Drama Season - Spring 2011
The spring dramas I'd like to watch (if I'll have time... T_T)
One of these days I'll write the results (?) of this year's winter saeson (though I haven't finished 2 dramas, but...... *runs away*)
Umareru
Genre: family, human drama
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Fridays, 22 April 2011
Station: TBS
Cast: Horikita Maki, Okura Tadayoshi, Nakajima Kento, Mitake Yuji, Sakai Wakana, Toda Keiko, Osugi Ren, Tanaka Misako
Synopsis: Hayashida Manami (Horikita Maki) is the oldest of four siblings (Okura Tadayoshi, Nakajima Kento). One day, the family is told about the pregnancy of their 51-year-old mother, Aiko (Tanaka Misako). As the eldest daughter and female, Manami understands her mother the best, but learns to respect life and the depth of human bonds while she struggles with her inability to accept the news. This event exposes the family’s long-hidden secret and quickly upsets the balance of what had been thought to be an ordinary family.
Reasons: OKURA + MAKI. These two are a good enough reason, for me, because I love them. But the story seems interesting, I usually like dramas wich talk about families etc
Asuko March!
Genre: school drama
Date: From 11.00 p.m., Sundays, 24 April 2011
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Takei Emi, Matsuzaka Tori, Kaku Kento, Nagayama Kento, Minami Keisuke, Ishida Takuya, Matsuyama Meari, Kanai Yuta, Furukawa Yuki, Arai Yusuke, Sasano Takashi, Jinbo Satoshi, Shiraishi Miho, Kikukawa Rei (guest appearance), Katsumura Masanobu
Synopsis: Yoshino Nao (Takei Emi) enters Asuka Technical High School (known as ‘Asuko’ in short) through an entrance examination to fill vacancies after failing to qualify for the female high school of her dreams. There are just three girls among the 148 new students and Nao is taken aback to be the only female in her class. She feels lonely because she cannot mix with the boys and looks down on those around her as “being different”. However, she gradually cultivates friendships and love, and finds the place where she belongs.
Reasons: because I'm in love with Takei Emi (that's because of 'Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta'... this girl is so great). Also because I have this thing for school dramas XD And it reminds me a bit of 'HanaKimi' *_*
Inu o Kau to Iu Koto ~ Sky to Wa ga Ie no 180 Nichi
Genre: family, human drama
Date: From 11.15 p.m., Fridays, 15 April 2011
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Nishikido Ryo, Mizukawa Asami, Taguchi Junnosuke, Kuge Kokoro, Yamazaki Ryutaro, Takeda Kohei, Kazami Shingo, Shikanuma Yuki, Sugimoto Tetta, Izumiya Shigeru
Synopsis: The Hongos are a family of four who live at the foot of the nearly completed Tokyo Skytree. Hongo Yuji (Nishikido Ryo) who gave up his dream of music which he had pursued since his student days, now works in human resources at a machinery manufacturer. To put it in a good way, he is earnest, but in truth is a coward unable to take risks. All the words that come out from his mouth are idealistic arguments. Because of the wave of recession, his job is to tell staff older than him that they have been dismissed as a result of restructuring. It is a difficult role but he tells himself with resignation that it is his work. However, before long it is his turn to be told that he has been laid off … … His wife, Sachiko (Mizukawa Asami), had taken advantage of her pregnancy to marry him. Now the mother of two children, she juggles several part-time jobs and works non-stop to earn money for the family. They are at their wits end. The family has hit rock bottom and is on the brink of collapse. Then one day, their daughter, Mako (Kuge Kokoro), picks up an abandoned pomeranian puppy which they name Skytree. This small incident is a big matter to the Hongos, and this broken family gradually begins the road to recovery …
Reasons: RYO. Stop. The story doesn't seem so great and I totally HATE dramas/movies/anything with animals (like 'Fuffy, the super space dog' and others...). But I hope I'm wrong! Ryo... if I'll watch the first episode, it will be only because you're so damn hot u_u
Shitsuren Hoken ~ Kokuraseya
Genre: ?
Date: From 11.58 p.m., Thursdays, 7 April 2011
Station: NTV
Cast: Shirota Yu, Fukuda Saki, Furuta Arata
Synopsis: By day, Kazuki Ayumu (Shirota Yu), or ‘Luke’, is an associate professor of animal ecophysiology at a university, but by night, he becomes an investigator who conducts identity checks on clients with no confidence in love when they sign up for a hefty “heartbreak insurance” to buy assurance. He uses love psychology techniques to reveal the hearts of his members and assists them in determining the best timing to make a confession. “Heartbreak insurance” is a minimum of 1 million yen which is not refundable, and is insurance money 10 times the premium to soothe a member if he/she is dumped by the object of his/her affection after the confession or told to break up by the partner he/she is in a relationship with. Whether it is love at first sight or an unattainable, famous love interest, people can become a member as long as ‘Tracho’ (Furuta Arata) the effeminate chief priest of Yotsuba Shrine, which is responsible for the insurance, permits. Members are only subject to one condition, that is, to confess at the designated date and time.
