Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Japan's comedy actor 'Dakenaka Naoto' will join drama 'Fugitive' starring Rain

Dakenaka Naoto

Japan's comedy actor 'Dakenaka Naoto' (54 years old) will join KBS 2TV's new drama 'Fugitive' starring Rain.

According to the drama production on the 29th, he'll act as a character called 'Hiroki' who is a political & economic leader during the day, but a boss of Yakuza crime syndicates during the night. 'Hiroki' in the drama looks tough, but underneath he's very soft-hearted.

'Dakenaka Naoto' has appeared in over 100 movies and 10 dramas, and his face has become quite well-known in Korea through his movies, 'Shall We Dance?', 'Water Boy', 'Nodame Cantabille', etc.

'Jung Ji-Hoon' (Rain), 'Lee Na-Young', 'Lee Jung-Jin', 'Daniel Henney', 'Sung Dong-Il', 'Gong Hyung-Jin', 'Jo Hee-Bong', etc, will appear in 'Fugitive' which is a tale that takes places while a large sum of money disappeared in 1950 on the Korean War reappears in 2010, 60 years have passed since then.

The main characters in the drama will be engaged in a chase across Asia's several cities with its dynamic plot line.

This drama'll be aired at the end of September.

Source: Newsis
Brief translation credit: rain bird@rain-eu.com

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