Liar Game Details
Title: ライアーゲーム
Title (English): LIAR GAME
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Psychological thriller
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 11.4 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2007-Apr-14 to 2007-Jun-23
Air time: Saturday 23:00
See Liar Game OST for the original soundtrack
Liar Game Synopsis, Preview and Story
Based on the manga series of the same name, Toda Erika plays an honest college student, Kanzaki Nao, who receives a hundred million dollars one day, along with a card saying she has been chosen to take part in the "Liar Game". The aim of the game is to trick the other players out of their hundred million dollars. At the end, the winner gets the hundred million and the loser is a hundred million dollars in debt. The next day, she receives notification that her opponent is her former teacher, Fujisawa Kazuo. She goes to him, seeking help, but ends up getting tricked into handing her money over. Desperate, she approaches the police for help, but they are unable to do anything. However, she is told of a mastermind swindler, Akiyama Shinichi, who is to be released from jail the next day. Desperate, she goes to him for help.
Kanzaki Nao is an honest college student who receives a hundred million yen one day, along with a card saying she has been chosen to take part in the "Liar Game". The aim of the game is to trick the other players out of their hundred million dollars. At the end, the winner gets the hundred million and the loser is a hundred million yen in debt. The next day, she receives notification that her opponent is her former teacher, Fujisawa Kazuo. She goes to him, seeking help, but ends up getting tricked into handing her money over. Desperate, she approaches the police for help, but they are unable to do anything. However, she is told of a mastermind swindler, Akiyama Shinichi, who is to be released from jail the next day. Desperate, she goes to him for help.
Liar Game Cast and Starring :
Toda Erika as Kanzaki Nao
Matsuda Shota as Akiyama Shinichi
Kitamura Soichiro as Fujisawa Kazuo
Wada Soko as Eto Koichi
Iwasa Mayuko as Ishida Rie
Sakamoto Makoto as Ono Wataru
Morishita Yoshiyuki as Tsuchida Yasufumi
Ippongi Shingo (一本気伸吾) as Makita Tomoyuki
Otaka Hiroo as Kida Noriyuki
Umishima Yuki as Takamura Yoshimi
Doi Yoshio as Sajima Kenta
Nakagome Sachiko (中込佐知子) as Aso Hiromi
Izumi Masayuki as Okano Kenya
Aoki Hajime as Kinoshita Keigo
Mizuta Fumiko (水田芙美子) as Kawamura Chisato
Hatakeyama Akiko (畠山明子) as Nozoe Keiko
Yukishima Naoki (雪嶋直樹) as Sugawara Yuji
Sakamoto Mitsunari (坂本三成) as Nishino Takahiko
Kobayashi Kinako as Kayama Harumi
Baba Yuki (馬場佑樹) as Hanayama Tetsuo
Yoshimura Tamao (吉村玉緒) as Iimura Jun
Kitahara Hitomi (北原ひとみ) as Nakaya Kazuko
Suzuki Kosuke as Fukunaga Yuuji
Suzuki Kazuma as Yokoya
Taguchi Hiroko (田口寛子) as Takada Michiko
Production Credits
Original writing: Kaitani Shinobu Liar Game (manga)
Screenwriter: Furuya Osho (古家和尚)
Producer: Shimuta Toru (志牟田徹)
Directors: Matsuyama Hiroaki, Oki Ayako (大木綾子), Ueda Yasushi (植田泰史)
Music: Nakata Yasutaka (中田ヤスタカ)
Watch Liar Game サウンドトラック Episode 1 Trailer and Video here
Smile Details
* Title: スマイル
* Title (English): Smile
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Romance
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2009-Apr-17 start
* Air time: Friday 22:00
* Theme song: Ariamaru Tomi by Shiina Ringo
Smile Synopsis, Preview, and Story
Jun Matsumoto will star in a new drama titled “Smile” with Yui Aragaki.
Matsumoto will play a half-filipino. His father died and his mother disappeared. Even though things doesn’t go out as planned as he wants it to be, such as his race, and his family, he still goes on smiling.
Aragaki will play a woman that smiles even though lost her voice due to a tragic accident.
Bito is a half-Filipino whose father has died and mother has disappeared. Despite his misfortune and the issues he deals with, such as race, he lives his life positively with a constant smile. Similarly, Hana is a young woman living cheerfully despite losing her ability to speak due to an accident.
