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UPCOMING DAYTIME DORAMA
Miyuki Imori to star in daytime drama
Thu, April 17, 2008 (1:04am EDT)
Talento Miyuki Imori will star in a daytime drama on TBS, titled "Saikon Icchokusen!" This is her first lead role in a drama since the 1986 series "Asobi Janai no yo, Kono Koi wa."
In this comedy, Imori plays Nodoka, an unsuccessful mangaka who receives divorce papers from her husband. Aiming to regain her family back, she starts trying to learn how to be a good wife.
The theme song will be a duet called "Koi no Flight Time ~12pm~," sung by Masayuki Suzuki and Momoko Kikuchi. It will be sold as a single on May 25.
"Saikon Icchokusen!" begins airing on May 12 and will show at 1:00pm on weekdays.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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TELEVIEWS: 'Top Sales' driving to retro success for NHK
Wm. Penn / Daily Yomiuri Columnist
What do a 1970s car saleswoman (Top Sales, Saturdays, 9 p.m., NHK-G) and a sophisticated present-day psychiatrist (Around 40, Fridays, 10 p.m., TBS) have in common? Quite a lot, actually.
They are the protagonists of the two most promising dramas to debut last week, and their tales make perfect bookends for reflecting on how society has changed in the last three decades.
The NHK eight-part Top Sales received far less preseason hype than Around 40, but it was by far the more interesting story. Yui Natsukawa is excellent as Hisako Makino, a 24-year-old who crashes through all the roadblocks career women faced in the early 1970s as she struggles to become one of Japan's first women "car salesmen." Yes, we are back in the days when the sexist nature of that phrase did not yet raise eyebrows.
The year is 1974. The nation has just survived the great oil and toilet paper shocks of 1973, widespread takuhaibin home package delivery services will not appear for another two years, credit card use is still rare and people buy cars on installment plans from door-to-door sales agents.
Cigarette sales are extremely healthy.
Perhaps, the only thing more outrageous than the pipe dream of a smoke-free environment back then was the idea of women moving into all sectors of the workforce.
The drama's ability to successfully transport us back to that era--so recent and yet so far away--is what makes it so very watchable.
Unfortunately, it will probably not get the viewership it deserves. From tomorrow night, it will have to compete with NTV's Gokusen, starring Yukie Nakama, in the same time slot.
Hisako, a very capable office lady at a big corporation, works on the frontline of Top Sales' male-dominated world, although she has had to overcome considerable hurdles to get there. Raised by her mother, she was 10 when her father unwisely guaranteed a friend's loan and disappeared when the debt became due. In real-world 1974, many big companies preferred not to hire those who did not have a father to serve as their guarantor.
Navigating an obstacle course of sexual harassment and underemployment, Hisako does her job well, but her section chief steals her project ideas and submits them under his own name. Her reward: He sets up an arranged marriage meeting for her while spouting the old canard that women are like Christmas cake, beyond their expiration date after the 25th. She has had enough and resigns.
A knack for sales, a friend working in the automotive industry and memories of her first and only ride in her father's car the day before he disappeared, all come together to point her in the direction of her new career. With the help of a super sales wiz mentor, she defies the odds and the "if you want to sell something, sell cosmetics" mentality of the day.
The story of Hisako's rise in the business world will be intertwined with the trials and tribulations of her four high school classmates, who also become involved in different aspects of the automotive industry. Top Sales got off to a three-star start. You would definitely buy a used car from this woman.
Fast-forward to 2008 for Around 40 (Fridays, 10 p.m., TBS). Yuki Amami plays Satoko Ogata, a busy, upbeat 39-year-old doctor who still plans to marry and have kids but just has not found the right guy. When her best friend's career stalls and she makes a quick decision to wed at 35, Sakoto finally begins to panic, yet is loath to settle for an arranged marriage.
Despite the preseason hype, this series got off to a slow start with too little action and too much time devoted to careful characterization of Satoko and her friends, who grew up in the booming 1980s. Satoko does not meet new coworker Okamura (Naoto Fujiki) until five minutes before Episode 1 ends. He will likely become the romantic interest in her life but all we know about him so far is that he is into ecology.
So if you missed Episode 1, don't worry. Tune in tonight. You haven't missed very much at all.
Each generation faces its own challenges, and Masami Nagasawa and Juri Ueno are giving capable performances as troubled twentysomethings who share a house and their problems in Last Friends (Thursdays, Fuji, 10 p.m.) Just got a quick glance at this one but will return. It looks like it has potential.
Viewers might want to check out Puzzle (Fridays, TV Asahi, 9 p.m.) a mystery series starring Satomi Ishihara as a high school English teacher.
