Posts Categorized: Japanese Dramas

Nov 16 2021

Nozomu Kotaki cast in TV Asahi drama “Rokuhodo Yotsuiro Biyori”

Nozomu Kotaki (Johnny’s West) is cast in TV Asahi live-action drama series “Rokuhodo Yotsuiro Biyori.” The drama series is based on the manga series of same name by Yu Shimizu. The screenplay will have Nozomu Kotaki play traditional cafe proprietor Kyosui Togoku. Along with his 3 coworkers, Kyosui Togoku provides comfort to his customers while serving them meals and drinks.

“Rokuhodo Yotsuiro Biyori” will first air January, 2022 in Japan (takes over TV Asahi’s Saturday 11:30 PM time slot after the conclusion of “Vanishing My First Love“).

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Nov 11 2021

Haru Kuroki cast in Fuji TV drama “Gossip”

Haru Kuroki is cast for the lead role in Fuji TV drama series “Gossip.” The drama series is set within an online news website that only thinks about increasing page views. Haru Kuroki will play Ririko Seko. She is transferred to the editorial department at the online news website.

“Gossip” will first air January, 2022 (takes over Fuji TV’s Thursday 10PM time slot after “Super Rich“).

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Nov 5 2021

Trailer & poster for Netflix drama “The Journalist”

Trailer and poster added for Netflix drama series “The Journalist” starring Ryoko Yonekura. More castings have been announced for the drama series and they are Go Ayano, Ryusei Yokohama, Hidetaka Yoshioka , Shinobu Terajima , Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Tomorowo Taguchi, Koji Ookura, Tetsushi Tanaka, Masato Hagiwara,  Tokio Emoto,  Kaho Tsuchimura, Karin Ono, Jun Hashimoto,  Denden,  Yusuke Santamaria and Shiro Sano.  “The Journalist” drama series shares same title, setting at newspaper company Shinbun Kisha, and director as 2019 movie “The Journalist,” starring Shim Eun-Kyung & Tori Matsuzaka, but features different characters and story.

“The Journalist” will be available to stream from January 13, 2022.

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Nov 3 2021

Shinichi Tsutsumi cast in TBS drama “If My Wife Become An Elementary School Student”

Shinichi Tsutsumi is cast in TBS live-action drama series “If My Wife Become An Elementary School Student” (literal title). The drama series is based on manga series “Tsuma, Shougakusei ni Naru” by Yayuu Murata. For the drama series, Shinichi Tsutsumi will play Keisuke Niijima. He is still unable to get over his wife’s death from 10 years ago and then a strange girl appears in front of him.

“If My Wife Become An Elementary School Student” first airs January, 2022 in Japan.

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Oct 28 2021

Minami Hamabe cast in Fuji TV-KTV drama “Dr. White”

Minami Hamabe is cast in Fuji TV-KTV drama series “Dr. White.” The drama series is based on novels “Dr. White: Senrigan no Karute” and “Dr. White: Kami no Shindan” by Shin Kibayashi. For “Dr. White,” Minami Hamabe will play main character Byakuya. She is a mysterious character, who possesses medical knowledge, but doesn’t remember much about herself.

“Dr. White” first airs January, 2022 in Japan.

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Oct 28 2021

Kazuya Kamenashi cast in WOWOW drama “Shoutai”

Kazuya Kamenashi is cast for the lead role in WOWOW drama series “Shoutai.” The drama series is based on 2020 novel “Shoutai” by Tamehito Somei and directed by Hideo Nakata (“Ring“) & Masaaki Taniguchi (“Signal“). In the drama series, Kazuya Kamenashi will play Keiichi Kaburagi. He is a fugitive, but people begin to wonder if he is really is a murderer.

“Shoutai” will first air spring, 2022 in Japan.

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Oct 21 2021

Teaser trailer & poster for Netflix drama “Fishbowl Wives”

Teaser trailer and poster for Netflix live-action drama series “Fishbowl Wives” starring Ryoko Shinohara. Drama series is based on manga series “Kingyo Tsuma” by Kurosawa R. In addition, 11 actors have been announced for the film: Takanori Iwata, Masanobu Ando, Kyoko Hasegawa, Wakana Matsumoto, Shizuka Nakamura, Saori Seto, Anna Ishii, Hidekazu Mashima, Shingo Fujimori, Atsuhiro Inukai, & Yuki Kubota. In the drama series, Takanori Iwata he will play Haruto Toyota. He meets Sakura Hiraga (Ryoko Shinohara), who is married and in an abusive marriage, and falls in love with her. Masanobu Ando will play Takuya Hiraga. He is the abusive husband, married to Sakura Hiraga.

“Fishbowl Wives” will be available to stream on Netflix sometime next year.

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