Eita, Juri Ueno team up again for “Twitter drama”

Eita (27) and Juri Ueno (23) will co-star in the upcoming Fuji TV drama series “Sunao ni Narenakute.” The two have already appeared on screen together in several works, including the movie “Summer Time Machine Blues” and the dramas “Nodame Cantabile” and “Last Friends.”

At the heart of the drama is the social networking and micro-blogging service Twitter, which has quickly risen in popularity worldwide and is starting to catch on in Japan. The story is set in Shibuya, one of Tokyo’s centers of youth culture, where five men and women meet through Twitter. Through their interactions, they overcome their individual problems and create a true friendship.

Eita plays a photographer named Nakaji who had aimed to become like his father, who was a war photographer before he was changed by a battlefield injury. Ueno plays the part-time high school teacher Haru, who is irritated by her own inexperience.

Tetsuji Tamayama (29) takes on a leader-like role for the group, though he plays a sensitive man working in publishing while dealing with erectile dysfunction. Megumi Seki (24) plays Haru’s best friend, who is having an affair with her own boss. The fifth member of the group is still being cast.

Popular screenwriter Eriko Kitagawa is handling the script. Kitagawa was responsible for “Orange Days” (which Eita and Ueno also appeared in) and other hit dramas, though “Sunao ni Narenakute” is her first for Fuji TV since “Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi” in 2002.

“Sunao ni Narenakute” will premiere in April, airing on Thursday nights at 10:00pm.

Source:
Sankei Sports