Ikuta Toma's first leading role in movie

Popular young actor Toma Ikuta (24) will star in a new movie directed by Genjiro Arato, the producer responsible for the award-winning "Zigeunerweisen" in 1980. The film is "Ningen Shikkaku," based on the Osamu Dazai novel of the same name. Also known in English as "No Longer Human," the book is generally considered to be Dazai's greatest masterpiece.

Ikuta has recently had major roles in several television series, but this role will actually be his first time appearing in a movie. Published in 1948, the semi-autobiographical "Ningen Shikkaku" was Dazai's last completed work before he successfully committed suicide. Despite selling millions of copies, the story has never been adapted to screen. However, this year is the 100th anniversary of Dazai's birth, prompting the decision to create a movie.

Filming starts in July, with a release projected for spring 2010.

Ikuta Toma New Drama~

Popular young actor Toma Ikuta has a solo starring role in a drama series for the first time. The show, titled "Majo Saiban," will be the first drama to tackle the issue of Japan's new "saiban-in" (lay judge) system.



This May, Japan is reintroducing the jury system, which was previously abolished in 1943. Since then, only judges have decide the outcome of criminal cases, but under the new system, cases will be decided by a combination of judges and lottery-selected citizens.

In "Majo Saiban," Ikuta plays a typical part-timer with little interest in social issues. However, he is unexpectedly chosen as a juror in the trial of a suspected female murderer. While the mystery surrounding the case unfolds, an unknown group is secretly attempting to bribe the jury.

Actress Ai Kato plays a housewife who is also selected as a juror, while Manami Higa plays Ikuta's girlfriend, a newspaper reporter. Yuriko Ishida takes on the role of the accused.

Fuji TV will air "Majo Saiban" on Saturday nights at 11:10pm. The series starts on April 25, about a month before the actual jury system goes into effect.

Banner credits go to ourhour @ Lj

New Drama Updates!

There are alot of drama's this new year 2009 that are announced but some of them arent confirmed yet (rumours) so first we start with the officially announced drama's Dozou!

(these drama's are only from people in JE no others see first post to see wich JE's! the starrings will also only say the JE's in the drama and no else)

Here are the officialy anounced drama's

Kami no shizuku

Starring: Kamenashi Kazuya

Kamenashi Kazuya's new 2009 drama it already started and in matter of fact there are already 2 episodes!

Episode 1 No subs yet

http://community.livejournal.com/ourhour/124045.html#cutid1

Episode 2 No subs yet
http://community.livejournal.com/ourhour/126213.html#cutid1
credit go to http://community.livejournal.com/ourhour

RESCUE! Drama

Starring: Nakamaru Yuichi (Kat-tun) and Masuda Takahisa (NewS)

The first episode was airing yesterday (saturday 19:56) but there are no raws out yet...!

Episode 1 raw (streaming or download vid)

http://nomanymore.blogspot.com/2009/01/2009-drama-rescue.html

credits go to news_jpop and Nomanymore.blogspot.com

Code Blue Sp

Starring: Yamashita Tomohisa (NewS)

Yup yup code blue special its not a new drama but its just an extra. More curly yamapi inside xD

here is the download link

Code Blue Sp (with softsubs)
http://community.livejournal.com/ourhour/122804.html#cutid1

credit goes to http://community.livejournal.com/ourhour

Can also watch on streaming site hardsubbed

http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/code-blue/code-blue-special/#more-10605

Uta no Onii-san

Starring: Ohno Satoshi (Arashi) and Ryuichi Maruyama (Kanjani8)

A very funny drama (judging on the first 2 episodes i saw) yesterday was the second episode

The story revolves around an unconventional children’s show called Minna de Utao! Kenta is a young musician whose band breaks up and who gets dumped by his girlfriend. To top it off, his own family labels him as useless. Unexpectedly, he becomes an uta no oniisan, a singing character on the childrens show.

Episode 1 + softsubs
http://community.livejournal.com/ourhour/124770.html#cutid1

Episode 2 RAW
http://community.livejournal.com/ourhour/127215.html#cutid1

credit go to http://community.livejournal.com/ourhour

On streaming site hardsubbed
http://www.dramacrazy.net/v/japanese-drama/uta-no-onii-san/

Voice

Starring: Ikuta Toma

We didn't hear from Toma a long time but he is back xD here is his new drama Voice.

In this drama a group of five medical students take on the task of conveying the voices of the dead. Kaji Daiki fails to get into a popular heart surgery seminar but is somehow accepted into a seminar on forensic pathology.

When he approaches professor Sagawa and asks him why he ended up in the seminar, Sagawa challenges him by asking why he wants to study heart surgery. Daiki replies that medicine is meaningless after the heart stops, but Sagawa counters that medicine also applies to the dead.And so, together with fellow students Ryosuke, Kanako, Teppei and Akira, Daiki begins to explore the mysteries of death.

Episode 1 + Softsubs

http://community.livejournal.com/ourhour/123227.html#cutid1

Episode 2 + Softsubs
http://community.livejournal.com/ourhour/125471.html#cutid1

credit goes to http://community.livejournal.com/ourhour

On streaming site Hardsubbed

http://www.dramacrazy.net/v/japanese-drama/voice/

All CREDITS go to Our Hour LJ Community and DramaCrazy.net (for links and information i only repost things!)

Johnny's Entertainment New Blog!

At this blog i'm gonna update various Johnny's Entertainment stuff (note: Johnny's Entertainment is a big agency in japan with alot of singers/dancers/actors in its duty)
By stuff i mean things like

• Gossips about various members of Johnny's Entertainment [note: shortcut JE's]
  


• New Songs/Drama's/Movie's/Concerts Information
  


• Archieve of Music Video's/Concert Video's/Drama's/Movie's/Variety Shows for you to download [note: it isn't recorded nor subtitled by me i will credit it of course or just link you to the website of the owner]
  


• Nikky's of various members of JE's [note: Will do this later if possible]
  


• Pictures of the month! And paparazi pictures [note: Also of course of members of JE's]
  


• Music Updates

Anyway these are the things i'm planning to do i hope you will make use of this blog and also have fun with it! If you found something inapropiate or something that is not alowed please let me know.
This Blog Isn't Ready Yet... Be Patient...

JE's who will partecipate in this are

• NewS


• Arashi


• Kanjani∞


• Kat-tun


• Kis My Ft


• A.B.C


• T&T [Tackey and Tsubasa]


• Hey Say Best


• Ikuta Toma

And also Induvidual members [for the gossips/paparazi]

• Yamashita Tomohisa [Yamapi]


• Nishikido Ryo


• Koyama Keiichiro


• Masuda Takahisa


• Tegoshi Yuya


• Shigeaki Kato


• Akanishi Jin


• Taguchi Junnosuke


• Kamenashi Kazuya


• Tanaka Koki


• Nakamaru Yuichi


• Matsumoto Jun


• Satoshi Ohno


• Ninomiya Kazunari


• Sakurai Sho


• Aiba Masaki


• Murakami Shingo


• Yokoyama Yu


• Tadayoshi Ohkura


• Murayama Ryuichi


• Yasuda Shota


• Kitayama Hiromitsu


• Kento Senga


• Fujigaya Taisuke


• Kawai Fumito


• Takizawa Hideaki


• Tsubasa Imai


• Hikaru Yaotome


• Daiki Arioka


• Yabu Kota


• Kei Inoo


• Takaki Yuya


• Ikuta Toma