A LIFE〜愛しき人〜

My new addiction is this one, I hope for A LOT of romance between Kimutaku and Yuko-chan!
I mean it has been 13 years since Pride, I hope they bring a lot for us!
The drama is totally different from Pride but it's a drama so a lot to look forward to!! I'm so excited.
So far so good!!

Title: A LIFE
Tagline: 愛しき人 / Itoshiki Hito
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Medical, romance
Episodes: TBD
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2017-Jan-15 to 2017-Mar-??
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song: Still Alive by B'z

Plot
When Surgeon Okita Kazuaki was a rookie doctor, he was kicked out of the hospital due to his friend's Danjo Masao plan. He left for the U.S., leaving behind his girlfriend Mifuyu. With his hard work, he became an excellent surgeon. 10 years later, he comes back to Japan by request of Mifuyu's father, who is a hospital director. Mifuyu is now married to Danjo Masao.

Cast
Kimura Takuya as Okita Kazuaki
Takeuchi Yuko as Danjo Mifuyu
Matsuyama Kenichi as Igawa Sota
Kimura Fumino as Shibata Yuki
Nanao as Sakakibara Minori
Emoto Akira as Danjo Toranosuke
Tanaka Min as Okita Isshin
Kobayashi Takashi as Sanada Takayuki
Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Hamura Keigo
Asano Tadanobu as Danjo Masao
Takenoya Saki as Danjo Rina

info @ dramawiki

ウロボロス

Can I say that this drama caught my attention because of the three main actors?

The time slot is so-so I guess, but still it doesn't matter for me.

I look forward seeing this drama, my first of 2015. It's fun to see Ikuta Toma and Oguri Shun again, but if completely different roles from last time ^^

Also, to kick off the year, Arashi is making the theme song, a bit unexpected, yet I do not complain. What I have heard so far of the song I like ^^

I hope I can follow the drama along the original broadcast, we'll see what happens ^^

Title: ウロボロス (Ouroboros)
Tagline: この愛こそ、正義。 / Kono ai koso, seigi.
Episodes: TBD
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2015-Jan-16 start
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme song: Sakura by Arashi

Synopsis
"Ouroboros" is an ancient symbol that depicts a snake eating its own tail - meaning infinity. Based on a popular comic, a clumsy detective and a cool gang stand up to true evil. Ikuo and Tatsuya grew up in a children's orphanage together. When their favorite teacher, Yuiko, is murdered, a policeman wearing a gold watch covers up the incident. Ikuo and Tatsuya promise each other to avenge their teacher someday. Twenty years later, Ikuo is a detective in Shinjuku second police station investigating various cases with elite detective - Mizuki, while smart and handsome Tatsuya has become one of the top members of a gang group.


Cast
Ikuta Toma as Ryuzaki Ikuo
Oguri Shun as Danno Tatsuya
Ueno Juri as Hibino Mizuki
Yoshida Yo as Tachibana Tomiko
Muro Tsuyoshi as Fukamachi Takeshi
Seino Nana as Tamura Konatasu
Takeda Kumiko as Abiko Kirino
Mitsuishi Ken as Hibino Kunihiko
Takito Kenichi as Chono Shinichi
Yoshida Kotaro as Mishima Kaoru
Nakamura Hashinosuke III as Kitagawa Kanichiro
Hirosue Ryoko as Kashiwaba Yuiko

366日

I saw Utage a few weeks back and heard this song by HY, it's called 366日 (366 Days).

This song was released a few years back, and I haven't heard it for quite some time but yes.. It's a great song!! ^^

So I want to share it, I also found lyrics for it. ^^





Ninomiya Ai singing at TBS's Utage

Lyrics cred @ chrisk69.exteen

それでもいい　それでもいいと思える恋だった
soredemo ii soredemo ii to omoeru koi datta
戻れないと知ってても　繋がっていたくて
modorenai to shittete mo tsunagatte ita kute
初めてこんな気持ちになった
hajimete konna kimochi ni natta
たまにしか会う事　出来なくなって
tama ni shika au koto dekinaku natte
□約束は当たり前
kuchiyakusoku wa atarimae
それでもいいから…
soredemo ii kara

叶いもしないこの願い
kanai mo shinai kono negai
あなたがまた私を好きになる
anata ga mata watashi wo suki ni naru
そんな儚い　私の願い
sonna hakanai watashi no negai
今日もあなたに会いたい
kyou mo anata ni aitai

