Maihime  -Dancing Girl -
performed by Hanagumi starring Aine Harei & Nono Sumika
in Nihon Seinenkan, Tokyo, 　March 2008

First I meant to summarize the storyline in a few sentences. But taking the complexity of historical & cultural backgrounds of this drama into account, I’d rather put out certain details that are missing from the plot summary in ( Read more... )

I like Hollywood Lover. Mostly. I was very much impressed by the performance of Yuuhi and Ahi. But I have a problem in loving this show wholeheartedly because of the heroine Rose. To be precise, the way the director Ueda Keiko treated her.

Rose (played by Shirosaki Ai) is utterly gorgeous and great to focus your opera glasses on for a while ( Read more... )