Sakurai Sho(櫻井翔), Keiko Kitagawa(北川景子) to star in “Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de(謎解きはディナーのあとで)” drama series

“Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de(謎解きはディナーのあとで),” a bestselling novel published last year by author Higashigawa Tokuya(東川篤哉), is being turned into a Fuji TV drama series this fall. The show will star Arashi(嵐)member Sakurai Sho(櫻井翔) (29) and actress Keiko Kitagawa(北川景子) (24).

“Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de(謎解きはディナーのあとで)” won this year’s Honya Taisho(本屋大賞) (an award voted on by bookstore employees nationwide) and has so far sold 1.4 million copies. The novel is a comical mystery whose main character is Kageyama (Sakurai), a sharp-tongued butler and chauffeur for Hosho Reiko (Kitagawa), the well-bred daughter of an internationally famous corporation.

However, Kageyama is no ordinary butler. Reiko also happens to be a novice detective, though she lacks in deductive skills. While serving her refined meals, Kageyama listens to the details of her cases and helps her deduce the mysteries while verbally abusing her with “polite” insults.

The series will include even more comedy than the original work. One of the highlights of the show will likely be the disguises that Kageyama wears to accompany Reiko to the crime scenes, keeping an eye on her investigations.

Fuji TV will broadcast the series on Tuesdays at 9:00pm, starting in October.

Source: tokyograph.com