Bloody Monday (ブラッディ・マンデイ -2008)

Starring:
Miura Haruma as Takagi Fujimaru (Falcon)
Kawashima Umika as Takagi Haruka
Newspaper Club
Sato Takeru as Kujo Otoya
Fujii Mina as Asada Aoi
Tokunaga Eri as Anzai Mako
Hisano Masahiro (久野雅弘) as Tachikawa Hide
THIRD-i
Tanaka Tetsushi as Takagi Ryonosuke
Matsushige Yutaka as Kano Ikuma
Katase Nana as Hosho Sayuri
Ashina Sei as Minami Kaoru
Yoshizawa Hisashi as Kirishima Goro
Nakahara Fumio (中原文雄) as Sonoma Takao
Kubota Masashi (久保田将至) as Kudo Akira
Anan Atsuko (阿南敦子) as Sawakita Miki
Kudo Shunsaku (工藤俊作) as Okita Koichi
Harada Kana (原田佳奈) as Nakagawa Saori
Saito Ayumu (斎藤歩) as Kamata Junichiro
Terrorists
Narimiya Hiroki as J (Kanzaki Jun)
Kichise Michiko as Orihara Maya
TET as Demon Joichi
Yamaguchi Ryuto (山口龍人) as Bluebird (Ando Ken)
Takito Kenichi (滝藤賢一) as Shirota Manabu
Taniguchi Shota (谷口翔太) as Kobayashi Daisuke
Nagakura Daisuke (永倉大輔) as Tanabe Ryo
Tsuneyoshi Rie (恒吉梨絵) as Arimura Nozomu
Abe Marie (安部魔凛碧) as Miyamoto
Tozawa Yasuaki (斗澤康秋) as Nishida
Kojima Koichi (児島功一)
Kaneko Takanobu (金子貴伸)
Officials and Police
Hamada Akira as Yasuoka Keitaro (Chief Cabinet Secretary)
Nakane Toru as Osugi Kenichi (PSIA Chief Director)
Kokubo Joji (小久保丈二) as Ikeda Katsuhiko (Chief of Detectives)
Ryu Raita as Kujo Akihito (Minister of Justice)
Hotaru Yukijiro as Detective Funaki
Ozaki Usoh (尾崎右宗) as Detective Iba
Others
Shimada Kyusaku as Kamishima Shimon
Jinbo Satoshi as Shikimura Sosuke
Nomaguchi Toru as Ishikawa
Saeki Arata (佐伯新) as Asakura
Namiki Shiro as Hikage Kiyoshi
Miyazawa Miho (宮澤美保) as Tominaga Kyoko
Yananaka Atsushi (山中敦史) as Kurosaki
Watanabe Shiho (渡邊志穂) as Murakami Anri
Takeshima Yasunari (竹嶋康成) as Sada
Mihara Iona (三原伊織奈) as Ishikawa Matsuko
Wada Satoshi (和田サトシ) as Yoshioka Keisuke
Seki Keisuke as teacher
Eguchi Noriko as Yasuda Yukiko
Oyamada Sayuri as Yamamura Yoko

After a biological terrorist attack kills off the population of a Russian town; Japan's Public Safety Special Third unit, code name THIRD-i, believes that the terrorist organization responsible plans to unleash the same virus known as Bloody X into Tokyo. Subsequently, THIRD-i recruits the help of genius hacker Takagi Fujimaru to find out what happened in the Russia. However, as Fujimaru becomes involved, he soon finds out that he is in over his head and that the terrorist groups influence reaches not only his school but even the police. Fujimaru must now rely on his skill as a hacker to unravel the organizations sinister plot and find out the truth behind "Bloody Monday."

I don't know if these are tears of joy or happiness. From episode 10 to the end, I have been a blubbering idiot. It's not like this was a sad drama. Well, it was but not like a melodrama. I cried because of the fear of betrayal for Fujimaru. I cried because I couldn't believe his best friend would be "K". Man, I was sick and jittery to the bitter end.

This is by far the best damn DRAMA I have EVER seen. This is now my ranked #1 drama at this moment. The script had me on pins and needles. I couldn't wait find out the outcome. And you know what? They left an opening for a second season. PLEASE SAY IT IS SO! I really didn't want this drama to end. My favorite young actors and older as well were in this drama. The character portrayals were perfectly matched by the actors and actresses who played them.........

This....God!....this was just wonderful. Okay, and I balled and boo-hooed at the very end because there was a sad but beautiful ending to this story. Can I go on living?

The plot twist in episode 10 had me hook. line and sinker. You never really know who we can trust and we we can't. But I was so totally pleased to know that Fujimaru's instincts were true.

Such a smart drama. I might have to watch this again. I might have missed something.........

