Thursday, August 31, 2017

Completion screening event of new Amazon Prime Video drama "Tokyo Alice"

The completion screening event of new Amazon Prime Video drama "Tokyo Alice" was held at Space FS Shiodome on 24 August which was attended by the directors Seta Natsuki and Kikuchi Takeo as well as cast members Yamamoto Mizuki, Triendl Reina, Takahashi Maryjun, Asahina Aya and Otani Ryohei. The drama will be streamed from 25 August.

The drama which is based on the same-titled manga by Chiya Toriko, consists of 12 episodes and features Yamamoto Mizuki as the lead. The story describes how 4 women who are around the age of 30 live in a sharehouse at Daikanyama, Tokyo, and how they try to pursue their own happiness in love and work. Yamamoto plays the lead character Arisugawa Fuu who spends most of her salary on fashion and has little luck in love. Although she has a cute appearance, she has an otaku personality. Triendl plays a budding manga artist Hada Mizuho, Takahashi plays a cool psychiatrist Sakuragawa Rio while Asahina plays a rich man's daughter Enjoji Sayuri who works at an art gallery in Ginza. Otani Ryohei will be playing the role of Okuzono Shinji who is Fuu's love interest and her superior at work. Being cool and demanding, he is nicknamed "Iceman" by his co-workers and has nothing in common with Fuu.

When asked who he likes best among the four actresses, Otani said that he couldn't decide even though he had been thinking about this question since the previous day. As Yamamoto plays his love interest, she suggested to Otani that he should choose her which he acknowledged should be the case. Yamamoto then followed up with a comment that Otani is rather innocent and causes misunderstandings easily with his actions and words. For example, he messed up his line in such a way that Yamamoto said could have been due to the fact that he spent a long time in South Korea as an actor. When Otani tried to explain his mistake, his reasoning made the audience laugh. Asahina then chipped in to say that Yamamoto is about the same as Otani in this regard as she uploaded a photo of the alpaca but wrote capybara in the caption by mistake.

Sources: Eiga.com / Oricon

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