Smile Cast and Starring :
* Matsumoto Jun as Hayakawa Bito
* Aragaki Yui as Mishima Hana
* Nakai Kiichi as Ito Kazuma
* Koike Eiko as Machimura Shiori
* Tokuyama Hidenori as Kawai Kinta
* Suzunosuke (鈴之助) as "Bull" / Kazama Kenji
* Kitami Toshiyuki as Detective Furuse
* Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Kashiwagi Keisuke
* Katsumura Masanobu as Kashiwagi Keisuke
* Maeda Gin as Machimura Sosuke
* Ishida Ayumi as Machimura Midori
Production Credits
* Screenwriter: Takuma Takayuki
* Producers: Setoguchi Katsuaki, Takanari Mahoko (高成麻畝子)
* Director: Ishii Yasuharu
Smile Watch Online :
Download and watch Smile Jdrama Cast Interview [Matsumoto Jun] part 1 on Youtube Here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVfMv61ZJtk
Hana Yori Dango 2 Details:
Title: 花より男子 2 / Hana Yori Dango 2 / Hana Yori Dango Returns
Broadcast network: TBS
Air time: Friday 22:00
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 21.7 (Kanto)
Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-05 to 2007-Mar-16
Theme song: Love So Sweet by Arashi
Insert song: Flavor of Life by Utada Hikaru
Hana Yori Dango 2 Synopsis, Story, and Preview
This second season of Hana Yori Dango picks up right after Domyoji leaves for New York. After confessing to Domyoji, Makino has not spoken to him for a year. Rui and the other members of F4 try and help Makino meet Domyoji again by going to New York for the christmas holidays. Though F4 and Makino meet Domyoji again, he has become a completely different person, and so they leave for Japan.
Some time later, Domyoji's mother annouces that they will be returning to Japan. There, they hold a giant super-rich and classy birthday party for Domyoji and annouce something very important. Domyoji, like in the first season, is engaged to a rich girl and heir. The only difference is that they are to be wed soon. What will Makino do?
On the side, Rui begins to fall in love with Makino... will this become a love... square?
Hana Yori Dango 2 Cast and starring :
Inoue Mao as Makino Tsukushi
Matsumoto Jun as Domyoji Tsukasa
Oguri Shun as Hanazawa Rui,
Matsuda Shota as Nishikado Sojiro
Abe Tsuyoshi as Mimasaka Akira
Sato Megumi as Sanjo Sakurako
Nishihara Aki as Matsuoka Yuki
Seto Saki as Asai Yuriko
Fukada Aki as Ayuhara Erika
Matsuoka Emiko as Yamano Minako
David Ito as Nishida
Sada Mayumi as Todo Shizuka
Kato Takako as Sengoku Sachiyo
Tomiura Satoshi as Makino Susumu (brother of Tsukushi)
Kobayashi Susumu as Makino Haruo (father of Tsukushi)
Ishino Mako as Makino Chieko (mother of Tsukushi)
Matsushima Nanako as Domyoji Tsubaki (sister of Tsukasa)
Kaga Mariko as Domyoji Kaede (mother of Tsukasa)
Hana Yori Dango 2 Watch Online
Download and watch Japanese Drama Hana Yori Dango 2 on Youtube here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM0p4THUl-o
Watch Hanayori Dango 2 - Love so Sweet Video here
Nodame Cantabile Details :
Title: のだめカンタービレ
Title (romaji): Nodame Cantabile
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 18.79(Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-16 to 2006-Dec-25
Air time: Monday 21:00
Opening song: Symphony No. 7 in A major by Beethoven, arranged by Hattori Takayuki
Ending song: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, arranged by Hattori Takayuki
Nodame Cantabile Synopsis, Preview, and Story:
Based on the hit comic book by Tomoko Ninomiya, this is a fun-filled quirky romantic story of two very opposite people.
Megumi Noda, or “Nodame” is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a kindergarten teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized, takes baths several days apart and loves to eat, sometimes stealing her friend’s lunchbox when it is filled with delicacies.
Shinichi Chiaki, is Momogaoka’s top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. An arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy, he feels mired in Japan because of a childhood phobia.