Now I'll go hide in the corner and suck my thumb because I can't go on living without more episodes of this. Please....oh, please....I hope they make another season.

Damn! This rocked my world!

Gokusen 3 ( ごくせん -2008)

Starring:
Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumichou) (Math Teacher/Class 3D adviser)
Namase Katsuhisa as Sawatari Goro, Kyoto (School Vice Principal)
Enami Kyoko as Akagi Ryoko (Board Chairman)
Utsui Ken as Kuroda Ryuichiro (Kumiko's grandpa / 3rd Generation Oedo Yakuza Boss)
Anan Kenji as Wakamatsu Hiro
Kaneko Ken as Asakura Tetsu
Uchiyama Shinji as Tatsukawa Minoru
Ryogoku Hiroshi as Sugawara Makoto
Takaki Yuya as Ogata Yamato
Miura Haruma as Kazama Ren
Ishiguro Hideo as Honjo Kengo
Nakama Junta as Ichimura Rikiya
Kiriyama Akito as Kuraki Satoru
Miura Shohei as Kamiya Shunsuke
Waki Tomohiro as "Kuma" / Kumai Teruo (Former student of Yankumi)
Azuma Mikihisa as Baba Masayoshi (PE Teacher)
Koizumi Kotaro as Natsume Seichi (School Doctor)
Hirayama Aya as Takano Aoi (English Teacher)
Hoshino Aki as Ayukawa Sakura (School Nurse)
Sato Jiro as Yajima Hosaku (Japanese Classics Teacher)
Sakigake Santaro (魁三太郎) as Hatoyama Yasuhiko (World History Teacher)
Ishii Kota as Tsuruoka Keisuke (Physics Teacher)
Ishihara Atsumi (石原あつ美) as Kumai Ami (Kumai Teruo's wife)
Yamada Yu as Kazama Kaoruko (Kazama Ren's sister)

Class 3D
Ito Ryusuke (伊藤竜翼) as Ashida Ryusuke
Uefune Hiroto (上船弘人) as Ikeda Hiroto
Kanno Atsumi (菅野篤海) as Ishibashi Atsumi
Kido Yuya as Okuma Yuya
Kujirai Kosuke (鯨井康介) as Ohira Kosuke
Kobori Shinpei (小堀慎平) as Okada Shinpei
Koyanagi Shin (小栁心) as Katayama Shin
Shimizu Ryotaro (清水良太郎) as Katsura Ryotaro
Chiba Keisuke (千葉恵佑) as Saito Keisuke
Terada Shinya (寺田慎矢) as Suzuki Shinya
Totani Kimito (戸谷公人) as Takahashi Kimito
Nakayama Masei (中山麻聖) as Tanaka Masei
Hamao Kyosuke (浜尾京介) as Terauchi Kyosuke
Maeda Goki (前田公輝) as Hamaguchi Goki
Mayama Akihiro as Gen Akihiro
Maruo (まるお) as Hosokawa Maruo
Yazaki Hiroshi (矢崎広) as Matsukata Hiroshi
Yamada Ryohei (山田亮平) as Miki Ryohei
Yuki Jutta (夕輝壽太) as Murayama Jutta
Yuji (ユージ) as Yamamoto Yuji
Wakaba Ryuya as Yoshida Ryuya
Warabino Tomoya as Wakatsuki Tomoya

Guests
Omiya Taro (ep1,4,11)
Hojo Takahiro (ep3)
Kaneda Akio (ep5)
Shindo Gaku (ep5)
Kusumi Kaoru (楠見薫) (ep5)
Hirayama Keiko (平山慶子) (ep5)
Mashita Yuuki (真下有紀) (ep5)
Kojima Haruna (ep6)
Masu Takeshi (ep6)
Suzuki Hiromi (鈴木ひろみ) (ep6)
Matsuda Satoshi (ep7,11)
Fukuda Moe (福田萌) (ep7)
Kudo Aya (工藤亜耶) (ep7)
Miyazaki Yoshiko (ep8)
Takiguchi Yukihiro (ep8)
Shibuya Momoko (ep8)
Yagami Ren (ep9)
Nadaka Tatsuo (ep10)
Tokoshima Yoshiko (ep10)
Take Yutaka (武豊) (ep11)
Aoki Sayaka (ep11)

Miura Haruma, Nakama Junta, Kiriyama Akito


OMG! I'm shocked this has ended so soon. It seems like yesterday I just started watching this. Ugh!

Again this was pretty much the same theme, different year with the exception that this year didn't end with everyone knowing that Yankumi was yakuza. I was hoping that finally that Yankumi would finally find love with the doctor. Why do they make her suffer so? Does this mean we might get another Gokusen? Who would the main guys be this time if there was? I wish..........

I was surprised that I caught myself tearing up near the end when Ren got hurt and was in critical condition. To watch Yankumi break down.....yeah, it got me good. Damn tears!

