Japanese Dorama ~ **Update & Review**

whitedove

Originally posted by enau at 15-3-2006 08:59 PM
Bertemu satu lagi DVD subtitle English & BM kat online shopping. Tak tahulah telah ada kat M'sia atau belum?

* Nurseman ga Yuku / Nurseman Returns

Stars: Masahiro Matsuoka, Karina, Nao ...

waa, muka orang yg paling penting dalam citer ni iaitu Masahiro Matsuoka takde ke? awak amik dari website ek? faham la kalau takde...

whitedove

Originally posted by taiyo_sensei at 17-3-2006 02:16 AM



yup

terlambat lak aku jawab posting ko.....
takde ke thread tuk summer dorama....
hohohohohohho
advance sungguh aku.....

ado, sabar sabar...aku tengah kumpul material n gambar2...kena tunggu winter drama abis dulu 26hb nih...lagipun official website drama2 baru banyak belum 'up' lagi...

eh summer dorama? spring pun blum start hehe...;)

enau

Originally posted by whitedove at 17-3-2006 10:53 AM


waa, muka orang yg paling penting dalam citer ni iaitu Masahiro Matsuoka takde ke? awak amik dari website ek? faham la kalau takde...

yup, saya ambik dari official website.

whitedove

Sukoshi wa, Ongaeshi ga dekita kana
Network: TBS
Cast: Kazunari Ninomiya (Arashi), Chizuru Ikewaki, Ryo Katsuji, Kei Tani, Shinobu Ootake
Time: 22 March 2006 (Wednesday), 9.00 pm
Official website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/sukosi-ongaesi/

Arashi member Kazunari Ninomiya will become a skinhead for his new TBS drama special (SP), "Sukoshi wa, Ongaeshi ga dekita kana" due to be shown at the end of March. He plays a table-tennis ace player, Kazunori Kitahara who studied at the famous Komaba Toho Senior High School. He discovered that he was suffering from a malignant tumour in the diffuse endothelioma of the bone and decided to shave his hair off since they would drop during the treatment anyway. Despite his physical pain, he managed to enter his first choice, University of Tokyo but passed away just one day after attending school. Shinobu Ootake will play Kazunori's mother in the SP which is based on the original book written by her about her son's fight against the illness.

Cast:

Kazunari Ninomiya (Arashi)


Chizuru Ikewaki


Ryo Katsuji

taiyo_sensei

Originally posted by whitedove at 17-3-2006 10:56 AM


ado, sabar sabar...aku tengah kumpul material n gambar2...kena tunggu winter drama abis dulu 26hb nih...lagipun official website drama2 baru banyak belum 'up' lagi...

eh summer dorama? sprin ...

eh salah kira lak.....
spring erk.....
:nyorok:
sajer jerrr sebut summer
honey & clover kan tayang bulan nam nanti
kan summer tuh
huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuu:clap:

ko tak tau ke ader citer sape2 yang best.....
nanti aku nak balik hostel plak....
tu yang gelojoh sket tu


huhuhuhuhuhuhu

whitedove

Originally posted by taiyo_sensei at 17-3-2006 08:59 PM


eh salah kira lak.....
spring erk.....
:nyorok:
sajer jerrr sebut summer
honey & clover kan tayang bulan nam nanti
kan summer tuh
huhuhuhuhuhuhuhuu:clap:

ko tak tau ke ader citer s ...

nanti lepas 26hb aku akan wat full preview, tapi antara yg casting best:

Busu no Hitomi ni Koi****e/Fallin In Love With the Eyes of An Ugly Woman (Goro Inagaki (SMAP), Tomoko Murakami, Shigeaki Kato (NEWS), Yuri Ebihara)
Attention Please (Aya Ueto, Ryo Nishikido)
Kurosagi/The Black Trickster (Tomohisa Yama$hita, Maki Horikita (Nobuta))
Oishii Proposal/Delicious Proposal (Kyoko Hasegawa, Keisuke Koide (Gokusen 2))
Galsar (Naohito Fujiki, Erika Toda, Emi Suzuki, Mari Yaguchi)
Keishichou Sousa Ikka Kyuukakari (Yoshihiko Inohara (V6), Noriko Nakagoshi)

aper lagi ye...tak ingat kat sini...

