Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Oda Yuji to play a single father in FujiTV's summer 2013 drama

Oda Yuji will be taking the role of a hopeless single father in FujiTV's yet-untitled summer 2013 drama which will be shown from July in the Thursdays 10pm timeslot. This will be his first time playing the role of a father in his 26-year career. Oda plays the character Genichi, a 42-year-old man who used to enjoy success as a budding scientist during his school days but gets too caught up with his past and keeps chasing his dream unsuccessfully for the past 18 years. As a result, his wife walks out of him, he loses his apartment due to unpaid rent and struggles to make a living while supporting his only son Kouta who is 5 years old and played by child actor Tanaka Kanau.

Source: Sanspo

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