Broadcaster NTV will be airing a 2-night "Shakespeare Series" drama special this spring. The series will adapt "Romeo & Juliet" and "King Lear" to modern times.
In the "Romeo & Juliet" adaptation, idol Hideaki Takizawa will play a garbage collector whose father (Shinji Yamashita) becomes a murder suspect, while popular actress Masami Nagasawa plays the daughter of the detective (Tomokazu Miura) involved in the case.
"King Lear" will be transformed into the story of a supermarket manager (Toshiyuki Nishida) and his three daughters. Mao Inoue will also star in the drama.
The screenplay for the series will be handled by writer Yumiko Inoue. The broadcast date has not yet been announced.
Actress Yoshino Kimura will play the role of famous singer Teresa Teng in an upcoming drama special about her life, titled "Teresa Teng Monogatari: Watashi no Ie wa Yama no Mukou." The drama will air in the spring on TV Asahi, in honor of Teng's thirteenth death anniversary. This will be the first Japanese drama based on Teng's life.
Teng debuted as a singer in Taiwan at the age of 14 in 1967. She made her debut in Japan in 1974, and throughout her career she had many hits in both Chinese and Japanese. On May 8, 1995, Teng suddenly died from an apparent asthma attack while on a trip in Thailand.
The special will cover Teng's life between 1974 and 1995. Currently, 11 of her songs are planned to be used in the drama. Kimura is taking lessons to be able to sing in Chinese.
Bambino
Date: Wednesdays, 10.00 p.m.
Station: NTV
Cast: Matsumoto Jun
Synopsis: A drama adaptation of a popular comic written by Sekiya Tetsuji. Jun plays the overenthusiastic protagonist who comes to Tokyo with the desire to become a chef. The drama will display cooking skills and the Italian language.
Koki Tanaka of popular group KAT-TUN has been chosen for his first lead role in a drama series. "Tokkyu Tanaka 3 Go" will air in the spring on TBS, though a specific time slot has not yet been announced.
Tanaka will play a college student named Ichiro Tanaka, nicknamed "Tetsu" because he is a railfan (one who is interested in railroads). Tanaka admits that he was worried when he first heard about the story, but changed his mind after reading the script.
The series will be produced by Aki Isoyama and written by Hiroshi Hashimoto. The drama is described as an original love comedy.
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Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:51 am Post subject:
marienella wrote:
Actress Yoshino Kimura will play the role of famous singer Teresa Teng in an upcoming drama special about her life, titled "Teresa Teng Monogatari: Watashi no Ie wa Yama no Mukou." The drama will air in the spring on TV Asahi, in honor of Teng's thirteenth death anniversary. This will be the first Japanese drama based on Teng's life.
Teng debuted as a singer in Taiwan at the age of 14 in 1967. She made her debut in Japan in 1974, and throughout her career she had many hits in both Chinese and Japanese. On May 8, 1995, Teng suddenly died from an apparent asthma attack while on a trip in Thailand.
The special will cover Teng's life between 1974 and 1995. Currently, 11 of her songs are planned to be used in the drama. Kimura is taking lessons to be able to sing in Chinese.
Teresa Teng 'taught' a whole generation of the Hong Kong population to speak Mandarin through her songs. She is sorely missed by a lot of Chinese, especially those from my generation.
I wonder if Kimura Yoshino can pull off imitating Teresa Teng - Kimura is 'bigger' (larger skeleton frame) than Teresa, and she better start learning Mandarin soon.
Fuji TV will broadcast a drama special titled "Mama ga Ryouri wo Tsukuru Riyuu" ("Why Does Mama Cook?"). Talento Masami Hisamoto and actress Ryoko Hirosue will co-star.
Hisamoto plays a mangaka with a younger husband and a child. She is not very good at cooking, and her diet consists of very simple meals. Hirosue, on the other hand, is an iconic and charismatic culinary writer with a refined taste. The drama will focus on their clash of values when they end up working together to create a gourmet manga.
The drama will air at 9:00pm on March 3. The rest of the cast includes Ikkei Watanabe, Ryuta Sato, Shingo Katsurayama, and Takehiko Ono.
The popular 2005 Korean movie "Watashi no Atama no Naka no Keshigomu" (also known as "A Moment to Remember" and "The Eraser in My Head") will be remade into a drama special this spring. NTV will broadcast the special in its "Kayo Drama Gold" time slot (Tuesday 9:00pm). Kyoko Fukada and Mitsuhiro Oikawa will play the lead roles.
The movie itself was a remake of the 2001 Japanese drama series "Pure Soul ~Kimi ga Boku wo Wasuretemo~." The original story involves a young couple who discover that the wife suffers from Alzheimer's disease. In that version, the couple is a company president's daughter and a carpenter. In the upcoming remake, the couple is a female art school student and an artist.
The special will be directed by Marehiro Karaki, who also directed "Pure Soul." The rest of the cast includes Hiroshi Fuse, Yoshiko Tanaka, and Akiyoshi Nakao as the wife's parents and brother. Eiichiro Funakoshi will also make a special appearance as a doctor.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:04 am Post subject:
marienella wrote:
The popular 2005 Korean movie "Watashi no Atama no Naka no Keshigomu" (also known as "A Moment to Remember" and "The Eraser in My Head") will be remade into a drama special this spring. NTV will broadcast the special in its "Kayo Drama Gold" time slot (Tuesday 9:00pm). Kyoko Fukada and Mitsuhiro Oikawa will play the lead roles.
The mere mention of Kyon in the cast has, for me, turned this drama's title in to "A Moment to Forget".
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LOL, he can have a catfight over the crown with Blekt, er, Yeecht, er, Gackt. 
