The drama features a thrilling love story about two engaged teachers, Natsumi (Toda) and Shuji (Miura), at a senior high school and a girl student, Hikari (Takei Emi), that has spent one night together with her teacher Shuji. The overall theme could be described as a “trial of their love”.

It is the first time for both Toda and Miura to act as teachers. Miura had his own way of preparing for such a difficult new role. He said, “I’ve called my homeroom teacher from junior high and bombarded him with questions.” Toda had her problems as well. “The director didn’t give ma a lot of orders, he just told me to be like ‘a good older sister to the students’… Quite a difficult role. The most difficult so far actually,” she expressed hersefl.

Further the actors both expressed their first impression of each other. Miura made the start and said, “She is a great actress who I am looking up to!” Toda couldn’t help but laugh and bashfully thanked him for such a compliment. She then returned the favor and said, “He has a very strong and fresh impression and is very enthusiastic when it comes to acting. Moreover he is very kind and helps me to relax.”

AKB48’s Shinoda Mariko also appears as a close friend and wedding planer of the couple. She actually has been Shuji’s boyfriend before Natsumi. Her comment about the drama: “I haven’t yet completely read the script until the end, but the story is already so interesting that I’ve felt like it is going to be  a smooth read-through as soon as I’ve received the script.” It is also Shinoda’s first real acting role and thus she is having quite some worries. She added, “I’m very nervous. Every day I think about my performance and what would be the best way to convey the characteristics of my role.”

In relation to the drama’s title, the actors further have talked about the important advices they have received from their parents.

Toda said, “My father has told me to always live a modest life full of gratitude.”

Miura has received a similar advice from his mother, “She has told me to always be honest and kind.”

Takei had an advice of her own, “You should find happiness every day.” About the drama she said with plenty of spirit, “I will try hard to destroy their relationship.”

Kazama Morio and Uchida Yuki have attended the press conference as well.

“Taisetsu na Koto” is going to premier on January 17th.

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Fuji TV has released the third trailer for their upcoming Monday drama, “Taisetsunakoto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshietekureta“, starring Toda Erika and Miura Haruma.

The 1-minute-long trailer features gives us a better grasp at understanding the atmosphere of this upcoming drama –  Toda and Miura are an engaged teacher couple, and Takei Emi is the school girl who is going challenge their happy love life. AKB48’s Shinoda Mariko and Johnny’s Jr. Nakajima Kento are to appear as regulars as well.

From the looks of the trailer, Fuji TV has found themselves another great story for their Monday 9:00PM drama slot, the most prestigious drama time slot in Japan.

Check out the trailer below and be sure not to miss its first episode on January 17th!

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Today, Fuji TV has finally announced that the girl in that forbidden relationship will be played by young actress Takei Emi (16), and it will mark her first role in a Monday drama.

Hikari (Takei) and Shuji (Miura) will spend the night before the opening ceremony of the new school term together, not knowing that they are going to become teacher-student the next day. Once she finds out that he is her homeroom teacher, and that he is in such a oh-so-perfect relationship and is about to get married, her jealousy makes her want to destroy their relationship. However, knowing of the pain and darkness in Hikari’s heart, Shuji gradually gets the urge to help her out of this misery instead of trying use all of his energy to save his relationship with Natsumi (Toda). A truly complicated love triangle full of love and hate.

More than 800 girls auditioned for the role of Hikari, the key person of the whole drama.

Takei spoke about getting the role: “I was really surprised and jumping for joy when I was picked for a role in a Monday drama. I can’t wait for the filming to begin. I’d like to work hard with everyone at the set and hope that many people are going to watch this drama.”

The producers also stated why they’ve picked Takei for the role: “Takei was simply magnificent. You can see her amazing willpower in her eyes. We did the screening by judging all the girls from their appearance on the monitor, but in her case we were still able to feel her intensity as if she was standing right in front of us. I think she is the perfect choice for the role of the student that will be able to drive the two teachers played by Toda Erika and Miura Haruma into a corner.”

“Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta” will start in January and air every Monday at 9 PM on Fuji TV.

