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Matsuyuki stars in "Mother"
Thu, February 18, 2010 (4:05am EST)
Yasuko Matsuyuki (37) will star in an NTV drama series this spring, titled "Mother." As the title suggests, the drama will carry a theme of motherhood, but it will have an element of suspense.
Matsuyuki, who is a mother herself, plays the part of Nao Suzuhara, an elementary school teacher. When she realizes that one of the female students is receiving abuse from her mother, Nao's maternal instincts kick in, and she impulsively decides to bring the girl into her own care. Serving as a substitute mother, Nao takes the child on a trip from Hokkaido to Tokyo, and the two experience various events together along the way.
The story is based on an original script by Yuji Sakamoto ("Tokyo Love Story," "Watashitachi no Kyoukasho") and co-directed by Nobuo Mizuta ("Maiko Haaaan!!!") and Makoto Naganuma. Filming will begin later this month in Hokkaido.
NTV will broadcast the show on Wednesdays at 10:00pm, beginning in April.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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D-BOYS' Nakamura to star in live-action "Moyashimon"
Sun, February 21, 2010 (1:53am EST)
In December, it was revealed that the Masayuki Ishikawa manga "Moyashimon" is being turned into a live-action series. It has now been learned that the drama will air this summer, and Yuichi Nakamura (22) of D-BOYS will play the starring role.
The unusual story revolves around an agricultural university student named Tadayasu Sawaki (Nakamura), who possesses the unique ability to see and communicate with germs. The original manga has won multiple awards, and it was adapted as an animated series in 2007.
Natsuki Kato (24) will play the role of the "sadistic" graduate student Haruka Hasegawa. Other cast members include comedians Koji Nishida (35) and Akihiro Kimura (39).
Fuji TV will broadcast the series in its late-night "noitaminA" time slot (Thursdays 12:45am), starting in July.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Ayumi Ito's first lead drama role
Sun, February 21, 2010 (3:55am EST)
Ayumi Ito (29) started her acting career as a child 17 years ago, but now she will finally be the star of a television drama. She has been cast in a four-episode series on TBS titled "Kioku no Umi," airing next month.
The drama is based on a novel that won the grand prize of the 2nd Drama Gensaku Taisho (organized by TBS and Kodansha). The story is set in the near future, where society has achieved the ability to convert human memories into data, allowing them to be preserved. Satomi Ono (Ito), a member of a university research team, is hoping for the recovery of her boyfriend (Michitaka Tsutsui), who was involved in an accident during an experiment and can now retain only three minutes of memory at a time.
TBS has scheduled the drama for four consecutive nights (March 22-25) at 11:30pm.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Hitomi Kuroki leads cast of "Dousoukai"
Mon, February 22, 2010 (12:04am EST)
Next season, TV Asahi will broadcast a drama series titled "Dousoukai ~ Love Again Shoukougun," starring actress Hitomi Kuroki (49). The show also features Katsunori Takahashi (45), Yuki Saito (43), and Hiroshi Mikami (47).
  
Described as a "love mystery" by popular screenwriter Yumiko Inoue, "Dousoukai" revolves around four men and women around the age of 45, who meet again after thirty years at their junior high reunion. Feelings of love unexpectedly emerge among them, leading to a complicated situation.
Kuroki plays the former honor student Tomomi, who takes care of her two children and her currently unemployed husband. Back in junior high, she and Kosuke (Takahashi) had feelings for each other. Kosuke is now a police detective, but he has trouble balancing his work with his wife and son.
Saito plays a housewife leading a high-class lifestyle but hiding a secret, while Mikami plays a magazine editor who has gone through a divorce but is still popular with women.
"Dousoukai" will air on Thursday nights at 9:00pm, beginning in April.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Ueno Juri is Ready to Gou
We're only halfway into February but NHK have already announced the first details of next year's taiga series. The public network's annual drama airs on Sunday nights for almost the whole year and is based around a single historical figure. In this year's "Ryomaden," that figure is Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-67), the samurai who helped lead Japan out of centuries of isolation. The 2011 taiga returns to a more feminine theme that has been the focus in several recent series - the ladies of the royal court. Popular actress Ueno Juri (23) will play the princess Gou (1573-1626), third daughter of warlord Azai Nagamasa (1545-73). Gou was married three times to various offspring of the legendary Toyotomi and Tokugawa warlord clans. As the wife of shogun Tokugawa Hidetada (1579-1632), she created the "Ohku" or inner palace at the Edo Castle, with its intricate web of female intrigue.
Ueno has established herself as a talented actress, particularly in the Fuji TV dramatization of the "Nodame Cantabile" manga and a subsequent big screen adaptation. Like Gou, she is a third daughter and found that she identifies with the role. "In the script, she is strong willed and really speaks her mind. I might be like that!" But she has a lot of preparation to do for the role before filming starts in August. "I'd never watched a taiga series or performed in a period drama. So I recently started watching Ryomaden." Though she shares the same management agency with its star, Fukuyama Masaharu (41), she has never met or even seen him. So she was delighted when he sent her a message of encouragement for her upcoming challenge.
Source: www.japan-zone.com |
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Kato, Katase co-star in golf drama
Tue, February 23, 2010 (1:05am EST)
 
