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Meisa Kuroki to play thief in return to TV work
ENTERTAINMENT APR. 16, 2013 - 06:40AM JST ( 8 )
TOKYO —
Actress Meisa Kuroki, 24, will play a thief in TBS’ new TV series “Take Five: Can We Steal Love?” (starts Friday April 19 from 10 p.m.). It will mark Kuroki’s comeback as an actress after she took a year off to have a baby girl last year with husband Jin Akanishi.
“Take Five: Can We Steal Love?” stars Toshiaki Karasawa and Yasuko Matsuyuki. It tells the story of five thieves whose mission is to steal money from other criminals.
The allure of Kuroki has not faded away even after she became a mom. Dressed in tight leather pants, she plays the role of American returnee thief. “To be honest, I think this costume is too visible for a thief to wear but I hope to create an ‘edgy Americanized’ character,” she said in comments to the media.
Kuroki is also appearing on TV in another role—in the NHK “Taiga” drama “Yaeno Sakura.”
Source: http://www.japantoday.com/catego ... n-return-to-tv-work |
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Kato Miliyah to sing the theme song for drama, ‘Houkago Groove’
Kato Miliyah has written a new song called “EMOTION“, which will be used as the theme song for TBS‘ upcoming drama, ‘Houkago Groove‘ (starts April 22nd).
The drama centers around a dance class during physical education at a junior high school. ‘Houkago Groove’ is a school drama starring Takanashi Rin, who plays a physical education teacher and former delinquent (‘yankee’).
Kato wrote and composed the song after reading the drama’s script. She commented, “Right now is a time when dance is becoming a familiar thing to people. I think it turned out to be a song that people can feel the joy of dancing to feelings. Even in my performances, dance is of important existence, so it’s great that I was able to make a song that makes me want to dance because of this drama!”
“EMOTION” has also been chosen as one of the songs for ‘Zenkoku Chuugakkou Rhythm Dance Fureai Competition‘ (tentative). In this event, junior high school students from all over Japan will come together to compete in various dance genres such as rock and hip hop. The final selection will be held in late-December at Akasaka BLITZ.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/04 ... ama-houkago-groove/ |
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Drama ‘Legal High’ to return with a 2nd season
As announced earlier this year, a special episode of Fuji TV’s lawyer comedy drama ‘Legal High‘ – starring Sakai Masato – aired this past weekend. At the end of the special, the producers revealed that the drama would return for a full second season this fall.
In the drama, Sakai portrays an eccentric lawyer named ‘Komikado Kensuke’ who has never lost a lawsuit in his career and boasts that justice can be bought by money. However, during the first season he gradually realized that this kind of justice isn’t what he really wants. He remembered what it feels like to fight for real justice and to never give up.
The overly serious rookie lawyer ‘Mayuzumi Machiko’ (Aragaki Yui), who ended up working as Komikado’s assistant despite his despicable personality, was the person who helped him remember those feelings. She learned a lot about what it takes to win lawsuits while dealing with his antics.
Of course both actors will be back to reprise their roles in the second season. There will be plenty of guest stars for each of the new cases similar to the first season.
Fuji TV is going to start airing ‘Legal High 2′ in October of this year.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/04 ... -with-a-2nd-season/ |
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Ono Erena to release new single, “Fighting☆Hero”
Ono Erena will be releasing her new single, “Fighting☆Hero“, on May 29.
The title track for this single will be used as the theme song for Ono’s upcoming drama, ‘Tank Top Fighter‘, which will start on TBS on April 25. It’s described as a powerful guitar rock tune that suits this action suspense drama.
The single will be released in 4 different types: Limited Edition A, Limited Edition B, Limited Edition C, and Regular Edition. Each limited edition will come with different coupling tracks and DVD.