Another good year, another set of good kids, and another round of teaching the basics in self reliance, self worth, friendship, and love of school. This show should be shown in schools because of the set of values it teaches.....in the States especially.

I really loved this season because I'm so in love with Haruma-kun! Just got done with Binbo Danshii too. Now I have to go on the hunt for more of this cute guy! He's got the looks and he's got the ability to become great!

Miura Haruma

Binbo Danshi (貧乏男子 ボンビーメン -2008)

Starring:
Oguri Shun as Koyama Kazumi
Yashima Norito as Hikita Shuzo
Yamada Yu as Nakahara Mimi
Miura Haruma as Shiraishi Ryo
Yusuke Santamaria as Omuomu
Kamiji Yusuke as Teruteru
Otoo Takuma as Chagie
Ichige Yoshie as Koyama Shizue
Naka Riisa as Shinjo Sumire
Shibue Joji as Sunagawa Takayuki
Shikauchi Takashi (鹿内孝) as Inoue Goro
Suzunosuke (鈴之助) as Katagiri Hiroshi
Ito Yumi (伊藤ゆみ) as Kurata Wakana
Okada Ryosuke (岡田亮輔) as Akagi (Kazumi's Classmate)
Ishida Yudai (石田勇大) as Nakata (Kazumi's Classmate)
Kai Makoto (甲斐誠) as Uekusa (Kazumi's Classmate)
Tomikawa Kazuhito as Tsunoda
Morita Yosuke (森田陽祐) as Wakamatsu
Kojika Keiji (小鹿敬司) as Shimura
Masuda Shuichiro (増田修一朗) as Nagasaka
Takiguchi Yukihiro as Abe (Host)

Guests
Hankai Kazuaki (ep3)
Iriyama Noriko (ep3)
Tokui Yuu (ep4)
Yamazaki Hajime (ep6,8)
Imae Fuyuko (今江冬子) (ep7)
Kasai Kenji (ep7)
Yamashita Yorie (ep8)

Koyama Kazumi is a poor but optimistic college student who firmly believing that there are more important things than money. Despite his own poverty he ends up taking on other people's debts and faces various challenges to pay off those debts. --Tokyograph

Ah, it's finally finished. Okay, the last episode was surprising to say the least. Let's just say Mimi, if you haven't watched the final episode yet, marries somebody you'd least expect.

I knew Shiraishi would leave. That was sad. I was hoping that he and Kazumi would work together with their "recycling" job.

This show wasn't all that. There were some episodes that were boring as hell, some that were surprisingly funny, and some that made no damn sense at all. I watched it only because it had the "Shun-kun" and Haruma-kun in it. Period.

This show could have been by far better. So I'll just say that it helped me waste some time if I needed to.

Ahhh but alas....more pics of two of my favorite guys.

Oguri Shun


Miura Haruma

14 Sai No Haha (１４才の母-2006)

Starring:
Shida Mirai as Ichinose Miki (14)
Tanaka Misako as Ichinose Kanako (43)
Namase Katsuhisa as Ichinose Tadahiko (45)
Miura Haruma as Kirino Satoshi (15)
Muroi Shigeru as Kirino Shizuka (48)
Yamaguchi Sayaka as Endo Kyoko (Homeroom teacher, 25)
Koumoto Junichi as Mitsui Makoto (Miki's uncle, 33)
Kitamura Kazuki as Hatano Taku (Chief of editor, 38)
Sorimachi Takashi as Doctor Tsuchida (ep10-11)

14-year-old Miki Ichinose becomes pregnant with her boyfriend's child. After struggling with the fact that she is pregnant, she decides that she will keep the baby and raise it by herself. The drama follows what this means for her, her family, her school life, the life of her boyfriend and his family, and the society in which she resides.


I don't know what to say about this show. It disturbed me beyond no end. Shida Mirai looks younger than her 14 years in this show, almost 11-12 years in fact. Teaming her up with Miura Haruma who is actually in reality 3 years older than her in real life made it seem unreal. Should have had another actress for the role. Nothing against Shida Mirai, she did really well it was just hard to watch with her childlike face. I guess they chose her for that reason. Reality is....girls that young are getting pregnant. Ugh.

It had a happy ending though. That made it seem better when my heart cried out in pain to see such a young girl grow up in 9 months immediately. To my happy surprise, Sorimachi Takashi, played her doctor after giving birth. I about peed my panties out of sheer happiness. So I had two hotties to make my morning.

I must admit I watched all the episodes in 4 hours time. "How?" I'm sure you are asking. Well, there was too much melodramatic music, reminiscing, and boring adult talk. All I cared about was the relationship of Satoshi and Miki...so I fast forwarded through most of it. And to my complete surprise, they didn't dwell alot on their relationship. It was all about Miki and her family which royally pissed me off. Satoshi's relationship and responsibilities were tossed on her throughout the series. I think they should have thrown in more on his side...so that sped up the process a bit for me as well. So 11 episodes cut down to 4 hours.....that says alot.