それでもいい　それでもいいと思えた恋だった
soredemo ii soredemo ii to omoeta koi datta
いつしかあなたは会う事さえ拒んできて
itsushika anata wa au koto sae kobande kite

一人になると考えてしまう
hitori ni naru to kangaete shimau
あの時　私　忘れたらよかったの?
ano toki watashi wasuretara yokatta no?
でもこの涙が答えでしょう?
demo kono namida ga kotae deshou?
心に嘘はつけない
kokoro ni uso wa tsukenai

恐いくらい覚えているの　あなたの匂いや　しぐさや　全てを
kowai kurai oboete iru no anata no nioi ya shigusa ya subete wo
おかしいでしょう?　そう言って笑ってよ
okashii deshou? Sou itte waratte yo
別れているのにあなたの事ばかり
wakarete iru noni anata no koto bakari

恋がこんなに苦しいなんて　恋がこんなに悲しいなんて
koi ga konnani kurushii nante koi ga konnani kanashii nante
忠わなかったの　本気であなたを思って知った
omowa nakatta no honki de anata wo omotte shitta

恐いくらい覚えているの　あなたこの匂いや　しぐさや　全てを
kowai kurai oboete iru no anata no nioi ya shigusa ya subete wo
おかしいでしょう?　そう言って笑ってよ
okashii deshou? Sou itte waratte yo
別れているのにあなたの事ばかリ
wakarete iru noni anata no koto bakari

あなたは私の中の忘れられぬ人　全て捧げた人
anata wa watashi no naka no wasurerarenu hito subete sasageta hito
もう二度と戻れなくても
mou nido to modore nakute mo
今はただあなた…あなたの事だけで
ima wa tada anata anata no koto dake de
あなたの事ばかり
anata no koto bakari


English

I'm fine with it. It was a love that seems to be fine like this
Even though I knew you couldn't return, I want to be connected to you
It was the first time I felt this way
As time goes by we can still meet occasionally
Because verbal promises were natural
I'm fine with it as well

This wish of mine which won't come true anyway
That you would fall in love with me again
Such a transient wish of mine
Today I want to meet you again

I'm fine with it. It was a love that seems to be fine like this
Before I knew, you even refused to meet me

When I'm alone I start thinking
At that time, should I had rather forgotten?
But these tears are the answer, aren't they?
I can't lie to my heart

It's almost scary that I can remember your smell, your action and everything
“It's strange, isn't it?”, please say so and laugh
Even though we're separated, it's nothing but you

I never thought that love would be so painful, that love would be so sad
I realized that I was serious about you

It's almost scary that I can remember your smell, your action and everything
“It's strange, isn't it?”, please say so and laugh
Even though we're separated, it's nothing but you

You are someone inside me that I can't forget about, the person who offered me everything
Even if you can never return anymore
Right now it's only you... Just you
Nothing but you

筆談ホステス

I found this by chance when browsing around youtube the other night. As Kei-chan was starring in it I thought it would be interesting to watch. It was a good story, and I liked it a lot.
As always having some kind of handicap it is difficult, especially in places where people are not as nice about it.

★★★

Title: 筆談ホステス 〜母と娘、愛と感動の25年。届け!わたしの心〜
Hitsudan hosutesu 〜 hahatoko, ai to kandō no 25-nen. Todoke! Watashi no kokoro 〜
Conversation by writing skills Hostess ~ Mother and Daugher, Love and feelings through 25 years. Report! My heart~
Air time: Jan 10, 2010
Broadcast: TBS

Story
Born into strict home in Aomori, Saito Rie lose hearing at age of one year and 10 months by the after-effects of meningitis. Rie gradually drops out of high school and instead get involved with alcohol, tobacco, and shoplifting. She becomes a so called "bad daughter of Aomori". Later, Rie find herself accepted and join a hostess club. This is also where she gets to know the work of hospitality and acceptance despite of being deaf. She also gets to know the dream of a hostess, to work in Ginza, Tokyo. This drama tells the story of Saito Rie who becomes the number one hostess of the "conversation by writing skills".