Reasons: uhmmm... I don't know why, but it intrigues me XD It's a strange story! So I'll try it! Also... Shirota Yu. I liked him from 'HanaKimi', but after his appearance in 'AnAn'...... I'm watching him with different eyes *ç*
Shima Shima
Genre:
Date: From 12.35 a.m., Fridays, 22 April 2011
Station: TBS
Cast: Yada Akiko, Miura Shohei, Kikuta Daisuke, Suzuki Katsuhiro, Fukushi Sota
Synopsis: Houkigi Shio (Yada Akiko), who is the owner of an aromatherapy esthe salon, appears to be a capable woman. However, she suffers from loneliness and insomnia as a result of the double blow of her husband’s infidelity and their subsequent divorce. It is precisely because of this that she conceives the idea of ‘Striped Sheep’, a service in which handsome male staff (Miura Shohei, Kikuta Daisuke, Suzuki Katsuhiro, Fukushi Sota) provide ‘sleep companionship’ for women like herself who are troubled by insomnia. As these men come in contact with the values of their female clients, who have a variety of jobs and worries, they gradually discover their own way of life and reach decisions …
Reasons: ... I'll try it because I like Miura Shohei XD The story seems.... I really don't know!
Rebound
Genre:
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 27 April 2011
Station: NTV
Cast: Aibu Saki, Hayami Mokomichi, Kuriyama Chiaki, Katsuji Ryo, Nishiyama Maki, Hankai Kazuaki, Ito Kazue, Ishizuka Hidehiko, Wakamura Mayumi
Synopsis: Ohba Nobuko (Aibu Saki) was born the daughter of a tonkatsu shop owner in Matsuyama City and was showered with love by her parents. Because she grew up on tonkatsu and cake, she weighed 60 kg by the time she was in her sixth year of elementary school. When Nobuko was 20, she had reached 85 kg. Dumped by her boyfriend because she was fat, she resolved to abstain from cakes and succeeded in losing 37 kg, and even became got a job as the editor of a fashion magazine. However, after interviewing the handsome “Prince of Sweets”, Imai Taiichi (Hayami Mokomichi), the son of a patissier whose strawberry shortcakes she used to adore, she ends up breaking her ban on cakes. She has an addiction relapse and single mindedly eats away at cakes, causing her figure to rebound and her professional life to take a sudden hit …
Reasons: mh. It seems a bit silly, so I'll try it only in a moment when I'll have LOT of free time XD
They're a lot, and in this period I'll be quite busy... but I hope I'll managed to watch at least the first two of the list!
And you? What do you wanna try this season?
Source: JDrama Weblog
One of these days I'll write the results (?) of this year's winter saeson (though I haven't finished 2 dramas, but...... *runs away*)
Umareru
Genre: family, human drama
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Fridays, 22 April 2011
Station: TBS
Cast: Horikita Maki, Okura Tadayoshi, Nakajima Kento, Mitake Yuji, Sakai Wakana, Toda Keiko, Osugi Ren, Tanaka Misako
Synopsis: Hayashida Manami (Horikita Maki) is the oldest of four siblings (Okura Tadayoshi, Nakajima Kento). One day, the family is told about the pregnancy of their 51-year-old mother, Aiko (Tanaka Misako). As the eldest daughter and female, Manami understands her mother the best, but learns to respect life and the depth of human bonds while she struggles with her inability to accept the news. This event exposes the family’s long-hidden secret and quickly upsets the balance of what had been thought to be an ordinary family.
Reasons: OKURA + MAKI. These two are a good enough reason, for me, because I love them. But the story seems interesting, I usually like dramas wich talk about families etc
Asuko March!
Genre: school drama
Date: From 11.00 p.m., Sundays, 24 April 2011
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Takei Emi, Matsuzaka Tori, Kaku Kento, Nagayama Kento, Minami Keisuke, Ishida Takuya, Matsuyama Meari, Kanai Yuta, Furukawa Yuki, Arai Yusuke, Sasano Takashi, Jinbo Satoshi, Shiraishi Miho, Kikukawa Rei (guest appearance), Katsumura Masanobu
Synopsis: Yoshino Nao (Takei Emi) enters Asuka Technical High School (known as ‘Asuko’ in short) through an entrance examination to fill vacancies after failing to qualify for the female high school of her dreams. There are just three girls among the 148 new students and Nao is taken aback to be the only female in her class. She feels lonely because she cannot mix with the boys and looks down on those around her as “being different”. However, she gradually cultivates friendships and love, and finds the place where she belongs.