Additionally, ‘Tank Top Fighter’ will be starting a collaboration project with karaoke chain Pasela. Related goods from the drama will be displayed in a room called “Drama ‘Tank Top Figher’ Room” at Pasela Akihabara Showa Doori starting April 18.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/04 ... hting%E2%98%86hero/ |
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Fukuyama Masaharu’s drama ‘Galileo’ is off to a great start
The second season of Fuji TV’s popular drama ‘Galileo‘ starring Fukuyama Masaharu was anticipated by many fans and premiered on April 15th with very high expectations. Fortunately all the expectations have been met as the first episode of this season’s “Getsu 9″ (Monday 9 pm) drama recorded an average rating of 22.6%.
Fukuyama himself commented about the ratings, “I’m relieved that it was seen by this many people and happy that they were looking forward to it that much. This result is going to make us enjoy working on it even more and give us the energy as well as pressure to work hard until the final episode. Please tune in again next week!”
The first episode was given an extended runtime of an additional 30 minutes and the highest rating was recorded during the revelation of the trick behind the first case at exactly 10:07 pm. At this moment it reached a peak of 25.3%.
The first season that aired in 2007 premiered with an average rating of 24.7%.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/04 ... f-to-a-great-start/ |
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Mitani Koki to film another single-cut drama starring Takeuchi Yuko
On April 14th, WOWOW announced that famed director Mitani Koki is working on another drama that will be filmed in one scene without a single cut titled ‘Daikuko 2013 (tentative)’ (lit. ‘Major Airport’).
‘Daikuko 2013′ is written by Mitani himself and is going to be a comedy about a family that gets stuck at an airport due to bad weather and the multiple problems they face there. WOWOW already aired a similar drama project of Mitani titled ’short cut’ in 2011. It was a very short scale project with a main cast of only three actors, but this time the story is set an airport and will feature an ensemble of 12 actors, including actress Takeuchi Yuko as the protagonist.
Mitani commented about this project, “I wanted to do something even more difficult than last time. This time we are indoors and we’ll get to film at an actual airport, which means more space we can make use of. Furthermore there will be twelve people instead of three this time as well. As for the story, I’m aiming for much more depth and more complex, intertwining relationships between the characters. I think this could make a great drama.”
Takeuchi is playing a member of the groundcrew who gets dragged into the problems of the family. Other characters include Namase Katsuhisa as a reportage writer with money problems, Toda Erika as a mysterious woman, Odagiri Joe as a fake pilot, and Kagawa Teruyuki as the father of the family who holds a big secret. They will be supported by more actors such as Ikematsu Sosuke, Kajihara Zen, Aoki Sayaka, Ishibashi Anna, Ayata Toshiki, Komoto Masahiro, and Kanno Misuzu. All twelve of them will have to show great teamwork and professionalism in order to film the whole drama without having to stop the camera even once.
Mitani expressed about his lead actress Takeuchi, “From the time we already had together before I can tell that Takeuchi has an amazing power of concentration. I think she is an incredible actress who can seamlessly cover up various accidents and make her role even more interesting by doing so.” He continued, “Her character will be present all the time, which makes it the most difficult role of this drama. I thought that there would be no one else than Takeuchi who could play such a role. It sure will be a tough challenge, but I already know the more I corner her, the more she would shine, so I will try to drive her into a corner as much as I can.”
Takeuchi herself commented about starring in one of Mitani’s works, “It feels like the encounters of unfamiliarity (laughs). Right now I’m feeling like I’m going up a roller coaster. You’re gradually reaching the top and… you wonder what kind of scene is going to open up in front of you.” She confessed, “I can’t really imagine how this is going to work out yet. (laughs) I’ve never participated in something similar, so I don’t know how he is going to film it. However, I do know that I will try my hardest to keep up with him.” She added, “Mitani said that he is going to drive me into a corner. I wonder what I’m like when I’m driven into a corner, so I’m really looking forward to this.”