They meet by accident. Nodame quickly falls in love, but it takes much longer for Chiaki to even begin to appreciate Nodame’s unusual qualities. Their relationship causes them both to develop and grow. Because of Nodame, Chiaki got the opportunity to lead a student orchestra and begins to have a broader appreciation of people's musical abilities. Because of Chiaki, Nodame faces her fears and enters a piano competition. Opportunities open up as both begin taking risks, stretching themselves far more than they ever thought possible.
Nodame Cantabile Cast and Starring :
Ueno Juri as Noda Megumi aka Nodame (Piano)
Morisako Ei as young Nodame
Tamaki Hiroshi as Chiaki Shinichi (Piano/Violin/Conducting)
Fujita Reo (藤田玲央) as young Chiaki
Eita as Mine Ryutaro (Violin)
Koide Keisuke as Okuyama Masumi (Timpani)
Mizukawa Asami as Miki Kiyora (Violin)
Saeko as Saku Sakura (Contrabass)
Uehara Misa as Tagaya Saiko (Vocal)
Takenaka Naoto as Franz Strezemann (Milch Holstein by Nodame)
Akiyoshi Kumiko as Momodaira Minako
Endo Yuya as Okochi Mamoru (Conducting)
Iwasa Mayuko as Ishikawa Reina (Piano)
Takase Yukina (高瀬友規奈) as Tanaka Makiko (Piano)
Kondo Kouen as Tamaki Keiji (Clarinet)
Sakamoto Makoto as Hashimoto Yohei (Oboe)
Matsuoka Rinako as Suzuki Moe (Flute)
Matsuoka Emiko as Suzuki Kaoru (Clarinet)
Yamanaka Takashi as Iwai Kazushi (Contrabass)
Kobayashi Kinako as Kinjo Shizuka (Viola)
Fukada Aki as Inoue Yuki (Cello)
Kojima Tenten (小嶌天天) as Kanai Kento (Horn)
Inoue Yoshiko as Suganuma Saya (Vocal)
Ibu Masato as Mine Tatsumi
Nishimura Masahiko as Tanioka Hajime
Toyohara Kosuke as Eto Kozo
Shiraishi Miho as Eto Kaori
Production Credits
Original writing: Ninomiya Tomoko Nodame Cantabile (manga)
Screenwriter: Etou Rin
Producers: Wakamatsu Hiroki, Shimizu Kazuyuki
Directors: Takeuchi Hideki, Kawamura Yasuhiro (川村泰祐), Tanimura Masaki
Music: Hattori Takayuki
Nodame Cantabile Watch Online
Download and Watch Japan Anime Version Nodame Cantabile on Youtube here
Watch Nodame Live Action - Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 5 video here
Code Blue Details:
Romaji: Code Blue: Dokuta Heri Kinkyu Kyumei
Japanese: コード・ブルー ドクターヘリ緊急救命
Director: Masaki Nishimura
Writer: Masaki Nishimura
Network: Fuji TV
Episode: 11
Release Date: July 3 - September 12, 2008
Runtime: Thursday 22:00-22:54
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Code Blue Plot
The "Doctor Helicopter" system was legalized in Japan in June 2007. A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. One day, four young physicians are assigned to this latest medical system. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, witness the fragility of life, and they grow personally and professionally.
