Upcoming Summer 2012 Dramas
Upcoming Summer 2012 Dramas Part 1
-Drama from Fuji TV-
Higashino Keigo Mysteries
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Thursdays, 5 July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Nakai Kiichi, Karasawa Toshiaki, Matsushita Nao, Mizuki Arisa, Sorimachi Takashi, Nagasawa Masami, Tanaka Rena, Sakaguchi Kenji, Toda Erika, Miura Haruma, Hirosue Ryoko, Suzuki Kyoka
Synopsis: Omnibus drama of 11 works from Higashino Keigo’s collection of short novels: Sayonara Coach (Karasawa Toshiaki, Tanaka Rena), Endless Night (Matsushita Nao), Reiko to Reiko (Mizuki Arisa), Amai Hazu Nanoni (Sorimachi Takashi), Charade ga Ippai (Nagasawa Masami), Hannin no Inai Satsujin no Yoru (Sakaguchi Kenji), Shiroi Kyouki (Toda Erika), and Chiisana Koi no Monogatari (Miura Haruma), Kekkon Houkoku (Hirosue Ryoko) and Saisei Majutsu no Onna (Suzuki Kyoka).
Website: www.fujitv.co.jp/higashino-keigo
Rich Man, Poor Woman
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Mondays, July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Oguri Shun, Ishihara Satomi, Aibu Saki, ARATA
Synopsis: 29-year-old Hyuga Toru (Oguri Shun) is the president of an IT company. He has a very flawed personality, but through a combination of chance and luck he has become a billionaire rich and appeared on Forbes. On the other hand, Sawaki Chihiro (Ishihara Satomi), a Tokyo University student, devoted herself to studying and getting qualifications to ease her way in life, but still has not been able to find employment. Chihiro and Toru meet through a strange turn of events and fall in love. They frequently have conflicts, but grow as they get to know each other … …
Website: wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/richman-poorwoman
Iki mo Dekinai Natsu
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Tuesdays, July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Takei Emi, Eguchi Yosuke, Kimura Yoshino, Kaname Jun, Nakamura Aoi, Asada Miyoko, Kitaoji Kinya
Synopsis: Tanizaki Rei (Takei Emi), a 19-year-old bright-eyed, naive girl-next-door, accidentally learns about the secret of her birth one day. She has no family register. Sinking into the depths of despair, she wonders if she exists in the world, on a social level. In the midst of this, she encounters a man old enough to be her father. 41-year-old Kiyama Ryuichiro (Eguchi Yosuke) is a former journalist who bears deep emotional scars. Once an ace on the city news team of a major newspaper, he covered many events and obtained exclusive scoops with his strong sense of justice and characteristic cool nerves. However, his destiny changed after something happened and he left the newspaper out of disappointment. He now works as a temp at night at the ward office, and lives in a corner of the city. The wheels of fate start moving silently as these two lonely people, whom society has given up on and live as if holding their breath, meet. Having distanced herself from the people she has got on well with up to now, Rei finds herself drawn to Ryuichiro who becomes her only friend and an “unacceptable” love grows. On the other hand, Ryuichiro’s encounter with Rei nudges him to face the sin(s) of his past and find the meaning of life.
Website: wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/ikimodekinai_natsu
GTO (remake)
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 3 July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: AKIRA, Takimoto Miori, Yamamoto Yusuke, Takachi Noboru, Takizawa Saori, Yano Masato, Fujisawa Ayano, Nagasawa Nao, Kobayashi Yumi, Sugichan, Fuse Eri, Tayama Ryosei, Shirota Yu, Kuroki Hitomi, Kawaguchi Haruna, Takada Sho, Morimoto Shitaro, Nishiuchi Mariya, Honda Tsubasa, Miyazaki Karen, Shirahama Aran, Nakagawa Taishi, Yamada Yuki, Suzuki Nobuyuki, Sano Gaku, Takatsuki Sara, Takara Hikari, Shinkawa Yua
Synopsis: Through the introduction of his friend Danma Ryuji (Shirota Yu), Onizuka Eikichi (AKIRA), the former legendary bike gang member, visits Meishu Academy to tend to the trees in the garden as a part-time gardener. Learning that Yoshikawa Noboru (Nakagawa Taishi), a student in teacher Fuyutsuki Azusa’s (Takimoto Miori) class is being bullied by Uehara Kyoko (Shinkawa Yua) and other classmates, Onizuka befriends and saves Yoshikawa. Seeing Onizuka’s unprecedented but visceral, powerful response to problem solving, the school’s director and principal, Sakurai Yoshiko (Kuroki Hitomi), overrides resistance from her vice principal Uchiyamada Hiroshi (Tayama Ryosei) and makes Onizuka a teacher. Onizuka goes on to tackle many issues as the teacher in charge of the most problematic class, Class 2/4.