WOWOW has yet to reveal an exact date for the broadcast of ‘Daikuko 2013′, but it’s going to be sometime this year.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/04 ... ring-takeuchi-yuko/ |
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Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi to provide the theme song for Nakama Yukie’s new drama
It’s been revealed that singer/songwriter Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi’s new song, “Mirai“, has been chosen as the theme song for Nakama Yukie’s upcoming drama, ‘Shima no Sensei‘ (starts May 25 on NHK Sogou). Nagabuchi last provided “Yubikiri Genman” for ‘Gekai・Natsume Sanshiro‘ about 15 years ago in 1998.
‘Shima no Sensei’ takes place at a small school on an isolated island in Kagoshima, and portrays the lives of a teacher and her students. NHK producer Yashiki Yotaro explained his reason for asking Nagabuchi to provide the theme song, “During the ‘Kohaku Uta Gassen’ the year before last, I was touched when I learned about his strong passion for children’s education and that he was assertively acting towards it. Also, speaking of Nagabuchi-san, he is from Kagoshima where the drama is set. I definitely wanted him to make a warm theme song while recalling his youth.”
Nakama, who will be playing her first teacher role since ‘Gokusen‘, commented, “Right now, we are filming in the nature on an isolated island called Amamioshima. The lyrics and melody which portrays ‘future’ is perfect for this heartwarming drama that uses a calm and magnificent location.”
Nagabusa will release “Mirai” as his new single on May 22.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/04 ... a-yukies-new-drama/ |
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Drama ‘Legal High’ to return with a 2nd season
As announced earlier this year, a special episode of Fuji TV’s lawyer comedy drama ‘Legal High‘ – starring Sakai Masato – aired this past weekend. At the end of the special, the producers revealed that the drama would return for a full second season this fall.
In the drama, Sakai portrays an eccentric lawyer named ‘Komikado Kensuke’ who has never lost a lawsuit in his career and boasts that justice can be bought by money. However, during the first season he gradually realized that this kind of justice isn’t what he really wants. He remembered what it feels like to fight for real justice and to never give up.
The overly serious rookie lawyer ‘Mayuzumi Machiko’ (Aragaki Yui), who ended up working as Komikado’s assistant despite his despicable personality, was the person who helped him remember those feelings. She learned a lot about what it takes to win lawsuits while dealing with his antics.
Of course both actors will be back to reprise their roles in the second season. There will be plenty of guest stars for each of the new cases similar to the first season.
Fuji TV is going to start airing ‘Legal High 2′ in October of this year.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/04 ... -with-a-2nd-season/ |
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Fukuyama Masaharu’s drama ‘Galileo’ is off to a great start
The second season of Fuji TV’s popular drama ‘Galileo‘ starring Fukuyama Masaharu was anticipated by many fans and premiered on April 15th with very high expectations. Fortunately all the expectations have been met as the first episode of this season’s “Getsu 9″ (Monday 9 pm) drama recorded an average rating of 22.6%.
Fukuyama himself commented about the ratings, “I’m relieved that it was seen by this many people and happy that they were looking forward to it that much. This result is going to make us enjoy working on it even more and give us the energy as well as pressure to work hard until the final episode. Please tune in again next week!”
The first episode was given an extended runtime of an additional 30 minutes and the highest rating was recorded during the revelation of the trick behind the first case at exactly 10:07 pm. At this moment it reached a peak of 25.3%.
The first season that aired in 2007 premiered with an average rating of 24.7%.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/04 ... f-to-a-great-start/ |
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Hirosue Ryoko to star in a new Fuji TV drama as a single mother
It was announced that actress Hirosue Ryoko will star in new drama “Star Man ~Kono Hoshi no Koi~ (tentative title)” that will start airing in July on KTV/Fuji TV. The drama will be directed by Tsutsumi Yukihiko (“Keizoku”, “TRICK”, “SPEC”), and Okada Yoshikazu (“Ohisama”) will be in charge of the script.
