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First Kiss (TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama series that aired on Fuji TV in 2007. Mao Inoue played the lead role for the first time in getsuku drama. The first episode received a viewership rating of 19.7%. Plot A bitter-sweet and uplifting comedy drama about a young girl Mio and her brother Kazuki. To treat her illness overseas, Mio has been living away from her older brother Kazuki for the past ten years. After learning about the upcoming surgery, which she has only a fifty percent chance of survival, Mio decides to fly back to Japan to spend time with Kazuki. Looking forward to seeing his sweet younger sister, Kazuki anxiously awaits Mio's return in Japan. However, their reunion is nothing but full of surprises as Mio has transformed from the innocent sickly girl Kazuki remembers from ten years ago into a sassy woman with an attitude. Kazuki has difficulty dealing with his wickedly selfish younger sister, but soon learns about the truth of her medical condition and has a change of hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Television Drama
, also called , are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, jidaigeki, thriller, and many others. Single episode, or "tanpatsu" dramas that are usually two hours in length are also broadcast. For special occasions, there may be a one or two-episode drama with a specific theme, such as one produced in 2015 for the 70-year anniversary of the end of World War II. Japanese drama series are broadcast in three-month seasons: winter (January–March), spring (April–June), summer (July–September), and autumn or fall (October–December). Some series may start in another month though it may still be counted as a series of a specific season. The majority of dramas are aired weekdays in the evenings around 9pm through 11pm. Daytime dramas are typically broadcast daily, and episodes of the same drama can be aired daily for s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Love
is a Japanese TV drama series that was aired on Fuji TV. The series started on April 16, 2007 and ended with 11 episodes on June 24, 2007. A special (SP) aired on March 25, 2008. A Korean remake of the series, Operation Proposal, starring Yoo Seung-ho and Park Eun-bin, aired in 2012. A Chinese remake of the same title, '' Operation Love'' starring EXO's Lay and Chen Duling, aired in 2017. Plot Overview Ken Iwase (岩瀬健) is at his friend, Rei Yoshida's (吉田礼) marriage ceremony. However, he still loves her and regrets not having confessed his feelings towards her. A fairy lets him travel back in time and try one more time to get Rei's heart. Episode synopsis In each episode, Ken travels to each photo that will appear in the slideshow that Mikio made, so that he can correct his regrets in each photo. SP Synopsis A year later, the characters are in Hawaii for Hisashi's and Eri's wedding ceremony. The fairy appears and allows Ken to travel back in time to sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Drama Television Series
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japonicum * Japonicus * Japanese studies Japanese studies (Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuji TV Dramas
Fuji may refer to: Places China * Fuji, Xiangcheng City (付集镇), town in Xiangcheng City, Henan Japan * Mount Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan * Fuji River * Fuji, Saga, town in Saga Prefecture * Fuji, Shizuoka, city in Shizuoka Prefecture * Fuji Speedway, a major race track at the base of Mt Fuji People * Fuji (surname), a Japanese surname * Mr. Fuji, ring name of American professional wrestler and manager Harry Fujiwara (1934–2016) * Mr. Fuji, one of many modern monikers of the creator of Fuji musical genre, Ayinde Barrister Fictional characters * Fuji (comics), a character in the ''Stormwatch'' series Music * Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival, a jazz festival in Japan * Fuji Rock Festival, a rock festival in Japan * Fuji music, a music genre from Yorubaland of Nigeria Japanese companies * Fujifilm, a Japanese company producing cameras and photographic film * Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd., the former name of Subaru Corporation, a Japanese company producing industrial products ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Japanese Television Series Endings
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2007 Japanese Television Series Debuts
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven Classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. It is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Unlike Western culture, in Vietnamese culture, the number seven is sometimes considered unlucky. It is the first natural number whose pronunciation contains more than one syllable. Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, Indians wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the digit fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galileo (Japanese TV Series)
