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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:39 am Post subject:
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Kamiki Ryunosuke stars in new Kudokan drama series
Actor Kamiki Ryunosuke (18) will be the star of a drama series for the first time since �gTantei Gakuen Q�h in 2007. This time, he will play a working student supporting his family in a story written by popular screenwriter Kudo Kankuro (�gTiger and Dragon,�h �gKisarazu Cat's Eye�h).
Titled �g11 Nin mo Iru!,�h the drama is a heartrending but comedic story about a family consisting of a jobless father, a domestic mother, and eight children with different personalities. As the title suggests, the family also has a mysterious �g11th member.�h
Kamiki plays the eldest son Kazuo, a high school student who helps support the family through part time jobs serving at a gas station and doing newspaper delivery. He clashes with his father (Tanabe Seiichi), an artsy photographer with no real earning power. Mitsuura Yasuko plays the part of an obedient wife, while Kato Seishiro plays the shy youngest child who can see a ghost (the �g11th member�h) but doesn�ft tell the rest of the family.
It is also reported that Hoshino Gen, the guitarist of the band SAKEROCK, will have a regularly appearing role as the younger brother of Tanabe Seiichi.
The show will air on TV Asahi on Friday nights at 11:15pm, starting in October.
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:26 am Post subject:
Horikita Maki�fs supporting cast in �gUmechan-sensei�h revealed
September 13, 2011
On Tuesday, NHK held a press conference to reveal additional cast members for the 2012 spring-summer morning drama series �gUmechan-sensei.�h The show was announced this past June with actress Horikita Maki as the lead.
Set in Tokyo in 1945 just after the end of World War II, the story revolves around Shimomura Umeko, the youngest of three children of a university hospital doctor. Despite being overshadowed by her older brother and sister, she resolves to become a local doctor.
Takahashi Katsumi and Minami Kaho will play the parents of the Shimomura family, while Mimura and Koide Keisuke will play her Umeko�fs older siblings. Matsuzaka Tori has been cast as Umeko�fs childhood friend Nobuo.
The cast also features Baisho Mitsuko as Umeko�fs grandmother, Tsurumi Shingo as Umeko�fs uncle, and Kataoka Tsurutaro as Nobuo�fs father. Rakugo artist Hayashiya Shozo will be in charge of the narration.
�gUmechan-sensei�h starts on April 2, 2012.
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Maki Horikita, Mimura, and Mitusko Baisho in an asadora! They're not fooling around!
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Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:25 am Post subject:
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Gouriki Ayame added to the cast of �gWatashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu�h
Fuji TV�fs upcoming fall �eGetsu9�� drama �gWatashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu�h already features top-class female starring cast with Karina, Yoshitaka Yuriko, and AKB48�fs Oshima Yuko, in addition to the already great supporting cast. Now, it has been announced that the up-and-coming young actress Gouriki Ayame is also going to enrich the drama with her charms.
This role is going to mark Gouriki�fs fourth consecutive drama appearance since January. In the winter season she first appeared in �gTaisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta�h (Fuji TV), followed by her role in the spring drama �gAsuko March!�h (TV Asahi), and finally her current starring role in the summer drama �gIS�h (TV Tokyo).
In �gWatashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu�h she will play �eHanzawa Momoko�e, the younger sister of �eHanzawa Mako�e (Oshima). Momoko is the exactly opposite of Mako and a very wild and kitsch younger sister, so to say, a right little devil.
Gouriki commented, �gI was very surprised and happy about the offer. I�fm very nervous and I�fll try my best not to be too much of a burden for everyone else, while showing you my brightness and energy.�h About the drama she stated, �gIt�fs full of grown-up love and emotions (laughs). My character, Momoko, is still very young, though (laughs). I hope I will play her good enough that you will eventually start to hate her.�h
She also talked about Oshima, who plays her older sister in the drama, �gOshima is very kind and I admire her a lot. She has such a soothing and carefree aura.�h
�gWatashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu�h will premier on Fuji TV in October.
