Japan wins five awards at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival 2011

This year’s “51st Monte-Carlo TV Festival” had quite a number of Japanese nominees and during yesterday’s award ceremony they took a total of five awards.

First and foremost, the TBS drama special “Hei no Naka no Chuugakkou” (“A School Behind Bars“), that aired back in 2010, won the award(s) for “Best Television Film” and the special “Monaco Red Cross” award. Starring …


Odagiri Joe talks about wife Kashii Yu’s pregnancy

Odagiri Joe appeared for a press conference regarding his upcoming drama “Hei no Naka no Chugakkou”, set to air on October 11th. “Hei no naka no Chugakkou” is based on a true story about a junior high school at the Matsumoto juvenile prison in Nagano. Odagiri will play a teacher at the school.

At the conference, Odagiri was asked about…


Odagiri Joe and Watanabe Ken to play teacher and student in SP

A special drama titled, “Hei no Naka no Chuugakou”, starring Odagiri Joe and Watanabe Ken will be shown on October 11 on TBS. It is a human drama scripted by writer Uchidate Makiko, and it was filmed in an actual prison – a first for any Japanese drama.

The story revolves around Asahimachi Junior High School, …