Cast
Saito Rie - Kitagawa Keiko
Saito Satoshi - Fukushi Seiji
Kawahara Miharu: Toda Naho
Segawa Kozo - Sasano Takashi
Shimada - Haruta Junichi
Ikenami - Ishii Kota
Kobashi Fumio - Inoue Jun
Saito Shiro - Nashimoto Kenjiro
Nagai Kyoko: Tezuka Satomi
Saito Emiko - Tanaka Yoshiko

恋

When I was in Japan last month, I happened to watch an interview with Ishihara Satomi.
In the interview she talked about this SP. And I could also see some previews where she, Arata, and Saito Takumi appeard!
The story also seemd interesting yet very twisted. Despite that I found to like it.
It was very fun to see Satomi-chan and Arata-san together again! As some might know, they acted together in Rich Man Poor Woman. Also, I found Takumi-kun more handsome than ever, however his part was a bit so so (^^;;)
Anyway in all a drama that entertained me ^^

Title: 恋 (Koi/LOve)
Episodes: 1
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2013-Dec-16
Air time: Monday 21:00


Story
On 28 February 1972, on the day of the United Red Army’s Asama Sanso Incident in Karuizawa which kept the Japanese people riveted, another murder occurred at a quiet area for holiday villas not very far from the scene of the hostage-taking. The assailant was a 22-year-old Meijo University student Yano Fumiko (Ishihara Satomi). The victims were a youth who worked part-time for a local electrical appliance store and a university associate professor. The youth was shot dead while the associate professor was rendered completely paralysed in the lower half of his body. The latters’s wife happened to be present at the scene too. However, she was tight-lipped and would not say anything. Fumiko was an ordinary female student who made the acquaintance of a Seisho University associate professor Katase Shintaro (Iura Arata) and his wife Hinako (Tanaka Rena) through part-time translations of a full-length novel by a new English writer. She grew attracted to the intriguing relationship of the couple who lived in a different world from her and fell into a twisted “love” before she realised it. This love would soon crumble at a staggering speed with the appearance of a youth called Okubo Katsuya (Saito Takumi). Fumiko would not talk about her motive and accepted all the charges. She had a “secret” to protect above all else. In the shadow of the Asama Sanso Incident, the case was covered in a small corner of the local news column. Treated as a crime of passion, it soon faded from people’s memories. However, in 2013, more than 40 years after the case, Torikai Mitsuhiko (Watabe Atsuro), an investigative reporter who happens to take an interest in the case while interviewing people involved in the 1972 Asama Sanso Incident, attempts to locate Yano Fumiko and find out the truth. However, Fumiko (Harada Mieko), who has aged after a long sentence, is suffering from terminal cancer. Faced with death, she finally confesses the secret which she has kept concealed in her heart. The tragedy and conflict hidden behind the case are gradually revealed. jdrama worldpress


Main cast
Ishihara Satomi as Yano Fumiko
Harada Mieko as old Fumiko
Iura Arata as Katase Shintaro
Tanaka Rena as Katase Hinkao
Saito Takumi as Okubo Katsuya

S -最後の警官-

This is another upcoming drama that has caught my eye, I blame Mukai Osamu ^^
But in a way it feels kind a similar with Iris and some other dramas, so we'll see if I will follow it every week or take it as I have time ^^
Anyway, I usually like these kinds of stories so it should be interesting ^^

Title: S -最後の警官- (S - Saigo no Keikan-/S - The Last Policeman)
Episodes: TBA
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2014-Jan-12 -
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song: MISIA - Boku wa Pegasus, Kimi wa Polaris

Story
The National Police Safety Rescue, or NPS is the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s special assault team which possesses both the mobility of the Special Unit (SAT) as well as the investigative skills of the Special Investigations Team (SIT), and is tasked with bringing criminals into custody alive. This small elite team is a new approach to fighting against heinous crimes. Kamikura Ichigo (Mukai Osamu) retired from the life of a professional boxer and became a police officer after that. In his second year working as a uniformed police officer, an incident leads to him being scouted by the NPS. Armed with excellent reflexes, explosive power and punches honed through boxing, Kamikura is a close combat specialist who is good at getting control over his opponents using barefists. On the other hand, Soga Iori (Ayano Go) is a member of the SAT. Described as superhuman, he prides himself in his sharpshooting and is the SAT’s best sniper. Soga was once assigned to a police precinct because he had aspirations to become a detective. Before long, he arrested three robbers and attracted attention as one of the promising newcomers. He is cool and collected, has great concentration, endurance, perception as well as combat ability; the embodiment of the SAT’s ideal male.

Cast
Mukai Osamu as Kamikura Ichigo
Ayano Go as Soga Iori
Fukiishi Kazue as Munakata Yuzuru
Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Furuhashi Seishiro
Hirayama Hiroyuki as Hayata Hitoshi
Takahashi Tsutomu as Kajio Ryuichi
Hirayama Yusuke as Arashi Satoru