jade_frost wrote:Juken no Kamisama
Date: Saturdays, 9.00 p.m.
Station: NTV
Cast: Yamaguchi Tatsuya
Synopsis: Tokio's Yamaguchi Tatsuya stars in his first lead role in a drama series as Oyama Isamu, a businessman whose devotion to his work disenchanted his wife and led to their divorce five years ago. Since the divorce, he has lived together with his son, Hiroshi, striving hard at the workplace and at home. One day, Hiroshi, now a sixth grade elementary school student, suddenly expresses a desire to enter a private junior high school. Isamu who led a sports-oriented life is confused with the entrance exam measures, and ends up inviting a genius junior high school girl, called the "exam god", to be Hiroshi's private tutor.
Narumi Riko will be playing the genius junior high school girl.
Hoshi Hitotsu no Yoru
Date: 9.00 pm, 25 May 2007
Station: FujiTV
Cast: Watanabe Ken, Tamaki Hiroshi, Sasano Takashi, Kuninaka Ryoko, Ishida Ayumi
Synopsis: In this 2-hour special written by acclaimed author and screenwriter Taichi Yamada, Watanabe plays Hiroji Nonoyama, an employee on the janitorial staff at a concert hall. He shuns people and has a potentially dark side. The story unfolds when he finds 500,000 yen in cash in the pocket of a coat left behind at the concert hall.
From Japan Times:
Ken Watanabe, Hollywood's favorite Japanese actor at the moment, plays against type in the original two-hour drama, "Hoshi Hitotsu no Yoru" (A Night of One Star; Fuji, Fri., 9 p.m.), as a concert hall custodian named Nonoyama.
One night after a performance, Nonoyama is cleaning the auditorium when he finds a man's coat with 500,000 yen in cash and an envelope. He brings the coat and the money to the address on the envelope. The owner, a man named Taiki (Hiroshi Tamaki), is a day trader who didn't really notice that he was missing all that money. When he offers Nonoyama 200,000 yen as a reward, the custodian says, "Don't insult me," and walks away.
Taiki spends all day in front of the computer and has almost no human contact. He can't stop thinking about Nonoyama, whom he recognizes as a fellow loner. The next day he goes to the concert hall to seek him out, and he later discovers why Nonoyama has cut himself off from society.
Ken Watanabe, Hollywood's favorite Japanese actor at the moment, plays against type in the original two-hour drama, "Hoshi Hitotsu no Yoru" (A Night of One Star; Fuji, Fri., 9 p.m.), as a concert hall custodian named Nonoyama.
One night after a performance, Nonoyama is cleaning the auditorium when he finds a man's coat with 500,000 yen in cash and an envelope. He brings the coat and the money to the address on the envelope. The owner, a man named Taiki (Hiroshi Tamaki), is a day trader who didn't really notice that he was missing all that money. When he offers Nonoyama 200,000 yen as a reward, the custodian says, "Don't insult me," and walks away.
Taiki spends all day in front of the computer and has almost no human contact. He can't stop thinking about Nonoyama, whom he recognizes as a fellow loner. The next day he goes to the concert hall to seek him out, and he later discovers why Nonoyama has cut himself off from society.
wow. Hiroshi Tamaki & Watanabe Ken. Looking forward to this
Katagoshi no Koibito
Date: Thursdays, 10.00 p.m.
Station: TBS
Cast: Yonekura Ryoko, Tanabe Seiichi, Nagai Masaru, Wakamura Mayumi
Synopsis: Ryoko drops her bad woman persona in this adaptation of Naoki prize winner Yuikawa Kei's novel of the same name. She plays Hayasaka Moe, an OL with a mail order firm who is hesitant about marriage. The drama illustrates her friendship with Murono Ruriko, a woman whose personality and lifestyle is poles apart from Moe's and who professes that she cannot live without love; and the types of love.
Katagoshi no Koibito
Date: Thursdays, 10.00 p.m.
Station: TBS
Cast: Yonekura Ryoko, Tanabe Seiichi, Nagai Masaru, Wakamura Mayumi
Synopsis: Ryoko drops her bad woman persona in this adaptation of Naoki prize winner Yuikawa Kei's novel of the same name. She plays Hayasaka Moe, an OL with a mail order firm who is hesitant about marriage. The drama illustrates her friendship with Murono Ruriko, a woman whose personality and lifestyle is poles apart from Moe's and who professes that she cannot live without love; and the types of love.
