your smile
from Tokyograph:
MatsuJun, Gakky pair up for "Smile"
Thu, February 12, 2009 (1:53am EST)
Jun Matsumoto and Yui Aragaki will co-star in a new TBS drama series titled "Smile." Takayuki Takuma ("Hana Yori Dango") is handling the script, though he is using his real name rather than his usual pen name of Mikio Satake.
Matsumoto plays a half-Filipino whose father has died and mother has disappeared. Despite his misfortune and the issues he deals with, such as race, he lives his life positively with a constant smile.
Similarly, Aragaki plays a young woman living cheerfully despite losing her ability to speak due to an accident. Her character is said to be modeled after a real actress in the theatrical troupe that Takuma runs.
The supporting cast includes Kiichi Nakai as a lawyer who watches over Matsumoto and Aragaki.
"Smile" will air on Friday nights at 10:00pm, starting in April.
and for Zettai Kareshi fans:
Fuji TV's live-action "Zettai Kareshi" series is coming back for a special episode. Based on the manga by Yuu Watase, the series originally aired from April to June 2008.
The special, titled "Zettai Kareshi ~Kanzen Muketsu no Koibito Robot~," is set after the end of the series. Mocomichi Hayami will reprise his role as the robot Night (Naito) Tenjo, along with co-stars Saki Aibu and Hiro Mizushima. The cast will have a couple of additions, with Ryoko Kuninaka playing a brilliant scientist and Asahi Uchida playing her assistant.
Fuji TV will broadcast the episode this spring.
TEAM ROBOTO!
from http://jyoyu.blogspot.com/
Fuji TV's dorama "Zettai Kareshi" (Absolute Boyfriend) about a humanoid robot with Hayami Mokomichi in the leading role is receiving a special in spring.
In the last episode of the series the robot called Tenjo Night, played by Mokomichi stopped functioning. However, he's going to be revived this time. The mystery behind his resurrection will be what the main plot is going to be about. Mokomichi about the special, "This dorama totally deserves a special, I'm very happy. You'll see Night with an upgraded version."
Night was and will be continue to be involved in a love triangle between himself, Asamoto Soshi (Mizushima Hiro) and the heroine Izawa Riiko (Aibu Saki). Those three will be joined by an ingenious scientist played by Kuninaka Ryoko who plays an important part in Night's revival, as well as the scientist's assistant played by Uchida Asahi.
The producer of "Zettai Kareshi" just recently won an award for his work on that dorama. He speaks a bit about the special. "The topic in the special will again be 'love'. The 'absolute love' will further evolve than in the dorama series." It will also be interesting to see Mokomichi's 'evolved' performance of Night the robot.