Matsuyuki Yasuko to star in drama based on latest novel by �gKokuhaku�h author
Posted on September 19, 2011 by tokyograph
It was recently announced that two works by author Minato Kanae (�gKokuhaku�h) are getting live-action adaptations. Today, yet another one has been announced, based on her newest novel before the book has even been released.
Titled �gKyogu,�h the novel is scheduled for release next month on October 7th. TV Asahi will air a drama special with the same title sometime this winter, starring actresses Matsuyuki Yasuko and Ryo. The drama will be directed by award-winning movie director Wakamatsu Setsuro (�gShizumanu Taiyo�h).
Matsuyuki plays Yoko, a mother of a 5-year-old boy. She wins a new writer�fs prize for a children�fs picture book she wrote, based on the memories of her close friend Harumi (Ryo). Both of them were abandoned by their parents at a young age and raised in an orphanage.
Meanwhile, Yoko�fs husband (Sawamura Ikki), a local politician, is suspected of receiving illegal campaign contributions, so his mother (Shirakawa Yumi) and his head supporter (Kishibe Ittoku) are desperate to push Yoko to popularity. The reluctant Yoko receives some encouragement from Harumi, but one day her son Yuta is suddenly kidnapped. She receives a letter demanding her to �greveal the truth�h if she wants Yuta back safely. Unable to contact the police for help, she turns to Harumi for help.
The cast also includes Ishida Ayumi, Tabata Tomoko, Ichikawa Yui, Tanimura Mitsuki, Nishimura Masahiko, Azusa Mikihisa, Nogiwa Yoko, Nagura Jun, and Ashina Sei.
Before the drama is broadcast this winter, TV Asahi is releasing a spinoff drama titled �gMou Hitotsu no Kyogu�h through the show�fs official website. Set in an orphanage, the 7-episode story stars Duncan as a staff worker. The first episode was made available today.
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:51 am Post subject:
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Hirosue Ryoko to star in upcoming drama, �g11 Nin mo Iru!�h
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Actress Hirosue Ryoko has landed a starring role in the upcoming drama, �g11 Nin mo Iru!�g. It�fs been a year since Hirosue last starred in a drama series, and this will be her first time working with popular screenwriter Kudo Kankuro.
�g11 Nin mo Iru!�h is a comedic home drama about a large family consisting of a jobless father (Tanabe Seiichi), a stay-at-home mother (Mitsuura Yasuko), and eight children. Actor Kamiki Ryunosuke will play the part of the eldest son, and the youngest son �eSaigo�f will be played by Kato Seishiro.
Hirosue will be the �e11th member of the family�f as �eMegumi�fs ghost�f. Megumi was a former stripper, who was Sanada Minoru�fs (Tanabe) late wife, and the mother to all of his children except Saigo. While she�fs the same age as Minoru�fs current wife, their personalities are vasty different. Hirosue�fs character is a wild, troublesome, and proud woman who loves to drink. Even as a ghost, she tries to butt into the family�fs business, however, only Saigo is able to see her.
�gA vulgar and gaudy former stripper, on top of that, a ghost of a former wife; I honestly thought, �eWhat kind of character is that?�f However, the fantastical character Megumi is a mismatched role for me, so I felt grateful to receive a role like that, and gladly accepted the offer,�h said Hirosue.
She continued, �gWe just started filming, and it�fs so much fun to play Megumi. It�fs not a ghost that�fs created by CG effects, so I can be a part of the family, and there is no loneliness. Everyone around me has to ignore my existence, so I think it will be difficult to act. But Kudo-san told me, �eDo it boldly�f �\ I want to freely play the role of Megumi until the end.�h
Additionally, it was revealed that rock band NICO Touches the Walls will be providing their song, �gBicycle�h, as the theme song for the drama.
�g11 Nin mo Iru!�h will air every Friday nights starting October 21st.
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:11 pm Post subject:
Aragaki Yui to star in �gRanma 1/2�� live-action special
Posted on September 26, 2011 by tokyograph
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The classic manga �gRanma 1/2�h is being turned into a live-action drama special this December, starring actress Aragaki Yui (23). The drama will be an original story with Tendo Akane as the main character. The part of Saotome Ranma will be played by actor Kaku Kento (22) and Natsuna (22).