OL??? :headscratch:
Doesn't sound like the comedy I was hoping for from Ryoko-chan. :sweat:
Kimi ga Kureta Natsu ~Ganbareba, Shiawase ni Nareru Yo~
Date: August 18
Cast: Hideaki Takizawa, Kyoko Fukada
Synopsis:The drama will air as part of "NTV's "24 Hour Television" (August 18-19), which is being hosted by Takizawa and fellow Tackey & Tsubasa member Tsubasa Imai. The drama is based on a story called "Ganbareba, Shiawase ni Nareru Yo," written by Toshiko Yamazaki. Takizawa plays a young man who ends up having a shotgun marriage with the high school dropout Tokiko (Fukada). When their son turns five years old, they discover that he has become sick with cancer.
The drama will air on the night of August 18.
hey minna... it is confirmed that it will be released the Jap version of Hana kimi but the main lead will not be Ryo-kun.. it will be Oguri Shun, Maki Horikita, Toma Ikuta as the main cast for the dorama.. it will be aired on 3 July Tuesday slot on FujiTv... :dancing: :dancing:
(maybe Ryo-kun will be up on other dorama in Fall... even though i wish he will be in Hana Kimi)
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e~ Ikemen Paradise ~
Date: Every Tuesday at 9:00pm, starting on July 3
Station: FujiTV
Cast: Maki Horikita, Shun Oguri, and Toma Ikuta
Synopsis: The drama is based on the popular manga of the same name by Hisaya Nakajo, which has already been dramatized in Taiwan. Horikita plays the protagonist Mizuki Ashiya, a Japanese girl in the U.S. who one day sees the young athlete Izumi Sano (Oguri) compete in the high jump on television. She begins to idolize him, and decides to move to Japan to attend the same school as him. However, Izumi goes to an all-boys school, so Mizuki disguises herself as a boy to achieve her dream of being with her idol.
Toma plays the part of Shuichi Nakatsu, a classmate and friend of Mizuki and Izumi.
Source: Sankei Sports
Upcoming Drama Special
Utsu e no Fukushuu
Date: 9:00pm on June 26
Station: NTV
Cast: Hiroki Matsukata,Keiko Takahashi,Tetsuya Bessho and Yoshihiko Hakamada
Synopsis: A documentary drama about actor Tadao Takashima's six-year battle with clinical depression.Takashima is the husband of actress Hanayo Sumi and the father of actors Masahiro and Masanobu Takashima. He has appeared in dozens of movies, including "Frankenstein vs. Baragon" and "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla." In 1998, he began suffering from depression, though at the time, it was publicly announced that he was sick with diabetes. He and his family continued to battle his illness for six years.
In the drama, Takashima will be played by Hiroki Matsukata, and Keiko Takahashi has been cast as Hanayo. Tetsuya Bessho and Yoshihiko Hakamada will play Masahiro and Masanobu, respectively. The actual Takashima family will also appear in the program through interview scenes.
Source: Sports Hochi
Jigoku no Sata mo Yome Shidai
Date: Thursdays, 9.00 p.m.
Station: TBS
Cast: Esumi Makiko, Nogiwa Yoko, Sawamura Ikki
Synopsis:Makiko plays a career woman who marries a man (Sawamura Ikki) devoted to his mother (Nogiwa Yoko). Jigoku no Sata mo Yome Shidai depicts the battle between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law that ensues when they start living together.
Sounds pretty much like the drama special Triple Kitchen.
Jigoku no Sata mo Yome Shidai
Date: Thursdays, 9.00 p.m.
Station: TBS
Cast: Esumi Makiko, Nogiwa Yoko, Sawamura Ikki
Synopsis:Makiko plays a career woman who marries a man (Sawamura Ikki) devoted to his mother (Nogiwa Yoko). Jigoku no Sata mo Yome Shidai depicts the battle between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law that ensues when they start living together.
Sounds pretty much like the drama special Triple Kitchen.
a prequel to triple kitchen? What does the new title mean? Can you please post the original news link..onegai :bow:
Esumi... one of the first japanese female star that I really like.