Drama SP's of 2009 summer
Keiji Ichidai
A two-part SP drama:
Watanabe Ken portrays Hiratsuka Hachibe (1913-1979), a real-life detective who was involved in numerous high-profile cases during the postwar era.
Whaa, the guy from Trivia no Izumi is playing his partner!!! ^.^
It begins with memories of friends and co-workers. Then Hiratsuka Hachibe is shown, how a reporter (Koizumi Koutaro - LOL for his looks XD) asks him about his life.
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Tsuma yo! Matsumoto Sarin Jiken
In 1994 sarin gas was released in several locations in Matsumoto City on the evening of June 27, 1994. By the next morning more than 300 people got hospitalized and a few died.
Kono Yoshiyuki was considered a suspect by police after they found a large quantity of pesticides at his home. While sarin cannot be manufactured from this substance, the media got wind that he may have been involved, and dubbed him "the Poison Gas Man". Due to that Kono received anonymous hate mails and death threats.
Fuji TV's SP drama focuses on the battles Kono (Ishiguro Ken) and his family (wife Matsushita Yuki) faced after the gas attack.
OMG... Those cut-ins are reports from the actual news of that accident, and make the drama so real, that makes this story really serious.
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Inochi no Baton
Again a two-part SP drama. The main girl Hitoko (Minamisawa Nao) meets an old man, Hoshino Kyousuke-san, who has a strong impact on her life. The background has the small-town feeling, where everyone knows everyone.
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Kaidoku
A detective drama, where a man goes missing just after his retiremenet from a bank. A veteran detective (Yakusho Koji) - or more like a professor... *is this some Gallileo copy???* - is put in charge of this case, and he finds himself uncovering mysteries. One woman (Fukatsu Eri) in particular helps him out.
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MW Dai-0-sho ~ Akuma no Game
My first thought was: Tamaki Hiroshi is playing an evil character? I NEED to watch THAT!!! Plus is that his counter-part is played by Sato Takeru here... Whaa, since Kamen Rider Den-O he really became popular. ^^
The SP drama plays a few months before the actual story of Tezuka Osamu's manga. After reading the story of that I almost freeked out. Tezuka Osamu wrote about homosexual relationships - as expected from the Devilman maker - without any shame or censure. Need to get my hands on that manga! XD
So the story. Morioka Takashi (Sato Takeru) is being kidnapped by Yuki Michio and is faced to choose: there are two men before him, one in blue, one in red, and he needs to kill the one who murdered his mother. The other person is his father, whom he looked for for years.
But there is a time limit: if after 60 minutes he still doesn't know, his girlfriend (Tanimura Mitsuki) dies.
Here is the trailer of the film, in the movies from the 4th July. As you can see Yamada Takayuki plays the part of a priest!!!!
This trailer may look more promising?
Now my only question is: WHEN is the movie available?
A two-part SP drama:
Watanabe Ken portrays Hiratsuka Hachibe (1913-1979), a real-life detective who was involved in numerous high-profile cases during the postwar era.
Whaa, the guy from Trivia no Izumi is playing his partner!!! ^.^
It begins with memories of friends and co-workers. Then Hiratsuka Hachibe is shown, how a reporter (Koizumi Koutaro - LOL for his looks XD) asks him about his life.
_________________________________________________________
Tsuma yo! Matsumoto Sarin Jiken
In 1994 sarin gas was released in several locations in Matsumoto City on the evening of June 27, 1994. By the next morning more than 300 people got hospitalized and a few died.
Kono Yoshiyuki was considered a suspect by police after they found a large quantity of pesticides at his home. While sarin cannot be manufactured from this substance, the media got wind that he may have been involved, and dubbed him "the Poison Gas Man". Due to that Kono received anonymous hate mails and death threats.
Fuji TV's SP drama focuses on the battles Kono (Ishiguro Ken) and his family (wife Matsushita Yuki) faced after the gas attack.
OMG... Those cut-ins are reports from the actual news of that accident, and make the drama so real, that makes this story really serious.
_________________________________________________________
Inochi no Baton
Again a two-part SP drama. The main girl Hitoko (Minamisawa Nao) meets an old man, Hoshino Kyousuke-san, who has a strong impact on her life. The background has the small-town feeling, where everyone knows everyone.
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Kaidoku
A detective drama, where a man goes missing just after his retiremenet from a bank. A veteran detective (Yakusho Koji) - or more like a professor... *is this some Gallileo copy???* - is put in charge of this case, and he finds himself uncovering mysteries. One woman (Fukatsu Eri) in particular helps him out.
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MW Dai-0-sho ~ Akuma no Game
My first thought was: Tamaki Hiroshi is playing an evil character? I NEED to watch THAT!!! Plus is that his counter-part is played by Sato Takeru here... Whaa, since Kamen Rider Den-O he really became popular. ^^
The SP drama plays a few months before the actual story of Tezuka Osamu's manga. After reading the story of that I almost freeked out. Tezuka Osamu wrote about homosexual relationships - as expected from the Devilman maker - without any shame or censure. Need to get my hands on that manga! XD
So the story. Morioka Takashi (Sato Takeru) is being kidnapped by Yuki Michio and is faced to choose: there are two men before him, one in blue, one in red, and he needs to kill the one who murdered his mother. The other person is his father, whom he looked for for years.
But there is a time limit: if after 60 minutes he still doesn't know, his girlfriend (Tanimura Mitsuki) dies.
Here is the trailer of the film, in the movies from the 4th July. As you can see Yamada Takayuki plays the part of a priest!!!!
Click to viewThis trailer may look more promising?
Now my only question is: WHEN is the movie available?