Drama Season - Winter 2011
The upcoming dramas I'd like to watch this year are quite a lot ... and I Already Know That I'll not be Able to see all of them!
Bartender
Genre: comedy drama
Date: from 4th February 2011, Fridays 23:15
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Masaki Aiba , Kanjiya Shihori , Arakawa Yoshiyoshi, Mitsuishi Ken, Omi Toshinori, Nishi Keiko, Kaneko Nobuaki, Tsugawa Masahiko
Synopsis: Bartender Kase Goro announces that Sasakura Ryu (Aiba Masaki) is sacked despite winning a European cocktail contest at the age of 26. Not understanding Kase’s intentions, a dejected Ryu returns to Japan and leads a wandering existence. However, Ryu’s encounter with the magazine reporter, Kurushima Miwa (Kanjiya Shihori), who is actually the heiress of the Kurushima conglomerate, brings about a change in him. He sets his sights on being a bartender who can save the lives of hurt people with a drink, while he gropes about the way of life of a bartender.
Reasons: AIBA MASAKI. Also, Aiba Masaki dressed as a bartender. Sexiest thing in the entire world. This time I really don't care about the story (joking, the story seems interesting XD)
Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete
Genre: Romance, school
Date: from 17th January 2011, Mondays 21.00
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Toda Erika, Haruma Miura, Takei Emi, Suda Masaki, Goriki Ayame, Hirose Alice, Nakajima Kento, Ishibashi Anna, Nose Anna, Shinoda Mariko, Uchida Yuki, Nishimura Masahiko, Azama Morio
Synopsis: Uemura Natsumi (Toda Erika) is an English high school teacher at . It had been her dream to teach. She has a good relationship with her students because of her passionate and straightforward personality, and has a fulfilling professional life. Furthermore, Natsumi is in bliss for she is engaged to marry Kashiwagi Shuji (Haruma Miura) six months later. Shuji who was her classmate in high school as well as university, and is now a fellow teacher. Shuji is a popular biology teacher well-respected by students, parents and colleagues. Everyone blesses the marriage between Natsumi and Shuji. However, Shuji makes a mistake by having a relationship with Saiki Hikari (Takei Emi), a second-year female student in one of his classes the night before the start of the new school term. Hikari is, for some reason, under the impression that she is “defective goods” and has an inferiority complex. As a result of that one night with Shuji, Hikari approaches Natsumi … Shuji’s betrayal makes Natsumi learn about her jealous and cruel side, and she has to come to terms with her own self again. On the other hand, Shuji, who is caught between Natsumi and Hikari, is in agony but gradually finds himself hoping to save Hikari when he finds out about the darkness in her heart …
Reasons: School, love story... thing I usually like. And Toda Erika is one of the few japanese actresses I like. Last but definitely NOT LEAST, there's that pretty boy of Miura Haruma. Really, really like him. Yum *ç*
Fuyu no Sakura
Genre: romance
Date: from 16th January 2011, Sundays 21.00
Station: TBS
Cast: Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, Imai Miki, Sato Takeru, Kato Rosa, Takashima Masanobu, Yamazaki Shigenori, Denden, Oshima Yoko, Shirahane Yuri, Yoshida Hideko, Enami Kyoko
Synopsis: Inaba Hiroshi (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi) is a glass craftsman in Yamagata prefecture who has devoted himself to caring for his mother. He has a kind, gentle personality but has never fallen in love even though he has turned 36. 41-year-old Ishikawa Monami (Imai Miki), a full-time housewife, has travelled alone to Yamagata in search of winter cherry blossoms. However, she meets with an accident and loses her memory. She cannot even remember why she is here. Or the fact that she has a husband, Koichi (Takashima Masanobu), and daughter in Tokyo. Hiroshi looks after her and she falls for him, but is disturbed when she regains her memory. It is first love for Hiroshi, who is worried when he learns that she has a short time to live. Meanwhile, Koichi becomes aware of Hiroshi’s existence and soon undergoes a sudden change in character …
Raesons: Angst, oh, the angst! I'll cry a lot XD But I really like stories that make me cry... Am I a DoM??? And pretty boy here too: Sato Takeru ♥ (hopeless fangirl is hopeless)
Misaki Number One!!