This will mark the first serial drama in 17 years for Hirosue to play the lead role since her last one in “Mokuyou no Kaidan” (Fuji TV) from 1996. Hirosue said, “It takes a bit of courage to play the leading part, but I was a television child who grew up watching many dramas. Also, my first work was a drama, so it feels like I’m back at home. I would like to create a fun work with all my heart.”
The drama revolves around “Uno Sawako” (Hirosue), a strong-minded single mother who raises her three sons. Her husband left her because of her rough personality. One day, a young man who has lost his memory suddenly shows up in front of her, and she falls in love with him at first sight. Sawako then decides to have him live with her as the father of her three sons.
The director Tsutsumi said, “In a word, it would be an ‘unbelievable family drama’, which includes both family life and love romance.”
The mysterious young man “Hoshio”, whom Sawako falls in love, will be played by Fukushi Sota, and other cast members include Koike Eiko, Onishi Ryusei (Kansai Johnny’s Jr.), Arimura Kasumi, Ishii Masanori, Yamada Yuki, Yoshiyuki Kazuko, and Kunimura Jun.
The drama will air every Tuseday at 10:00 pm starting in July.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/04 ... as-a-single-mother/ |
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‘Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji’ to return with a 5th season this summer
Fans of the widely popular medical drama series ‘Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji‘ will be delighted to hear that Fuji TV has just announced that there is going to be a new season this summer.
‘Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji’ is set at an emergency ward and follows a team of doctors as they try to save as many lives as possible. This time the main cast will be slightly different due to the sudden withdrawal of actor Eguchi Yosuke, who had been portraying ‘Shindo Kazuo’ since the first season.
Actress Matsushima Nanako, who has also been part of this series since the beginning except for the second season, is going to reprise her role as ‘Kojima Kaede’. It’s her first drama starring role since ‘Kaseifu no Mita‘ (NTV) in 2011. Actor Sasaki Kuranosuke was already confirmed as a new addition to the main cast, while actor Tokito Saburo was approached after the withdrawal of Eguchi just before the start of the production.
DREAMS COME TRUE are once again going to write the theme song for the new season. The title for the song has yet to be announced.
The plot of the new season focuses on Kaede, who has become the chief of the medical staff of the emergency and critical care center at a university hospital. She has difficulties gathering a team of doctors around her and still lacks the confidence to be a leader, yet has to work under the pressure of the expectations of a university hospital. The only member of her team is emergency doctor ‘Honsho Masaharu’ (Sasaki), but one day the organ transplant specialist ‘Natsume Mamoru’ decides to become an emergency doctor and joins her team. This season is going to depict Kaede’s struggles as a doctor, medical chief and as a woman.
It will be interesting to see how this series can compensate for the loss of the character ‘Shindo Kazuo’, at least for this season. The expectations are high, since the previous four seasons never recorded average ratings of less than 19% and Matsushima’s previous drama engagement with a leading role reached ratings as high as 40%.
Fuji TV is going to start airing the fifth season of ‘Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji’ in July.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/04 ... season-this-summer/ |
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Manga ‘LIMIT’ to get drama adaptation starring Sakuraba Nanami
On May 13th, TV Tokyo announced that they will be adapting the manga ‘LIMIT‘ by Suenobu Keiko (‘LIFE’) into a drama starring actress Sakuraba Nanami (20) for the upcoming summer season.
‘LIMIT’ has been serialized in the manga magazine ‘Bessatsu Friend‘ from 2009 until 2011 and spawned a total of six volumes. The protagonist is a girl named ‘Konno Mizuki’ (Sakuraba), a typical senior high school girl who is good at studying, knows much about fashion and is good at reading the situation. She is also fortunate to belong to the cool clique of her class called the “Sakura Group”.
One day the class is on their way to a field trip, when suddenly their bus falls of a cliff in the mountains. Only five girls survive the accident. They are injured, lost in the mountains and no one is coming for their rescue anytime soon. Pushed to their limits, the girls are forced to switch into survival mode and to lay bare their innermost feelings.
