Spotlight [K-drama] (Ji Jin Hee, Son Yeh Jin, Jo Yeh Hee, Jin Goo)
Details
- Title: 스포트라이트 / Spotlight
- Genre: Romance
- Episodes: 16
- Broadcast network: MBC
- Broadcast period: 2008-May-14 to 2008-Jul-??
- Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)
Synopsis
Oh Tae Suk is a charismatic reporter who is the lead reporter for the society news division. Tae Suk is someone who never gives up until the truth is told. However, because of his personality, there are always conflicts within his team. During his training of the new junior reporters he discovered the potential of Seo Woo Jin and not only became her mentor but also her love interest.
Cast
- Ji Jin Hee as Oh Tae Suk
- Son Yeh Jin as Seo Woo Jin
- Jo Yoon Hee as Yang Myung Eun
- Jin Goo as Lee Sun Chul
Extended Cast
- Kim Jung Wook as Seo Woo Hyun
- Kim Bo Kyung as Lee Joo Hee
- Ahn Suk Hwan
- Lee Gi Yul
- Jung Hye Young (cameo)
- SS501 (cameo)
CHANGE [J-drama] (Kimura Takuya, Fukatsu Eri, Abe Hiroshi, Kato Rosa)
Details
- Title (English): CHANGE
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Human drama, politics
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 2008-May-12 to
- Air time: Monday 21:00
- Theme song: Miles Away by Madonna
Synopsis
The story begins with the deaths of ruling party’s Fukuoka legislator and his eldest son, his heir apparent, in an accident. It is decided that a by-election will be held, and Kanbayashi Masaichi, the leader of the ruling party, and secretary Miyama Rika conceive the idea of fielding the second son, Asakura Keita, who had been renounced by his father.
After Keita graduated from senior high school, he went on to a university in Nagano because he wanted to live in a place with beautiful stars, and eventually became an elementary school teacher over there. Well-liked by children and satisfied with his beloved star gazing, Keita has no interest in the world of politics. However, at Rika’s persuasion and the pressure of his family, he reluctantly decides to announce his candidacy.
Upon returning to Fukuoka, Keita is given a hearty welcome by supporters. The election strategist, Nirasawa Katsutoshi, arrives there. He is guided by the notion “election is the only permitted legal war” and begins Keita’s election campaign.
Cast
- Kimura Takuya as Asakura Keita
- Fukatsu Eri as Miyama Rika
- Abe Hiroshi as Nirasawa Katsutoshi
- Kato Rosa as Miyamoto Hikari
- Horiuchi Keiko (堀内敬子) as Tsukioka Rumiko
- Kazama Morio as Kondo Mitsuteru (Secretary)
- Koyama Shigeru (神山繁) as Nihei (Councilor)
- Nakamura Atsuo (中村敦夫) as Onoda Asao (Secretary-General)
- Ohbayashi Takeshi (大林丈史) as Kakiuchi Tatsuhiko
- Ito Shiro as Ukai Takehiko (Prime Minister)
- Fuji Junko as Asakura Takae
- Terao Akira as Kanbayashi Masaichi
The Official Album For Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Artist: Various
Album: The Official Album For Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Language: Chinese / Mandarin - English
Genre: Pop, Ballad
Release Date: 05-May-2008
Bitrate: VBR
CD 1
01 北京歡迎你 - 群星
02 Forever Friends (中文) - 孫楠/張惠妹
03 點燃激情 傳遞夢想 - 王力宏/孫燕姿/汪峰/張靚穎
04 千山萬水 - 周杰倫
05 天空 - 譚晶
06 超越 - 徐洋/師鵬
07 夢想在望 - 周筆暢
08 Wishing Star (英文) - 黃大煒
09 同在藍色星球上 - 謝霆峰/容祖兒
10 英雄 - 游鴻明
11 夢想的光芒 - 汪峰
12 Forever Friends (英文) - 孫楠/李玟
CD 2
01 We Are Ready - 群星
02 Everyone Is No.1 - 劉德華
03 我是明星 - 周華健
04 One World One Dream - 王力宏
05 同一個世界 同一個夢想 - 劉歡/那英
06 我們的夢 - 汪峰
07 榮光 - 郭蓉
08 一起飛 - 譚晶/閻偉文
09 為生命喝彩 - 韓紅/羽·泉
10 站起來 - 成龍/王力宏/孫燕姿/韓紅
11 北京，北京，我愛北京 - 關喆
12 人類是一家 - 韋唯/戴玉強
CD 3
01 點燃激情 傳遞夢想 (中文版) (Bonus) - 王力宏/孫燕姿/汪峰/張靚穎
02 點燃激情 傳遞夢想 (中文版) (Bonus) - 王力宏/孫燕姿
03 點燃激情 傳遞夢想 (英文版) (Bonus) - 2008 年世界小姐
04 點燃激情 傳遞夢想 (伴奏) (Bonus)
Matsu Takako Discography (Partial)
- Stage Name : Matsu Takako (松たか子)
- Birth Name : Fujima Takako (藤間 隆子)
- Buyō name : Matsumoto Kōka
- Birthdate : June 10, 1977
- Birthplace : Tokyo
