Category: Japanese

Gokusen – The Movie Trailer

by Fiona

Just watched the new trailer and I am very, very disappointed. I was happy to see that Shun Oguri and Mocomichi Hayami have been added to the cast along with a few other former students from Season One, however, where is Sawada Shin? It just wouldn’t be Gokusen without Yankumi’s #1 student. He is the one that I want to return the most!!

I know Jun-kun is extremely busy now, focusing on his drama and Arashi’s 10th year anniversary. I absolutely love him for that, but Sawada Shin is an extremely important character in the history of Gokusen, he needs to appear. I’m truly hoping that he can make a cameo, even a mere 5 seconds would be wonderful. Maybe they will surprise us, let’s keep our fingers crossed.

Trailer:


Love the action and Kame-sensei, will definitely see it, but I still long for Sawada!!

Official website: Gokusen-movie.jp

Click here for Tokyograph’s article regarding additional cast.

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Matsumoto Jun – Smile synopsis

by Fiona

A friend of mine had recommend an article written on The Japan Times and out of the blue, I went searching for Arashi news on the site. Guess what I had found, an article providing a lovely synopsis of Smile.

…”Smile” (TBS, Fri., 10 p.m.), which stars Jun Matsumoto as Bito. In the day, Bito works at a food-processing factory and at night he moonlights at a bar.

One night, he notices one of his colleagues slipping some white powder to Yuki, a regular female patron. Later, Bito learns that Yuki has been arrested for possession of illegal drugs. The police come back to his place of employment, and Bito is afraid that he will somehow be caught up in the whole terrible affair.

Bito is so worried that he barely notices the young woman, Hana (Yui Aragaki), who has just joined the accounting department at the food-processing company. In a way, it’s easy not to notice Hana, since she has come down with an illness that has temporarily robbed her of her ability to speak.

Source: Japantimes.co.jp

I’m even more excited now! Though, the story is based off of a manga, it has a real-life feel to it. I just love how in the mist of darkness that a smile can really brighten and/or change one’s attitude. Jun-kun’s is especially dazzling and irresistible. XO

UPDATE: The fabulous STORMY Team will be subbing this wonderful drama.

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Ninomiya Kazunari starring in another drama special

by Fiona

Wow, Nino is sure keeping busy, the more the merrier. He will be starring in another TBS drama special, it’s titled Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara. The story is based on a two best-selling novels written by Natsuki Iijima, Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara and Kamisama ga Kureta Namida.

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Ninomiya plays the main character, a psychiatrist working in the counseling room of a cancer treatment center by the beach. While tending to the patients, part of his job involves taking dictation from them when they want to send a letter to a loved one.

Inoue plays the psychiatrist’s wife and mother to the couple’s twin daughters. Other cast members include Nobuko Miyamoto as a nurse, Yusuke Santamaria as a surgeon, and Naoto Ogata as the owner of a surf shop.

Source: Tokyograph

Nino as a psychiatrist and a father of twins; sound interest, ne? His acting is always superior, portraying the doctor role will be another fine performance. As a father, I am uncertain since he still has a onii-chan aura; we will just have to wait and see.

The most intriguing aspect is the pairing of Mao-chan and him. I still have the image of Jun-kun and her ingrained into my mind after watching the trilogy of Hana Yori Dango. It’s pretty hard to dissolve it at the moment, but Nino and her will probably make a cute couple. Jun-kun and him are love rivals ne, since they have so many common on-screen girls. lol

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