It will be May 12 before we get a glance at our new prime minister--Takuya Kimura--in Fuji's Change on Monday nights. Until then, his fans will just have to settle for double doses of SMAPXSMAP, which will run from 9-10:54 p.m. for the next few weeks until the new prime minister is ready to make an appearance.
(Apr. 18, 2008) |
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INTERNET DORAMA
Japan remakes internet drama "Prom Queen"
Fri, April 18, 2008 (12:19am EDT)
"Prom Queen," an internet drama series that became popular through MySpace last year, is getting a Japanese adaptation. Like the original, "Tokyo Prom Queen" will be presented in 80 daily installments, each lasting only 90 seconds.
The story follows a group of college students (high school students in the original drama) who experience love, friendship, and betrayal in the events surrounding a pre-graduation "prom." Director Futoshi Sato ("Indian Summer") said that it was difficult to adjust the story, particularly because Japanese people are not very familiar with proms.
Viewers will be able to watch the series for free on the internet and on mobile phones. Several video sites such as YouTube will carry the show, but its center of operations will be the community site Mixi, which will release each episode at midnight. The cast members will also keep journals on Mixi, giving fans the potential to interact with them. The show will also be tied in commercially to fashion magazine JJ and to Coca-Cola.
Leah Dizon is doing the show's theme song, titled "Under the Same Sky." Dizon will also make a guest appearance in the show as the character Naomi, the previous year's prom queen who makes her singing debut.
The main cast includes Shinobu Otsuka ("The Longest Night in Shanghai"), Kiki Sugino, Hidenori Tokuyama, Yurei Yanagi, Kyoko Tsujisawa, and Haruna Yabuki. Episodes will start being released on May 7.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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DORAMA SP
Katsunori Takahashi gets "promoted" for drama special
Fri, April 18, 2008 (10:52am EDT)
Katsunori Takahashi will star in an NTV drama special this June. The show is "Kacho Shima Kosaku," based on a popular manga series by Kenshi Hirokane that has gone through various incarnations in its 25-year history, including four live-action specials on Fuji TV starring Shin Takuma and a 1992 movie starring Toshihiko Tahara.
"Kacho Shima Kosaku" revolves around the life of a salaryman. Takahashi is no stranger to the genre, having previously starred as an ordinary employee in the 1999 film adaptation of "Salaryman Kintaro" and as a chief clerk in the "Tokumei Kakarichou Tadano Hitoshi" dramas. This time, he will move up in rank, playing the section chief Kosaku Shima.
While the original manga was set in the pre-bubble era, this special will take place in the present day. Ryoichi Kimizuka ("Odoru Daisousasen") is writing the script.
NTV will broadcast "Kacho Shima Kosaku" at 9:00pm on June 25.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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ni ada survey dari POP RAINBOW berkenaan Korean, Japanese entertaiment etc.. bolehlah tolong mengambil bahagian... mana tau kot2
ada project best... hehhe
http://www.yourpinion.net/POPRAINBOWWheres_pOp_all_about
kalau boleh tolong warwarkan kat tempat lain jugak.... survey takonline pun sedang berjalan di kawasan Lembah Kelang.. hari ni areaBukit Bintang kot....(26/4/2008)
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Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix: Akanishi wins Best Actor
Mon, April 28, 2008 (3:40am EDT)
This week, Nikkan Sports is revealing the winners of its 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix, one award each day. The awards cover television dramas that aired between April 2007 and March 2008, with the nominees gathered from the quarterly awards. All winners were chosen by public vote in late March.
The first award, announced Monday, is the Best Actor prize. It was given to Jin Akanishi for his role in the popular "Yukan Club" series that NTV broadcast this past fall. The show was his first drama role after he returned from his temporary absence from the group KAT-TUN.
Source: Nikkan Sports
credit to: tokyograph.com & wiki.theppn.org |
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Yui Aragaki tapped for drama theme song
Tue, April 29, 2008 (12:15am EDT)
Actress Yui Aragaki has achieved her first drama tie-in as a singer. Her "Make my day" will be used as the theme song for Fuji TV's "81diver," which premieres on May 3.
Aragaki released her first album, "Sora," this past December. However, "Make my day" will be her first actual single, scheduled to go on sale July 16. It will come with two other songs - an a cappella version of "Make my day," and a currently untitled song that she wrote the lyrics for.
The single, which features jacket art drawn by Aragaki, will be sold in three editions. One will be CD-only, while the other two are limited first press versions that each come with a DVD. One DVD has the music video for "Make my day," and the other has footage of her concert at the Nippon Budokan in December.
