Posts Tagged: NTV

Feb 8 2021

Masaki Suda cast in NTV drama series “Konto ga Hajimaru.”

Masaki Suda is cast for the lead role in NTV drama series “Konto ga Hajimaru.” Kasumi Arimura, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Taiga Nakano, and Kotone Furukawa  are also cast for the drama. The drama series will revolve around 5 people, with the three actors playing members of an unpopular comedy trio and the two actresses playing sisters. The drama series is scripted by Shigeki Kaneko and directed by Ryuichi Inomata & Ko Kanai.

“Konto ga Hajimaru” will first air April, 2021  in Japan (takes over NTV’s Saturday 10 PM time slot after “Red Eyes“).

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Dec 21 2020

Tsubasa Honda cast in NTV-Hulu drama “20 Conditions to Date with an App”

Tsubasa Honda is cast for the lead role in NTV-Hulu drama special “20 Conditions to Date with an App” (literal title of “App de Koi Suru 20 no Joken”). Also cast in the drama series are Yosuke Sugino, Maika Yamamoto , Reina Sumi, Takayuki Hamatsu, and Shuhei Nomura. The drama series is scripted by Noriaki Sugihara and directed by Takehiko Shinjo. The screenplay is a romantic-comedy story, revolving around 6 people and a dating app.

“20 Conditions to Date with an App” will stream on Huly from January 7, 2021 and air on NTV on January 10, 2021.

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Dec 8 2020

Teaser trailer & poster for NTV drama “Love You as the World Ends”

Teaser trailer and poster added for NTV drama series “Love You as the World Ends” starring Ryoma Takeuchi and Ayami Nakajo. The drama series features an original screenplay by Natsuko Ikeda. Ryoma Takeuchi plays Hibiki Mamiya. He gets caught in a tunnel that collapses and is able to escape 4 days later, but, when he gets out, that wold seems to have collapsed.

“Love You as the World Ends” will first air January 17, 2021 in Japan.

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Nov 6 2020

Kenshi Okada cast in NTV drama “Date My Daughter”

Kenshi Okada is cast in NTV drama series “Date My Daughter” starring Miho Kanno & Minami Hamabe. For the drama series, Kenshi Okada will play Hikaru Irino. He is a university student and attends the same school as Sora Minase (Minami Hamabe). While he has an attractive appearance and is popular with women, he does not have a girlfriend. He thinks of love as being an annoyance, but he gets involved with Sora Minase.

“Date My Daughter” first airs January, 2021 in Japan (takes over NTV’s Wednesday 10PM time slot after “RemoteLove“).

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Oct 26 2020

Ayami Nakajo cast in NTV drama “With You on the Day the World Ends”

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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Oct 12 2020

Miho Kanno cast in NTV drama “My Daughter Doesn’t Have A Boyfriend”

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“).

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Oct 9 2020

Ryoma Takeuchi cast in NTV drama “With You on the Day the World Ends”

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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Sep 18 2020

Main cast announced for NTV drama “6 From High & Low The Worst”

Kazuma Kawamura (‘The Rampage from Exile Tribe’), Jin Shirasu, Yuta Nakatsuka (GENERATIONS from Exile Tribe), Hayato Komori (‘GENERATIONS from Exile Tribe’), Miu Tomita, and Masato Yano are cast in NTV drama series “6 From High & Low The Worst.” The drama series is a spin-off of 2019 movie “High & Low The Worst.”

Appropriately enough, “6 From High & Low The Worst” will consist of 6 episodes and air November 19, 2020 in Japan.

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