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Higashimura Akiko's "Omoni naitemasu" will be made into a drama, starting in July on Fuji TV as the weekly Saturday drama from 11.10 pm till 11.55.
The cast includes Nanao as Konno Izumi, KAT-TUN's Nakamaru Yuichi as Akamatsu Keisuke, Kusakari Mayu as Midorigawa Tsune and Kazama Tooru as Aoyama Jin. Being the first time doing a serial drama as well as her first main role, Nanao is enthusiastic about it: "Izumi's modest character and mine are actually the complete opposite. Sometimes I do feel a bit worried whether I can express this woman called Izumi, but truthfully this is why I feel it's worth doing."
Producer at Fuji TV, Ooki Ayako commented on the choice of Nanao, "She just came to our minds intuitively. Since I'm personally a big fan of the original work, and in our responsibility for the fans, we're asking Nanao-san - who is both blessed with overwhelming beauty and presence - for an important task with this first main role of her first drama." About Nakamaru: "He fits perfectly this charming character image which possesses delicacy, strength and mischief."
"Omoni naitemasu" is a comedy, describing the ups and downs of emotions of the drawing model Konno Izumi, who suffers from one misfortune after the other due to her excessive beauty, and the people around her.
Nakamaru's comment:
The original work is very humorous, so it makes me very happy that I can join this world. On the other hand, it's also a charming work in how it shows real human relationships, so I'm hoping the staff and my co-actors can create something which won't lose against the original in this point. Through the whole thing, the gags are an important part, so I'd like to be aware of that and be careful with the shooting.
On Nanao:
My first impression of Nanao-san was that she has a great style. Since she's sharing a lot of points regarding the impression of the main character Izumi, I'm looking forward to the shooting from now on.
Additional comment by the producer:
(On the planning) It's an action drama about human nature which is unfolding with the focus mainly on Tokyo's shitamachi, centering around Konno Izumi, a woman of matchless beauty with no luck. It asks about the simple topic "what is loving someone, what is real beauty". Colouring this starts with Akamatsu Keisuke and then all the other fresh characters with different personalities. While they are connected with each other by a warm bond, it's also filled with the tears connected to unrequited love when you cannot win the love of the person you love the most, and at the same time filled with gags from Showa [1926-1989] till the present.
(Reasons for the castings)
[First part on Nanao was already quoted in the main article]
This guy called Akamatsu is getting lost in this wonderland and he's caught up at dizzying speed in the actions of the strong-willed characters, in other words like Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Plus, for the viewers Akamatsu is like the navigator and I'd like them to enter the world of this work and I want them to utilise Nakamaru's friendly charm for it.
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(I left out the comment by Nanao, sorry about that.)