whitedove

1) Saiyuki ~Journey to the West~ - Fuji TV (Shingo Katori, Eri Fukatsu, Teruyoshi Uchimura, Atsushi Ito) 22.88% (10th episode: 20.5%)
2) Kuitan/Eating Detective - NTV (Noriyuki Higashiyama, Go Morita, Kotomi Kyono, Mikako Ichikawa) 17.38% (Final episode: 18.5%)
3) Unfair - Fuji TV (Ryoko Shinohara, Eita, Teruyuki Kagawa, Masaya Kato) 15.34% (10th episode: 15.0%)
4) Rondo - TBS (Yutaka Takenouchi, Choi Ji Woo, Yoshino Kimura, Ryuta Sato, Mokomichi Hayami, Yui Ichikawa, Shin Hyun Jun, Lee Jung Hyun, Eiji Wentz) 15.29% (10th episode: 14.6%)
5) Yaoh/King of the Night - TBS (Masahiro Matsuoka, Kazuki Kitamura, Karina, Jun Kaname, Yuma Ishigaki, Takamasa Suga) 15.10% (10th episode: 14.0%)
6) Kemonomichi - TV Asahi (Ryoko Shinohara, Koichi Sato, Toru Nakamura, Misa Uehara) 14.66% (Final episode: 14.5%)
7) Ns' Aoi/Nurse Aoi - Fuji TV (Satomi Ishihara, Toshiro Yanagiba, Kaoru Sugita, Keiichiro Koyama) 14.28% (10th episode: 12.4%)
8) Byakuyakou - TBS (Takayuki Yamada, Haruka Ayase, Atsuro Watabe, Takashi Kashiwabara, Koutaro Tanaka, Kaoru Yachigusa, Keisuke Koide, Naomi Nishida, Tetsuya Takeda) 12.07% (10th episode: 12.6%)
9) Kobayakawa Nobuki no Koi/Doctor In Love - Fuji TV (Toshiaki Karasawa, Naohito Fujiki, Nana Katase, Hiromi Oizumi, Mahiru Konno, Shosuke Tanihara) 11.22% (10th episode: 12.9%)
10) Jikou Keisatsu/Time Limit Detective - TV Asahi (Joe Odagiri, Kumiko Aso) 10.12% (Final episode: 10.1%)
11) Kami wa Saikoro wo Furanai - NTV (Satomi Kobayashi, Rie Tomosaka, Taro Yamamoto, Shinji Takeda, Riko Narumi) 9.64% (Final episode: 9.1%)
12) Gachi Baka - TBS (Katsunori Takahashi, Waka Inoue, Ikki Sawamura, Yuya Tegoshi, Takahisa Masuda, Tomoka Kurokawa, Koutaro Koizumi, Saori Takizawa, Keita Saitou) 7.93% (9th episode: 7.4%)

Special:

Komyo ga Tsuji 1st season - NHK taiga dorama (Yukie Nakama, Takaya Kamikawa, Tetsuya Takeda, Hiroki Narimiya, Kyoko Hasegawa, Emi Wakui, Masami Nagasawa, Hiroshi Tamaki) 21.38% (11th episode: 21.3%)

Source: http://doramania.gozaru.jp/shichoritsu.htm & www.jdorama.com

whitedove

Dorama Special (SP):

1) Wish Upon A Star (Hoshi ni Negai wo) - Fuji TV
Cast: Tsuyoshi Dohmoto, Naohito Fujiki, Yuka
Japan's broadcast: 26 August 2005
Official website: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/hoshinega/index2.html

2) Trick Drama SP 2005 - TV Asahi
Cast: Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe
Japan's broadcast: 13 November 2005
Rating: 24.7%
Official website: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/trick/

3) Anego SP - NTV
Cast: Ryoko Shinohara, Jin Akanishi, Eisaku Yoshida, Naho Toda, Miwako Ichikawa, Sayaka Yamaguchi
Japan's broadcast: December 2005
Rating: 11.4%

4) Satomi Hakkenden - TBS
Cast: Hideaki Takizawa, Manabu Oshio, Ryuta Sato, Yu Yamada, Ryo
Katsuji, Shoon Yama$hita, Miho Kanno, Yukie Nakama, Atsuro Watabe, Haruka Ayase, Nobuno Inuzuka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Shouei
Japan's broadcast: 2 & 3 January 2006
Rating: Part I 17%, Part II 16.8%
Official website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/satomi8/

5) Days
Cast: Takako Matsu, Ai Kato, Masami Nagasawa
Japan's broadcast: February 2006

Winter Dorama:

1) Ice Wall (Hyouheki) - NHK
Cast: Hiroshi Tamaki, Mayu Tsuruta, Taro Yamamoto, Shinji Takeda, Kazue Fukiishi
Japan's broadcast: January-February 2006
Average rating: 7.87%
Peak rating: 10.5%
Final episode rating: 10.5%

2) Taisetsu - NHK
Cast: Rei Kikukawa
Japan's broadcast: January-March 2006

Note: All DVD release are available in Chinese, English & Malay subs...

