Jutaro Yamanaka Lands First Regular Prime-Time Drama Role in TBS Tuesday Series
The casting gives Yamanaka his first regular prime-time drama role, a stated goal of his, placing him alongside Kamishiraishi and Mukai in a high-profile TBS slot.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Jutaro Yamanaka will appear in TBS's October Tuesday drama "Iroha no Koi wa Toki o Kakeru," starring Mone Kamishiraishi and co-starring Koji Mukai. He plays Reiji Mashima, a new elementary school teacher. This marks his first regular appearance in a prime-time drama series and his first co-starring role with Kamishiraishi and Mukai.
Yamanaka joins the cast as Reiji Mashima, a second-year elementary school teacher who speaks his mind and brushes off complaints from parents. He does not know that the protagonist's inner self has changed into Iroha, an Edo-period girl, and is initially irritated by the shift before gradually following her with his eyes.
The romantic comedy begins when an Edo-period girl's soul time-travels into a Reiwa-era teacher, crossing 300 years. Kamishiraishi plays dual roles, and Mukai plays colleague Ikuru Ichinose. Yamanaka, a member of the group M!LK, has appeared in films including "Kimi ga Tokubetsu" and the streaming drama "Human Specimen."
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