Saturday, December 07, 2013

Sato Koichi to play the founder of Toyota in yet untitled TBS drama SP

TBS will be showing a 2-part drama SP starring Sato Koichi as Toyoda Kiichiro, the founder of Toyota Motors, on 22nd and 23rd March 2014 which is based on the books "Shousetsu Nichigin Kanri" and "Toyota Jidousha 75-nen shi". This is the first major-scale drama TBS is producing in three and a half years since 2010's "99nen no Ai ~ JAPANESE AMERICANS ~". The story will feature how Toyoda started the Aichi Jidousha and how he treated his employees as his family as the business grew into a national manufacturer of vehicles. Co-stars include Kagawa Teruyuki, Miyazawa Rie, Nakamura Hashinosuke, Shiina Kippei, Yamaguchi Tomoko, Hashizume Isao and Maeda Atsuko.

Source: Sponichi

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