Website: www.ktv.jp/gto
Omoni Naitemasu
Date: From 11.10 p.m., Saturdays, 7 July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Nanao, Nakamaru Yuichi, Kusakari Mayu, Takaizumi Atsuko, Kato Ryo, Aoyama Noriko, Tsubokura Yoshiyuki, Tajima Reiko, Adachi Yumi, Kazama Toru
Synopsis: No words are adequate to describe the beauty of the unfortunate Konno Izumi (Nanao). Nearly all the men who look at her fall in love at first sight, even if it is a fleeting encounter. Because they almost certainly bear down on Izumi to ask her to go out with them, her beauty is her ruin. She is not able to work and leads a lonely life concealed from society. And while she is mistress of the popular oil painter, Aoyama Jin (Kazama Toru), who is a playboy and professor at the Tokyo Institute of Art, she does not get any money from the series of paintings Aoyama had done with her as his model because his income is controlled by his wife.
Website: -
Beautiful Rain
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Toyokawa Etsushi, Ashida Mana, Miura Shohei, Denden, Yasuda Ken, Kokusho Sayuri, Takagi Serai, Kimijima Asaya, Yoshida Riko, Oka Mitsuko, Kanie Keizo, Nakatani Miki
Synopsis: Kinoshita Keisuke (Toyokawa Etsushi) has lived with his young daughter, Miu (Ashida Mana), at the factory’s detached dwelling ever since his wife died. He is a craftsman who has been supporting the metal processing factory in the old downtown neighbourhood and is even the coach of a youth baseball team. Keisuke is surrounded by compassionate friends and leads a happy life with Miu, but his memory has been failing lately. One day, he is diagnosed with the early onset of Alzheimer’s. On the other hand, Miu is level-headed but still a child at heart. The loneliness following her mother’s death has been warded off by her father’s cheerful personality. However, the days of closeness with her father changes dramatically with his sudden illness … …
Website: www.fujitv.co.jp/beautifulrain
Source:
Jdramas@wordpress
I can't wait for summer dramas... ^^
-Drama from Fuji TV-
Higashino Keigo Mysteries
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Thursdays, 5 July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Nakai Kiichi, Karasawa Toshiaki, Matsushita Nao, Mizuki Arisa, Sorimachi Takashi, Nagasawa Masami, Tanaka Rena, Sakaguchi Kenji, Toda Erika, Miura Haruma, Hirosue Ryoko, Suzuki Kyoka
Synopsis: Omnibus drama of 11 works from Higashino Keigo’s collection of short novels: Sayonara Coach (Karasawa Toshiaki, Tanaka Rena), Endless Night (Matsushita Nao), Reiko to Reiko (Mizuki Arisa), Amai Hazu Nanoni (Sorimachi Takashi), Charade ga Ippai (Nagasawa Masami), Hannin no Inai Satsujin no Yoru (Sakaguchi Kenji), Shiroi Kyouki (Toda Erika), and Chiisana Koi no Monogatari (Miura Haruma), Kekkon Houkoku (Hirosue Ryoko) and Saisei Majutsu no Onna (Suzuki Kyoka).
Website: www.fujitv.co.jp/higashino-keigo
Rich Man, Poor Woman
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Mondays, July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Oguri Shun, Ishihara Satomi, Aibu Saki, ARATA
Synopsis: 29-year-old Hyuga Toru (Oguri Shun) is the president of an IT company. He has a very flawed personality, but through a combination of chance and luck he has become a billionaire rich and appeared on Forbes. On the other hand, Sawaki Chihiro (Ishihara Satomi), a Tokyo University student, devoted herself to studying and getting qualifications to ease her way in life, but still has not been able to find employment. Chihiro and Toru meet through a strange turn of events and fall in love. They frequently have conflicts, but grow as they get to know each other … …
Website: wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/richman-poorwoman
Iki mo Dekinai Natsu
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Tuesdays, July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Takei Emi, Eguchi Yosuke, Kimura Yoshino, Kaname Jun, Nakamura Aoi, Asada Miyoko, Kitaoji Kinya
Synopsis: Tanizaki Rei (Takei Emi), a 19-year-old bright-eyed, naive girl-next-door, accidentally learns about the secret of her birth one day. She has no family register. Sinking into the depths of despair, she wonders if she exists in the world, on a social level. In the midst of this, she encounters a man old enough to be her father. 41-year-old Kiyama Ryuichiro (Eguchi Yosuke) is a former journalist who bears deep emotional scars. Once an ace on the city news team of a major newspaper, he covered many events and obtained exclusive scoops with his strong sense of justice and characteristic cool nerves. However, his destiny changed after something happened and he left the newspaper out of disappointment. He now works as a temp at night at the ward office, and lives in a corner of the city. The wheels of fate start moving silently as these two lonely people, whom society has given up on and live as if holding their breath, meet. Having distanced herself from the people she has got on well with up to now, Rei finds herself drawn to Ryuichiro who becomes her only friend and an “unacceptable” love grows. On the other hand, Ryuichiro’s encounter with Rei nudges him to face the sin(s) of his past and find the meaning of life.
