Suzu Hirose is cast in TV Asahi drama special “Air Girl.” The 1 episode drama special is based on nonfiction novel “Nihon Koku Ikkisei” by Yoshie Nakamaru. The screenplay is set after World War II and follows the start of Japan’s civil aviation industry. For the drama special, Suzu Hirose will play Komari Sano. She applies to become one of the first cabin attendants.
“Air Girl” will air sometime during spring, 2021 in Japan.
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Osamu Mukai and Taisuke Fujigaya (‘Kis-My-Ft.2’) are cast in WOWOW drama series “The Grand Family” (literal title) starring Kiichi Nakai. The drama series is based on novel “Karei Naru Ichizoku” by Toyoko Yamasaki (“Shizumanu Taiyo“). Osamu Mukai will play older brother Teppei and Taisuke Fujigaya will play younger brother Ginpei. Their father is Daisuke Manpyo (Kiichi Nakai), who is a wealthy man and owns several businesses including a steel company and a bank.
“The Grand Family” will first air spring, 2021 in Japan.
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Ayami Nakajo is cast for the lead female role in NTV drama series “With You on the Day the World Ends” (literal title) co-starring Ryoma Takeuchi. For the drama series, Ayami Nakajo will play Kurumi Ogasawara. Her character is the girlfriend of Hibiki Mamiya (Ryoma Takeuchi) and works as an intern at a hospital. She goes missing and Hibiki Mamiya tries to find her.
“With You on the Day the World Ends” first airs January, 2021 in South Korea.
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Serena Motola is cast for the lead role in TV Tokyo drama series “Tokyo Design Story” (“Tokyo Design ga Umareru Hi”). Also cast in the drama series are Megumi, Junpei Goto, Momo, Marika Ito, Iku Arai, and Yuya Nara. The drama series is scripted by Masashi Shimizu (“Otokomeshi“) and directed by Tetsuya Chihara. The drama series will follow Serena Motola as rookie designer Mutsumi Ono. She works for design company Lemon Design.
“Tokyo Design Story” will first air December 2, 2020 in Japan.
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Sakurako Konishi and Oshiro Maeda are cast in TV Tokyo-Paravi drama series “Cat.” The romance themed drama series is scripted by Junichi Kanai and directed by Junichi Kanai & Hana Matsumoto. The screenplay was inspired by the song “Neko” by pop-rock band DISH//. The drama series’ theme song will also be “Neko: The First Take Ver” by DISH//.
“Cat” will first stream on Paravi on November 6, 2020 and air on TV Tokyo on November 13, 2020.
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Sota Fukushi is cast in TV Tokyo drama series “In His Chart.” The drama series is based on 2009 novel “Kamisama no Karute” by Sosuke Natsukawa. The 2011 movie “In His Chart,” starring Sho Sakurai & Aoi Miyazaki, is based on the same novel. The drama series version will consist of 4 episodes and each episode will run for 2 hours.
“In His Chart” will first air January, 2021 in Japan.
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Tatsuya Fujiwara and Yoko Maki are cast in Fuji TV drama series “School Police.” The drama series features an original screenplay written by Tetsuya Oishi, Junpei Yamaoka, & Soichiro Ojima. Setup for the drama series has Tokyo implementing a new police system for middle schools. Detective Ryuhei Shimada (Tatsuya Fujiwara) takes part in the school police program and is assigned to work at Akamine Middle School. Yoko Maki will play Japanese language teacher Ryoko Asamura, who works at Akamine Middle School.
“School Police” first airs January, 2021 (takes over Fuji TV’s Tuesday 9PM time slot after “Our Sister’s Soulmate“).
Read more »Miho Kanno is cast for the lead role in NTV drama series “My Daughter Doesn’t Have A Boyfriend” (literal title of “Uchi no Musume wa Kareshi ga Dekinai”). The drama series features an original screenplay by Eriko Kitagawa (“Hundred Million Stars From the Sky“) and directed by Seiichi Nagumo & Hidemi Uchida. For the drama series, Miho Kanno will play successful romance novelist Aoi Minase. She worries about her 20-year-old daughter who is an otaku and doesn’t have a boyfriend.
“My Daughter Doesn’t Have A Boyfriend” first airs January, 2021 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Wednesday 10PM time slot after “RemoteLove“).
Read more »Teaser trailer & teaser poster for Netflix live-action drama series “Alice in Borderland” starring Kento Yamazaki & Tao Tsuchiya. The drama series is based on manga series “Imawa no Kuni no Arisu” by Haro Aso and directed by Shinsuke Sato (“Gantz“). For those that like stats, this is the fourth time popular actors Kento Yamazaki & Tao Tsuchiya will work together.
“Alice in Borderland” will be available to stream from December 10, 2020 via Netflix.
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Ryoma Takeuchi is cast in NTV drama series “With You on the Day the World Ends” (literal title) and Hulu sequel drama series “With You on the Day the World Ends Season 2.” The drama series is co-produced by NTV and Hulu, with NTV’s season 1 having 10 episodes and Hulu’s season 2 having 6 episodes. The screenplay is an original script written by Natsuko Ikeda (“Tower of Sand“) and directed by Shintaro Sugawara.
“With You on the Day the World Ends” will first air January, 2021 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “The Way of the Househusband.”).
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