- Blood Type : A
- Height : 166cm
- Weight : 43kg
- Bust : 80
- Waist : 57
- Hips : 83
- Record Labels : Universal Music Japan, BMG Japan
Matsu Takako first emerged as a theater actress in 1993, when she was just 16, in Ninjo Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi. It wasn’t until in 1994, after she played lead in the drama Hana no Ran did she gain media notice. Coming from the family of kabuki actors, it is no wonder that she took where her family left off. Afterwards, she had played lead roles in various television dramas, film and theater. At 1996, she had secured her position as one of the top actress in Japan after acting side-by-side SMAP’s Kimura Takuya on Long Vacation. At one point, she had switched High School because Shirayuri Gakuen, the school she previously enrolled, is prohibiting its students to enter the entertainment scene. She then switched to Horietsu High School. She was also cited as the youngest to host Kouhaku Utagassen in 1996 at the age of 19
In 1997, she had added her medium by debuting as a J-Pop artists, showing her versatility as an artist in general. Over the years, she had received many citations and awards, most noteworthy of which is the 2004’s Best Actress of the Year, making her one of the most cited J-Actress ever. As of 2006, she had 6 films done (1 is curruently in production and 1 was even released in Hong Kong), 20 dramas done, 8 albums released, 19 singles released and more to come.
Anna and Anna [Cmovie] (Karena Lam)
Country: Singapore/ China/ Hong Kong
Production Company: Ascension Pictures/ Lotus Entertainment/ PIP Productions
Genre: Drama/ Romance
Director: Aubrey Lam
Starring: Tender Huang, Karena Lam, Lu Yi
Length: 90 mins
Date of release: 26th September, 2007
Synopsis:
Anna (Karena Lam) seems to have a great life for both love and career in Singapore, until she has to move to Shanghai. There she meets her ex-boyfriend, Ouyang (Lu Yi) and his wife, Si Yu (Karena Lam) who looks exactly like her. Love for her ex-beau rekindles and she decides to switch identities with her doppelganger for a week. Si Yu then flies to Singapore where she lives with Billy (Tender Huang), Anna’s current boyfriend. Anna gradually realizes that Ouyang is no longer the man she used to love and desperately wants her old life in Singapore back, but her alternate self has plans of her own too…
Gokusen 3 [Jdrama] (Nakama Yukie)
- Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-19 to 2008-Jun
- Air time: Saturday 21:00
- Theme song: Niji by Aqua Timez
Cast
- Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumichou) (Math Teacher/Class 3D adviser)
- Namase Katsuhisa as Sawatari Goro, Kyoto (School Vice Principal)
- Enami Kyoko (Board Chairman)
- Utsui Ken as Kuroda Ryuichiro (Kumiko’s grandpa / 3rd Generation Oedo Yakuza Boss)
- Anan Kenji as Wakamatsu Hiro
- Kaneko Ken as Asakura Tetsu
- Uchiyama Shinji as Tatsukawa Minoru
- Ryogoku Hiroshi as Sugawara Makoto
- Waki Tomohiro as “Kuma” / Kumai Teruo (Former student of Yankumi)
- Azuma Mikihisa as Baba Masayoshi (PE Teacher)
- Koizumi Kotaro as Natsume Seichi (School Doctor)
- Hirayama Aya as Takano Aoi (English Teacher)
- Hoshino Aki as Ayukawa Sakura (School Nurse)
- Sato Jiro as Yajima Hosaku (Japanese Classics Teacher)
- Sakigake Santaro (魁三太郎) as Hatoyama Yasuhiko (World History Teacher)
- Ishii Kota as Tsuruoka Keisuke (Physics Teacher)
Class 3D
- Miura Haruma as Kazama Ren
- Takaki Yuya as Ogata Yamato
- Ishiguro Hideo as Honjo Kengo
- Kiriyama Akito as Kuraki Satoru
- Nakama Junta as Ichimura Rikiya
- Miura Shohei as Kamiya Shunsuke
- Kido Yuya
- Mayama Akihiro
- Wakaba Ryuya
- Warabino Tomoya
- Kanno Atsumi (菅野篤海)
- Kujirai Kosuke (鯨井康介)
- Shimizu Ryodaro (清水良太郎)
- Totani Kimito (戸谷公人)
- Nakayama Masei (中山麻聖)
- Hamao Kyosuke (浜尾京介)
- Maeda Koki (前田公輝)
- Maruo (まるお)