is a Japanese television drama based on the novels by mystery writer . It narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, as the two pair up to solve many mysterious cases. A special episode titled "Galileo Episode 0", set 3 years before the television series, aired on October 4, 2008, on the same day as the release of the film ''Suspect X.'' A second series began airing on Fuji TV on April 15, 2013, and ended with an adaption of the novel '' Salvation of a Saint.'' The second movie, titled , premiered in both Japan and Hong Kong on June 29, 2013. Premise Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective who has just been reassigned to the criminal division, finds the investigation of her first murder case stalled by seemingly-supernatural phenomena surrounding the event. She seeks help from Shunpei Kusanagi, a senior detective at the police headquarter famous as a "Mystery Hunter". Kusanagi, however, reveals to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Getsuku
is a Japanese abbreviation for {{nihongo, ''Getsuyō kuji'', 月曜９時, , Monday at 9 pm. This is traditionally the time when the most popular TV dramas air in Japan. History Fuji TV, one of the major broadcasting companies in Japan, started the pattern of airing the dramas it predicted would be most popular on Monday nights. Mondays are the only night in which generally no baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ... games are played, meaning that throughout the year, there would be no delays in broadcasting (due to the popularity of baseball, some stations continue to broadcast games that extend beyond their expected finish time, thus delaying the start of subsequent programs). While all of the stations often aired dramas on Monday nights, it was the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoto Takenaka
is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi. He is also known as the voice of Samuel L. Jackson in the dubbed version of the ''Avengers'', as Nicholas "Nick" Fury. Filmography Film ;Director *''Munō no Hito'' (1991) *''119'' (1994) *''Tōkyō Biyori'' (1997) *''Rendan'' (2001) *''Sayonara Color'' (2005) *''Yamagata Scream'' (2009) *'' Downfall'' (2023) ;Actor *''Gonza the Spearman'' (1986) *''Fancy Dance'' (1989) *'' Best Guy'' (1990) *''Chizuko's Younger Sister'' (1991) *''Hiruko the Goblin'' (1991) *''Until the end of the World'' (1991) *'' Sumo Do, Sumo Don't'' (1992) *''Like a Rolling Stone'' (1994) *'' Rampo'' (1994) *''Tokyo Fist'' (1995) *''Gonin'' (1995) *'' East Meets West'' (1995) *'' Shall We Dance?'' (1996) – Tomio Aoki *''By Player'' (2000) – Taiji Tonoyama *''Agitator'' (2001) *''Waterboys'' (2001) *''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mao Inoue
Mao Inoue (born January 9, 1987) is a Japanese actress. She debuted as an actress when she was five years old. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences as in , as Makino Tsukushi in the popular ''Hana Yori Dango'' series, and as Sugi Fumi ( ja) in the 54th taiga drama ''Hana Moyu''. She is also known for her work in film such as, '' I Give My First Love to You'', ''Rebirth'', and '' The Snow White Murder Case''. Career Dramas and films Inoue Mao started her career as an actress when she was five years old. She has been in many dramas since then. The viewers took notice of her in the series ''Kids War'' which ran successfully from 1999 to 2003. In 2005, Mao took the lead role in the drama adaptation of the popular manga ''Hana Yori Dango'', with Arashi member Matsumoto Jun, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda and Tsuyoshi Abe. Mao was awarded Best Actress by Television Drama Academy in the same year that the drama was aired. In 2006, she co-starred in her first film: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Natsuki
, more commonly known by her stage name , is a Japanese singer, dancer and actress. Born in Tokyo, she started work as a singer from a young age. In 2007, Natsuki announced her engagement to percussionist Nobu Saitō, with their marriage taking place in Spring 2008. Natsuki has participated in musical theatre, including that of Yukio Ninagawa. She provided the voice of Yubaba in ''Spirited Away'', played the young witch's mother in the Japanese TV remake of ''Bewitched'' and has twice been nominated for a Japanese Academy Award. Natsuki played the character Big Mama in the Japanese version of '' Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' and has also acted in television dramas, such as the 2005 series ''Nobuta o Produce'', playing the Vice Principal, Katharine. Filmography Film * ''Otoko wa Tsurai yo'' series: **'' Tora-san, My Uncle'' (1989) **'' Tora-san Takes a Vacation'' (1990) **''Tora-san Confesses'' (1991) **'' Tora-San Makes Excuses'' (1992) **'' Tora-san to the Rescu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Getsuku
is a Japanese abbreviation for {{nihongo, ''Getsuyō kuji'', 月曜９時, , Monday at 9 pm. This is traditionally the time when the most popular TV dramas air in Japan. History Fuji TV, one of the major broadcasting companies in Japan, started the pattern of airing the dramas it predicted would be most popular on Monday nights. Mondays are the only night in which generally no baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ... games are played, meaning that throughout the year, there would be no delays in broadcasting (due to the popularity of baseball, some stations continue to broadcast games that extend beyond their expected finish time, thus delaying the start of subsequent programs). While all of the stations often aired dramas on Monday nights, it was the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
