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UPCOMING DORAMA
Saori Koide to star in "business mystery" drama
Sat, August 16, 2008 (4:28pm EDT)
The popular "business mystery" novel series "Joshidaisei Kaikeishi no Jikenbo" by author Shinya Yamada is being adapted as a drama series on BS-i. The novels, which started in 2002, have sold close to 800,000 copies and have already been turned into a manga.
 
Young actress Saori Koide will play the college student Moemi, an abacus-wielding accountant who solves business-related mysteries. Teaming up with her is Terunosuke Takezai, playing the rookie accountant Kazuma.
BS-i will broadcast the drama on Wednesdays at 10:00pm, starting on October 8.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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The NHK taiga period drama "Atsu-hime" has reached new heights of
popularity. The August 17 episode had a superb audience rating of 27.7%,
making it the second-most watched show of the week after the hugely
anticipated women's Olympic marathon. The series had already set a taiga
record with last week's rating of 26.4%, and the latest episode featured
the first appearance of the key character Kazunomiya, played by popular
young actress Horikita Maki (20).
Source: www.japan-zone.com |
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UPCOMING DAILY DORAMA
Kayano Masuyama to appear in afternoon drama
Mon, August 18, 2008 (10:42pm EDT)
Former AKB48 member Kayano Masuyama will appear in her first daytime drama series this fall. She has been cast in Fuji TV's "Aishuu no Romera," which was announced earlier this month.
The series stars Aiko Ito as the tragic heroine Tamaki, whose father died in an accident and whose younger brother suffers from poor health. She finally meets her first love, the son of a hospital director. When she discovers that the man's father had an affair with her mother and was the reason for her mother's suicide, she begins plotting for revenge. Masuyama will be playing the part of Tamaki during her younger days.
Masuyama made her acting debut last year when she co-starred with model Yukika Teramoto in the drama series "ChocoMimi."
"Aishuu no Romera" will air on weekdays at 1:30pm, beginning on September 29.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING AUTUMN DORAMA
Maki Horikita's "Innocent Love"
Wed, August 20, 2008 (1:01am EDT)
Popular actress Maki Horikita has picked up her next lead drama role. She will star in the tentatively-titled "Innocent Love," scheduled to air in Fuji TV's flagship Monday night time slot this fall. As the title suggests, the show will be a romance story.
The script is an original work written by Taeko Asano, whose most recent hit was "Last Friends" this past spring. Like that show, "Innocent Love" will focus on the lives of modern youths. The shows also share a director (Yusuke Kato) and a producer (Toshiyuki Nakano).
The story centers around the tragic heroine Kanon Akiyama (Horikita). As a child, she lost both her parents to a murderer, and her older brother was arrested as the prime suspect. Shunned by her town as the sister of a killer, she heads to Tokyo and picks up a job as a housecleaner. There, she has a fateful encounter with a man, but the road to romance is fraught with difficulty.
This will be Horikita's first time starring in Fuji TV's key time slot. Last year, her popularity skyrocketed due to a starring role in "Hanazakari no Kimitachi e." Currently, she appears in the NHK taiga drama "Atsuhime." That series doesn't finish filming until the end of September, so she will briefly be shooting simultaneously for "Atsuhime" and "Innocent Love."
"Innocent Love" will premiere in October.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING AUTUMN DORAMA
Kyoka Suzuki leads female stars in "Scandal"
Thu, August 21, 2008 (1:53am EDT)
This fall, TBS is producing a drama series called "SCANDAL," dealing with the love lives of four married women of different generations. Kyoka Suzuki is officially the star, but she will be joined by Kaori Momoi, Kyoko Hasegawa, and Kazue Fukiishi.
  