Genre: School
Date: from 12th January, Wednesdays 22.00
Station: NTV
Cast: Karina, Fujigaya Taisuke, Kitayama Hiromitsu, Omasa Aya, Ichikawa Tomohiro, Ono Takuro, Tanaka Kei, Usuda Asami, Tsuchiya Yuichi, Hajime, Tejima Yu, Tsukaji Muga, Toda Keiko, Zaizen Naomi
Synopsis: Tennoji Misaki (Karina), the popular, number one hostess at a Roppongi cabaret club, transforms into a sexy high school teacher at the request of the club’s female proprietress whom she feels indebted to. Misaki becomes a teacher at the prestigious Mido Gakuen for a 3-month period, and is put in charge of Class 2Z which is full of problem children. She stands up to the students with her innate passion while hiding her identity as a cabaret club hostess.
Reasons: Maybe I'm a bit strange, but I'm kinda fascinated by hosts' world... And there's school here too, so I think it'll be quite good (for me). With 'Freeter, Ie wo Kau' I've started to like Karina... she's a good actress, she's beautiful and she doesn't have that stupid, annoying voice that most of japanese girls has O_O (but there's a little problem: I really HATE that Fujigaya guy... don't know why, but his face really annoys me)
Lately I'm a bit into Korean Dramas too, so there are also a few of them
Dream High
Genre: School, Romance
Date: from 3rd January 2011, Mondays & Tuesdays 21.55
Station: KBS2
Cast: Kim Soo Hyun, Taecyeon, Suzy, Ham Eun Jung, Wooyoung, IU, Uhm Ki Joon, Lee Yoon Ji, Jun Ah Min, Han Ji Hoo, Yoon Young Ah, Park Jin Sang, Kim Bo Reum, Bae Yong Joon, Park Jin Young, Lee Byung Joon, Lee Yoon Mi a
Synopsis: Six students at Girin Art High School work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars.
Reasons: At the end of the last two episodes of 'Mary Stayed Out All Night', instead of the preview of the next episode there was a commercial for this drama, and... well, I was really happy: I've searched for this type of drama for a loooong time!
My Princess
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Date: from 5th January 2011, Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Station: MBC
Cast: Song Seung Hun, Kim Tae Hee, Park Ye Jin, Ryu Soo Young, Lee Soon Jae, Maeng Sang Hoon, Kang Ye Sol, Im Ye Jin, Lee Ki Kwang, Son Sung Yoon, Hwang Young Hee, Lee Sung Min, Lee Dae Yeon, Choi Yoo Hwa, Heo Tae Hee, Chu Hun Yub, Min Joon Hyun, Ahn Nae Sang
Synopsis: An ordinary college student, Lee Seol, finds out she's a princess. The grandson of Daehan Group, Park Hae Young, is put in charge of educating Seol on proper etiquette.
Reasons: seems that in Korea this thing of 'ordinary-girl-that-suddenly-finds-out she's-a-princess' is quite popular... so I'm... uhm... a bit interested, I think.
Paradise Ranch
Genre: Romance, melodrama
Date: 24th January 2011, Monday & Tuesday 20:55
Station: SBS
Cast: Shim Chang Min, Lee Yeon Hee, Yoo Ha Na, Joo Sang Wook, Yoon Ji Min, Im Soo Hyang, Yoon Ye Ri
Synopsis: Dong Joo and Da Ji were once a couple who were married at 19 but they quickly divorced. Years passed, they both return to their old house and discover that their feelings for each other have been endured.
Reasons: Because I've seen there's Chang Min as lead character XD Really, he's too cute *_* And it's a love story, so I think it'll be ok ^^
So, this is the end... they're quite a lot O_O (And I also have to finish Q10 from autumn of 2010, but... there's no subs T_T)
Sources: Dramawiki and, for Jdramas' synopsis, japan_world
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