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)

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May 15, 2008 · Filed Under Actors, Film, Korean TV Series, Son Yeh Jin

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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

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May 15, 2008 · Filed Under Abe Hiroshi, Actors, Film, Japanese TV series, Kimura Takuya

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Powerful Opponents OST

Release Date: April 29, 2008
Language: Korean

01 지켜줄게 (Feat. 앙리) - Lee Shin Sung
02 Come On B.B - As One
03 미안합니다 Ha Dong Kyun
04 말할 수 없는 비밀 - Ho Yeon Joo
05 To The Sky - Son Min Jung (Pearl’s Day)
06 사랑이야 - Yeon Woo
07 Day Dream - Lee Hye Rin
08 진달래 - Choi Sung Il

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April 30, 2008 · Filed Under Film, Korean Music, Music, Soundtrack

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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…

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April 26, 2008 · Filed Under Actors, Chinese Movies, Film, Karena Lam

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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

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April 21, 2008 · Filed Under Actors, Film, Japanese TV series, Nakama Yukie

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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

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April 20, 2008 · Filed Under Actors, Chinese Movies, Film, Kelly Chen

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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)

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April 17, 2008 · Filed Under Actors, Aya Ueto, Film, Japanese TV series

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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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April 16, 2008 · Filed Under Actors, Erika Sawajiri, Film, Japanese Movies, Music, Takeuchi Yuko

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Powerful Opponents [Kdrama] (Chae Rim, Lee Jin Wook, Choi Ja Hye)

  • Title: 강적들 (强敌) / Powerful Opponents
  • Also known as: Rivals
  • Genre: Romance
  • Episodes: 20
  • Broadcast network: KBS2
  • Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-14 to 2008-Jun
  • Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

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April 15, 2008 · Filed Under Actors, Chae Rim, Film, Korean TV Series

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Miss Gold Digger [KMovie] (Han Ye Seul, Kwon O-joong, In-kwon Kim, Lee Jong-hyuk)

Cast:

Han Ye Seul
Kwon O-joong
In-kwon Kim
Lee Jong-hyuk

Synopsis

Finally, a must-have handbook for finding Mr. Right! Dedicated to love-craving moaners and disgruntled whiners, Miss Gold Digger is a one-stop guide to weeding out the bad apples from the goodies. In his first feature film, director Park Yong Jib hires the bubbly, effervescent Han Ye Seul (Fantastic Couple) as his leading lady along with Lee Jong Hyuk (A Day For An Affair), Kwon Oh Joong (His Last Gift), and g.o.d’s Son Ho Young, to provide some new insight into the age-old mystery of locating one’s soul mate. Just as an avid shopper would know which stores to target before stepping out of the house, Han’s character suggests that women too should go on a massive shopping spree for men. Her candid philosophy of “experience brings wisdom” offers some tips to those still trying to figure out the Mr. Rights from the Mr. Wrongs.

According to Mi Soo (Han Ye Seul), a “love expert” who’s got all the 3 b’s a woman can possibly possess (beauty, body, and brain), the first step to achieving success in finding Mr. Right is open-mindedness. Whether it be a filthy rich hunk or a total loser, Mi Soo recommends that you keep them all on your shopping list. Like the saying “if you don’t try, you’ll never know”, Mi Soo’s next step suggests a little taste of everything that’s on your list. Sound agreeable? Unfortunately, there seems to be a little glitch in the handbook as our Ms. Know-It-All is about to face a major crisis in her own love fest. Take a brisk walk down the path of wisdom with our quirky heroine as she hunts for her Mr. Right!

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April 14, 2008 · Filed Under Actors, Film, Korean Movies

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