I U R A TOKO MIURA

MTHE BREAKOUT STAR OF OSCAR-WINNING JAPANESE

OKOTFILM DRIVE MY CAR, Miura has long been a familiar face on television in Japan but is now set to land on the international stage with Elpis . The Kansai TV series, which had its world premiere at Cannes event Mipcom in October, is inspired by real cases of false accusations. It follows Ena (Masami Nagasawa), a former network news anchor whose star has faded because of scandal and now helms a late-night magazine show. When rookie director Takuro (Gordon Maeda) begins to doubt a death row conviction, he partners with Ena, make-up artist Cherry (Miura) and star reporter Shouichi (Ryohei Suzuki) to investigate the state-wide conspiracy that emerges.