Three of the four other girls are played by Tsuchiya Tao (18), Kudo Ayano (16), and Yamashita Rio (20).
Tsuchiya plays ‘Kamiya Chieko’, a calm and collected loner who doesn’t belong to any clique and knows a lot about survival. Kudo portrays ‘Ichinose Haru’, a girl with an eating-disorder who also belongs to the “Sakura Group” and holds complicated feelings towards Mizuki.
The fourth girl, ‘Morishige Arisa’ is played by Yamashita. Arisa is a plain and introverted girl who either gets ignored or bullied by her classmates. She writes down every detail in her notebook and creates an “execution list” of her bullies. Her personality completely changes after the accident and she begins to turn the tables right away.
TV Tokyo will air ‘LIMIT’ in their “Drama 24″ time slot every Friday at midnight starting in July.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/05 ... ng-sakuraba-nanami/ |
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Ishihara Satomi to star in the special drama ‘Koi’
On May 13th, it was announced that actress Ishihara Satomi is going to star in the TBS special drama ‘Koi‘ this fall.
‘Koi‘ is based on a novel of the same name by writer Koike Mariko, and is being appraised has Koike’s best work and was awarded with the Naoki Prize in 1995. The story is set in the early 1970s at the quiet summer resort in Karuizawa, while the atmosphere in Tokyo is heating up due to the rapid economic growth and the US-Japan Security Treaty. It features a plot about friendship, pure love, immorality, a love triangle, and a murder.
February 29th, 1972. The United Red Army sends shockwaves throughout Japan with the Asama-Sanspo incident in Karuizawa. At the same time another murder occurs not too far away from the place of this incident at a quiet summer resort and the protagonist ‘Yano Fumiko’ (Ishihara) somehow gets dragged into this murder case as a possible perpetrator.
Ishihara commented, “It’s a difficult role, but I want to face the role of Fumiko with all my sincerity. Please look forward to a wonderful shape of love, an intriguing world view, and the shocking conclusion.”
The special drama will be written and directed by Minamoto Takashi (‘Ikon Ari Meiji Jusan Nen Saigo no Adauchi’, ‘Tokyo Tower’). Furthermore it’s already known that the last scene is going to be slightly different from the original novel.
Author Koike commented, “The novel ‘Koi’ was the turning point in my life as a writer and is a very precious work to me. There were countless of offers for drama/movie adaptations, but I believe that all people who have read the novel already have a certain image in their minds, which made me hesitant to accept any of those offers. This is the first script I feel like I can give my permission for an adaptation. I cannot wait to see Ishihara Satomi as Fumiko.”
The main supporting cast will be made up of Iura Arata, Tanaka Rena, Saito Takumi, Watabe Atsuro, and Harada Mieko.
TBS has yet to announce an exact date for the special drama ‘Koi’.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/05 ... -special-drama-koi/ |
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Sakai Masato & Ueto Aya to co-star in new TBS drama ‘Hanzawa Naoki’
On May 15, TBS announced that for the upcoming season they will be adapting Ikeido Jun’s much-discussed novels about the economic bubble into a TV drama titled ‘Hanzawa Naoki‘ (tentative), starring actor Sakai Masato as the protagonist.
The drama is based on Ikeido’s novels ‘Oretachi Bubble Nyuukou-gumi‘ and ‘Oretachi Hana no Bubble-gumi‘. Sakai plays an unconventional and charming banker named ‘Hanzawa Naoki’ who gets employed by a major bank during the period of an economic bubble in Japan. The story portrays his ups and downs as a banker and vividly depicts the difficult lives full of trouble and suffering of the generation that entered this line of work during the economic bubble.
