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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 7:40 pm Post subject:
Fuji TV to launch weekday midnight drama with Taiwanese star
Fuji TV is trying out a new experiment: starting on April 26, it will broadcast a drama series titled "Tokyo Little Love" in a late-night weekday time slot. The drama is a romance story that will star Taiwanese idol Xia Yu Tong in her first lead role.
"Tokyo Little Love" will air late at 12:35am on Mondays through Thursdays, with each episodes lasting 10 minutes. The series will run until September, for a total of 88 episodes. This is the first of its kind for any of Japan's major television networks.
Fuji TV has also decided to broadcast the series on all 28 of its affiliated stations throughout the country, plus Aomori TV (affiliated with TBS). Normally, for a late night time slot, Fuji TV's stations have aired local programming, which makes this even more of an unusual experiment.
In "Tokyo Little Love," Xia Yu Tong plays a Taiwanese woman who gradually falls in love with a Japanese police detective. Producer Tsugi Shikanai says that it will tell a love story that could happen to anyone, and that the episodes will feel more like a diary or blog than a typical television series. Xia Yu Tong, who has appeared in Taiwanese dramas before, will speak her lines mainly in Chinese (with Japanese subtitles), though she is also studying Japanese for the role.
As usual Oricon made a survey to find out the most anticipated dorama of the new season as well. Unsurprisingly "Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~" starring Kimura Takuya (37) topped this ranking as well and Oricon expects some very high ratings for this dorama.
Tsuki no Koibiti will be Kimutaku's first real love story in 10 years and star him as the company president of an interior design company. "It's a getsu9 dorama and it has Kimutaku, it's impossible not to have very high expectations," a female teenage voter said. However, it's not just him people are looking forward to. "I'm really excited, because it's Shinohara Ryoko's comeback dorama," another female voter in her thirties commented.
Second place goes "Team Batista 2" starring Ito Atsushi (26) and Nakamura Tooru (44). During the first season the two of them have already proven to be a great team and gathered a lot of male fans. In fact, this dorama would have topped the ranking if they've only counted the male voters. Third place goes to the dorama adaption of the fantasy comedy manga "Kaibutsu-kun" starring Ohno Satoshi (29) of the popular group Arashi.
"Shinzanmono" starring Abe Hiroshi (45) and Kuroki Meisa (21) made it on the fourth place while the Twitter dorama "Sunao ni Narenakute" starring Ueno Juri (23) and Eita (27) unfortunately only ranked fifth. The biggest surprise of the ranking is the fact that "Mother" didn't make it into the Top 10.
Top 10:
01 – Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~
02 – Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen
03 – Kaibutsu-kun
04 – Shinzanmono
05 – Sunao ni Narenakute
06 – Gegege no Nyobo (morning dorama)
07 – Keibuho Yabe Kenzo
08 – Yankee-kun to Megane-chan
09 – Zettai Reido: Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sousa
10 – Tumbling
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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:52 pm Post subject:
Miyazawa, Mizukawa to play Ueno's sisters in "Gou"
As announced in January, NHK's 2011 taiga drama will be "Gou ~Himetachi no Sengoku~," starring actress Juri Ueno. On Monday, two more key cast members were revealed: Rie Miyazawa and Asami Mizukawa.
Ueno plays the role of Gou (also known as Oeyo), the third daughter of the 16th century daimyo Azai Nagamasa (who married Oda Nobunaga's sister Oichi-no-kata). Gou and her two older sisters are famous historical figures. The eldest, Yodo (also known as Chacha), will be played by Miyazawa, while the second sister, Hatsu, will be played by Mizukawa.
Filming for "Gou" is scheduled to start this August. For Miyazawa, this will be her first work in a television drama since she gave birth to her first child in May 2009.
Miyazawa, Mizukawa to play Ueno's sisters in "Gou"
As announced in January, NHK's 2011 taiga drama will be "Gou ~Himetachi no Sengoku~," starring actress Juri Ueno. On Monday, two more key cast members were revealed: Rie Miyazawa and Asami Mizukawa.
