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Drama Grand Prix: "Maou" takes 4 out of 5
Sun, October 19, 2008 (12:26pm EDT)
Last week, Nikkan Sports announced the results of its summer survey for the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix. A total of 24,757 votes were collected between September 25 and October 4. The big winner this time was the TBS series "Maou," winning in all four categories that it was nominated for.
The show received about 12,600 votes for Best Drama, handily beating "Code Blue" by close to 5,000 votes. At #3 was "33-pun Tantei," far behind at only 1,300 votes, followed by "Atsuhime" and "Shibatora" with less than 800 votes apiece.
Satoshi Ohno beat Tomohisa Yama$hita in the Best Actor category by roughly 2,500 votes. "Maou" co-star Toma Ikuta also made the list at #3.
 
For Best Supporting Actor, Kei Tanaka edged out the competition, and the top 5 were all either from "Maou" or "Code Blue." Ryoko Kobayashi gave "Maou" its fourth award as Best Supporting Actress, while the rest of the votes were split among the three female leads from "Code Blue" and Mikako Tabe.
The only category that "Maou" didn't win was the Best Actress award, due to its lack of a starring female role. Aoi Miyazaki received about 8,200 votes for her role in "Atsuhime," with young star Mirai Shida ("Seigi no Mikata") trailing by 3,500 votes to land in second.
The complete results are available in the forums.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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This year's ongoing NHK taiga drama series "Atsuhime" is said to have brought economic benefits worth over |
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"Innocent Love" falls short of expectations
Tue, October 21, 2008 (12:38am EDT)
Viewership data for the premiere episode of Fuji TV's "Innocent Love" has been released, and the network is surely disappointed with the results. The show managed only a 16.9% rating, despite starring the popular Maki Horikita.
This is the first time since last year that Fuji TV's Monday 9:00pm time slot has not had an opener above 20%. This breaks the streak that started with "Galileo" and continued with "Bara no Nai Hanaya," "CHANGE," and "Taiyou to Umi no Kyou$hitsu." Before those four shows, "Proposal Daisakusen" and "First Kiss" both debuted at over 19%.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING WINTER 2009 DORAMA
Nakama, Kase to star in Fuji TV series
Wed, October 22, 2008 (1:09am EDT)
 
Yukie Nakama and Ryo Kase will co-star in a Fuji TV drama series this winter. Titled "Arifureta Kiseki," the show will be the first series written by Taichi Yamada in 11 years. Yamada's last serial was TBS's "Fuzoroi no Ringotachi 4" in 1997, though he has written many tanpatsu dramas since then. He has reportedly stated that this will be his last time writing a series.
"Arifureta Kiseki" focuses on a woman (Nakama) living with her parents and grandmother, and a man (Kase) living with his father and grandfather. The story follows the ways that their ordinary lives and family ties begin to change after their encounter.
The show premieres on Fuji TV this January. It will air in the network's Thursday 10:00pm time slot.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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New season of "Aibou" gets best start
Thu, October 23, 2008 (2:32am EDT)
TV Asahi's long-running detective drama "Aibou" opened its 7th season on Wednesday. According to viewership data, the show achieved ratings of 17.9%. This is the best premiere the franchise has ever had, and it is also one of the highest-rated episodes in the show's history.
"Aibou" proved its popularity earlier this year, when the movie version set the records for the highest box office gross and attendance numbers of the first half of 2008. The new television series has also drawn lots of attention due to the announcement that actor Yasufumi Terawaki will be departing from the show sometime this season.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Fuji TV producing documentary drama on Kamiji
Thu, October 30, 2008 (1:29am EDT)
Popular talento Yusuke Kamiji, part of the trio Shuchishin, will be featured in a special program on Fuji TV next year. The show is part documentary, part drama, and is based on his autobiographical essay "Kamiji Yusuke Monogatari" that was published in August.
The majority of the program will focus on Kamiji's days in middle school, when his life revolved around baseball. The show will also feature people close to him talking about his life, and Kamiji will of course make an appearance as himself. The actor playing his childhood self will be chosen by audition in December, with Kamiji participating in the selection.
Fuji TV plans to broadcast the special sometime next spring.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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TV Asahi staff have been reprimanded for an incident that took place during filming of the drama series "Salaryman Kintaro." While filming in the car park of an apartment building in Tokyo's Suginami Ward, staff put false number plates on three parked cars belonging to residents. But they failed to get permission from one of the owners, which led to the police getting involved. TV Asahi president Kimiwada Masao (67) apologized for the incident in his regularly scheduled press conference on Wednesday.
Source: www.japan-zone.com |
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TV dramas for autumn compete for women viewers
Thursday 30th October, 11:00 AM JST
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UPCOMING TAIGA DORAMA
Masaharu Fukuyama to star in taiga drama
Thu, November 6, 2008 (3:24am EST)
In June, NHK revealed that its 2010 taiga drama will be "Ryomaden," based on the life of the historical figure Sakamoto Ryoma. The lead actor has now been unveiled, and it is none other than actor/singer Masaharu Fukuyama, who has never before appeared in an NHK series.
The supporting cast has still not been publicly announced. NHK plans to start filming in August 2009, and "Ryomaden" will start its broadcast run in January 2010.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING DORAMA SP
Fuji TV dramatizes 300 million yen robbery
Fri, November 7, 2008 (1:34am EST)
Fuji TV is producing a drama special that has been tentatively titled "San Oku En Jiken: 40 Nenme no Nazo," based on a famous robbery that took place in 1968. Also known as the "300 million yen robbery," the incident was never solved, despite being one of the biggest national investigations in Japanese history.
 
