'Rich Man, Poor Woman in New York' (Fuji TV)
'Rich Man, Poor Woman in New York' (Fuji TV)
Most of the spring dramas will finally premiere this or next week.
As for the previous week, there were already a couple of premieres of midnight and late-night dramas. ‘Detarame Hero‘ (NTV) – starring Sato Ryuta – aired its first episode on Thursday and recorded a rating of 3.6%, which is somewhat …
It was announced that Sato Ryuta will star in a late night drama “Detarame Hero (tentative title)” that will start airing in April.
In the drama, Sato will play a hopeless man who is unemployed, hates to do anything troublesome, and asks girls for money. He is clearly not someone to be thanked by others. Though he is just a scum …
On July 17th, it was reported that Japan’s very own summer blockbuster ‘Brave Hearts: Umizaru‘ has attracted more than 1.2 million viewers and grossed more than 1.5 billion Yen (18.97 million USD) since its opening day on July 13th.
It’s rare for a Japanese movie to open on a Friday, since it’s rather difficult to lure people into cinemas on an …
On July 3, stars Ito Hideaki (36), Sato Ryuta (32), and Kato Ai (29) of the movie “BRAVE HEARTS Umizaru” (directed by Hasumi Eiichiro, opens July 13) greeted fans on stage at an early screening of the film in Osaka.
At the screening, Ito and Sato put together a combination based on the 2005 Umizaru drama series and battled it out …
On June 28, it was revealed that actor Ito Hideaki (36) will take on the challenge of becoming a radio personality.
He’ll begin by hosting the July 3rd show of Nippon Broadcast’s popular All Night Nippon program. His show, titled “Ito Hideaki no All Night Nippon GOLD”, begins airing at 10PM.
The program is usually broadcast from the Yurakucho studio in Tokyo, …
On June 22nd, the full trailer for the upcoming live-action adaptation of the award-winning novel ‘Tenchi Meisatsu‘ starring V6’s Okada Junichi was revealed on its official website.
The movie, directed by famed director Takita Yojiro (‘Departures’), is set in the early Edo period and depicts the life of ‘Yasui Santetsu’ (Okada), who is a Go player. One day, chief of the …
On June 19th, a completion and screening ceremony of “BRAVE HEARTS Umizaru” (directed by Hasumi Eiichiro, release on July 13), the newest sequel to the popular “Umizaru” series, was held at the Tokyo International Forum. Eight cast members including Ito Hideaki (36), the star of the series, appeared at the screening.
The film is the 4th sequel to the series; the 2nd sequel, …
On May 23rd, it was announced that the Wednesday NTV drama ‘Cleopatra na Onnatachi‘ is going to end after just 8 episodes on June 6. Scriptwriter Oishi Shizuka herself revealed it on her blog.
‘Cleopatra-’ is centered around cosmetic surgery, and stars actor Sato Ryuta. Several actresses, including Inamori Izumi, Kitano Kii, and Yo Kimiko, are also appearing in the drama. …
After the first teaser in February, distributor Toho has now released the full trailer for their upcoming summer blockbuster ‘Brave Hearts: Umizaru‘.
Brave Hearts‘ is the fourth movie in the ‘Umizaru‘ live-action series about rescue diver Senzaki Daisuke (Ito Hideaki) and his comrades of the Japanese Coast Guard. This time, they have adapted the greatest maritime accident from the …
Drama Prime Time Report – April 16th~April 19th
Drama Prime Time Report – April 16th~April 19th
Seven new dramas aired their first episodes between Monday and Thursday, including the much-anticipated Monday drama of Fuji TV.
The fifth season of the Monday drama ‘Hancho‘ (TBS) seems to be off to a nice season with an improvement of 2.3% between the first and second episode. Fuji TV can say the same …
Aragaki Yui & Ohno Satoshi in 'Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai' (Fuji TV)
Last week, NHK’s taiga drama ‘Taira no Kiyomori’ basically opened the quasi first week of the 2012 drama winter season. Two other dramas and a mini series also already aired their first episodes. However, it was the drama specials that really knew how to keep us drama addicts entertained throughout the whole week.
You can check out the ratings and details after the cut!
On November 14th, it was announced that Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi (30) would be starring in Fuji TV’s new spring drama special, “Mou Yuukai nante Shinai“, which will air in January 2012.
Ohno will play the main character — a freeter named “Tarui Shotaro” who can’t forget his childhood dream of being a hero. He finds himself planning a fake …
Actor Sato Ryuta and actress Dan Rei became the recipients of the”The 12th Best Formalist” award, a distinction created in 2000 with the hopes of spreading the concept of formal wear to the general public. Every year, the awards select one male and one female to receive the honors.
On October 25th, Sato and Dan dressed to the nines as they …
On September 28th, actor Sato Ryuta and actress Kato Ai attended a presentation event for TV Asahi’s special drama, “Hikaru Hekiga“.
The drama is based on Yoshimura Akira’s novel of the same title. It portrays the story of Japanese researchers who developed the world’s first capsule endoscopy.
Sato, who will be playing a married couple with Kato for the first time commented …