[ Last edited by whitedove at 27-3-2006 04:44 PM ]

whitedove

Happy!
Network: TBS
Cast: Saki Aibu, Mao Kobayashi, Junnosuke Taguchi (KAT-TUN), Sho Aikawa, Nagisa Katahira
Time: 7 April 2006 (Friday), 10.00 pm
Official website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/happy2006/

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Saki Aibu will be starring in the TBS 2006 drama special (SP), "Happy!" based on the manga by Naoki Urasawa who is famous for his popular works like "YAWARA!","MONSTER" and "20 seki Shonen". Aibu will play the lead character Miyuki Umino who aims to be a professional tennis player so as to repay the debts of her family.The manga was serialised between 1994-1999 and sold more than 8 million copies. The story is on a 18-year-old senior high school student who has to take care of her 3 young siblings when her parents pass away. However, due to her elder brother running up debts of 250 million yen, she decides to be a professional tennis player so as to earn money and clear the debts. As Aibu has never played tennis before, she began training since last year so as to manage the tennis scenes in the drama.

Mao Kobayashi will play the role of Chouko Takikezaki who is the rival of Miyuki. Chouko is the daughter of a company's CEO and a strong tennis player. One of her pet phrases to Miyuki whom she looks down on, would be "Sasatto kienasai, kono hae onna" (Just get lost, you housefly-like woman). Kobayashi admits that it was hard to say this line since she doesn't behave so aggressively in real life but it got better as she practised it repeatedly at home. Kobayashi used to be in the tennis team when she was in junior high so she is now trying to find a way to strike elegant poses while playing so as to show this characteristic of Chouko.

KAT-TUN member Junnosuke Taguchi will be acting in "Happy!" as the only son and heir to a conglomerate, Keiichiro Ootori who is also a tennis champion and Miyuki's (Saki Aibu) love interest. Taguchi took part in the filming of a tennis match involving Miyuki and 1000 extras where his character was supposed to be there to cheer her on. As he has to play a tennis champion in this drama, Taguchi underwent training and got his fellow KAT-TUN member Jin Akanishi who knows how to play tennis, to spar with him at times. Initially, Taguchi lost all the time but he has started to get better recently.

Cast:

Saki Aibu


Mao Kobayashi


Junnosuke Taguchi (KAT-TUN)

Eastern

Nak tanya saper pernah tengok cite Gokusen?? Best tak cite nie??

Mana best Gokusen 1 ngan Gokusen 2?? Adakah kedua-dua siri ini berkaitan...maksudnya kalo tengok yang 2 tanpa tengok yang 1, tak paham laa???

whitedove

Originally posted by Eastern at 27-3-2006 03:14 PM
Nak tanya saper pernah tengok cite Gokusen?? Best tak cite nie??

Mana best Gokusen 1 ngan Gokusen 2?? Adakah kedua-dua siri ini berkaitan...maksudnya kalo tengok yang 2 tanpa tengok yang  ...

bagi aku Gokusen 1 lagi best dari Gokusen 2 sebab Gokusen 2 cuma copycat Gokusen 1 je, minus budak2 yg berbeza...ada beberapa character yg sama of course, macam cikgu Yankumi, n then pengetua tu...n then ada satu watak dari Gokusen 1 (Kumai) yg dah grad high school muncul balik dalam Gokusen 2...buleh je paham kalau tengok Gokusen 2 tak tengok Gokusen 1, tapi kalau tengok Gokusen 1, cerita Yankumi lebih elaborate dan kita at least buleh faham kenapa Yankumi is Yankumi...dalam Gokusen 2 character Yankumi tak berkembang sangat, mentang2 la citer dia dah di'explore' dalam Gokusen 1...