Originally written by Takahashi Rumiko and published by Shogakukan between 1987 and 1996, the manga has had more than 53 million copies printed. The comic has also been adapted as an anime series and has spawned several video games.
In the drama special, Aragaki plays Akane, who is determined to protect the longevity of the Tendo dojo. However, one day her father Soun suddenly declares that the dojo�fs successor must be male. This rules out Akane�fs intended partner Ranma, who suffers from a curse that turns him into a girl whenever he is splashed with cold water. In order to remove the curse and inherit the dojo, Ranma seeks out a secret hot spring, but he encounters a mysterious enemy.
The announced cast also features Hasegawa Kyoko as Tendo Kasumi, Tanihara Shosuke as Ono Tofu, Furuta Arata as Saotome Genma, and Namase Katsuhisa as Tendo Soun. The casting for the other characters has not yet been revealed.
NTV will broadcast the 2-hour drama sometime in December.
^ Ugh, can't imagine Aragaki as Akane, that sounds so wrong.
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Koizumi Kyoko to star in �gShokuzai�h drama adaptation
Posted on October 2, 2011 by tokyograph
Last month, WOWOW announced that it will broadcast a drama mini-series called �gShokuzai,�h based on a novel by �gKokuhaku�h author Minato Kanae. It has now been revealed that the drama will star actress Koizumi Kyoko (45). Koizumi has not had a lead role in a television series since �gKoi wo Nannen Yasundemasu ka�h in 2001.
�gShokuzai�h tells the story of a mother seeking revenge for the murder of her young daughter 15 years ago, focusing her attention on the four students who witnessed the killer�fs face but can�ft remember it. Koizumi will play the mother, but the actors playing the students and the rest of the supporting cast have not yet been revealed.
It was already announced that Kurosawa Kiyoshi is directing and writing the screenplay. Koizumi last worked with Kurosawa in the movie �gTokyo Sonata.�h
Filming has already been completed. WOWOW plans to broadcast the drama as five episodes starting in January 2012, as part of its WOWOW Prime service. The first episode will be aired for free.
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:25 pm Post subject:
Matsushita Nao to star in new drama series
October 5, 2011
�gGegege no Nyoubou�h star Matsushita Nao will lead a Fuji TV drama series this winter, tentatively titled �gHayami-san to Yobareru Hi.�h The series is said to be a home drama depicting the growth of a young wife who has been raised as a sheltered child.
Matsushita plays the part of Yuriko, the daughter of a company official and a full-time housewife. Carefully raised, she is capable in studying and in work, but she is completely incapable of doing housework. After falling in love with the eldest son of the Hayami household, they eventually marry and she moves in with his family. However, his family is poor and his mother has disappeared, so she faces much adversity in the Hayami household, which consists of a father and four sons. Embarrassed by her lack of domestic ability, she begins striving to become a capable wife.
The male cast for the show has not yet been announced.
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 9:16 am Post subject:
Yuka to star in NHK drama series �gHonjitsu wa Taian Nari�h
October 7, 2011
Talento Yuka will be the star of a drama series for the first time in 12 years. She has been selected as the lead of NHK�fs �gHonjitsu wa Taian Nari,�h scheduled to air this winter.
The drama is based on a novel by Tsujimura Mizuki, and is said to combine comedy and suspense. Yuka plays a wedding planner named Takako who has to deal with five weddings at the same venue on a lucky day, but on that morning, a threatening letter arrives demanding that all the ceremonies be canceled. She frantically tries to find the culprit while working to keep the wedding schedule without delay. Meanwhile, the secrets that each of the couples has been hiding come to light one by one.
Tokiwa Takako to play Uchino Masaaki�fs wife in Chushingura drama
Posted on October 9, 2011 by tokyograph
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The female cast of TV Tokyo�fs 2012 �gShinshun Wide Jidaigeki�h has partially been revealed. Tokiwa Takako, Manda Hisako, Itaya Yuka, and Tanaka Misato have been added to the roster, joining lead actor Uchino Masaaki.
