Kim Tae-hee to star in upcoming Japanese TV series

Actress Kim Tae-hee [Luah Entertainment]

Korean actress Kim Tae-hee will mark the official start to her acting career in Japan by taking on the female lead in an upcoming Japanese TV series.

Various Japanese media reported today that Kim signed on to play the female lead in a weekend drama opposite Japanese actor Nishijima Hidetoshi which will begin its air on the primetime spot on Japan's Fuji TV.

Little information regarding the show has been revealed, other than the fact that Kim will play a Korean who immigrates to Japan and will speak in both Korean and Japanese.

In March, Kim had signed with Japan's talent agency Sweet Power which currently represents Japanese actresses Maki Horikita and Rina Uchiyama.

Kim, 31, rose to fame after appearing in SBS TV series "Stairway to Heaven" in 2003 alongside Hallyu stars Kwon Sang-woo and Choi Ji-woo.

Her latest work in Korea was in "My Princess" opposite actor Song Seung-heon in which she played a college student who discovers that she is a lost descendant from Korea's Joseon Dynasty.

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