Hanzawa can drive all of his enemies inside and outside the bank into a corner. He also doesn’t care in to his superiors and is bold enough to fight the system. However, in front of his subordinates and his family he is a very kind man. Actress Ueto Aya plays Naoki’s bright and eloquent wife ‘Hana’. It’s the first time for Sakai and Ueto to co-star in a drama in 10 years.
Actor Kagawa Teruyuki is going to play the director of the bank, the youngest they ever had. Other main characters will be played by Oikawa Mitsuhiro, Dan Mitsu, Nakajima Yuto (Hey! Say! JUMP), and Kitaouji Kinya.
TBS will be airing ‘Hanzawa Naoki’ every Sunday at 9:00 pm starting on July 7.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/05 ... rama-hanzawa-naoki/ |
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Mizuki Alisa’s starring drama “Saito-san” to have a sequel
On May 15th, it was announced that drama “Saito-san” which was aired in 2008 starring Mizuki Alisa, will be having a sequel titled “Saito-san 2” staring in July.
The protagonist “Saito-san” (Mizuki), a mother of a son, hates to do wrong, and carries out justice. Her straight talk isolates her from other mothers, but the show itself received much support from the viewers as its average viewer rating was 15.6%, and reached 19.6% for the final episode.
The previous drama was set at a kindergarten, but the sequel will be set at an elementary school. In the sequel, Saito-san will move to a new town, and meet new people and also face various “enemies”.
This will mark Mizuki’s 26th starring drama. She commented, “I’m very happy to be able to play as Saito-san, whom I love so much, once again. I hope to show an even more powerful Saito-san.”
“Saito-san 2″ will begin airing on NTV (every Saturday at 9:00 pm).
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/05 ... n-to-have-a-sequel/ |
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Kis-My-Ft2′ Tamamori Yuta to star in a live-action drama adaptation of “Pintokona”
On May 16th, it was announced that Kis-My-Ft2 member Tamamori Yuta will star in TBS’ upcoming drama “Pintokona” as the son of a noble Kabuki family. This will mark the first serial drama to feature the world of Kabuki, a Japanese traditional performing art.
“Pintokona” is a live-action drama adaptation of Shimaki Ako’s ongoing manga, which is being serialized on monthly Shoujo manga magazine “Cheese!” (Shogakukan).
Tamamori will play the protagonist named “Kawamura Kyonosuke”, who is born into a noble Kabuki family Kijima-ya. Tamamori said, “It’s such an honor to be able to play the world of Kabuki that has a long history of 400 years, in a drama.” After actually viewing a Kabuki play, he left the comment, “They had the power and presence beyond description. Now I’m even more interested in Kabuki, and I want to challenge on all kinds of things.”
Reportedly, Tamamori has begun practicing to play the role of a Kabuki actor. “I realized in person that it cannot be mastered in a day, as I have to use the muscle I usually don’t use, and have to be concerned about each of my actions,” he said.
One of the main cast members is NYC’s Nakayama Yuma. He will play “Sawayama Ichiya”. Though Ichiya is from a family with no relation to Kabuki, he still tries hard to aim high in the world of Kabuki using his own ability. Nakayama commented, “By learning about Kabuki, I hope I can come to know more about Japanese traditional performing art, as well as the pride of Japan.” As Nakayama is currently practicing for “Oyama” (male actor playing female roles in Kabuki), he jokingly said, “Since I’m consciously acting womanly in the way I walk or sit, I’m worried if I will be able to return to how I used to be after the filming ends.”
The heroine of the drama “Chiba Ayame” will be taken on by Kawashima Umika. She will be involved in the love triangle between those Kabuki actors. “I was amazed at Tamamori-san and Nakayama-san when they dressed in the costume with the Kabuki make-up. I can’t wait to see their Kabuki scenes in the drama,” Kawashima said.
