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Takenouchi, Kanno to co-star in TBS's "Tomorrow"

Sun, May 18, 2008 (5:13pm EDT)

TBS has announced a medical drama for this summer titled "Tomorrow," starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Miho Kanno. The show has apparently been in planning for the past four years. During that span of time, producers visited hospitals across the country gathering doctors' opinions about the problems faced by the hospital system and its patients.

Takenouchi plays a surgeon who retired 8 years ago to work for the municipal government. However, he ends up returning to the profession to help a local hospital on the verge of bankruptcy. Kanno plays a co-worker, taking on the role of a nurse for the first time in her acting career. Tamaki Ogawa, Tomoka Kurokawa, Takanori Jinnai, and Ittoku Kishibe have also been confirmed for the cast.

Filming starts later this month. "Tomorrow" will air on Sundays at 9:00pm, starting on July 6.
Source: Sankei Sports

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-3215

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This series sounds promising. Not long to wait now. Looking forward to it.

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/33pun_Tantei

Each episode's mystery is solved within that short time span, but unlike typical detective shows, this comedy features a slow-witted sleuth named Rokuro Kurama (Domoto). While viewers will be able to identify the criminal right away, Domoto's character constantly comes up with incorrect theories, leading him to always accuse the wrong person. The show's name come from its time slot (Saturday nights at 11:10pm), which runs a total of 33 minutes after commercial time is subtracted. - Tokyograph

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This sounds hilarious. :rofl:

33 minutes, that's so short!


Other upcoming dramas:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Upcoming_JDrama

I didn't know about this page before. -_-
Quite a few of the synopsis sounds interesting.

SUMMER 2008 DRAMA PREVIEW

http://www.tokyograph.com/articles/Summer_2008_Drama_Preview

So what drama tops the most anticipated list? I remember reading a report by Oricon once on that but they are not releasing it for this season it seems..
I'm most excited about Maou (of course), 33minutes detective by Tsuyoshi Domoto and the pastry drama on TBS (because its about food and the leading girl is cute).
Definitely NOT watching Code Blue.

tofuuuuu wrote:So what drama tops the most anticipated list? I remember reading a report by Oricon once on that but they are not releasing it for this season it seems..
I'm most excited about Maou (of course), 33minutes detective by Tsuyoshi Domoto and the pastry drama on TBS (because its about food and the leading girl is cute).
Definitely NOT watching Code Blue.

that is a nice line
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meoinkie2 wrote:SUMMER 2008 DRAMA PREVIEW

http://www.tokyograph.com/articles/Summer_2008_Drama_Preview

Thanks for the preview.

I'm wondering if Here is Greenwood would be any good at all. o.o; I read the first manga a long time ago.

I want to see Maou as well. :3 I'm not really interested in shows about lawyers, but this one sounds interesting.

PaperCaged wrote:
I'm wondering if Here is Greenwood would be any good at all. o.o; I read the first manga a long time ago.

I want to see Maou as well. :3 I'm not really interested in shows about lawyers, but this one sounds interesting.

from the original story (Mawang), it won't focus on the court cases but more on how the murders was done and the human psyche. i hope it'll turn out as good as the original

^ Ah, that's cool. :] I haven't seen the original.

Tomorrow looks promising! :victory:

i can't wait 2 see shibatora and Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu,,,,
and also waiting for ishiguro new movie utatama and haruma miura's naoko... :victory:

Anybody watched Pandora ?

Im interested in Shibatora, Maou, and Code Blue

Eyeyore wrote:Anybody watched Pandora ?

I did. On the whole it was well written, directed and acted. I'm looking for the next production that WOWOW does.



Upcoming Drama Specials from WOWOW - Male Suspense

Sirius no Michi
Date: 9.00 p.m., 14 September 2008
Station: WOWOW
Cast: Uchino Masaaki, Maya Miki, Kuriyama Chiaki, Kikawada Masaya, Otsuka Nene, Terajima Susumu
Synopsis: Tatsumura Yusuke (Uchino Masaaki) Toho Advertising's deputy sales manager was a childhood friend of Akiko (Otsuka Nene) and Katsuya (Terajima Susumu). In fact, there is a secret that cannot be divulged about the relationship between Akiko and her father and the truth behind his death between these three people. They don't contact each other after they grow up but 25 years later, that secret comes back to Akiko in an extortion letter. Meanwhile, Tatsumura's division suddenly competes in a big project with a budget of 1.8 billion yen. Tatsumura works towards a successful pitch with Tachibana (Maya Miki), Hirano (Kuriyama Chiaki), Totsuka (Kikawada Masaya) but interference within the company from envious parties and a heated contest with a rival firm remains. Then Tatsumura learns that there is a link between this project and that secret from his past ...