whitedove

1) Saiyuki ~Journey to the West~ - Fuji TV (Shingo Katori, Eri Fukatsu, Teruyoshi Uchimura, Atsushi Ito) 22.82% (Final episode: 24.7%)
2) Kuitan/Eating Detective - NTV (Noriyuki Higashiyama, Go Morita, Kotomi Kyono, Mikako Ichikawa) 17.38% (Final episode: 18.5%)
3) Rondo - TBS (Yutaka Takenouchi, Choi Ji Woo, Yoshino Kimura, Ryuta Sato, Mokomichi Hayami, Yui Ichikawa, Shin Hyun Jun, Lee Jung Hyun, Eiji Wentz) 15.51% (Final episode: 17.7%
4) Yaoh/King of the Night - TBS (Masahiro Matsuoka, Kazuki Kitamura, Karina, Jun Kaname, Yuma Ishigaki, Takamasa Suga) 15.47% (Final episode: 19.2%)
5) Unfair - Fuji TV (Ryoko Shinohara, Eita, Teruyuki Kagawa, Masaya Kato) 15.38% (Final episode: 15.8%)
6) Kemonomichi - TV Asahi (Ryoko Shinohara, Koichi Sato, Toru Nakamura, Misa Uehara) 14.66% (Final episode: 14.5%)
7) Ns' Aoi/Nurse Aoi - Fuji TV (Satomi Ishihara, Toshiro Yanagiba, Kaoru Sugita, Keiichiro Koyama) 14.18% (Final episode: 13.2%)
8) Byakuyakou - TBS (Takayuki Yamada, Haruka Ayase, Atsuro Watabe, Takashi Kashiwabara, Koutaro Tanaka, Kaoru Yachigusa, Keisuke Koide, Naomi Nishida, Tetsuya Takeda) 12.25% (Final episode: 14.1%)
9) Kobayakawa Nobuki no Koi/Doctor In Love - Fuji TV (Toshiaki Karasawa, Naohito Fujiki, Nana Katase, Hiromi Oizumi, Mahiru Konno, Shosuke Tanihara) 11.27% (Final episode: 11.8%)
10) Jikou Keisatsu/Time Limit Detective - TV Asahi (Joe Odagiri, Kumiko Aso) 10.12% (Final episode: 10.1%)
11) Kami wa Saikoro wo Furanai - NTV (Satomi Kobayashi, Rie Tomosaka, Taro Yamamoto, Shinji Takeda, Riko Narumi) 9.64% (Final episode: 9.1%)
12) Gachi Baka - TBS (Katsunori Takahashi, Waka Inoue, Ikki Sawamura, Yuya Tegoshi, Takahisa Masuda, Tomoka Kurokawa, Koutaro Koizumi, Saori Takizawa, Keita Saitou) 7.81% (Final episode: 6.7%)

Source: http://doramania.gozaru.jp/shichoritsu.htm & www.jdorama.com

whitedove

Akai Kiseki (Red Miracle)
Network: TBS
Cast: Kyoko Fukada, Satoshi Tokushige, Uno Kanda, Shojiro Kanda
Time: 9 & 10 April 2006 (Sunday & Monday), 9.00 pm



The sudden announcement to change the production procedures for "Akai Shogeki", the last of the Akai series is relatively unheard in the TV scene. Originally, TBS had intended to remake the three instalments which starred Yamaguchi Momoe 30 years ago. However, Kyoko Fukada's agency Horipro had objected to her playing a shot putt athlete as in the initial setting by quoting reasons like she wasn't suitable for such an image. As such, the decision was made to ditch the initial procedures for a remake and come up with a new story renamed as "Akai Kiseki" which will be shown in April. Fukada will now play an ice-skater who falls in love with an ex-murderer and has been receiving lessons from ex-Olympic skater Midori Ito since November last year.

dang_anum

Originally posted by whitedove at 10-3-2006 07:46 PM


Yankumi orangnya sama, Yukie Nakama, students tu je orang lain2...pastu ada satu watak dalam Gokusen 1 muncul dalam Gokusen 2...pastu kalau tengok Gokusen 1 dulu, buleh faham kenapa Yank ...

betul kata ko...mmg kena cari gak gokusen1..tak paham knp yankumi tak nak org tahu dia pewaris keluarga tu...dan kenapa bila otagiri ngan nama apa sorang lg tu... terperanjat bila tahu siapa keluarga yankumi...:hmm:

[ Last edited by dang_anum at 31-3-2006 08:40 AM ]

enau

Baru saja saya browsing internet. Terjumpa DVD dengan BM & English subtitle kat online shopping.


kui TAN


Ooku- Hana no Ran - Special

whitedove

Originally posted by enau at 31-3-2006 06:22 PM
Baru saja saya browsing internet. Terjumpa DVD dengan BM & English subtitle kat online shopping.


