Posts Categorized: Japanese Dramas

Feb 7 2022

Takuya Kimura cast in TV Asahi drama “Mirai e no 10 Count”

Takuya Kimura is cast in TV Asahi drama series “Mirai e no 10 Count.” The drama series features an original screenplay by Yasushi Fukuda (“Hero“) and directed by Hayato Kawai (“Alibi Breaker“) & Kazunari Hoshino (“Alibi Breaker“). For “Mirai e no 10 Count,” Takuya Kimura will play Shogo Kirisawa. His life is in tatters, but he is offered a job to coach the high school boxing team where he was once a member.

“Mirai e no 10 Count” first airs April, 2022  (takes over TV Asahi’s Thursday 9PM time slot after “Neighbor Chikara“).

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Jan 31 2022

Osamu Mukai & Yukiya Kitamura cast in TV Tokyo drama “Sensei no Otori-yose”

Osamu Mukai and Yukiya Kitamura are cast in TV Tokyo live-action drama series “Sensei no Otori-yose.” The drama series is based on manga “Sensei no Otoriyose” by Asumiko Nakamura & Yuuri Eda. Osamu Mukai will play lead male character Haruka Enomura. He is an erotic novel writer. Yukiya Kitamura will play manga writer Miruku Nakada. He writes feminine manga. The two bond over their love for delivery food.

“Sensei no Otori-yose” will air April, 2022 in Japan (takes over TV Tokyo’s Friday 1:52 AM time slot after “Tetsu Ota Michiko, 2 Man Kiro“).

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Jan 27 2022

Alice Hirose & Hokuto Matsumura cast Fuji TV-KTV drama “Koi Nante, Honki de Yatte Dousuruno”

Alice Hirose and Hokuto Matsumura are cast in Fuji TV-KTV drama series “Koi Nante, Honki de Yatte Dousuruno.” The drama series features an original screenplay by Taeko Asano (“13“) and directed by Ryo Miyawaki (“Matrimonial Chaos“). For the drama series, Alice Hirose will play main character Jun Sakurazawa. She isn’t interested in finding love, but has a secret for her reason.

“Koi Nante, Honki de Yatte Dousuruno” first airs April, 2022 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Monday 10 PM time slot after “Dr. White“).

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Jan 27 2022

Apple TV+ drama “Pachinko” to premiere March 25th

Apple TV+ drama series “Pachinko,” starring Youn Yuh-Jung, Soji Arai, Lee Min-Ho, & Jung Eun-Chae, to premiere March 25, 2021 worldwide. In addition, above and below are the first five still images from the drama series. The screenplay is based on 2017 novel “Pachinko” by Lee Min-Jin. The drama series will be told in Korean, Japanese, and English languages, while spanning filming locations from South Korea, Japan, and the United States.

“Pachinko” will consist of 8 total episodes, with the first 3 episodes released on March 25, 2022 and 1 episode released per week afterwards on Friday.

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Jan 21 2022

Fuka Koshiba cast in TV Asahi drama “Yokai Housemate 2” & movie version

Fuka Koshiba is cast in TV Asahi sequel drama series “Yokai Housemate 2” and movie version “Yokai Housemate.” Also cast for the sequel drama series and movie are Matsumoto, Katsuya Maiguma, Nobue Iketani and Koji Ookura. All the announced cast members appeared in the original 2020 TV Asahi drama series “Yokai Housemate” and will reprise their respective characters.

Drama series “Yokai Housemate 2” will air April, 2022 and the movie version will be released June, 2022 in Japan.

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Jan 19 2022

Shotaro Mamiya cast in Fuji TV drama “Nanba MG5”

Shotaro Mamiya is cast in Fuji TV live-action drama series “Nanba MG5.” The drama series is based on manga series “Nanba MG5” by Toshio Ozawa. In the drama series, Shotaro Mamiya will play Tsuyoshi Nanba. He is known as a delinquent and comes from a family of delinquents, but what he really wants is to become a good student.

“Nanba MG5” first airs April, 2022 in Japan.

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Jan 17 2022

Shunsuke Michieda cast in NTV drama “The Files of Young Kindaichi 5”

Shunsuke Michieda is cast in NTV live-action drama series “The Files of Young Kindaichi 5.” The drama series is based on manga series “Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo” by written by Shin Kibayashi. The previous series of “Young Kindaichi” aired in 2014 on NTV, with Ryosuke Yamada playing the title character in “The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo.” In “The Files of Young Kindaichi 5,” Shunsuke Michieda will play teen private detective Hajime Kindaichi.

“The Files of Young Kindaichi 5” will first air  April, 2022 in Japan.

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Jan 13 2022

Anna Yamada & Daiken Okudaira cast in WOWOW drama “Socho Shihatsu no Sappukei”

Anna Yamada and Daiken Okudaira are cast in WOWOW drama series “Socho Shihatsu no Sappukei.” The drama series is based on short story collection “Socho Shihatsu no Sappukei” by Yugo Aosaki and will consist of 6 episodes, with each episode having a different story. Anna Yamada and Daiken Okudaira will appear in each of the episodes.

“Socho Shihatsu no Sappukei” will air sometime later this year in Japan.

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Jan 13 2022

Taiki Sato and Ai Mikami cast in TBS-MBS live-action drama “Liar”

Taiki Sato and Ai Mikami are cast in TBS-MBS live-action drama series “Liar.” The drama series is based on “Liar” written by Moarasu and directed by Izuru Kumasaka (“Asyl: Park and Love Hotel“). The drama series follows two office workers who fall into a romantic relationship. The twist is that the male worker is already engaged to another woman.

“Liar” first airs February 15, 2022 in Japan.

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