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The title of the drama is "Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta" and it will depict a complicated love story of two young teachers whose relationship is being put on a trial by betrayal and other conflicts.

Toda will play a cheerful and lively English teacher at a senior high school who is about to get married to her long-time boyfriend and fellow teacher played by Miura. Both of them have been classmates during their senior high school and university days and eventually became a couple that recently decided to get married someday soon. She loves her job and lives a happy private life, but all that is about to collapse when she finds out that her fiancé has a forbidden relationship with  one of the schoolgirls at their school.

Miura himself usually is a very bright and sincere teacher as well. Even the parents of his students trust him blindly due to his sincerity, but what they don't know is that he is having a relationship with one of the girls of his new class. He himself feels very bad about betraying his fiancée, but after learning about the darkness that filled up that girl's heart he chose to help her out of this misery.

The producers about the difficult challenges they've prepared for Toda and Miura, "There are only a few actress that can grow into their roles like Toda Erika andMiura Haruma fits perfectly into the role of the young teacher whose life begins to turn into the wrong direction thanks to his fresh appearance and delicate acting."

In addition Toda already seems to be emotionally attached to her role, "Affection is something that you give. That's something I have definitely found out and the one thing I'd like to convey through the universal theme of love."

Miura is ambitious as well, "There's a lot of pressure since it's my first Monday drama and my first role as a teacher, but I'm really looking forward to start working with Toda and everyone else."

In January we will find out whether their love will be able to bear all the conflicts and betrayals.

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"Every day I haven't been on a set since the end of the morning drama felt really lonely and I can't wait for the filming of my next drama to begin," she said enthusiastically.

Actor Fujiki Naohito (38) has been casted as her partner. He will play a psychology professor.

After Matsushita's starring role in the NHK morning drama, she became the national "nyobo" (wife) of Japan and her big breakthrough even gave her the opportunity to host this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen".

About her new role as a female detective, she said, "I want it to become a detective drama that even women will enjoy to watch. My character seems to be a woman that can sometimes be cool and sometimes be really sweet."

Fujiki also already used to the opportunity to make a comment about his new co-star. "Matsushita-san conveys the impression of an innocent woman, but at the same time you can sense a certain dignity and strength around her. I will have to try my best not to lose against that strength of her," he said.

Kanjami8's Yokoyama Yuu (29) will appear as one of her colleagues as well. Both Matsushita's and his character have been classmates at the police academy. Further he seems to be more like a soshoku man (lit. herbivorous, not really competitive at work and in love), because so far he never had the courage to confess his true feeling to her.

Fuji TV hasn't yet decided on a title for the drama, but it will start in January and air every Tuesday at 9 pm.

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The drama special already was announced back in May. As a detective she will have to deal with a mysterious serial murder case and the odd key word, "Strawberry Night" that seems to be connected to it.

Takeuchi even had to perform wire action for her first role as a detective. "In the beginning I felt like Peter Pan. Once a real young policeman approached me and shouted, 'You can't do that! Stop it!' In a panic I showed him my fake police identification card to calm him down," she said and laughed.

The special will air on Fuji TV on the 13th at 9pm.

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Ueto is rumored to be in a relationship with EXILE's leader HIRO (41) and all the reporters wanted to get a comment from her, but during the press conference she didn't answer any questions related to the rumor and just kept on smiling. At another PR-Event for "Uniqlo" today, her senior Yonekura Ryoko (35) was also asked about their relationship, but she didn't really seem to know about it either.

As for the drama "Nagareboshi", it's a classic love story about a desperate man and a desperate woman that happen to meet each other at the right moment and gradually start to fall in love with each other. It's been 9 years since Takenouchi last starred in a Monday drama. Inagaki Goro (36), Matsuda Shota (25) and Kitano Kie (19) are part of the regular cast as well.

Takenouchi commented, "The taste is different from the usual Monday dramas these days. I want to make it into something impressive."

Ueto said, "It's rare to find such roles and I'm glad that I came across this role. I want to show everyone a new side of me in this drama."

"Nagareboshi" will start on the 18th.