Other cast members include Johnny’s Jr’ Matsumura Hokuto (as “Sawayama Shohei” who burns with jealousy toward Ichiya), and Jesse (as “Sakamoto Haruhiko”, the best friend of Kyonosuke), as well as Yamamoto Koji, Takashima Masahiro, Enoki Takaaki, Enami Kyoko, and Kishitani Goro. There is also a plan for real Kabuki actors to appear in the drama.
“Pintokona” is scheduled to begin airing in July.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/05 ... ation-of-pintokona/ |
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Kaho to play a nurse in the upcoming horror drama ‘Akuryo Byoto’
On May 19th, TBS announced that they will air an original late-night horror drama titled ‘Akuryo Byoto‘ starring actress Kaho this coming summer season.
Kaho plays a nurse with psychic abilities named ‘Ogami Runa’, which is her first role in a horror project. She commented, “I’ve always wanted to challenge the horror genre, so I was really happy when I received the offer. I’ll work hard for this role.”
‘Akuryo Byoto’ is based on an original draft by the famed haunted house producer Gomi Hirofumi, who teamed up with horror director/writer Tsuruta Norio (‘Orochi’, ‘Hontoni Atta Kowai Hanashi’) for this project. The drama will be set at an suburban hospital and follows a nurse with psychic abilities who experiences various bizarre phenomena happening around her. She is being suspected by other nurses that she is the main cause for all those calamities.
The drama will be a part of Gomi’s new project ‘Kuroi Ha‘, and it will be linked to the haunted house which is going to operate at the same time during summer in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya. Moreover, it will spawn a short novel and the drama will be distributed digitally for people who missed the episode after each broadcast has finished. This will be the first time that a haunted house is spawning a drama and a novel at the same time.
Gomi commented, “You are going to feel a cold shiver running down your back after watching the drama, reading the novel and then experiencing the horror yourself in the haunted house. I’ll make sure to give you a refreshing summer experience.”
Kaho expressed, “To be honest, I don’t like scary stuff and I’ve never watched any horror movie so far. However, the script was so fascinating that I couldn’t put it down. I want the drama to give the viewers same excitement. All the people involved are extremely creative, so it’s definitely going to become an very intriguing and scary drama.” She continued, “I’d like to watch and study various horror movies before the filming, starting with all the projects done by director Tsuruta.”
‘Akuryo Byoto’ will have a total of ten episodes, which TBS/MBS are going to air every Thursday night at 01:00 am starting in July.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/05 ... drama-akuryo-byoto/ |
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EXILE’s MAKIDAI & Kutsuna Shiori to co-star in new late-night drama ‘Machiisha Jumbo!!’
On May 19th, it was announced that EXILE’s Maki Daisuke (also known as MAKIDAI) and actress Kutsuna Shiori are going to co-star in the live-action adaptation of Koshino Ryo’s manga ‘Machiisha Jumbo!!‘ on NTV.
‘Machiisha Jumbo!!’ is currently being serialized in the weekly magazine ‘Shukan Gendai‘. It is about a doctor with the nickname ‘Jumbo Sensei’ (Maki) who returns to a small port town to get back the 100 million Yen he lent to the local doctor ‘Baba Sensei’. However, the local doctor has died and for some reason he decides to take over his doctor’s office. After the initial shock of the locals, they soon discover that behind his greedy and rude nature, Jumbo is actually a very skilled and earnest doctor himself.
He also makes Baba-sensei’s only daughter ‘Asuka’ (Kutsuna), an inexperienced nurse, work together with him. Asuka inherited the kindness and the passion from her father and isn’t afraid of confronting Jumbo. Together they manage to help out patients and Asuka gradually finds out the real intention of Jumbo’s return.
Maki commented, “Jumbo is the town doctor who faces with the problems happen in the region, or in a family, and takes care of his patients both mentally and physically. I hope that I can express his direct and wild nature well.”
Kutsuna added, “It’s my first drama starring role on a mainstream network, so I can feel a much bigger responsibility this time. I want to prepare myself mentally and firmly face this challenge.”