Ueno plays the role of Gou (also known as Oeyo), the third daughter of the 16th century daimyo Azai Nagamasa (who married Oda Nobunaga's sister Oichi-no-kata). Gou and her two older sisters are famous historical figures. The eldest, Yodo (also known as Chacha), will be played by Miyazawa, while the second sister, Hatsu, will be played by Mizukawa.
Filming for "Gou" is scheduled to start this August. For Miyazawa, this will be her first work in a television drama since she gave birth to her first child in May 2009.
With Miyazawa in the Taiga, it's sure to be on Triky's view list.
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Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 2:18 pm Post subject:
Kichise stars in "Hagane no Onna" drama
Tue, April 13, 2010 (1:07am EDT)
Michiko Kichise (35) has been given her first starring role in a drama series, set to air this spring. She will play an elementary school teacher in "Hagane no Onna," based on an ongoing manga by Kahoru Fukaya.
Kichise plays the titular character, Ineko Haga, whose nickname is "Hagane" ("steel"). 35 years old and single, with no savings and no stable job, she returns to teaching with a position as the homeroom teacher of a fourth grade class. However, the class has been plagued with problems such as bullying and disobedience, leading several previous teachers to quit.
The supporting cast includes Jun Kaname, Osamu Shitara, Kasumi Arimura, Nozomi Ohashi, Miwako Shishido, Toshiki Ayata, Akihito Yoshiie, Michiko Shimizu, and Megumi Yokoyama. One of the guests on the first episode will be former Morning Musume member Hitomi Yoshizawa.
Ketsumeishi's "Nakama" is being used as the show's theme song. The series starts on May 21 in TV Asahi's Friday 11:15pm time slot.
Source: Sponichi Annex
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:28 am Post subject:
Odagiri to star in "Atami no Sousakan"
Actor Joe Odagiri will star in a new drama series this summer on TV Asahi, titled "Atami no Sousakan." The show reunites Odagiri with director and screenwriter Satoshi Miki, whom he worked with on the popular mystery series "Jikou Keisatsu" in 2006 and 2007.
"Atami no Sousakan" begins with the disappearance of a school bus and four high school girls. Still unsolved three years later, the case gets revived when one of the girls reappears. Odagiri plays a sharp national investigator searching for the truth behind the incident, which leads back to a seemingly peaceful town.
TV Asahi has not yet announced the time slot for the series.
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Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:25 am Post subject:
Nozomi Sasaki to star in sumo drama
Fashion model Nozomi Sasaki now has her first starring role in a drama series, though it will unexpectedly be about sumo wrestling. Tentatively titled "Dohyo Girl," the story follows a young girl trying to save a high school sumo club from being abolished.
Sasaki plays the protagonist, a high school fashion model. Her father, who was a sumo wrestler, raised her like a boy, but she eventually resisted and severed her ties with sumo. When she accidentally ends up as a member of the school's dying sumo club, she takes on the role of the club's director in order to rebuild it.
Some of the male sumo club members will be recruited through this week's issue of Weekly Young Jump. The series begins in July, airing at 12:50am on Tuesday nights on TBS. It will also air weekly on MBS on Thursdays.
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:53 pm Post subject:
Kamiji stars as fugitive lawyer in "Toubou Bengoshi"
Talento Yusuke Kamiji has been given his first starring role in a television drama series. He will lead the tentatively titled "Toubou Bengoshi," based on the manga "Toubou Bengoshi Narita Makoto" that was serialized between 2007 and 2008.
The manga's draft was written by Takeshi Natsuhara (under a different pen name), who is also credited for the "Kurosagi" manga. The suspenseful story follows an enthusiastic lawyer who becomes a nationally wanted man after being falsely accused of murder, arson, and embezzlement. He goes on the run, and while trying to hunt down the real criminal, he encounters various people and helps them with their troubles.
