On October 17th, it was announced that comedy trio Morisanchu's Kazuko Kurosawa, actor Maeno Tomoya, and former Nogizaka46 member Kitano Hinako will appear in the live-streamed drama Ghost of Radio: A Scary Psychic Bus Tour, produced by Nippon Broadcasting System and WOWOW in collaboration and starring actor Koseki Yuta. The poster visual was also released.
The drama commemorates the 70th anniversary of Nippon Broadcasting System's launch, and is non-stop entertainment set on the haunted bus tour of comedy duo Sanshiro's radio show Sanshiro's All Night Nippon 0 (ZERO). It will be streamed live on November 17th and 29th.
Koseki, the main star, plays Yamamoto Shuta, a former comedian from the now-disbanded comedy duo FUJIYAMA, who is now busy with work as Sanshiro's manager. Sato Kanta will play Kudo Takuya, Fujiyama's partner with an unyielding dream, and Yoshizumi Yuta will play Miyakoshi Yuki, a radio-loving program director. Komiya Hironobu and Aida Shuji from Sanshiro will also appear as themselves. The film will be directed by Oku Akiko, and the script will be written jointly by Oku and Hayashida Yohei from The Mummy.
The poster visual released shows Yamamoto (Koseki) and Kudo (Sato) in unique outfits reminiscent of their days as a comedy duo, the two Sanshiro hosts, and Miyakoshi (Yoshizumi), the director, who is excited about the event, on a bus where the film is set. Cute ghosts are flying around inside the bus, and handprints are projected on the windows.
The additional cast members announced this time will play the passengers on the haunted bus tour and the program staff. Kurosawa will play the role of Tagawa, the producer who oversees the bus tour from Nippon Broadcasting System. Other cast members include Oota Masahiro as Kashiwara, a man with a deep love for the occult, Saori as Tanabe, a comedy nerd, and Kitano and Kawasaki Juri as Ayaka and Shiori, the enthusiastic Sanshiro fan duo.
Matsuda Daisuke from the comedy duo Tokyo Dynamite will play Nakanishi, the bus driver, Sato Mitsuzo and Murata Yui as the suspicious couple S&K, Kudo Takao as the famous postcard maker, and Maeno as Ganges Tanaka, a ghost storyteller. Also appearing is Sakai Takashi, Hayashida's partner in The Mummy, who is in charge of the script with Director Daikyu.
The story is... The comedy duo "FUJIYAMA" consisting of Yamamoto Shuta and Kudo Takuya won "All Night Nippon 0 - Battle! Comedy Yurakucho Castle" and took a step towards popularity. Five years after their sudden breakup, their name has already disappeared from the public's memory. Yamamoto, who has become a manager, is in charge of the hugely popular radio personality "Sanshiro". On the day of the special project for the 70th anniversary of Nippon Broadcasting System's launch, "Go with Sanshiro! A Scary Ghost Bus Tour", Yamamoto gets on the bus despite being relied on by the program director Miyakoshi. Listeners each have their own secrets, and the program director wants to do something out of the ordinary. With an uneasy atmosphere in the air, will the bus full of radio ghosts be able to safely reach Nippon Broadcasting System in Yurakucho...? "Ghost of Radio - A Scary Haunted Bus Tour" will be streamed live from 8pm to 10:30pm on both November 17th and 29th (archived viewing available for three weeks). There will be some differences in the final scene on the 17th and 29th.
The streaming platforms are "Streaming+" and "PIA LIVE STREAM". Viewing tickets cost 4,300 yen. A set of two shows on the 17th and 29th costs 8,000 yen. In addition, tickets to watch the stream with a discussion between Koseki Yuta and Sato Kanta (5,500 yen, 9,000 yen for a set of two) and a set of Sanshiro, Yoshizumi, and Hayashida Yohei will also be on sale.