Baijaku Nakamura will play the famous detective Hachibe Hiratsuka. Koji Yamamoto will co-star as another real-life detective. The show is scheduled to air on December 13.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING WINTER DORAMA 2009
Eguchi, Inagaki, Hirosue star in "Triangle"
Mon, November 10, 2008 (12:03am EST)
  
Fuji TV is producing a drama series called "Triangle," scheduled to air next season. Actor Yosuke Eguchi will be the star of the show, supported by SMAP's Goro Inagaki and actress Ryoko Hirosue.
The series is described as a mystery/suspense story, starting with the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1984. 15 years later, after the case goes unsolved and passes the statute of limitations, a doctor named Ryoji Goda (Eguchi) suddenly quits from his hospital and eventually becomes a detective. In 2008, he meets a traveling artist (Hirosue) in Paris, and shortly after Goda's return to Japan, he becomes involved in the expired murder case when another detective (Inagaki) receives an anonymous phone call.
Aside from Paris, where filming is currently taking place, the show's settings also include Tokyo, Osaka, and Shanghai. The rest of the cast is said to include other top actors, young and old, including Kinya Kitaoji.
"Triangle" will premiere on January 6, airing every Tuesday at 10:00pm.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING DORAMA SP
Alisa Mizuki stars in "Nikutai no Mon"
Wed, November 12, 2008 (2:10am EST)
Actress Alisa Mizuki is starring in a TV Asahi drama special called "Nikutai no Mon." The show is based on a 1947 best-selling novel by Taijiro Tamura that has been adapted to film several times in the past.
Like her role in TV Asahi's "Yoshiwara Enjo" drama last year, Mizuki plays a prostitute. However, this story takes place just after Japan's defeat in WWII, and follows the protagonist's day-to-day struggle.
The drama began shooting in late August and is scheduled to air sometime next month.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING DAILY DORAMA
Hitomi Sato in Fuji TV afternoon drama
Thu, November 13, 2008 (1:10am EST)
Fuji TV has just revealed its winter daytime drama series. Titled "Hikon Doumei," the show is being done by the same writer (Takehiro Nakajima) and producers as the earlier dramas "Shinju Fujin" and "Botan to Bara."
 
The series stars Hitomi Sato, Erisa Akiyama, and Chizuru Lee as three women who have chosen to lead a "hikon" lifestyle - dating and even having children with no plans for marriage.
"Hikon Doumei" will run in Fuji TV's weekday 1:30pm time slot, starting on January 5.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING WINTER 2009 DORAMA
Hiroshi Tamaki, Karina co-star in "Love Shuffle"
Thu, November 13, 2008 (12:33am EST)
   
Screenwriter Shinji Nojima is working on an upcoming TBS drama series titled "Love Shuffle." The romantic comedy will star several popular actors, including Hiroshi Tamaki, Karina, Shota Matsuda, and Shihori Kanjiya.
Tamaki plays a manager at an IT company who breaks off his engagement to the president's daughter (Kanjiya). Later at his apartment, a power failure leaves him trapped in an elevator with three other residents (Karina, Matsuda, and Shosuke Tanihara). While waiting, their conversation hits upon the question of whether there is truly only one fated partner for everyone. As a result, they decide to run an experiment by "shuffling" their relationships with one another.
"Love Shuffle" premieres on January 16 and will air every Friday at 10:00pm.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING WINTER 2009 DORAMA
Kamenashi leads "Kami no Shizuku" drama adaptation
Thu, November 13, 2008 (12:13am EST)
Next season, NTV is airing a live-action drama based on Tadashi Agi's popular wine-themed manga "Kami no Shizuku." The drama series will star KAT-TUN's Kazuya Kamenashi in his first salaryman role.
The original manga is currently running in Kodansha's Weekly Morning magazine. The story revolves around a young man whose father, a world-famous wine critic, suddenly dies. In order to take over his father's vast wine collection, he must face off against his adopted brother in a contest to find specific wines, even though he originally has no knowledge of wines.
"Kami no Shizuku" will run in NTV's Tuesday 10:00pm time slot, starting in January.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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UPCOMING DORAMA SP
Horikita to play Ri Kouran in "Danso no Reijin"
Fri, November 14, 2008 (2:06am EST)
 
Back in May, it was announced that Meisa Kuroki will be starring in a drama special titled "Danso no Reijin," based on the life of the Manchu princess Yoshiko Kawashima. It has now been revealed that former actress/singer Ri Kouran (also known as Yoshiko Yamaguchi) will be a character in the story, played by Maki Horikita.
As previously reported, the drama focuses on Kawashima, who served as a spy for the Kwantung Army and as a military leader for Manchukuo. Yamaguchi, on the other hand, was a Japanese woman born in China, where she initially built her career as an actress. Although the two were of different generations, they were said to be closely linked at one point.
In 2007, TV Tokyo aired a drama special about the life of Yamaguchi, and Kawahima was a key character in that show. In that version, Aya Ueto played Yamaguchi.
The supporting cast in "Danso no Reijin" includes Yuki Yagi, Miki Maya, Masatoshi Nakamura, and Masanobu Takashima. TV Asahi will broadcast the drama on December 6.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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