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The drama will be called "Mesen" and is based on an original story written by Amano Setsuko who just debuted 3 years ago at the age of 60. It features Nakama as wheelchair-bound handicapped woman who gets involved into a mysterious serial murder case. They promise a suspense-packed story and a fascinating performance of Nakama, very different to her trademark characters she portrayed in "Trick" and "Gokusen".

Nakama plays the third daughter of a wealthy family that owns a major construction company. As a child she encountered a major accident that left her bound to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Since then she has been brought up with the tenderest by care by her family and became an illustrator. The actual story begins when her father, the president of the construction company suddenly commits suicide. After that the rest of his family is starting to get murdered by a mysterious person and the search for the serial killer begins. Throughout the story we will find out the ingenious tricks the killer used to take their lives and the deep sorrow that triggered all those tragic events.

Nakama about her role and the wheelchair, "I'm playing a woman who never shows her feelings and always maintains her calmness despite the darkness that is hidden inside her heart. It was difficult expressing her character. Moving around with the wheelchair turned out to be much more difficult than I thought as well, since there are only a limited amount of places you can access with a wheelchair. It was also a strange feeling having to look at other people's faces from below. I've realized how much time it takes to move around with the wheelchair and experienced how important it is for handicapped people to have people around who support them."

About the title "Mesen" ("Perspective") she said, "It just needs a very small change in your perspective and the original scene of a happy family suddenly turns into something very frightening and dangerous. I hope I will always be able to maintain my perspective without change."

"Mesen" is planned to air this December and will be shown in Fuji TV's "Friday Prestige" time slot.

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The two amazing actresses Nakama Yukie (30) and Dan Rei (39) are going to work together for the first time for a new Fuji TV drama that is going to air in the upcoming winter season of 2011 that will start in January.

A title has yet to be announced for the drama, but it's supposed to be all about the complex and exciting world of women. A mysterious and wicked woman (Nakama) happens to encounter a normal housewife living a happy life (Dan). It's an encounter not without consequences as the housewife's ordinary and peaceful life slowly starts to crumble in front of her eyes. Jealousy, friendship and compassion are the 3 big themes for the suspense adult drama.

Filming already started not too long ago and the two actresses already hit it off with each other. Nakama talked a bit about her first impression of Dan. "After reading the script I wanted to meet up with Dan as soon as possible. She gives you such a kind and warm impression that it almost feels like being at home and she has no problems portraying that nice atmosphere of motherliness," she said. "I'm playing a suspicious woman with a lot of different faces. It's a role different to any other kind of role I've played in the past and I enjoy it a lot," she continued.

Dan was delighted to finally be able to work together with Nakama as well. "I never would have imagined to be able to work together with her someday. We are having a lot of conversations and it's just pure fun working for this drama. I'm enjoying work so much that I have to be careful not to suffer from a heatstroke," she said with a bitter smile. Temperatures are currently very high in Japan, so she definitely wasn't joking about the latter part.

Can there be any better way to start off a new year of dramas with two such big actresses starring together in one drama?

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Fuji TV is going to introduce a new drama time slot on Sundays at 9pm with the start of this year's fall season and today they've announced who are going to be the pioneers for that time slot.

The drama is called "Perfect Report" and features actress Matsuyuki Yasuko (37) in the leading role as a top class reporter working for a TV station. Her name is Souzan and she might be one of the best reporters out there, but she's such a stubborn woman that she has to face a lot of other problems in her life. About the drama Matsuyuki said, "I'd like to make a drama that is going to refresh your energy for the next day," and added, "It's a real honor to have the first starring role in the new time slot."

Koide Keisuke (26) and Aibu Saki (25) will co-star alongside Matsuyuki. Koide will play a former politics reporter who is now the right arm of Souzan. "I'm very happy to be a part of the newly created drama time slot. I will work hard to the best of my abilities," he said. Aibu will play a former weathergirl who ended up having to work under Souzan due to some huge debacle she caused in the past. "It will be very exciting for me, because it's been over 1 year since I've last acted in a drama serial," she expressed her anticipation.

Others like Kohinata Fumiyo (56) and Kaname Jun (29) will complete the cast.

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