Source: Sankei Sports
credit to: tokyograph.com & lespros.co.jp |
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"Gokusen 3" starts at 26.4%[/]
Mon, April 21, 2008 (10:38am EDT)
The NTV drama series "Gokusen 3" premiered on Saturday, and viewership numbers released by Video Research Ltd. showed that it kicked off the season at 26.4% in the Kanto region. This is only slightly lower than the 26.5% start of "Gokusen 2," which went on to average 27.8% over its entire run.
Meanwhile, the TBS series "ROOKIES," which also deals with a teacher working with delinquent students but involves baseball as well, started out with only 12.2% ratings. The show premiered the same day as "Gokusen" but aired an hour earlier.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Reply #388 whitedove's post
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gokusen nih...mende same jerk pun, maintain jer... hmm... org2 jepun nih tak boring ker? hehe... |
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Reply #390 Kittie's post
mcm yg aku ckp kat thread Gokusen, dah ada cult followers  |
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Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix: Horikita takes Best Actress
Tue, April 29, 2008 (1:48am EDT)
The second award of Nikkan Sports' 11th annual Drama Grand Prix has been revealed. The title of Best Actress was won by Maki Horikita, who starred in the highly popular drama adaptation of "Hanazakari no Kimitachi e" last summer.
Horikita actually lost during the summer edition of the awards, receiving less than half as many votes as Haruka Ayase did.
A special episode for "Hana Kimi" was announced in March. Filming has already finished, though Fuji TV has still not yet set a broadcast date.
Source: Nikkan Sports
credit to: tokyograph.com & popcornfor2.com
P/S: yahoo!! :pompom: :victory: omedetou ne maki-chan?! :handshake: |
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Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix: Ikuta voted Best Supporting Actor
Wed, April 30, 2008 (1:37am EDT)
On Wednesday, Nikkan Sports revealed the winner of the Best Supporting Actor prize in its 11th Drama Grand Prix. Following up on the previous day's announcement of Maki Horikita as Best Actress, the drama series "Hanazakari no Kimitachi e" found its second winner in Toma Ikuta, who had his breakthrough role as Shuichi Nakatsu.
Ikuta has been gaining in popularity since that drama. Last season, he co-starred with Riko Narumi in the high-profile adaptation of the hit manga "Honey and Clover."
Source: Nikkan Sports
credit to: tokyograph.com & wiki.theppn.org
P/S: hah! kena sesgt dahlah nie!! |
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Reply #392 Yuni's post
ni pun satu lagi nih...Karina lebih layak!  |
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karina menang best actress utk the television whatt..
akak tepek je la yg sy tepek kat JeM tu..
tatau nak letak kat thread mane satu kat sini..
[ Last edited by emiko at 30-4-2008 04:20 PM ] |
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Reply #395 emiko's post
wokey akak amik n tepek nnt...
yup yup, at least The television Awards tuh bukan based on popularity semata2... |
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Reply #396 whitedove's post
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tp daisuki mmg best giler citer tuh... pandai tul karina blakon... menjadi giler... mcm org lain betul2... |
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Reply #397 Kittie's post
sbb tu le mmg pueh hati giler tgk Karina dlm tu...tetiba dah jadi fan Karina plak!  |
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UPCOMING ASADORA
NHK reveals 80th Asadora, first for Saitama
Fri, April 25, 2008 (12:41am EDT)
On Thursday, public broadcaster NHK revealed the title of its 80th Asadora, set to start its run in spring 2009. Titled "Tsubasa," the series is set mainly in the city of Kawagoe, Saitama. This is the first time that an Asadora has been set in that prefecture, and Saitama is the only one of Japan's 47 prefectures that has not been used as a setting before.
The heroine of the story is Tsubasa, the daughter of a family that runs a long-standing confectionery. She begins working at a community radio station, through which she effects change in her area.
The script is being written by Masashi Todayama ("Kasouken no Onna," the movie "Udon"). The lead role will be decided through audition in June and July.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING SUMMER DORAMA
Sou Kuramoto drama starts filming
Fri, April 25, 2008 (1:13am EDT)
Fuji TV has already started filming for a drama series that will air this fall. The show is titled "Kaze no Garden" and is written by acclaimed screenwriter Sou Kuramoto. Like two of his previous works, "Kita no Kuni Kara" and "Yasashii Jikan," the series is set in the city of Furano, Hokkaido. The story revolves around an anesthesiologist with terminal cancer (Kiichi Nakai) and his family.
"Kaze no Garden" will air on Thursdays at 10:00pm, starting in October.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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