kui TAN

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wah, Kuitan dah ada! esok kena la turun S&M...;)

whitedove

Fuji TV


Top Caster
Cast: Yuki Amami, Akiko Yada, Hiroshi Tamaki, Shosuke Tanihara, Nao Matsu$hita, Shota Matsuda, Maki Tamaru, Risa Sudo, Kenichi Yajima, Katsuhisa Namase, Kiyoshi Kodama
Begins: 17 April 2006
Time: Every Monday, 9.00 pm
Official website: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/topcaster/

Amami Yuki will be starring in FujiTV's spring Gekku, "Top Caster" which makes her the oldest female lead in this golden timeslot at 38 years old. The previous record was held by Esumi Makiko at 34 when she starred in "Love Revolution" which was shown in 2001. For your information, the oldest male lead for a gekku drama was Tamura Masakazu who starred in "Jinbe" 8 years ago at the age of 55.

Amami will play an evening news announcer Tsubaki Haruka who returns to Japan from America and begins work on a new programme. Her character is supposed to be someone who goes all out for top stories but she's a gentle person in private.

Yada Akiko will act in "Top Caster" as a weather announcer, Asuka Nozomi who has no ambition to make it big in her career. She was scouted during her university days to be an announcer and simply continued with this job after graduation. However, when she meets Haruka played by Amami Yuki, she is made to be Haruka's assistant and has to run around to cover news events despite her reluctance.

Other co-cast members include Tamaki Hiroshi as a silly news director, Tanihara Shosuke as the heir of the TV station's owner, the female announcer played by Matsu$hita Nao as well as Matsuda Shota, Namase Katsuhisa, Kodama Kiyoshi, Tamaru Maki, Sudo Risa and Yajima Kenichi.


Attention Please
Cast: Aya Ueto, Ryo Nishikido (NEWS, Kanjani8), Saki Aibu, Misa Uehara, Mariko Takahashi, Natsumi Nanase, Yuko Fueki (Yoo Min), Chihiro Otsuka, Minami Ootomo, Koutaro Koizumi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Miki Maya
Begins: 18 April 2006
Time: Every Tuesday, 9.00 pm
Official website: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/AP/

Ueto Aya will be starring in the FujiTV spring drama, "Attention Please" beginning in April. She will play a flight attendant in JAL and is undergoing training with the new cabin crew at JAL's training centre near Haneda Airport from the end of this month. Ueto plays the lead character Misaki Yoko who aims to be a stewardess on the international flight route and leaves her hometown to undergo vigorous training so as to achieve her aim. She will be wearing the uniform as the JAL flight attendant in the drama.

NEWS and Kanjani8 member Nishikido Ryo will be playing an aircraft mechanic, Nakahara Shota in the spring drama, "Attention Please" due to be shown from 18 April. This is his third consecutive FujiTV drama since "Ganbatte Ikimasshoi" and "Ichi Litre no Namida" last year. Nishikido will undergo training from professional mechanics so as to prepare for his role.

Other co-stars include Maya Miki, Aibu Saki, Uehara Misa, Koizumi Koutaro and Kohinata Fumiyo. Yuko Fueki (better known in South Korea as Yoo Min) has also been added to the cast.


Busu no Hitomi ni Koi$hiteru/Falling In Love With the Eyes of An Ugly Woman
Cast: Goro Inagaki (SMAP), Tomoko Murakami, Yuri Ebihara, Nao Oomori, MEGUMI, Shugo Oshinari, Saori Takizawa, Shigeaki Kato (NEWS), Haruka Igawa
Begins: 11 April 2006
Time: Every Tuesday, 10.00 pm
Official website:

SMAP member Inagaki Goro will be starring in the spring 2006 drama on FujiTV, "Busu no Hitomi ni Koi$hiteru" (Falling in love with the eyes of an ugly woman) with comedian group Morisanchuu's Murakami Tomoko. The story is based on a series of essays written by scriptwriter Suzuki Osamu who talks about his married life with Oshima Miyuki who happens to be Murakami's partner in Morisanchuu. Suzuki writes scripts for programmes like SMAPxSMAP, Mecha Mecha Iketeru! and dramas like "Hito ni Yasashiku". He revealed hilarious details of his married life with Oshima whom he described as an ugly and fat woman in jest and it was evident in his essay sold last September how much he loves his wife. The book sold about 50,000 copies to date.

NEWS member Kato Shigeaki is due to appear in this drama as announced on 27 January 2006.


