Sun, May 20, 2007 (11:48pm EDT)
Author Kei Yuikawa's Naoki Prize-winning novel "Katagoshi no Koibito" is being adapted into a drama series with the same name. The drama will be broadcast on TBS every Thursday at 10:00pm, starting on July 5.
Actress Ryoko Yonekura has been cast as the protagonist Moe Hayasaka, an office lady who is indecisive about getting married.　Her friend Ruriko is the complete opposite, declaring that she can't live without always being in love. The series focuses on their friendship and their complicated love lives. In particular, Moe becomes inadvertently involved with a high schooler who runs away from home (Kazuma Sano).
Other cast members include Seiichi Tanabe, Masaru Nagai, and Mayumi Wakamura.
Actress Ryoko Yonekura has been cast as the protagonist Moe Hayasaka, an office lady who is indecisive about getting married.　Her friend Ruriko is the complete opposite, declaring that she can't live without always being in love. The series focuses on their friendship and their complicated love lives. In particular, Moe becomes inadvertently involved with a high schooler who runs away from home (Kazuma Sano).
Other cast members include Seiichi Tanabe, Masaru Nagai, and Mayumi Wakamura.
Sun, May 20, 2007 (11:05pm EDT)
Hideaki Takizawa and Kyoko Fukada will star together in a special drama titled "Kimi ga Kureta Natsu ~Ganbareba, Shiawase ni Nareru Yo~." The drama will air as part of NTV's "24 Hour Television" (August 18-19), which is being hosted by Takizawa and fellow Tackey & Tsubasa member Tsubasa Imai.
The drama is based on a story called "Ganbareba, Shiawase ni Nareru Yo," written by Toshiko Yamazaki. Takizawa plays a young man who ends up having a shotgun marriage with the high school dropout Tokiko (Fukada). When their son turns five years old, they discover that he has become sick with cancer.
The drama will air on the night of August 18.
The drama is based on a story called "Ganbareba, Shiawase ni Nareru Yo," written by Toshiko Yamazaki. Takizawa plays a young man who ends up having a shotgun marriage with the high school dropout Tokiko (Fukada). When their son turns five years old, they discover that he has become sick with cancer.
The drama will air on the night of August 18.
Sun, May 20, 2007 (9:40pm EDT)
It has been reported that actress Yoshino Kimura and actor Yusuke Iseya are currently dating. The two first met last fall during the filming of Takashi Miike's "Sukiyaki Western Django," which opens in theaters this September. Recently, they have been seen walking arm-in-arm and shopping together.
When asked about it, Kimura's agency neither confirmed nor denied the story.
When asked about it, Kimura's agency neither confirmed nor denied the story.
Sun, May 20, 2007 (9:10pm EDT)
It has been confirmed that teen actress Riko Narumi will be in the cast of NTV's summer drama series, "Juken no Kamisama." She will play the role of a genius junior high student, known as the "exam god" because every student she tutors passes the entrance exam to the school of his or her choice.
Her character, Michiko, possesses a cold personality and never even cracks a smile. For example, when the drama's protagonist Isamu (Tatsuya Yamaguchi of TOKIO) asks her to tutor his son, she demands he kneels before her. But over the course of the story, her interactions with Isamu and his son lead her to a change of heart.
The role of the son is still being auditioned for. The series starts in July, and filming will begin in early June.
Her character, Michiko, possesses a cold personality and never even cracks a smile. For example, when the drama's protagonist Isamu (Tatsuya Yamaguchi of TOKIO) asks her to tutor his son, she demands he kneels before her. But over the course of the story, her interactions with Isamu and his son lead her to a change of heart.
The role of the son is still being auditioned for. The series starts in July, and filming will begin in early June.
