Japan Box Office Report & Trailer Park – April 27th/28th

(02) 'Iron Man 3' / (01) 'Meitantei Conan' / (03) 'Super Hero Taisen Z'

(02) 'Iron Man 3' / (01) 'Meitantei Conan' / (03) 'Super Hero Taisen Z'

The Golden Week means there’s many new movies and a fierce competition at the box office. After all it’s the time of the greatest profits for the movie industry in Japan. ‘Meitantei Conan: Zekkai no Private Eye‘ remained as strong as during its first weekend and …


Drama Prime Time Report – 04/08~04/14

'35 Sai no Koukousei' (NTV)

'35 Sai no Koukousei' (NTV)

More than a handful of spring dramas have premiered last week.

Fuji TV unveiled both of their Tuesday prime time dramas on the same date and both of them began with a mediocre start. Neither ‘Kamo, Kyoto e Iku.‘ – starring Matsushita Nao – nor ‘Kasuka na Kanojo‘ – starring Katori Shingo, were able to impress …


Fujiwara Tatsuya to star in Shinagawa Hiroshi’s 3rd movie

It was announced that Fujiwara Tatsuya will be starring in Shinagawa Hiroshi’s third movie “Sanbun no Ichi.” His co-stars will include KAT-TUN’s Tanaka Koki, Kosugi Ryuichi of comedian duo “Black Mayonnaise”, and Nakashima Mika.

This is a movie adaptation of Kinoshita Hanta’s novel of the same name, and this will mark the first movie by Shinagawa where he will be adapting …


Sakurai Sho to star in the sequel to “Kamisama no Karute”

It was announced that there will be a sequel to the movie “Kamisama no Karute“, which was released back in August of last year starring Arashi’s Sakurai Sho. The sequel “Kamisama no Karute 2” is scheduled for release in 2014, and Sakurai and Miyazaki Aoi, who played as his wife, will continue participating in it. Sakurai said, “This is a …


12 actors to be featured in a kimono magazine book

A kimono magazine book titled ‘Kimono Danshi‘, featuring 12 popular actors, will go on sale on November 30th.

All photos were taken by women photographers, and it focuses on a man’s sex appeal from a woman’s point of view. The actors who will be featured are Oguri Shun, Fujiwara Tatsuya, Matsuzaka Tori, Ichikawa Ennosuke IV, Yamamoto Yusuke, Katsuji Ryo, …


Miike Takashi reveals supporting cast and movie poster for ‘Wara no Tate’

On November 9th, Miike Takashi revealed the supporting cast for his upcoming action suspense movie ‘Wara no Tate‘ starring Osawa Takao and Matsushima Nanako. The announcement also came with the release of the movie poster that solely focuses on the atrocious murderer played by Fujiwara Tatsuya.

‘Wara no Tate’ is based on an early novel by mangaka Kiuchi Kazuhiro (‘Be-Bop …


Kiuchi Kazuhiro’s debut novel “Wara no Tate” to get live-action adaptation starring Osawa Takao & Matsushima Nanako

It’s been announced that Osawa Takao and Matsushima Nanako will be starring in a new action suspense movie directed by Miike Takashi, ”Wara no Tate” .

“Wara no Tate” is based on the debut novel by Kiuchi Kazuhiro, who is well-known for his manga “Be-Bop High School“, and the story starts when a murderer has a reward of 1,000,000,000 yen on his head.

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A granddaughter …


Japan Box Office Report – March 10th/11th

"Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" / "Doraemon" / "Liar Game Saisei (Reborn)"

"Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" / "Doraemon" / "Liar Game Saisei (Reborn)"

“Doraemon” is still on top with a cumulative revenue of 1 billion Yen ($12.1 million USD). “Sherlock Holmes” begins to investigate the second position, while “Liar Game Saisei (Reborn)” lost a spot and is down to third place.

It’s the second consecutive weekend that “Doraemon: Nobita and the …


Fujiwara Tatsuya makes surprise appearance at a junior high school

On February 28th, actor Fujiwara Tatsuya made a surprise appearance at a junior high school for his upcoming film, “Okaeri, Hayabusa“.

Fujiwara gave advice to 132 students, who will soon be graduating from junior high school. He said, “Love a lot and meet many people. I will be delighted if everyone’s powers will bring energy to Japan.”

He continued, “In …


Fujiwara Tatsuya draws 700 fans at “Kaiji 2″ premiere in Singapore

Actor Fujiwara Tatsuya recently visited Singapore for the premiere of his latest movie, “Kaiji 2 Jisei Dakkai Game“. Thanks to his popularity in his previous movie, “Death Note“, Fujiwara attracted approximately 700 people to the PR event.

The event was held at a shopping mall in the suburbs of Singapore, and Fujiwara was welcomed by the loud cheers of his fans. …


Japan Box Office Report – November 5th/6th

"Kaiji 2" / "Suteki na Kanashibari" / "The Three Musketeers"

"Kaiji 2" / "Suteki na Kanashibari" / "The Three Musketeers"

New entries from Japan, America, and China/Hong Kong made it into the top 10 this week.

The second weekend of “Suteki na Kanashibari” was a very successful one. 313,215 people went to see this film over the two days, grossing another 413,724,750 Yen (5.3 million USD). Thanks to the lasting popularity, …


Yoshitaka Yuriko worries about Fujiwara Tatsuya’s future?

On November 5th, actress Yoshitaka Yuriko (23) attended the first-day opening for her starring movie, “Kaiji 2 ~ Jinsei Dakkai Game” at TOHO Cinemas in Tokyo.  During the event, she showed concern for starring actor Fujiwara Tatsuya (29)’s future.

On this stage, co-actors Namase Katsuhisa (51) and Kagawa Teruyuki (45) gave hilarious, but immature greetings.  Since men around 20 to …


“Kaiji 2″ press conference features 200 million Yen as the main star, and a peculiar Yoshitaka Yuriko

A press conference for the upcoming movie “Kaiji 2: Jinsei Dakkai Game” was held in Tokyo today. The conference was attended by actors Fujiwara Tatsuya, Iseya Yusuke, and Yoshitaka Yuriko, as well as director Sato Toya, and creator of the original manga, Fukumoto Nobuyuki.

The movie is the sequel to the very successful “Kaiji: Jinsei Dakkai Game” that grossed 2.25 billion …


Fujiwara Tatsuya to star in upcoming “Hayabusa” movie!

On June 14th, it was been revealed that actor Fujiwara Tatsuya would star in the film “Okaeri Hayabusa”, produced by Shochiku.

The film is based on the Japanese unmanned spacecraft, “Hayabusa“, which miraculously returned to Earth last June after seven years away. The novice engineer who is in charge of the spacecraft’s ion engine stated in high spirits, “I will do …


Three of Higashino Keigo’s mystery novels set to become 2-hour dramas!

The author of “The Devotion of Suspect X“, mystery novalist Keigo Higashino, will have three of this works made into two-hour dramas for Fuji TV.

Starring in one of his films is actress Tokiwa Takako, and the dramas will start airing on June 10th for three consecutive weeks.

The three suspense novels are “11 Moji no Satsujin“, “Brutus no Shinzou“, and “Kairoutei Satsujin …


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