Iryuu/Team Medical Dragon
Cast: Kenji Sakaguchi, Izumi Inamori, Teppei Koike (WaT), Kazuki Kitamura, Sadao Abe, Asami Mizukawa, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Mari Natsuki
Begins: 13 April 2006
Time: Every Thursday, 10.00 pm
Official website: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/iryu/index2.html

Sakaguchi Kenji will be starring in the FujiTV spring drama, "Iryuu" beginning 13 April, Thursdays at 10 pm. The story is adapted from the same-titled manga published by Shogakukan where Sakaguchi plays the talented surgeon Asada Ryutaro who tries to fight against problems and issues in the treatment procedures. He also leads a team of medical personnel and calls themselves "Iryuu" (medical dragon). Inamori Izumi will play an ambitious assistant professor who wants to get hold of the professor post and make use of Asada in the process. Other cast members also include WaT member Koike Teppei as an intern, and a professor in the emergency department is played by Natsuki Mari. The first episode will be extended by 15 minutes.

The manga was published since 4 years ago and has released 10 volumes to achieve sales of over 2 million copies. It won the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award last year.


TBS


Oishii Proposal/Delicious Proposal
Cast: Kyoko Hasegawa, Keisuke Koide, Masahiko Nishimura, Eiko Koike, Saeko, Mao Kobayashi, Masanori Ishii, Hiroyuki Amano, Isao Hashizume
Begins: 23 April 2006
Time: Every Sunday, 9.00 pm
Official website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/oishii-propose/

Hasegawa Kyoko will be starring in her first leading role for the TBS spring drama, "Oishii Proposal" (Delicious Proposal) where she plays an Italian chef Shiraishi Reiko who talks in a fierce manner. The restaurant she works in is taken over by a conglomerate and the heir Katsuragi Haruki (Koide Keisuke) is sent to manage the restaurant. Even though they clash with each other initially, they fall in love gradually and forge an older-woman-younger-man relationship.


Wataru Seiken wa Oni Bakari/Making It Through: 8th season
Cast: Pinko Izumi, Takuzo Kadono, Harue Akagi, Sayaka Yoshimura, Kazuki Enari, Aiko Nagayama
Begins: 6 April 2006
Time: Every Thursday, 9.00 pm
Official website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/oni/

The long-running family drama which started in 1990 is back again with a new season, seen through the eyes of the eldest Okakura daughter, Satsuki (played by Pinko Izumi), who already has a family (and grandfamily) of her own, while trying to juggle between them and playing matriarch to the families of her younger sisters.


Bengoshi no Kuzu/Scum of Lawyers
Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa, Hideaki Ito, Reiko Takashima, Aki Hoshino, Fuyuki Moto, Soichiro Kitamura
Begins: 13 April 2006
Time: Every Thursday, 10.00 pm
Official website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/b-kuzu/

Toyokawa Etsushi will be starring in the TBS spring 2006 drama, "Bengoshi no Kuzu" (Scum of Lawyers) with Ito Hideaki. The story is based on a manga currently serialised in Big Comic where Toyokawa plays a lawyer who keeps making trouble for the people around him and yet wins the difficult cases which come his way. This will be the first time that Toyokawa is challenging a role which has a strong comical touch as compared to his cool and serious image. Toyokawa's character is a lawyer by the name of Kuzu Motohito who uses all sorts of methods to win his cases regardless of whether they are ethical. Ito is a newbie lawyer by the name of Takeda Shinjitsu.


Kurosagi/The Black Trickster
Cast: Tomohisa Yama$hita (NEWS), Maki Horikita, Koji Kato, Yui Ichikawa, Reina, Sho Aikawa, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Begins: 14 April 2006
Time: Every Friday, 10.00 pm
Official website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/kuro-sagi/

NEWS member Yama$hita Tomohisa will be starring in the TBS spring 2006 drama, "Kurosagi" (The Black Trickster) which is the first time for him to be the sole lead in a drama and play a trickster. The story is based on a comic by Natsuhara Takeshi and Kuromaru which is currently serialised in Young Sunday. Yama$hita plays a guy who loses his family due to a trickster and decides to take on those cheats by laying traps for them instead. Note that 'shirosagi' means white tricksters who prey on ordinary folks while 'kurosagi' means 'black tricksters' who target those in the same line.

Horikita Maki will work with Yama$hita again in "Kurosagi" as a law student, Yoshikawa Tsurara who falls for the black trickster, Kurosaki (played by Yama$hita), who's bent on revenge. This is a relationship doomed for failure as Kurosaki is breaking the law while Tsurara is someone who has to uphold justice because of her legal knowledge.

