ueno will play the young woman Haru who works as a part-time lecturer at a private high school and has to struggle with her own immaturity.
Eita about working together with Ueno for the 8th time, "It's promising to work with Ueno-san again, because so far it's her whom I acted the most with in my career so far. We are able to trust each other and I'm going to tackle this challenge with a lot of enthusiasm." Ueno is looking forward to it as well, "It's always fun when I get to work together with Eita-san. I'm happy thtat our paths cross each other yet again."
The script for the dorama was written by Kitagawa Eriko who already wrote the scripts for popular doramas such as "One Million Stars Falling from the Sky," "Long Vacation," "Beautiful Life" and so on. It marks her return to the dorama scene after 4 long years. "I think there is going to be a wonderful synergy between our young cast and Kitagawa who can create such poetic lines," the producer commented.
Seki Megumi (24) and Tamayama Tetsuji (29) will be part of the main cast. Seki became popular with her movie "SAI-REN" and even acted in "Dragonball Evolution," whether that's a good thing or not. Tamayama's last dorama was "BOSS" and he is also going to appear in Fuji TV's big 50th anniversary dorama "Wagaya no Rekishi." The rest of the cast includes Kinami Haruka (24), Watanabe Eri (55), Igawa Haruka (33) and Fubuki Jun (57).
Eita just won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor this year and Ueno is going to star in next year's taiga dorama "Gou." It's definitely a great combination and a great chance to see Ueno in a modern story before she becomes NHK's taiga heroine. Spring just got a sweeter.
The dorama will start on Fuji TV in April and air every Thursday at 10pm.
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source; KAWAII-JOYUU