Joe Odagiri and Masami Nagasawa have been cast in co-starring roles on a TBS drama series next season. Tentatively titled “Boku no Imouto,” the drama is based on an original script by writer Shunsaku Ikehata. Odagiri plays an elite surgeon, while Nagasawa plays his younger sister. Unlike her brother, Nagasawa’s  [ Read More ]

Some details have been revealed about “Nakumonka,” the upcoming movie by director Nobuo Mizuta and screenwriter Kankuro Kudo. The comedy, first announced in December, reunites Mizuta and Kudo with lead actor Sadao Abe, whom they last worked with in “Maiko Haaaan!!!” The story revolves around a young man running a  [ Read More ]

The late-night TBS variety show “Goro’s Bar,” hosted by SMAP’s Goro Inagaki, is being turned into a drama special for the first time. The drama will use the same premise as the show, with Goro playing the owner of a bar. The show’s regular characters, such as comedy groups Kuwabata  [ Read More ]

In December, Toho revealed that director Isshin Inudo would be in charge of a new film adaptation of the popular Seicho Matsumoto novel “Zero no Shoten,” also known by the English title “Zero Focus.” The movie’s main cast has now been revealed, with actress Ryoko Hirosue taking the starring role.  [ Read More ]