Yonekura Ryoko to play an eerie housekeeper in the special drama “Atsui Kuuki”

On March 28th, TV Asahi announced that they are going to bring back the original drama series “Kaseifu wa Mita!” with Yonekura Ryoko replacing the long-time starring actress Ichihara Etsuko.

The special is called “Atsui Kuuki“, which also is the name of Matsumoto Seicho’s original mystery novel that served as the base for the drama. In 1983 it was adopted into …


Full cast revealed for upcoming drama ‘W no Higeki’ starring Takei Emi

On March 8th, TV Asahi finally revealed more details about the cast of the upcoming drama ‘Wo no Higeki‘, which stars young actress Takei Emi in a double role.

‘W no Higeki‘ is based on a mystery novel of the same name by Natsuki Shizuko, which sold over 2.5 million copies. The script is handled by Terada Toshio (“Koshonin”), who’ll make …


Tokiwa Takako appears at press conference for new NHK drama, “Kamisama no Nyoubou”

On July 26th, actress Tokiwa Takako attended a press conference for her new NHK drama, “Kamisama no Nyoubou” at Midoriyama Studio in Yokohama along side with her co-stars Tsutsui Michitaka and Nogiwa Yoko.

Tokiwa, who showed up wearing a traditional kimono, said, “I am having a lot of fun [filming the drama]. As an example, for Nogiwa and my …