Other characters include a mysterious nurse that came along with Jumbo – played by Yoshida Yo, a medical journalist played by Fueki Yuko, and the director of the surgical department of a universal hospital – played by Omi Toshinori.
NTV is going to air ‘Machiisha Jumbo!!’ every Thursday at 11:58 pm starting on July 4th.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/2013/05 ... ma-machiisha-jumbo/ |
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Yabuuchi Yuu's 'Dolly Kanon' to get a live-action drama adaptation
2013-06-07 01:07:00
Yabuuchi Yuu's ongoing manga "Dolly♪Kanon" that is being serialized on Shoujo manga magazine "Ciao," will be getting a live-action drama adaptation, and the main cast members were revealed on the July issue of the magazine that was released on June 3rd.
Dolly♪Kanon is the story of a junior high school student named "Okuda Soshi," who is the most handsome boy at the school. One day, because of an unexpected turn of events, he happens to disguise himself as a girl, and sing songs. He then ends up becoming a super idol named "Kanon" after his performance video is posted on the internet.
The roles of "Okuda Soshi/Kanon" will be played by rookie actress Takahashi Haori (16), and the heroine, "Shishido Kokone" whose hobby is to write and compose songs, will be played by Ayano Mika (19). "Kokone" is the one who makes "Soshi" dress in female attire, and also produces for him.
Takahashi who belongs to STARDUST Promotion, made her debut back in 2008, and grabbed lots of attention when she appeared on TBS drama, "Perfect Blue" as a younger sister of the protagonist. This however, will be the first time for her to take the lead role. She commented, "I was full of anxiety to play a boy, since I'm still inexperienced in acting, but the joy of being able to participate in this work was bigger than that♪"
On the other hand, Ayano made her singing debut last year, and she also made an appearance on Miike Takashi's film "Aku no Kyoten." Ayano commented, "At first, I was not too sure about the way Kokone talks, but before the filming begun, I had a talk with the director, and it allowed me to get Kokone's image down. Hence, I was able to feel at ease during filming."
One of the highlights in the drama will be when "Soshi" transforms into "Kanon", and the viewers will also be able to watch the performances of songs like "Kanon", "i・Love・U", and "Ganbare☆Cinderella." Those songs were originally written by Yabuuchi in the manga, but for the drama, they will add melodies into them. Reportedly, there will also be music videos for the songs which are to be released through the official site.
The live-action drama adaptation of "Dolly♪Kanon" will be directed by up-and-coming director Yuki Saito, and it will be a total of 8 episodes (7 main episodes + spin-off). The drama will be included in the magazine's appendix DVD "Ciao Ciao TV!", starting from the August issue (to be released on July 3rd.). It will also be distributed through the drama's official site, as well as through the Bandai Channel starting on July 23rd.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/article ... on-drama-adaptation |
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Yamashita Tomohisa, Karina & Toda Erika to star in new Getsu-9 drama 'SUMMER NUDE'
2013-06-07 03:12:00
Earlier this week, it was announced that singer and actor Yamashita Tomohisa is going to star in the upcoming getsu-9 drama for the new season, 'SUMMER NUDE'.
'SUMMER NUDE' is going to replace the exciting and popular 'Galileo' on Fuji TV on Mondays and feature a more calm setting at a relaxing beach hut. The main plot of this romantic drama will be driven by a love triangle involving the two actresses', Karina and Toda Erika, characters.
Yamashita plays a cameraman named 'Mikuriya Asahi' who works at a small studio near the beach. He still can't forget his former love who left him out of the blue one day. At the beach, he meets 'Natsuki' (Karina). Her fiancé ran away just before their marriage, so she shares the same sad fate as Asahi. Natsuki works at a beach hut that is run by one of Asahi's old friends from school. Toda plays a junior from Asahi's school days, 'Hanae', who has feelings for Asahi.
Source: http://www.tokyohive.com/article ... 9-drama-summer-nude |
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