| Author | Message | 
                             
                |  Topic: Upcoming JDramas | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 5:31 pm   Subject: 
                  Upcoming JDramas | 
               
                | Takahiro Hamada to star in NTV 2021 Summer drama 
 Takahiro Hamada will star in the NTV 2021 Summer drama "Bunshi-Stant Aisakakun!"
 
 First set in the year 1791, Hamada plays Sojiro Aisak ...
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                |  Topic: Upcoming JDramas | 
               
                | ashley juggs 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 5:31 pm   Subject: 
                  Upcoming JDramas | 
               
                | ^ The American version had the one-armed man, maybe the Japanese version will have the one-armed samurai.  | 
                             
                |  Topic: Nisei Week Festival/Little Tokyo/Related | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 1910
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 |  Forum: General Discussions  
                   Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 9:24 am   Subject: 
                  Nisei Week Festival/Little Tokyo/Related | 
               
                | Okay kids, time to unleash that inner Sonny Chiba: https://www.jflalc.org/ac-others63-samurai | 
                             
                |  Topic: Japanese Celebrity Obituaries | 
               
                | junny 
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:56 am   Subject: 
                  Japanese Celebrity Obituaries | 
               
                | Kaoru Yachigusa passes away at 88: 
 RIP. I had seen her in many dramas and have always enjoyed her acting. She will be missed.
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                |  Topic: Japanese Celebrity Obituaries | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 10:18 pm   Subject: 
                  Japanese Celebrity Obituaries | 
               
                | Kaoru Yachigusa passes away at 88: https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/10/20c2380f3c7f-kaoru-yachigusa-actress-in-samurai-the-legend-of-musashi-dies.html | 
                             
                |  Topic: Shirota Yuu | 
               
                | ashley juggs 
 Replies: 119
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Artistes  
                   Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:02 pm   Subject: 
                  Shirota Yuu | 
               
                | I thought he was great in "Samurai High School".  | 
                             
                |  Topic: Segodon NHK 2018 Taiga drama | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:13 am   Subject: 
                  Segodon NHK 2018 Taiga drama | 
               
                | Title: 西郷どん Title (romaji): Segodon
 Format: Renzoku
 Genre: Jidaigeki
 Episodes: 47
 Broadcast network: NHK
 Broadcast period: 2018-Jan-07 to 2018-Dec-??
 Air time: Sunday 20:00
 
 Synopsis
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                |  Topic: JDrama Recommendations | 
               
                | junny 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2017 8:32 am   Subject: 
                  JDrama Recommendations | 
               
                | I've recently been getting back into Jdramas, what are some good ones from recent years? I want adult dramas, no teens, high school, children, etc. Also, no depressing ones about illness or dark/horro ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 4980
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 |  Forum: General Discussions  
                   Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:55 am   Subject: 
                  Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish | 
               
                | They showed her on "Samurai Wheels" tonight. Why not? Lewis Hamilton started when he was 12: http://www.thedrive.com/start-finish/12196/11-year-old-juju-noda-wants-to-be-the-first-woman-to-w ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: Japanese Celebrity Obituaries | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 116
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:25 am   Subject: 
                  Japanese Celebrity Obituaries | 
               
                | Yoshio Tsuchiya passes away at 90 
 One of the more interesting actors to appear in Toho's Godzilla and other science-fiction movies, Yoshio Tsuchiya, has passed away at age 90.
 
 He was born in K ...
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                |  Topic: JDramas without romance? | 
               
                | maxcriden 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2017 9:38 am   Subject: 
                  JDramas without romance? | 
               
                | Normal comedy with no romance... let me check my list 
 (sent you a PM reply finally btw! sorry about that
  ) 
 Suteki na Sen Taxi is kind of a comedy... there are some romantic plot l ...
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                |  Topic: Watanabe Ken | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 251
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Artistes  
                   Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2017 1:17 am   Subject: 
                  Watanabe Ken | 
               
                | Ken Watanabe to appear in 2018 Taiga drama "Segodon" 
 Watanabe Ken will be playing Shimazu Nariakira which marks his first appearance in a Taiga since the 2001 Taiga "Hojo Tokimune&qu ...
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                |  Topic: Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese) | 
               
                | shin2 
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 |  Forum: General Discussions  
                   Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:08 am   Subject: 
                  Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese) | 
               
                | Watched a documentary, Mifune:  The Last Samurai (2016). 
 While the subject is of course Japanese and most of the people interviewed are Japanese, this is not a Japanese film.  It was directed by Ja ...
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                |  Topic: Ichihara Hayato | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 36
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Artistes  
                   Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:31 am   Subject: 
                  Ichihara Hayato | 
               
                | ^ I missed it when it happened, they had a baby girl back in November of 2014. 
 Which means Daddy has to go to work to feed that extra mouth:
 
 Hayato Ichihara to star in "Samurai Sensei" ...
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                |  Topic: Upcoming JDramas | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 7:37 pm   Subject: 
                  Upcoming JDramas | 
               
                | Tatsuya Fujiwara and Erika Toda to star in TBS 2017 Spring drama 
 Fujiwara Tatsuya and Toda Erika will be starring in the TBS Spring 2017 drama "Reverse" based on Minato Kanae's same-titl ...
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                |  Topic: Domoto Tsuyoshi | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Artistes  
                   Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 12:52 am   Subject: 
                  Domoto Tsuyoshi | 
               
                | Domoto Tsuyoshi to appear in real-life adaptation of "Gintama" 
 KinKi Kids' Domoto Tsuyoshi will be appearing in the new real-life adaptation movie of "Gintama" starring Oguri S ...
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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | junny 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 7:01 am   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Finished Neko Zamurai 2, as funny as ever. Love it! 
 Started Shinya Shokudo 3, and the feels are still there. So far so good.
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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | junny 
 Replies: 27482
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 7:47 am   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Started Neko Zamurai 2. The feels, I'm lovin' them! Kitamura Kazuki is still a hoot as ever in his role, and I love that the drama has so many cats  | 
                             
                |  Topic: Watanabe Ken | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 251
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Artistes  
                   Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 4:17 am   Subject: 
                  Watanabe Ken | 
               
                | Looks like he did. 
 Ken Watanabe returns to Broadway after cancer surgery
 
 Tokyo (AFP) - Ken Watanabe left Tokyo Saturday following successful treatment for cancer to return to New York where he  ...
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                |  Topic: Japanese Entertainment News | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 3505
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2016 7:43 pm   Subject: 
                  Japanese Entertainment News | 
               
                | Some fake swords are more realistic than others: 
 Actor dies during rehearsal
 
 (CNN)A Japanese play rehearsal took a tragic turn Monday, when an actor was stabbed in the stomach with a samurai swo ...
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