Upcoming JDramas

meoinkie2 wrote:Hiroshi Tamaki, Karina co-star in "Love Shuffle"
Thu, November 13, 2008 (12:33am EST)

Screenwriter Shinji Nojima is working on an upcoming TBS drama series titled "Love Shuffle." The romantic comedy will star several popular actors, including Hiroshi Tamaki, Karina, Shota Matsuda, and Shihori Kanjiya.

Tamaki plays a manager at an IT company who breaks off his engagement to the president's daughter (Kanjiya). Later at his apartment, a power failure leaves him trapped in an elevator with three other residents (Karina, Matsuda, and Shosuke Tanihara). While waiting, their conversation hits upon the question of whether there is truly only one fated partner for everyone. As a result, they decide to run an experiment by "shuffling" their relationships with one another.

"Love Shuffle" premieres on January 16 and will air every Friday at 10:00pm.

This sounds interesting!! And its Nojima Shinji, will definitely check this out! It's been a long time since Tamaki's drama :woot:

Another drama is confirmed:

Eguchi Yosuke, Inagaki Goro and Hirosue Ryoko in TRIANGLE, A Suspense Mystery Drama
November 11, 2003 19.16 PM

Eguchi Yosuke will be the lead of FujiTV's winter drama, TRIANGLE, starting January 6th(Tuesday), 10 PM. Other casts includes Inagaki Goro, Hirosue Ryoko, Aibu Saki, Sakai Masato, Tanihara Shosuke, Sasaki Kuranosuke, Kohinata Fumiyo, Ohsugi Ren, Fubuki Jun and Kitaooji Kinya.

The main character is Ryoji (Eguchi), who has a trauma of a 10 years old girl murder case 15 years ago, and quit his job as a doctor and became an international police. The filming location includes Tokyo, Osaka, Paris, and Shanghai.

Eguchi said, "Each of episode's ending would have a sudden and unexpected turn. I hope the audience can enjoy the search of the murderer. I want this drama to be something that can be enjoyed by adults,".

They are currently filming in Paris.

source: http://www.tvlife.jp/news/081111_07.php

So Tanihara would be in 2 dramas next season? Sugoi!!

bmwracer wrote:
LOL. :hehe:

Honestly, I'd be highly suspicious of this drama considering it's the same writer who wrote the script for Last Firends: she'll probably use more hot button issues and cheap tactics for ratings...

And win another award for it. :shakehead:


No thanks.

Wow. Somebody got really burned watching Last Friends
:say_yes:

littlemissfab wrote:Wow. Somebody got really burned watching Last Friends
:say_yes:

With a capital "B." :bleh:

I attempted to watch Last Friends. Probably got through about 2.5 episodes, then stopped. I'm talking cold turkey people. bmw, you were right, hon :sweat:

shoujo22 wrote:I attempted to watch Last Friends. Probably got through about 2.5 episodes, then stopped. I'm talking cold turkey people. bmw, you were right, hon :sweat:

The entire drama tolerable if you skip all of the parts with that Sosuke character... :bleh:

What could have been...... :puppydog:

Now I want to watch it just to see how bad it actually is..

yanie_chan wrote:

This sounds interesting!! And its Nojima Shinji, will definitely check this out! It's been a long time since Tamaki's drama :woot:

Another drama is confirmed:

Eguchi Yosuke, Inagaki Goro and Hirosue Ryoko in TRIANGLE, A Suspense Mystery Drama
November 11, 2003 19.16 PM

Eguchi Yosuke will be the lead of FujiTV's winter drama, TRIANGLE, starting January 6th(Tuesday), 10 PM. Other casts includes Inagaki Goro, Hirosue Ryoko, Aibu Saki, Sakai Masato, Tanihara Shosuke, Sasaki Kuranosuke, Kohinata Fumiyo, Ohsugi Ren, Fubuki Jun and Kitaooji Kinya.

The main character is Ryoji (Eguchi), who has a trauma of a 10 years old girl murder case 15 years ago, and quit his job as a doctor and became an international police. The filming location includes Tokyo, Osaka, Paris, and Shanghai.