Suzuki plays 40-year-old housewife Takako Takayanagi. Her life seems full of happiness at first glance, but in reality she is troubled by a rebellious daughter and an unfaithful husband. At a wedding party for a mutual friend (Naho Toda), she meets the three other main characters: 32-year-old Hitomi (Hasegawa), the wife of a civil servant; 25-year-old Mayuko (Fukiishi), married to the director of a cosmetic surgery clinic; and 52-year-old Tamaki (Momoi), who wedded a lawyer after lying about her age.
The story is said to also have an element of suspense, as an incident threatens the loss of their friend. Yumiko Inoue wrote the script, and Jiro Shono is producing.
Filming has already begun. TBS will air the series on Sunday nights at 9:00pm, beginning on October 19.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Reply #607 Kittie's post
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UPCOMING AUTUMN DORAMA
Alisa Mizuki to star in "OL Nippon"
Tue, August 26, 2008 (1:45am EDT)
Talento Alisa Mizuki has been given her 20th starring role in a drama series. In NTV's "OL Nippon," she will play a resourceful OL working in the general affairs department of a long-standing firm.
The script is being handled by Miho Nakazono, who has written several female-led hits, including "Haken no Hinkaku" and "Yamato Nadeshiko." Mizuki's character is described as an ordinary office worker, single and in her early thirties. However, she hates to lose, which drives her to do her job well.
Some of the filming is taking place in China, as Mizuki's character trains a group of Chinese workers as part of her company's outsourcing plans.
"OL Nippon" will run in NTV's Wednesday 10:00pm time slot, starting in October.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING AUTUMN DORAMA
Yuzu's Kitagawa to play Horikita's love interest
Tue, August 26, 2008 (2:03am EDT)
 
The male lead has been revealed for the Fuji TV drama series "Innocent Love," which stars popular actress Maki Horikita. Rather than casting a popular young actor for the role, the network has chosen Yujin Kitagawa, the 31-year-old leader of folk duo Yuzu.
The drama is described as a "Cinderella story," with Horikita playing Kanon, a pitiful woman who eventually finds love with a pianist named Junya (Kitagawa). Junya's character is cheerful and innocent on the surface, but his heart is full of painful sorrow.
Kitagawa actually started out his entertainment career as an actor, before Yuzu got their big break. He appeared in multiple dramas, such as "Meitantei Hoken#su no Obasan" in 1997, and he even starred in the 1996 horror film "All Night Long 3: Saishusho." However, he has been focused on music since Yuzu made their debut in 1997.
"Innocent Love" is filling Fuji TV's Monday 9:00pm time slot this fall.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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sib baik la yujin nih kiut... so ramai yg leh terima ckit even ramai mase mule2 terkezut... |
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UPCOMING MIDNIGHT DORAMA
Oguri to pass torch to Mizukawa for TV drama
Thu, August 28, 2008 (2:18am EDT)
NTV has announced an interesting experiment with one of its drama series for next season. "Yume wo Kanaeru Zou," which was previously announced as a one-shot drama, will also be getting a series, though with a different star. Instead of Shun Oguri, actress Asami Mizukawa will be taking the lead.
"Yume wo Kanaeru Zou" is based on a best-selling comedic novel by Keiya Mizuno. In the original story, Kouhei is an unsuccessful salaryman who encounters a Kansai-ben-speaking manifestation of the Hindu deity Ganesha, and eventually finds happiness in life under Ganesha's guidance.
NTV's 2-hour adaptation of the story stars Oguri as Kouhei and Arata Furuta as Ganesha. Broadcast has been scheduled for October 2 at 9:00pm. But just before midnight on the same day, the network will premiere the serialized version, which is partly a continuation of the tale.
Unlike the original story, the "Yume wo Kanaeru Zou" series will have a female lead. Mizukawa plays Asuka Hoshino, who gets dumped by her boyfriend on her 25th birthday and is forced to temporarily move into a small apartment due to a fire at her old place. While crying and wishing for happiness, she is suddenly confronted by Ganesha, who happened to live in that same apartment with Kouhei several years earlier. Arata Furuta will play Ganesha for the series as well.
The drama's official time slot is 11:58pm on Thursday nights, beginning on October 2.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING AUTUMN DORAMA
Hiro Mizushima, Anne Suzuki star in roommate comedy
Mon, September 1, 2008 (2:39am EDT)
 