- Yazaki Hiroshi (矢崎広)
- Yuki Jutta (夕輝壽太)
- Yuji
Production Credits
- Original writing: Morimoto Kozueko (森本梢子) Gokusen (manga)
- Screenwriters: Egashira Michiru, Yokota Rie, Matsuda Yuko (松田裕子)
- Producer: Kato Masatoshi
- Directors: Sato Toya, Otani Taro (大谷太郎), Yamashita Manami (山下学美)
- Music: Oshima Michiru
An empress and the warrior [Cmovie] (Kelly Chen, Leon Lai)
Tony Ching (director) / Tin Nam Chun, James Yuen (screenplay)
CAST: Donnie Yen … Muyong Xuehu
Kelly Chen … Yen Feier
Leon Lai … Duan Lan-quan
Xiaodong Guo … Wu Ba
Zhenghai Kou … Teng Bochang
In ancient China, rival kingdoms grapple for ultimate reign. On a battlefield, a dying king commands his daughter, Princess Fei-Er (Kelly Chen) to take the helm and defend their kingdom with help from general Xue-Hu (Donnie Yen). Fei-Er’s cousin, Wu Ba (Guo Xiao-Dong) also has his eyes on the throne and sends out assassins to kill the princess. A mysterious man named Duan Lan-Quan (Leon Lai) manages to save Fei-Er from the grisly fate and they fall in love. Fei-Er must choose between following her dreams to elope with Duan and submitting to her duty to defend her kingdom.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcYzqqtKGVI
Super album compilation about First kiss
A compilation album titled “First Kiss” is being released on May 21, containing 15 songs about love by female artists. As the title indicates, the album’s theme is to evoke memories of one’s first kiss.
The collection features songs from the late ’90s, selected through a survey of women in their twenties. The chosen tunes include Hikaru Utada’s “First Love,” Dreams Come True’s “Nante Koi Shitan daro,” and Ringo Shiina’s “Koko de Kiss Shite.”
Popular actress Maki Horikita appears on the album’s cover. She was chosen through the same survey as the “actress who reminds you of yourself around the time of your first kiss.”
Hokaben [Jdrama] (Ueto Aya, Kitamura Kazuki, Kato Shigeaki)
* Title: ホカベン
* Title (English): Hokaben
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Law, human drama
* Episodes:
* Broadcast network: NTV
* Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-16 to 2008-Jun
* Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Synopsis
Ueto plays Akari Domoto, an idealistic lawyer who wants to “rescue the weak.” She joins a large law office, though she is assigned to a lowly department whose only other member is her boss, who was transferred there after making a mistake during a case. - Tokyograph (http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2536)
Cast
* Ueto Aya as Domoto Akari
* Kitamura Kazuki
* Kato Shigeaki as Katase Riichiro
* Ryo
* Toda Naho
* Nakayama Megumi
* Kato Kazuko
* Osugi Ren
* Ootomo Minami
Production Credits
* Original writing: Nakajima Hiroyuki (中嶋博行) Hokaben (manga)
* Screenwriter:
* Producer: Yamamoto Yoshio (山本由緒)
* Director: Sakuma Noriyoshi (佐久間紀佳)
Closed Notes [Jmovie] (Sawajiri Erika, Yusuke Iseya, Yuko Takeuchi)
Title: クローズド・ノート
English: “Closed Note”
(Kurozudo noto)
Release: September 29, 2007 (nationwide cinema release)
Production Company: Toho
Cast:
Sawajiri Erika
Yusuke Iseya (Casshern, Memories of Matsuko, Honey & Clover, …)
Yuko Takeuchi (The Ring (Ringu), Be with You, Spring Snow, …)
Director:
Isao Yukisada (”Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World”, …)
Synopsis
Kae, a college student who dreams of becoming a teacher, discovers a notebook in the house she has just moved into. The notebook turns out to be the diary of a woman, Mano Ibuki, who had just started teaching in primary school. Kae becomes absorbed by the woman’s pure heart, reading about her life and love. She falls for a painter, Ishitobi, while working at her part time job. As time passes, she finds out an unexpected sad truth.
Theme Song: Love & Truth (By YUI.)
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