NTV is broadcasting a golf-themed drama series this spring, titled "Pro Golfer Hana." Co-stars Rosa Kato (24) and Nana Katase (28) have been earnestly preparing for their parts through lessons from professional golf teachers.
With the popularity of young stars like Ryo Ishikawa (18) and Ai Miyazato (24), golf has been enjoying a boom in Japan. It is even reported that the term "golkon" ("golf" plus "goukon") has started spreading among young adults, referring to a golf-themed group date.
In the comedic "Pro Golfer Hana," Kato plays Hana Nomiya, a young woman aiming to become a professional golfer for the sake of her family and their debt. Katase, on the other hand, plays the gifted golfer Riko Takase, a wealthy young lady who detests poverty.
Kato actually started golfing about two or three years ago on her own, but she said she became frustrated by her lack of progress. Along with Katase, who is a complete beginner, she started training for the drama around the end of last year. Producers are hoping to film the golf scenes without having to use stand-ins for the two actresses.
"Pro Golfer Hana" will be aired on Thursdays at 11:58pm. The first episode is scheduled for April 8.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Namase takes spotlight in "Trick" spinoff drama
Tue, February 23, 2010 (1:28am EST)
A few months ago, it was announced that the television drama franchise "Trick" is getting its third theatrical film this spring. Now, it has been revealed that it will also get its first spinoff drama series, focusing on the character played by Katsuhisa Namase (49).
"Keibuho Yabe Kenzo" will be the first starring role for Namase in a television series. In the "Trick" dramas and movies, which revolved around the mystery-solving duo of amateur magician Naoko Yamada (Yukie Nakama) and university professor Jiro Ueda (Hiroshi Abe), Namase played the odd wig-wearing detective Kenzo Yabe. His character attracted many fans, who have voiced plenty of requests for a spinoff.
 
In "Keibuho Yabe Kenzo," the detective will have to tackle difficult cases on his own, without the help of Yamada and Ueda. His supporting cast includes Tetsuhiro Ikeda (39) and Shihori Kanjiya (24).
TV Asahi has scheduled the series for its Friday 11:15pm time slot, with the first episode airing in April. The "Trick" movie opens in theaters on May 8.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Eita, Juri Ueno team up again for "Twitter drama"
Tue, February 23, 2010 (12:43am EST)
 
Eita (27) and Juri Ueno (23) will co-star in the upcoming Fuji TV drama series "Sunao ni Narenakute." The two have already appeared on screen together in several works, including the movie "Summer Time Machine Blues" and the dramas "Nodame Cantabile" and "Last Friends."
At the heart of the drama is the social networking and micro-blogging service Twitter, which has quickly risen in popularity worldwide and is starting to catch on in Japan. The story is set in Shibuya, one of Tokyo's centers of youth culture, where five men and women meet through Twitter. Through their interactions, they overcome their individual problems and create a true friendship.
Eita plays a photographer named Nakaji who had aimed to become like his father, who was a war photographer before he was changed by a battlefield injury. Ueno plays the part-time high school teacher Haru, who is irritated by her own inexperience.
 
Tetsuji Tamayama (29) takes on a leader-like role for the group, though he plays a sensitive man working in publishing while dealing with erectile dysfunction. Megumi Seki (24) plays Haru's best friend, who is having an affair with her own boss. The fifth member of the group is still being cast.
Popular screenwriter Eriko Kitagawa is handling the script. Kitagawa was responsible for "Orange Days" (which Eita and Ueno also appeared in) and other hit dramas, though "Sunao ni Narenakute" is her first for Fuji TV since "Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi" in 2002.
"Sunao ni Narenakute" will premiere in April, airing on Thursday nights at 10:00pm.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Miori Takimoto chosen as "Teppan" heroine
NHK's 83rd morning drama series, "Teppan," now has an official heroine. The broadcaster announced on Wednesday that 18-year-old Miori Takimoto was chosen for the lead role from an audition of more than 1,400 actresses.
"Teppan," which will air for six months starting on September 27, tells the story of a young woman named Akari who moves from Hiroshima to Osaka and tries to start an okonomiyaki restaurant.
Takimoto is a former member of idol group SweetS. She recently made her acting debut as the lead female character in the movie "Higanjima," and she also has a supporting role in the upcoming "Shokudo Katatsumuri."
Source: http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-5837 |
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"Yankee-kun to Megane-chan" goes live-action
Wed, February 24, 2010 (10:41am EST)
 
Miki Yoshikawa's comedy manga "Yankee-kun to Megane-chan" is being turned into a live-action television series on TBS this spring. Hiroki Narimiya (27) and Riisa Naka (20) will star.
The high school story revolves around a delinquent named Daichi Shinagawa (Narimiya) and the glasses-wearing class representative Hana Adachi (Naka). Hana, who is hiding the fact that she was once a delinquent herself, commits herself to getting Daichi to change.
TBS plans to air the drama series on Fridays at 10:00pm, starting on April 23.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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"Team Batista" drama series also gets sequel
Thu, February 25, 2010 (2:10am EST)
 