Rupan no Shousoku
Date: 10.00 p.m., 21 September 2008
Station: WOWOW
Cast: Kamikawa Takaya, Okada Yoshinori, Sato Megumi, Arai Hirofumi, Kashiwabara Shuji, Tsuda Kanji
Synopsis: The suicide of a female teacher 15 years ago was actually a murder. A new investigation team, spearheaded by Mizorogi (Kamikawa Takaya), is formed based on new information turned in to the police. Obsessed about cracking cases right up till the statute of limitation, Mizoguchi has a bitter thought about a 300 million yen case that has reached the statute of limitation ... When he goes to investigate the male high school student(s) whom the woman had taught and other persons related to the deceased, he sees an unexpected connection with another case ...


6-jikan Ato ni Kimi ga Shinu
Date: 10.00 p.m., 28 September 2008
Station: WOWOW
Cast: Tsukamoto Takashi, Maki Yoko, Sawamura Ikki, Watanabe Tetsu
Synopsis: "You will die six hours later." Keishi (Tsukamoto Takashi), a youth who proclaims himself a seer, suddenly says this to Mio (Maki Yoko), who is walking along the streets of Shibuya. At first, Mio scoffs at it as nonsense but ever since her acquaintance was murdered a few days ago, she realises that she has also become a victim of a stalker. Half believing it, she decides to hang around with Keishi. Later, with the help of Sawaki, a detective she knows, the stalker is identified. She thinks the case is closed but a totally unexpected person attacks her ...

wow at WOWOW drama lineup..they seem to be better than the other TV stations' dramas. havent seen pandora yet, im waiting for bon's hardsubs.:)

jade_frost, thanks for creating a jdrama blog. ill definitely check it always, i hope you'll include your reviews.:)

http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080723/gng0807230434000-n1.htm
Translated by maiaide at a_ra_shi

Ninomiya Kazunari starting in a "scooping out your instinct" drama

Popular group Arashi's Ninomiya Kazunari (25), starting in October, will be starring in TBS's drama "Ryousei no Kizuna" (Meteor Bonds) (Friday at 10pm), it was announced on the 22nd (of July). Based off Naoki Prize winner Higashino Keigo's (50) mystery of the same name, it will be the first original work in 8 years for Kutou Kankurou (38) since "Ikebukuro West Gate Park" in 2000 for the same channel, with the exception of producing scenarios.

Ninomiya is to play the lead role who, with his younger brother and sister, witnessed the murder of his parents 14 years ago and go in search the criminal. Ninomiya says "it tries to establish sibling bonds kindly, and to become a work that scoops out not your reason, but your instinct" and is already very enthusiastic about it.

Also, the role of the younger brother is NEWS' Nishikido Ryo (23). On the heels of Fuji TV's "Last Friends", where he played a mysterious DV (domestic volience) man, what kind of performance we'll be seeing this time will be noticed. The sister will be played by actress Toda Erika (19).

Ryusei no Kizuna (Meteor Ties) - Friday 10pm, October 2008, TBS
originally written by Higashino Keigo (Galileo, Tegami, Byakuyaku, G@me)
script writer: Kudo Kankuro (IWGP, Kisarazu Cat's Eye, Manhattan Love Story, Tiger & Dragon, Go, Ping Pong)
Story revolves around 3 siblings whom parents were brutally murdered while they were out star gazing. In order to survive, the 3 orphans became swindlers while also plotting revenge on their parents murderers
Actors:
- Ninomiya Kazunari (25) *Koichi, eldest brother, mastermind
- Nishikido Ryo (23) *Taisuke, an expert in disguising himself into multiple personalities
- Toda Erika (19) *Shizuna, seductress

Personal thoughts:
OMG! ITS FRICKIN KUDO KANKURO DOING AN AWARD WINNING SUSPENSE WITH NINO!
i hope it'll turn out like Lemony Snicket's orphans turns adult.

tofuuuuu wrote:- Nishikido Ryo (23) *Taisuke, an expert in disguising himself into multiple personalities

He's disguising himself as various types of cardboard products?

bmwracer wrote:
He's disguising himself as various types of cardboard products?

yes, that might be a posibility :beaten:
maybe he's like a ninja.. disguising as walls.. floorboards.. ground.. leaves.. treebark? it'll be a wider acting range.

tofuuuuu wrote:
yes, that might be a posibility :beaten:
maybe he's like a ninja.. disguising as walls.. floorboards.. ground.. leaves.. treebark? it'll be a wider acting range.

Disguising as inanimate objects? :hehe: Still, I really hope Ryo can prove himself this time. I'm losing faith in his ability as an actor...

But it's a Kankuro Kudo's dorama! Which makes it super-cool as I love his works. And getting Nino is the right thing to do (instead of someone from KAT-TUN for instance). :mrgreen:

Err, Toda as the seductress? :mrgreen:

WD wrote:Disguising as inanimate objects?

He shouldn't have much of a problem in this area.... He seems to be a log most of the time anyways.