“Tokyo Love Story” remake to star Ito Kentaro and Ishibashi Shizuka

“Tokyo Love Story” is considered as one of the best Japanese romance TV dramas of all time.

The 1991 adaptation which is based on the manga (1988-1990) by Saimon Fumi and starred Oda Yuji as Nagao Kanji, Suzuki Honami as Akana Rika, Arimori Narimi as Sekiguchi Satomi and Eguchi Yosuke as Mikami Ken’ichi.

A remake of “Tokyo Love Story” is set to stream on Fuji on Demand and Amazon Prime Video this spring and will star Ito Kentaro as Kanji, Ishibashi Shizuka as Rika, Kiyohara Sho as Mikami and Ishii Anna as Satomi and will take place in a modern Tokyo, will feature smartphones and SNS.

Commenting on the remake, Saimon Fumi said, “In this drama, the setting is modern.  While utilizing the characters, smartphones and SNS which were not in the original will naturally appear.  Tokyo has changed a lot since then.  It was a time when neither Starbucks nor Uniqlo were available and a time when both Kanji and Mikami smoked cigarettes.  These young actors were not born during the time of the first drama.  So, I’m looking forward to seeing how they play Kanji and Rika”.

Ito Kentaro said, “I am very honored to play Kanji in Tokyo Love Story, which everyone is knows.  It was a social phenomenon, so it would be a lie if I said there was no pressure, but since there are plenty of smartphones and modern elements that were not seen in the old Tokyo Love Story, I hope you look forward to the new Tokyo Love Story of the Reiwa era”.

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