Code Blue Cast and Starring
Tomohisa Yamashita - Kousaku Aizawa
Yui Aragaki - Megumi Shiraishi
Erika Toda - Mihoko Hiyama
Yosuke Asari - Kazuo Fuikawa
Manami Higa - Haruka Saejima
Toshiro Yanagiba - Shuji Kuroda
Kiyoshi Kodama - Yoshiaki Tadokoro
Masanobu Katsumura - Tadashi Morimoto
Susumu Terajima - Toshi Kaji
Tetta Sugimoto - Susumu Saejou
Ryo - Kanna Mitsu
Ryoko Yuui - Seiko Todoroki
Aya Enjoji
Umika Kawashima - (ep.1)
Shoken Kunimoto - Komura (ep.2)
Akifumi Miura - Yuki Kogura (ep.3)
Masako Miyaji - (ep.8)
Yuki Imai - (ep.9-11)
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Details
Title: 花ざかりの君たちへ
Title (romaji): Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
Title (English): For You in Full Blossom
Tagline: イケメン♂パラダイス / Ikemen Paradise
Also known as: Hana Kimi
Genre: High school romance comedy
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Renzoku
Episodes: 12
Viewership ratings: 17.3 (Kanto)
Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-03 to 2007-Sep-18
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme songs:
Opening theme: Ikenai Taiyo by Orange Range
Ending theme: PEACH by Otsuka Ai
Insert songs: My Love by Kawashima Ai, Boom boom boom by Go Hiromi, Paradise Ginga by Hikaru Genji, Tomaranai Ha~Ha by Yazawa Eikichi, Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne
See Hanazakari no Kimitachi e OST for original soundtracks listing
Related drama: Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Synopsis, Preview and story
Based on a popular comic, this hilarious comedy follows the chaos, troubles and friendship at a boys’ boarding school after a girl-disguising-a-boy joins. Ashiya Mizuki has just come back to Japan from California where she was raised. She fell in love with Sano Izumi, a hopeful high jump hero, who has quit after an accident. As she wants him to go back to the sport once again, she enters the same high school as a boy! With a short hair, flattened chest and lowered voice, she starts sharing the same room with Sano. --Fuji Creative
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Cast and Starring :
Correlation Chart
Horikita Maki as Ashiya Mizuki
Oguri Shun as Sano Izumi
Ikuta Toma as Nakatsu Shuichi
Konno Mahiru as Hara Akiha
Kamikawa Takaya as Umeda Hokuto
Matsuda Seiko as Tsubaki, the School Principal
Ukaji Takashi as Sawatari
Kobayashi Susumu as Yoshioka
Okada Yoshinori as Ashiya Shizuki
Daito Shunsuke as Sano Shin
Shirota Yu as Kagurazaka Makoto
Moriguchi Yoko as Nanba Io
Harada Natsuki as Tanabe Kanako
Yamazaki Hajime as Ashiya Takumi
Tsutsui Mariko as Ashiya Eiko
Inagaki Goro as Kitahama Noburo
Sugimoto Tetta as Sano Takehiko
Watch Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Online :
DOwnload and watch Hanazakari no Kimitachi e The Video Making on Youtube here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK5KMsdu4mY
Watch Orange Range - Ikenai Taiyou (Hana Kimi OST) video here
Absolute Boyfriend Details
Title: 絶対彼氏。
Title (romaji): Zettai Kareshi
Also known as: Absolute Boyfriend
Tagline: Kanzen Muketsu no Koibito Robot / The Completely Perfect Boyfriend Robot
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 11, +Special
Viewership ratings: 13.2 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-15 to 2008-Jun-24
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme song: Okaeri by ayaka
Absolute Boyfriend Synopsis, Preview, Story :
Robot maker, Kronos Heaven, finally develops "Night Tenjo", the perfect male humanoid programmed to be devoted and completely loyal to his lover. The company chooses temp worker Izawa Riko to take part in a 5-day free trial. At first, Riko only sees Night as a household appliance. But when she finds out how deep Night's devotion to herself is, Riko finds herself falling in love with him. Joining the love triangle is Asamoto Soshi, a distinguished young executive at her company who has feelings for her. --Fuji TV
Absolute Boyfriend Cast and Starring :
Correlation chart
Hayami Mokomichi as Tenjo Night
Mizushima Hiro as Asamoto Soshi
Aibu Saki as Izawa Riiko
Sasai Eisuke as Shirasagi Yuki
Ueno Natsuhi as Ito Mika
Satoi Kenta as Hirata Hajime
Nekoze Tsubaki as Adachi Kyoko
Komoto Maki as Sato Nozomi
Kaji Masaki as Tanaka Yoichiro
Yamada Meikyo as Asamoto Shiro
Minemura Rie (峯村リエ) as Yoshioka Tetsuko
Erena as Ono Chiho
Sakuragi Ryosuke (桜木涼介) as Morikawa Yasushi
Watanuki Shoichi (綿貫正市) as Dei Takeru
Irie Jingi as Hayashi Kota
Yamamoto Kei as Asamoto Kazushi
Nakamura Shunsuke as Asamoto Masashi
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Namikiri Gaku
Maya Miki as Wakabayashi Fujiko