Website: wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/ikimodekinai_natsu
GTO (remake)
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 3 July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: AKIRA, Takimoto Miori, Yamamoto Yusuke, Takachi Noboru, Takizawa Saori, Yano Masato, Fujisawa Ayano, Nagasawa Nao, Kobayashi Yumi, Sugichan, Fuse Eri, Tayama Ryosei, Shirota Yu, Kuroki Hitomi, Kawaguchi Haruna, Takada Sho, Morimoto Shitaro, Nishiuchi Mariya, Honda Tsubasa, Miyazaki Karen, Shirahama Aran, Nakagawa Taishi, Yamada Yuki, Suzuki Nobuyuki, Sano Gaku, Takatsuki Sara, Takara Hikari, Shinkawa Yua
Synopsis: Through the introduction of his friend Danma Ryuji (Shirota Yu), Onizuka Eikichi (AKIRA), the former legendary bike gang member, visits Meishu Academy to tend to the trees in the garden as a part-time gardener. Learning that Yoshikawa Noboru (Nakagawa Taishi), a student in teacher Fuyutsuki Azusa’s (Takimoto Miori) class is being bullied by Uehara Kyoko (Shinkawa Yua) and other classmates, Onizuka befriends and saves Yoshikawa. Seeing Onizuka’s unprecedented but visceral, powerful response to problem solving, the school’s director and principal, Sakurai Yoshiko (Kuroki Hitomi), overrides resistance from her vice principal Uchiyamada Hiroshi (Tayama Ryosei) and makes Onizuka a teacher. Onizuka goes on to tackle many issues as the teacher in charge of the most problematic class, Class 2/4.
Website: www.ktv.jp/gto
Omoni Naitemasu
Date: From 11.10 p.m., Saturdays, 7 July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Nanao, Nakamaru Yuichi, Kusakari Mayu, Takaizumi Atsuko, Kato Ryo, Aoyama Noriko, Tsubokura Yoshiyuki, Tajima Reiko, Adachi Yumi, Kazama Toru
Synopsis: No words are adequate to describe the beauty of the unfortunate Konno Izumi (Nanao). Nearly all the men who look at her fall in love at first sight, even if it is a fleeting encounter. Because they almost certainly bear down on Izumi to ask her to go out with them, her beauty is her ruin. She is not able to work and leads a lonely life concealed from society. And while she is mistress of the popular oil painter, Aoyama Jin (Kazama Toru), who is a playboy and professor at the Tokyo Institute of Art, she does not get any money from the series of paintings Aoyama had done with her as his model because his income is controlled by his wife.
Website: -
Beautiful Rain
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Toyokawa Etsushi, Ashida Mana, Miura Shohei, Denden, Yasuda Ken, Kokusho Sayuri, Takagi Serai, Kimijima Asaya, Yoshida Riko, Oka Mitsuko, Kanie Keizo, Nakatani Miki
Synopsis: Kinoshita Keisuke (Toyokawa Etsushi) has lived with his young daughter, Miu (Ashida Mana), at the factory’s detached dwelling ever since his wife died. He is a craftsman who has been supporting the metal processing factory in the old downtown neighbourhood and is even the coach of a youth baseball team. Keisuke is surrounded by compassionate friends and leads a happy life with Miu, but his memory has been failing lately. One day, he is diagnosed with the early onset of Alzheimer’s. On the other hand, Miu is level-headed but still a child at heart. The loneliness following her mother’s death has been warded off by her father’s cheerful personality. However, the days of closeness with her father changes dramatically with his sudden illness … …
Website: www.fujitv.co.jp/beautifulrain
Source:
Jdramas@wordpress
I can't wait for summer dramas... ^^