Archive for November, 2008
Triangle by Niitsu Kiyomi
Broadcast
Date: Every Tuesday from 6 January 2009
Time: 9.00 pm – 9.54 pm
Official Website
http://ktv.jp/triangle/
Introduction
Based on the latest novel by author Niitsu Kiyomi (release date: 24 Sept 2008), Fuji TV’s upcoming winter drama Triangle tells the story of Goda Ryoji, a rookie police detective. He graduated from the faculty of medicine and became a doctor but quit [...]
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Hissatsu Shigotonin 2007 SP
Official Website
http://www.asahi.co.jp/hissatsu2007/
Broadcast
Date: 7 July 2007
Time: 9.00 pm – 11.06 pm
Story
Watanabe Shogoro takes up his new post at the Minami-machi Magistrate’s Office and Nakamura Mondo is appointed to the archive keeper from that day onwards. As this takes place, fire burns ‘Kazusaya’, a well-established rice wholesale merchant, and the couple who own the business die in [...]
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Prisoner – Episode 3 Synopsis
Episode 3 Synopsis
Just as Ari heads to the prison to question Keigo under orders from Big Boss, Keigo gives them the slip. He narrowly succeeds in breaking out from prison with help from Oxon and the other inmates. But little does he know that Pon has sold him out to the police. He calls the [...]
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252 Seizonsha Ari Episode Zero
Time: From 9.00 p.m., 5 December 2008
Station: NTV
Cast: Ichihara Hayato, Abe Tsuyoshi, Uehara Takako, Mitsushima Hikari, Fukui Hiroaki, Warabino Tomoya, Koyanagi Yu, Ito Hideaki (guest star), Uchino Masaaki (guest star), Kashii Yu (guest star), Yamamoto Taro (guest star), Konno Mahiru (guest star)
Synopsis: 13 years before the Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred, Japan [...]
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Saigo no Senpan
Date: From 9.00 p.m., 7 December 2008
Station: NHK
Cast: Arata, Baisho Mitsuko, Tanabe Seiichi, Hara Sachie, Maeda Aki
Synopsis: Just five days before the end of the war, Yoshimura Osamu (Arata), a cadet officer obeys the orders of his superiors and executes an American soldier. After three and a half years of life as a [...]
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Prisoner – Episode 2 Synopsis
Episode 2 Synopsis
Keigo is embroiled in a conspiracy surrounding a resort development in the small Southeast Asian country of Seraivia and lands in prison. Yuzurihara desperately runs about trying to save him but is murdered – his death made to look like a suicide. The Embassy of Japan, Keigo’s only hope, won’t have anything to [...]
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Prisoner – Episode 1 Synopsis
Episode 1 Synopsis
Seraivia is a small country in Southeast Asia. Izawa Keigo, 30, a young Japanese man, goes through the town where there’s a mix of a variety of cultures. Keigo quit being a high school teacher for some reason and has come to this country to look up Yuzurihara Takuya who is like an [...]
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Winter 2009 Dramas – Rumours
More winter drama rumours are emerging and it looks like a heavily male dominated lineup but few boasting a strong cast or potentially captivating storyline. I certainly could do with some good dramas since the fall season has been so dismal.
TBA
Date: January 2009, Mondays 9.00 pm
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Eita
TBA
Date: January 2009, Wednesdays 10.00 pm
Station: [...]
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Prisoner
Broadcast
Date: Every Sunday from 16 November 2008 ~ 14 December 2008
Time: 10.00 p.m. – 10.58 p.m.
Station
WOWOW TV
Official Website
http://www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/prisoner/
Trailer / Promotional Campaign
http://www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/prisoner/movie.html
http://datsugoku.jp/
Introduction
Izawa Keigo, a teacher, tenders his resignation because of an incident. He visits Yuzurihara Takuya, his senior from college days who runs an orphanage in Seraivia, a small country in Southeast Asia and stays to [...]
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