Hiro Mizushima and Anne Suzuki will co-star in a Fuji TV
drama series titled "ROOM OF KING," airing this fall. The show is an
unusual comedy scripted by director/screenwriter Ellie Omiya.
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The story revolves around a group of housemates sharing a high-class
apartment in Tokyo's Aoyama district. Mizushima plays a part-timer while
Suzuki plays an OL. They begin living with a venereologist (Haruka
Igawa) and a popular stylist (Atsuro Watabe), but after a series
of events, they find themselves all competing in a game to win ownership of
the apartment.
Fuji TV will broadcast "ROOM OF KING" on Saturday nights at 11:10pm,
starting on October 4.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING AUTUMN DORAMA
Manami Konishi saves children in new drama
Mon, September 1, 2008 (3:06am EDT)
Actress Manami Konishi has had a couple roles in the past as a
doctor or nurse, but now she will be stepping up to play a hospital
director. She will star in TV Asahi's medical drama "Shoni Kyumei
~Kodomotachi no Tame ni, Sono Mirai no Tame ni~" this fall.
In recent years, many large hospitals have been forced to close their
pediatrics departments, leading to a shortage of medical attention
available to children across Japan. Konishi plays a doctor who leaves a
large hospital to start a children's hospital.
The show premieres in October. It will run in TV Asahi's Thursday 9:00pm
time slot.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING DORAMA
Tetsudo Musume cast includes Ami Tokito, members of Idoling and AKB48
Wed, September 3, 2008 (2:48am EDT)
Late last month, it was confirmed that Tetsudo Musume, a line of figures produced by Tomytec, would be turned into a live-action drama series, titled "Tetsudo Musume ~ Girls be ambitious." Now, cast details have been revealed, and idol Ami Tokito has been named as one of the main characters.
  
The drama is an omnibus series, portraying the lives of women working at railroad companies. Tokito plays an employee of Keisei Electric Railway, while Rin Takanashi plays an apprentice railroad idol. The rest of the main cast members are Idoling's Mai Endo, Erika Tonooka, and Erika Yazawa, along with AKB48's Tomomi Kasai and Sae Miyazawa.
 
"Tetsudo Musume" will air on six UHF networks, including TV Kanagawa, Television Saitama, and Chiba TV. Broadcast begins in October.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING AUTUMN DORAMA
Ayaka Hirahara to make acting debut in "Kaze no Garden"
Wed, September 3, 2008 (1:39am EDT)
Singer Ayaka Hirahara is set to make her full-fledged acting debut with a role in the upcoming Fuji TV drama series "Kaze no Garden," penned by popular screenwriter Sou Kuramoto.
Announced back in April, the drama stars Kiichi Nakai as a doctor who lost his wife to suicide. After learning that he has terminal cancer, he returns home to Hokkaido to live with his aging father (Ken Ogata), bringing his two children with him (Meisa Kuroki, Ryunosuke Kamiki). Hirahara plays a young woman who meets the doctor through a medical examination, and the two become lovers.
In addition to appearing throughout the whole series, Hirahara has been given the task of providing the show's theme song and an insert song. In 2005, Hirahara sang the theme song for Sou Kuramoto's "Yasashii Jikan."
"Kaze no Garden" airs on Thursday nights at 10:00pm, starting on October 9.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING DORAMA SERIES
AAA acts out Shakespeare
Thu, September 4, 2008 (1:34am EDT)
Kansai TV and Avex are producing a drama series this fall, tentatively titled "Mirai Seiki Shakespeare." The show will feature all 7 current members of the group AAA, marking their first drama appearance together.
The show will consist of several modern versions of Shakespeare's plays, with each story lasting 2 episodes. "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Merchant of Venice" have been confirmed for the series. The specific casting has not been revealed yet, but filming is expected to start in the next few days.
Kansai TV will air the series in a late-night time slot starting in October. The network has issued a press release on its website.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING AUTUMN DORAMA
Chinese model Hu Bing cast in drama
Fri, September 5, 2008 (2:24am EDT)
 
Chinese model Hu Bing will be making an appearance in his first Japanese drama. NTV's "OL Nippon," starring Alisa Mizuki as a top-notch office worker, partly involves around a group of trainees from China, managed by Sadao Abe. Hu Bing will play Abe's work partner, who comes to Japan with high expectations, but learns that the reality is different.
Also appearing in the series are talento/gravure idol Rola Chen and a new actress who won a small talent audition held in Beijing.
"OL Nippon" premieres on October 8.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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