Other co-cast members include Kato Koji, a trickster who preys on ordinary folks (shirosagi), Tsurara's best friend played by Ichikawa Yui and the mastermind of the trickery world played by Yamazaki Tsutomu.

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whitedove

NTV


Galsar/Gal Circle
Cast: Naohito Fujiki, Erika Toda, Emi Suzuki, Mari Yaguchi, Yui Aragaki, Mayuko Iwasa, Aimi Satsukawa, Natsuko, Ryuta Sato, Shinta Furuta
Begins: 15 April 2006
Time: Every Saturday, 9.00 pm
Official website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/gal/

Fujiki Naohito will be starring in his first leading role since his marriage last year when he acts as a cowboy from the US in the spring 2006 drama, "Galsar" (Gal Circle) from NTV. The drama is due to be shown on Saturdays at 9 pm and Fujiki will be a cowboy, Kitajima Shinnosuke who goes to Shibuya to find a group of girls to dance the Para Para. As he is regarded as a naggy old man by the teenage girls, the clashes between both sides and how their relationships develop will form the main part of this youth comedy. Given that Kitajima is a man who doesn't care how people think, Fujiki will have to wear fanciful costumes and do things like using a rope to "catch" the girls to form the dance group. The teenage dancers will be played by Toda Erika, Suzuki Emi, Aragaki Yui, Iwasa Mayuko, Satsugawa Aimi, Natsuko, etc. Ex-Morning Musume leader Yaguchi Mari has also been roped in to round up the cast. Filming starts in the beginning of March and Fujiki will sing the theme song.


Puri Madam
Cast: Hitomi Kuroki, Akina Nakamori, Shinta Furuta, Saki Takaoka, Uno Kanda, Juuichi Kobayashi, Masaya Kato, Takashi Naito, Yuuto Nakajima (Johnny's Jrs.)
Begins: 12 April 2006
Time: Every Wednesday, 10.00 pm
Official website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/prima/

Kuroki Hitomi and Nakamori Akina will be starring in the NTV spring drama, "Puri Madam" which begins in April at 10 pm on Wednesdays. This is Nakamori's first drama in 7 years while Kuroki will perform ballet again for the first time after she left Takarazuka. Kuroki plays a housewife Kana who goes to a ballet school for classes while Nakamori is her longtime friend Arashiko who used to be a ballerina. Filming begins at the beginning of March.

Johnny's Jr. Nakajima Yuuto from the J.J Express unit has also been added to the cast and he will play Nakamori's 12-year-old son. Fellow child actresses, Kaho (last seen in "Engine" ) and Shiho (last seen in "Aikurushii" ) will play Kuroki's daughters.


TV Asahi


Keishichou Sousa Ikka Kyuugakari
Cast: Tsunehiko Watase, Yoshihiko Inohara (V6), Michiko Hada, Noriko Nakagoshi, Kanji Tsuda, Mitsuru Fubukoshi, Hiromasa Taguchi, Kumiko Endo, Reina Asami, Hiroko Hatano
Begins: 19 April 2006
Time: Every Wednesday, 9.00 pm
Official website: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/9gakari/

V6 member Inohara Yoshihiko will play a police detective for the first time in the TV Asahi drama, "Keishichou Sousa Ikka Kyuugakari" starting in April at 9 pm on Wednesdays. His role will be Asawa Naoki, a newbie detective whose superior, Kano Rintarou is played by Watase Tsunehiko. His girlfriend who is also Kano's daughter will be played by Nakagoshi Noriko. Fellow cast members include Hada Michiko, Tsuda Kanji, Fubukoshi Mitsuru and Taguchi Hiromasa.


Shichinin no Onna Bengoshi/The Seven Female Lawyers
Cast: Yumiko Shaku, Sachie Hara, Yoko Nogiwa, Masaru Nagai, Waka Inoue, Yoko Minamino, Naomi Kawashima, Rie Shibata
Begins: 13 April 2006
Time: Every Thursday, 9.00 pm
Official website: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/7nin/

Shaku Yumiko makes her debut as the lead actress for a primetime drama in the TV Asahi production "Shichinin no Onna Bengoshi" (The Seven Female Lawyers) due to begin in April. The drama was first shown 15 years ago which lasted for 3 years and starred Kagami Chikako. Shaku will play a newbie lawyer who sympathises with women in harsh circumstances and goes out of her way to help them. There will be another 6 female lawyers aged between their 20s to 50s working with her in the same law firm.


