It’s not too often that Japanese drama fans get the chance to see more than one member of J-pop super boy band ARASHI in a single show. On Jan 9th, we were treated to a two hour special made for TV movie Saigo no Yakusoku (The Last Promise), in which the five singers play individuals trapped …
Chasing down international criminal Jinno has been Takakura Sou’s (Oguri Shun, Hana Yori Dango) life ever since witnessing his father’s death. On a lead that Jinno is in Japan, Takakura and members of the New York police force are part of a joint task force with the Japanese department. After failing to capture him, the …
Let’s face it. A lot of us weren’t always the best students. We daydreamed in class, sometimes forgot to study for an exam or scrambled the night before to get our homework assignments finished. This is the story of one such boy. A senior high school student with poor grades and no real post-secondary plan, Kotaro …
The working single woman is used to living on her own terms. A nice apartment, freedom to purchase what she wants, leaving those purchases wherever she wants them and knowing exactly where in the pile they are, and a kitchen that rarely sees any use. All this is true of Satomi Akiyama. Now a teacher …
The world of TV shopping has exploded since the world-wide recession. More and more people are looking for deals on the every day products they use, and sometimes products don’t always work as advertised. When Tokura (Koizumi Kotaro) makes the mistake of mocking the shopping channel’s #1 hostess (Aisu, as in Antarctic Ice, due to her …
A heart-wrenching story of a man who discovers he may not have lost everything dear to him after all. Haruo (Hiroshi Abe) has just completed a nine year prison sentence, and on the very first day of his freedom, his prison earnings are stolen at a restaurant. With nowhere else to turn, he looks up …
Konkatsu is a Japanese term for marriage hunting; a combination of kekkon (marriage) and katsudo (hunting). In Japan, the search for the right marriage partner is not taken lightly. Konkatsu has become a very popular movement in the last couple years (you can even buy a konkatsu bra which has a countdown clock and pocket …