The "Team Batista no Eikou" drama series is back for a second round. Atsushi Ito (26) and Toru Nakamura (44) will reprise their lead roles.
The initial season of "Team Batista" aired on Fuji TV in late 2008 and pulled in strong ratings, leading to a follow-up last October in the special episode "Nightingale no Chinmoku." The dramas were based on the first two novels in a best-selling medical mystery series by writer Takeru Kaido. The new season is based on the third novel, "General Rouge no Gaisen."
Both "Team Batista no Eikou" and "General Rouge no Gaisen" have also been adapted as a feature films, starring Yuko Takeuchi (29) and Hiroshi Abe (45).
Fuji TV will broadcast "Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen" on Tuesdays at 10:00pm, beginning on April 6. New cast members this time include Hidetoshi Nishijima (38), Ai Kato (27), and Miho Shiraishi (31).
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Kimutaku to star in new romance series
Tue, March 2, 2010 (1:46am EST)
Fuji TV's next Monday night drama will star the popular Takuya Kimura (37). Although several of his dramas during the past decade have had elements of romance, this one is being described as the first one centered on a love story since "Beautiful Life" in 2000.
The new drama, which is currently untitled, has Kimura playing a company president for the first time in his acting career. However, Fuji TV has chosen not to reveal any other details right now, so the network seems to be holding back for a big announcement about the drama in the near future.
The series is expected to start in April, but a May premiere seems to also be a possibility.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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ni berite baik tuk thn 2010.........saper heroin nye..... |
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1034# pcyduck
kalau ikutkan rumor, Lin Zhi Ling... |
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New drama series for Kansai Johnny's Jr.
Mon, March 8, 2010 (1:40am EST)
This spring, Kansai TV will broadcast a new drama series featuring members of Kansai Johnny's Jr. Tentatively titled "Daremo Shiranai J Gakuen," the show will run for 10 episodes, each starring a different person.
The school-themed drama has been scheduled for late Wednesday nights, in a half-hour block starting around 1:30am. The first episode, titled "Gakkou no Kaidan," will air on April 28, with Akito Kiriyama (20) of B.A.D. taking on the lead role. Although he played a high school student in "Gokusen 3" two years ago, this time he is playing a rookie teacher.
The network is still selecting Kansai Johnny's Jr. members for the ten starring roles. So far, eight have been decided. |
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"Kaibutsu-kun" cast revealed
Thu, March 11, 2010 (2:19am EST)
Last month, it was announced that Arashi's Satoshi Ohno (29) will star in a live-action drama series based on the "Kaibutsu-kun" manga. On Wednesday, more of the cast members were revealed, along with their costumes.
   
The fantasy story follows young Kaibutsu-kun (Ohno), the prince of a land of monsters, who travels to the human world for training. Takeshi Kaga (59) plays the king of that world, while other monsters include Dracula (Norito Yashima), Wolf Man (Ryuhei Ueshima of Dachou Club), Frankenstein (Choi Hong Man), and Jijiya (Kazuaki Hankai).
  
Members of the demon world include the prince Demokin (Masahiro Matsuoka), Demorina (Izumi Inamori), and Akkuma (Kanji Tsuda). The human world includes Utako Ichikawa (Umika Kawashima), Hiroshi Ichikawa (Tatsuomi Hamada), and a policeman (Hiroki Miyake).
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Kenji Sakaguchi saves Tokyo in drama special
Tue, March 16, 2010 (2:15am EDT)
Kenji Sakaguchi (34) will star in a drama special on Fuji TV, tentatively titled "Keiji Narusawa Ryo ~Shuu~." The show is based on a popular series of police novels by author Shunichi Doba (46).
"Shuu" is the title of the sixth novel in the series, and it is said to be the best one. Altogether, the books have sold more than 1.5 million copies.
Described by the media as a Japanese "Die Hard," the drama is a mixture of action and suspense. Sakaguchi plays police detective Ryo Narusawa, fighting a series of terrorist bomb plots, racing against time to stop a mysterious criminal threatening to blow up the entire city of Tokyo.
Sakaguchi's partner is a female cop played by Akiko Yada (31). Also appearing in the drama are Kenichi Endo (48), comedian Gori (37), YOU (45), Susumu Terajima (46), and Naoto Takenaka (53).
Filming starts early next month. The broadcast date has not been decided yet, but Fuji TV plans to air it sometime this year.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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"Trick" gets another special episode
Mon, March 15, 2010 (2:25am EDT)
The highly popular drama franchise "Trick" is already getting a third movie on May 8 and a spinoff series starting on April 9, but it was revealed on Sunday that it is also getting a new 2-hour special episode, titled "Trick Shinsaku Special 2."
The first "Trick Shinsaku Special" aired in November 2005. Although the new episode has not been given a broadcast date yet, it is expected to air this spring. Starring the combo of Yukie Nakama (30) and Hiroshi Abe (45), the story this time is set in a village where an ancient custom still remains, and a mysterious lullaby seems to bring misfortune.
The episode's guest cast includes Yuko Asano, Kento Nagayama, Satomi Tezuka, Atom Shimojo, and Mari Hamada.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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