Tagged: kimiko yo

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The Year of Asian 2.0: Hallyu and More

It’s been nearly 11 years since I wrote the small piece on The Year of Asian, celebrating Yojiro Takita’s Okuribito snatching the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film and Slumdog Millionaire sweeping award season...

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Dr. Rintaro

Dr. Hino Rintaro vouches to cure the mental maladies that plague modern society with loads of Kumbaya. Yu Aoi also stars as a D.I.D geisha.

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Oyaji no Senaka

Oyaji no Senaka is a 10-episode series anthology focusing on fathers’ relationships with their children and families, written and directed by ten different teams of creatives and featuring ten different sets of actors.

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Wakamonotachi 2014

In honor of the 55th anniversary of Fuji TV’s Wakamonotachi (若者たち) series, they’ve decided to do a 2014 version with an impressive cast list that includes Satoshi Tsumabuki, Eita, Hikari Mitsushima, Yu Aoi, Ai Hashimoto, and Masami Nagasawa.

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Galileo XX: Utsumi Kaoru’s Last Case

Raise your hand if you missed Kou Shibasaki on this year’s Galileo series? It certainly doesn’t seem like I was the only person to do so, because according to rumors- Fuji TV got fan letters requesting Shibasaki be back… so they did.

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Osen (Jdrama)

Osen is a 10-episode 2008 NTV Japanese drama based on the manga series by Kikuchi Shota following a traditional Japanese restaurant owner named Handa Sen, often referred to as Osen by her workers and peers.

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Ace Attorney (2012)

In a true blend of multiple genres he’s tackled before, Takashi Miike captures the essence of the Phoenix Wright games without losing his own style.