As previously announced, the historical drama revolves around the swordsman Horibe Yasubei, who was one of the Forty-seven Ronin. Tokiwa will play Horibe�fs wife Hori. This will be the first time that Uchino and Tokiwa have acted together.
Manda has been cast as Riku, the wife of Oishi Kuranosuke (Tachi Hiroshi), while Itaya has been cast as Kaya, the wife of Horibe�fs close friend Yoshikawa Sanemon (Murata Takehiro). Tanaka will play Aguri, the wife of Asano Takuminokami (Ichikawa Somegoro).
The 7-hour-long drama will be broadcast on January 2nd. Nakajima Miyuki is providing the theme song.
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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:09 pm Post subject:
Mukai Osamu to star as bass-playing French chef in new drama series
Posted on October 27, 2011 by tokyograph
Popular actor Mukai Osamu (29) will star in a new drama series next season, produced by Kansai TV and Fuji TV. The show is described as a comedy set in a restaurant, with a theme of �grock & French.�h
Mukai plays Eisuke, a former bassist of a rock band who gave up his music dreams to carry on his family�fs French restaurant. Although he is talented at cooking, the character is also said to be �gwild and sadistic.�h
Mukai will be undergoing special training for the series, which will feature scenes of him playing the bass and cooking French cuisine. Filming will start in early December.
The series does not yet have a title, but Fuji TV has placed it in the Tuesday 10:00pm time slot, starting in January 2012.
Aoi Yu, Koike Eiko, Ando Sakura, Ikewaki Chizuru join Koizumi Kyoko in �gShokuzai�h
Posted on October 31, 2011 by tokyograph
The upcoming drama mini-series �gShokuzai,�h starring Koizumi Kyoko, had more of its cast revealed today. Actresses Aoi Yu, Koike Eiko, Ando Sakura, and Ikewaki Chizuru have been officially added to the show.
�gShokuzai�h is based on a novel by �gKokuhaku�h author Minato Kanae. The story revolves around a mother seeking revenge for the murder of her young daughter Emiri 15 years ago, confronting the four women who had witnessed the killer at the time.
The four women are being played by Aoi, Koike, Ando, and Ikewaki. 15 years earlier, when they were elementary school students, they had been playing with Emiri up until just before her death. They were the first to discover her body, and although they saw the culprit�fs face, they were unable to remember it well enough to identify the person. As a result, Emiri�fs mother (Koizumi) demanded that they find the killer, or else find a way to atone for themselves to her satisfaction. Now grown up, those women find her words coming back to haunt them as tragedy begins to befall them.
The story is being told in five episodes on WOWOW Prime, starting on January 8. The first episode will be broadcast for free.
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:08 pm Post subject:
Aoyama Noriko returns as �gNogaremono Orin�h
November 7, 2011
TV Tokyo�fs historical action drama �gNogaremono Orin�h is making a comeback in 2012, five years after the original series. Aoyama Noriko will once again star as the title character, a fugitive member of an assassination group.
�gNogaremono Orin�h first aired between October 2006 and March 2007. Set during Tokugawa Ieshige�fs reign during the Edo period, the story revolves around the woman Orin, who was part of the assassination group known as the Tesugari-nin that protected Ieshige. However, when she discovers that the group�fs leader Uemura Doetsu is manipulating her, she decides to break away from the group and go up against Doetsu.
The show was popular enough to get two special episodes in 2008, and now TV Tokyo is bringing it back for an 11-episode continuation series and a 2-hour special.
Actor Watanabe Dai is joining the show as a new cast member.
�gNogaremono Orin 2�h will start airing in January 2012. Sometime that same month, the 2-hour special �gNogaremono Orin: Saishusho�h will also be aired.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 4:34 pm Post subject:
Watanabe Ken, Minami Kaho co-star in TV Asahi drama special
Posted on November 8, 2011 by tokyograph
Actor Watanabe Ken (52) and actress Minami Kaho (47) will appear together in a TV Asahi drama special next month, titled �gAi Inochi ~Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomidera~.�h This is their first time acting together since they got married in 2005.