Fugoh Keiji 2: Derakkusu/Magnate Detective 2
Cast: Kyoko Fukada, Shinji Yama$hita, Susumu Terajima, Atsushi Masu, Maho Nonami, Kenji Kohashi
Begins:
Time: Every Friday, 9.00 pm
Official website: http://www.asahi.co.jp/fugoh/

The sequel of "Fugoh Keiji" will begin in April 2006 in a new timeslot of TV Asahi at 9 pm on Fridays. Fukada Kyoko will play the role of Kobe Miwako again in this sequel. The first series of 10 episodes had an average rating of 12.5%.


Teruteru A$hita
Cast: Tomoka Kurokawa, Tae Kimura, Noboru Kaneko, Sakura, Mayuko Fukuda, Keiko Oginome, Brother Tom
Begins: 14 April 2006
Time: Every Friday, 11.15 pm
Official website: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/teruteru/

Kurokawa Tomoka will be starring in the spring 2006 drama, "Teruteru A$hita" which begins in April on TV Asahi. The story is based on two novels by Kano Tomoko i.e. "Teruteru A$hita" and "Sasarasaya", and Kurokawa plays the heroine Teruyo. Saya, the lead in the second novel will be played by Kimura Tae.


NHK


Machiben/Street Lawyer
Cast: Makiko Esumi, Koji Yamamoto, Kenji Sawada, Tomoko Nakajima, Ikki Sawamura
Begins: 8 April 2006
Time: Every Saturday, 9.00 pm
Official website:

Esumi Makiko returns to acting in 2 years after her maternity break through the NHK drama "Machiben" (Street Lawyer) which will begin on 8 April. She plays a passionate lawyer who works in a small law firm situated in a small town and will go without makeup for this role. Her co-stars include Yamamoto Koji, Sawada Kenji and Nakajima Tomoko.

Note: more detailed info are now available at New JDorama Spring Preview (beginning April 2006) thread...

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whitedove

1) Never Land/Ice Wall (Hyouheki) - NHK
Cast: Hiroshi Tamaki, Mayu Tsuruta, Taro Yamamoto, Shinji Takeda, Kazue Fukiishi
Japan's broadcast: January-February 2006
Average rating: 7.87%
Peak rating: 10.5%
Final episode rating: 10.5%
Official website: http://www.nhk.or.jp/dodra/
Format: DVD (Chinese, English & Malay subs)

2) Food Detective (Kuitan) - NTV
Cast: Noriyuki Higashiyama (Shonentai), Go Morita (V6), Kotomi Kyono, Mikako Ichikawa
Japan's broadcast: January-March 2006
Average rating: 17.38%
Peak rating: 19.0%
Final episode rating: 18.5%
Official website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/kuitan/
Other link: http://www.jdorama.com/drama.987.htm
Format: VCD (Chinese & Malay subs), DVD (Chinese, English & Malay subs)

3) Kami wa Saikoro wo Furanai - NTV
Cast: Satomi Kobayashi, Rie Tomosaka, Taro Yamamoto, Shinji Takeda, Riko Narumi
Japan's broadcast: January-March 2006
Average rating: 9.64%
Peak rating: 10.8%
Final episode rating: 9.1%
Official website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/saikoro/
Other link: http://www.jdorama.com/drama.986.htm
Format: VCD (Chinese & Malay subs)

4) Saiyuki ~Journey to the West~ - Fuji TV
Cast: Shingo Katori (SMAP), Eri Fukatsu, Teruyoshi Uchimura, Atsushi Ito, Asami Mizukawa, Koji Ohkura
Japan's broadcast: January-March 2006
Average rating: 22.82%
Peak rating: 29.2%
Final episode rating: 24.7%
Official website: http://wwwc.fujitv.co.jp/gokuu/index2.html
Other link: http://www.jdorama.com/drama.990.htm
Format: DVD (Chinese, English & Malay subs)

5) Unfair - Fuji TV
Cast: Ryoko Shinohara, Eita, Sadao Abe, Mari Hamada, Masaya Kato, Tae Kimura, Susumu Terashima, Teruyuki Kagawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima (special guest star)
Japan's broadcast: January-March 2006
Average rating: 15.38%
Peak rating: 16.4%
Final episode rating: 15.8%
Official website: http://www.ktv.co.jp/unfair
Other link: http://www.jdorama.com/drama.992.htm
Format: DVD (Chinese, English & Malay subs)

wow... saiyuki paling tinggi ratingna ya....
btw, da yg mo kasi preview ni movie story-theme-nya tentang apa? bukan spoiler....

komedi, drama, family drama...???