Eguchi said, "Each of episode's ending would have a sudden and unexpected turn. I hope the audience can enjoy the search of the murderer. I want this drama to be something that can be enjoyed by adults,".

They are currently filming in Paris.

source: http://www.tvlife.jp/news/081111_07.php

So Tanihara would be in 2 dramas next season? Sugoi!!

These 2 are definitely the highest in my must-watch list for now! :woot:

meoinkie2 wrote:Satoshi Ohno tries comedy in next drama series
Sun, December 7, 2008 (7:49pm EST)

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After starring in the TBS drama series "Maou" last season, Arashi's Satoshi Ohno is back with his second starring TV role. This time, he will lead the TV Asahi comedy series "Uta no Oniisan," which will air on Friday nights at 11:15pm this winter. This is said to be his first comedy role, including his performances in film and theater.

The story revolves around an unconventional children's show called "Minna de Utao!" Ohno plays Kenta, a young musician whose band breaks up and who gets dumped by his girlfriend. To top it off, his own family labels him as useless. Unexpectedly, he becomes an "uta no oniisan," a singing character on the children's show.

The show begins filming on the 18th of this month and premieres on January 16.

tokyograph

Thanks meoinkie2!
Maybe I'll start a new thread.. quite busy to search for UtaOnii infos right now :sweat:

littlemissfab wrote:Now I want to watch it just to see how bad it actually is..

It's not so much bad as disappointing. If they had focused more on Juri and Eita's characters and gotten away from the cheap thrills, , , , there's a good drama in there it just got buried in all the crap. :shakehead: [/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote: It's not so much bad as disappointing. If they had focused more on Juri and Eita's characters and gotten away from the cheap thrills, , , , there's a good drama in there it just got buried in all the crap. :shakehead: [/list:u]

A mountain of crap. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
A mountain of crap. :shakehead:

Last Friends looks like a masterpiece compared to Innocent Love.

marspeach wrote:Last Friends looks like a masterpiece compared to Innocent Love.

This is the only conclusion I got when I watched epi 1 of Innocent Love.
And then sayonara.

marspeach wrote:Last Friends looks like a masterpiece compared to Innocent Love.

That's a scary thought.

marspeach wrote: Last Friends looks like a masterpiece compared to Innocent Love.

That's what I feared, that's why I haven't bothered with Innocent Love.

Jav_sol wrote:

That's what I feared, that's why I haven't bothered with Innocent Love.

Now I'm scared to start on Innocent Love! :mrgreen:

MatsuKen goes crazy for money in "Zeni Geba"
Wed, December 3, 2008 (12:06am EST)
George Akiyama's 1970 manga series "Zeni Geba" is being turned into a live-action drama on NTV this winter. Rising actor Kenichi Matsuyama has been given the lead role. This is his second starring role in a drama series, after last year's "Sexy Voice and Robo."

Also known as "Money Crazy," the original manga tells the story of a young man who loses his sick mother as a child due to poverty. As a result, he becomes completely obsessed with money. The drama version follows the same premise, but is set in the present day instead of during the 1970s. Screenwriter Yoshikazu Okada is in charge of the script.

NTV will begin shooting the series in mid-December. The show will premiere in January, occupying the network's Saturday 9:00pm time slot.
Source: Sports Hochi

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4120

I am indifferent to the premise, but read that Mimura and Uchiyama Rina will also star in this series. Looking forward to watching them again.

hi,does anybody know about this new drama by tv asashi the title is:Danso No Reijin.Starring Kuroki Meisa as Kawashima Yoshiko.

lygclm wrote:hi,does anybody know about this new drama by tv asashi the title is:Danso No Reijin.Starring Kuroki Meisa as Kawashima Yoshiko.

It's a drama special by TV Asahi.

You can get more info on Dramawiki: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Danso_no_Reijin

Yeah thanks for the info.By the way does anybody know where to download this drama? bcoz this drama looks nice and cool.It would be great if it has eng subtitle too.

lygclm wrote:Yeah thanks for the info.By the way does anybody know where to download this drama? bcoz this drama looks nice and cool.It would be great if it has eng subtitle too.

D-Addicts.