Satomi Ishihara plays the daughter of the murdered lawyer, while Akiko Yada plays a prosecutor. The series starts this July on Fuji TV in the network's Tuesday 10:00pm time slot.
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Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 7:54 pm Post subject:
Alisa Mizuki's first starring role in NHK series
Popular actress Alisa Mizuki is set to star in a short drama series on NHK this summer, titled "Tenshi no Wakemae." The story is an original penned by Noriko Yoshida, the screenwriter for dramas such as "Dr. Koto Shinryojo" and "Hatachi no Koibito."
Mizuki has starred in at least one drama series every year since 1992, but this will be her first time leading a series on NHK. (In 2003, she starred in a single episode of an omnibus drama on NHK.)
In "Tenshi no Wakemae," Mizuki plays a 35-year-old woman named Kurumi, who suddenly loses everything in her life when her fiance runs off with all of her assets. Left with a mere 15,000 yen and some boxes of ohagi (a type of rice ball), the despairing Kurumi happens upon a construction site, and she begins handing out the ohagi to the men working there. Using the theme of food, "Tenshi no Wakemae" depicts Kurumi's journey as she turns her life around.
Starting in July, NHK will broadcast the five-episode series in its Tuesday 10:00pm time slot.
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Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 11:53 pm Post subject:
Yuko Takeuchi plays detective in "Strawberry Night"
Mon, May 10, 2010 (10:54am EDT)
Actress Yuko Takuechi (30) will take on her first role as a police detective in a Fuji TV drama special later this year, titled "Strawberry Night."
"Strawberry Night" is an adaptation of Tetsuya Honda's bestselling mystery of the same name. The book, published in 2006, has sold 600,000 copies so far.
Takeuchi plays the protagonist, Reiko Himekawa, a young detective who has quickly risen through the ranks to become a member of the first investigative division. While trying to solve a mysterious murder, she comes across the keyword "Strawberry Night," and she must decipher its meaning in order to crack the case.
Takeuchi's supporting cast includes Tetsuya Takeda (61) and Hidetoshi Nishijima (39). Fuji TV plans to air the drama this fall, though the exact broadcast date is still undecided.
Source: Sankei Sports
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Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 12:29 am Post subject:
Hayami, Shida to co-star in live-action "Hammer Session!"
Mon, May 10, 2010 (11:24am EDT)
Namoshiro Tanahashi's manga series "Hammer Session!" is being turned into a live-action drama, starring Mocomichi Hayami (25) and Mirai Shida (17). TBS will air the series next season.
The popular comic was originally serialized from 2006 to 2009. In the drama version, Hayami plays a genius swindler who escapes from a prison transport vehicle and assumes a new identity as a high school teacher. He conducts his classes in an extreme style known as "hammer session," forcing his students to become stronger.
Shida plays one of the students. Although she was celebrating her birthday at the show's press event on Monday, her fellow cast members surprised her by throwing her into the swimming pool.
The rest of the cast includes Jingi Irie (17), Manami Higa (23), Kaoru Sugita (45), Naomasa Musaka (56), and Fumiyo Kohinata (56). The series will premiere this July in TBS's Saturday 7:56pm time slot.
Source: Sports Hochi
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Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 1:01 am Post subject:
Yoshitaka stars in drama series "Mioka"
Thu, May 13, 2010 (10:26am EDT)
Young actress Yuriko Yoshitaka (21) has landed her first starring role in a network television drama series. She will play the lead in NTV's "Mioka," based on a novel by author Ira Ishida.
Yoshitaka plays a university student named Mioka who has an incurable illness. The show depicts her "final love" with fellow student Taichi (Kento Hayashi) as well as her life at home with her mother (Miki Maya) and other family members.
The show begins shooting in early June, but will premiere sometime in July. NTV has scheduled it for Saturday nights at 9:00pm.
Source: Sports Hochi
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