Reasons: because I'm in love with Takei Emi (that's because of 'Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta'... this girl is so great). Also because I have this thing for school dramas XD And it reminds me a bit of 'HanaKimi' *_*
Inu o Kau to Iu Koto ~ Sky to Wa ga Ie no 180 Nichi
Genre: family, human drama
Date: From 11.15 p.m., Fridays, 15 April 2011
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Nishikido Ryo, Mizukawa Asami, Taguchi Junnosuke, Kuge Kokoro, Yamazaki Ryutaro, Takeda Kohei, Kazami Shingo, Shikanuma Yuki, Sugimoto Tetta, Izumiya Shigeru
Synopsis: The Hongos are a family of four who live at the foot of the nearly completed Tokyo Skytree. Hongo Yuji (Nishikido Ryo) who gave up his dream of music which he had pursued since his student days, now works in human resources at a machinery manufacturer. To put it in a good way, he is earnest, but in truth is a coward unable to take risks. All the words that come out from his mouth are idealistic arguments. Because of the wave of recession, his job is to tell staff older than him that they have been dismissed as a result of restructuring. It is a difficult role but he tells himself with resignation that it is his work. However, before long it is his turn to be told that he has been laid off … … His wife, Sachiko (Mizukawa Asami), had taken advantage of her pregnancy to marry him. Now the mother of two children, she juggles several part-time jobs and works non-stop to earn money for the family. They are at their wits end. The family has hit rock bottom and is on the brink of collapse. Then one day, their daughter, Mako (Kuge Kokoro), picks up an abandoned pomeranian puppy which they name Skytree. This small incident is a big matter to the Hongos, and this broken family gradually begins the road to recovery …
Reasons: RYO. Stop. The story doesn't seem so great and I totally HATE dramas/movies/anything with animals (like 'Fuffy, the super space dog' and others...). But I hope I'm wrong! Ryo... if I'll watch the first episode, it will be only because you're so damn hot u_u
Shitsuren Hoken ~ Kokuraseya
Genre: ?
Date: From 11.58 p.m., Thursdays, 7 April 2011
Station: NTV
Cast: Shirota Yu, Fukuda Saki, Furuta Arata
Synopsis: By day, Kazuki Ayumu (Shirota Yu), or ‘Luke’, is an associate professor of animal ecophysiology at a university, but by night, he becomes an investigator who conducts identity checks on clients with no confidence in love when they sign up for a hefty “heartbreak insurance” to buy assurance. He uses love psychology techniques to reveal the hearts of his members and assists them in determining the best timing to make a confession. “Heartbreak insurance” is a minimum of 1 million yen which is not refundable, and is insurance money 10 times the premium to soothe a member if he/she is dumped by the object of his/her affection after the confession or told to break up by the partner he/she is in a relationship with. Whether it is love at first sight or an unattainable, famous love interest, people can become a member as long as ‘Tracho’ (Furuta Arata) the effeminate chief priest of Yotsuba Shrine, which is responsible for the insurance, permits. Members are only subject to one condition, that is, to confess at the designated date and time.
Reasons: uhmmm... I don't know why, but it intrigues me XD It's a strange story! So I'll try it! Also... Shirota Yu. I liked him from 'HanaKimi', but after his appearance in 'AnAn'...... I'm watching him with different eyes *ç*
Shima Shima
Genre:
Date: From 12.35 a.m., Fridays, 22 April 2011
Station: TBS
Cast: Yada Akiko, Miura Shohei, Kikuta Daisuke, Suzuki Katsuhiro, Fukushi Sota
Synopsis: Houkigi Shio (Yada Akiko), who is the owner of an aromatherapy esthe salon, appears to be a capable woman. However, she suffers from loneliness and insomnia as a result of the double blow of her husband’s infidelity and their subsequent divorce. It is precisely because of this that she conceives the idea of ‘Striped Sheep’, a service in which handsome male staff (Miura Shohei, Kikuta Daisuke, Suzuki Katsuhiro, Fukushi Sota) provide ‘sleep companionship’ for women like herself who are troubled by insomnia. As these men come in contact with the values of their female clients, who have a variety of jobs and worries, they gradually discover their own way of life and reach decisions …
Reasons: ... I'll try it because I like Miura Shohei XD The story seems.... I really don't know!
Rebound
Genre:
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 27 April 2011
Station: NTV
Cast: Aibu Saki, Hayami Mokomichi, Kuriyama Chiaki, Katsuji Ryo, Nishiyama Maki, Hankai Kazuaki, Ito Kazue, Ishizuka Hidehiko, Wakamura Mayumi
Synopsis: Ohba Nobuko (Aibu Saki) was born the daughter of a tonkatsu shop owner in Matsuyama City and was showered with love by her parents. Because she grew up on tonkatsu and cake, she weighed 60 kg by the time she was in her sixth year of elementary school. When Nobuko was 20, she had reached 85 kg. Dumped by her boyfriend because she was fat, she resolved to abstain from cakes and succeeded in losing 37 kg, and even became got a job as the editor of a fashion magazine. However, after interviewing the handsome “Prince of Sweets”, Imai Taiichi (Hayami Mokomichi), the son of a patissier whose strawberry shortcakes she used to adore, she ends up breaking her ban on cakes. She has an addiction relapse and single mindedly eats away at cakes, causing her figure to rebound and her professional life to take a sudden hit …
Reasons: mh. It seems a bit silly, so I'll try it only in a moment when I'll have LOT of free time XD
They're a lot, and in this period I'll be quite busy... but I hope I'll managed to watch at least the first two of the list!
And you? What do you wanna try this season?
Source: JDrama Weblog