The drama is set in Shinjuku�fs Kabukicho district and is inspired by Gen Hidemori, who runs the Japan Social Minority Center, an NPO rescue center in Kabukicho that has served more than 10,000 people in trouble in its 9 years of operation.
Watanabe�fs character Hirayama Hidemori, modeled after Gen, was living only in pursuit of money until he learned that he was infected with the HTLV-1 virus, which has been identified as a potential cause of leukemia. As a result, he turns his life around and begins doing volunteer work to help the weak.
Minami plays his wife, who has been living separately from him in Kobe with their children ever since he became burdened with debt from his previous business. Nagasaku Hiromi plays a freelance journalist who is researching Hidemori for a story.
Other cast members include Fubuki Jun, Ogata Naoto, Katase Rino, Ichige Yoshie, Yamamoto Gaku, and Ibu Masato.
Watanabe commented that he and Minami did not discuss their parts with each other. He laughingly remarked, �gIt was my first experience having two people in the same house reading the same script, and passing the time while separately thinking about our roles. It was a strange feeling.�h
�gAi Inochi ~Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomidera~�h will air sometime in December.
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 8:26 pm Post subject:
Yamashita Tomohisa to star in drama series �gSaikou no Jinsei no Owarikata�h
November 8, 2011
Former NEWS member Yamashita Tomohisa will star in a TBS drama series this winter. This is his first work since he and Nishikido Ryo left the group last month.
The drama, titled �gSaikou no Jinsei no Owarikata ~Ending Planner~,�h has Yamashita playing the head of a funeral service shop that deals with bodies brought in by the police, including suicide and murder victims. He reluctantly inherited the shop after his father passed away, but as he learns about the lives of the various deceased people that are brought to him, he begins to mature. Another highlight of the story is his romance with a rookie female detective, though the actress for the part has not yet been announced.
Screenwriter Watanabe Chiho (�gNamae wo Nakushita Megami�h) is in charge of the script.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in early December. TBS will broadcast �gSaikou no Jinsei no Owarikata�h on Thursday nights at 9:00pm, starting in January.
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:05 am Post subject:
Emi Kurara to star in Fuji TV daytime drama
November 9, 2011
Former Takarazuka actress Emi Kurara has been chosen to lead the cast of Fuji TV�fs upcoming afternoon drama �gSuzuko no Koi.�h The show will be a biography of the late comedian and actress Miyako Chouchou (real name Hyuuga Suzuko), who passed away in 2000 at the age of 80. The focus will be on her love life, including her relationship with fellow comedian and actor Nanto Yuji.
Fuji TV has assembled several big names for the drama�fs cast and staff. Emi will be acting alongside prime-time veterans Asano Yuko and Kataoka Tsunetaro, both of whom have never before appeared in one of these afternoon dramas. Oishi Shizuka (�gSecond Virgin�h) is writing the screenplay, and Matsutoya Yumi is writing a new song to be the show�fs theme song.
�gSuzuko no Koi�h will air on Mondays through Fridays at 1:30pm, beginning January 5th.
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Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 10:52 pm Post subject:
Arashi�fs Matsumoto Jun to star as detective in Fuji TV�fs next �gGetsu 9��
November 10, 2011
Arashi member Matsumoto Jun has been chosen to star in Fuji TV�fs next Monday night drama series, titled �gLucky Seven.�h This is his second time starring in one of Fuji TV�fs �gGetsu 9�h dramas, after �gNatsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku�h in 2010.
The story revolves around a team of seven detectives who work together to solve difficult cases, with Matsumoto playing a rookie named Tokita Shuntaro. So far, Eita and Oizumi Yo have also been announced as part of the team, while the other cast members are still unknown. The team reportedly consists of 4 men and 3 women.
Until now, Matsumoto has mainly starred in love stories targeted at the core female audience between the ages of 20 and 34. This will be his first detective drama, which is also said to be full of action and comedy.
The show will be directed by Sato Shinsuke, the director behind the �gGANTZ�h live-action movies that starred fellow Arashi member Ninomiya Kazunari. Filming for �gLucky Seven�h is scheduled to start in early December.
Fuji TV will broadcast �gLucky Seven�h on Mondays at 9:00pm, starting in January.
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