The series could have been better like I said especially on this tough subject and not have left it on the girl. It takes "two to tango" as they say.

Sorimachi Takashi

*faints*


Miura Haruma

Akihabara@DEEP Movie (アキハバラ@DEEP-2006)

Starring:
Hiroki Narimiya - Page
Yu Yamada - Akira
Shugo Oshinari - Box
YosiYosi Arakawa - Taiko
Haruma Miura - Izumu

Set in Tokyo's otaku mecca Akihabara, "Akihabara@DEEP" tells the story of five otaku who drop out of society and end up founding their own successful IT venture called Crook. But Nakagomi, president of an influential electronics company called Digital Capital, will do anything to get his hands on Crook.



This movie was a dud. There was nothing that Hiroki- and Haruma-kun could do to save this movie. I was bored to tears. It took more than halfway for the movie to get decently interesting and then it ended. I really wanted to beat my head up against the wall. I should have just quit the movie and found something else. But I so desperately wanted to see this movie improve...........

I wasted two perfectly good hours to only see no more than 30 minutes of Haruma-kun. Ugh! I will say that Hiroki-kun was definitely the star of this show.

So.........I'll just post pics of the cuties. Something more interesting to look at than that boring movie.

Miura Haruma

He's half my age. It's sooooo NOT fair! *sobs uncontrollably*

Narimiya Hiroki

Sorry I went a little nuts on Hiroki-kun! God, he's gorgeous!

Oshinari Shugo

Koizora (Sky of Love, 恋空-2007)

Starring:

Haruma Miura-Sakurai Hiro
Yui Aragaki-Tahara Mika
Keisuke Koide-Fukuhara Yu
Karina
Ryuji Yamamoto
Yuko Asano
Tomona Hirota
Yosuke Asari

The cell-phone novel that moved 11 million to tears.

Uploaded to a cell-phone website, this tale of an average girl’s three stormy years of high school, a saga of love, rape, pregnancy, miscarriage, parting, and reunion, is in fact a true story. Striking a chord with many women, its popularity spread like wildfire by word of mouth, and published in book form was an instant best-seller, with 1.3 million copies snapped up in only three weeks. The work is a true phenomenon of the emerging cell-phone society. (source: Moviexclusive.com)



I write this as snot runs, dripping down my nose, lips, chin. I can't stop sobbing. Not the quiet tears but heart-wrenching, gut-tightening, hiccuping, lungs-suffocating, rocking type of crying. This movie, I will have trouble throughout the day, will haunt me for days. I will not be able to watch Gokusen 3 because of Miura Haruma who is a lead role. I can honestly say that I've fallen for him. This movie, his part, "oh God!".......will I be able to make it. The tears won't stop. Out of the 2 hours of watching, I cried through 75% of it....especially the end.

This was a love so inspiring that I wish we all could have but then could we all survive the pain that comes with that type of love?

I'm trying so hard not to give away this movie. I don't want to ruin it for anyone. I will say this........be prepared, be forewarned........this movie, if it doesn't move you to tears with wracking sobs, needs more than a store of tissue. If you don't cry during this movie, you must have no heart or love of any kind. I'm sitting here trying so damn hard to type through my tears and to keep from having snot land on my keypad.

I will probably not watch this movie again because I don't think I can handle it. The most important part of the story that had me so upset was when Hiro realized he didn't want to die and wanted to live on with Mika. Damn! I just can't seem to stop crying. This movie affected me so much. I need to find a happy movie ASAP!

Oh and there is a reason this was called the Sky of Love.................damn more tears. How much snot can one person produce?

I'd add pics....but I don't think I can do it just now..*sigh*

Gokusen 3

YANKUMI IS BACK!

I can never get tired of this show. I've only seen the first episode so far. There are only 2 episodes shown so far that I know of. It's only been out less than a month, so we Americans and other countries have to wait patiently for private fansubs to get those things taken care of for us Asian drama junkies, ya know?

I will have to say so far, from just the first episode, the first episode starts out with the same recipe as the two other seasons. First you start out with class 3-D of rebels, mix in uncaring teachers, add one head teacher, add one teacher who was raised by a yakuza, and then bake for an hour of laughs and sentiment.

This years class this time has two leaders of one class. So what does that mean? You have two gangs of hormonal male teens vying for attention and head honcho.

On a personal note, the actor playing Ogata Yamato looks almost exactly like Akanishi Jin of KAT-TUN!!!!! For those don't know, Akanishi Jin was in the second season, Gokusen 2! "Kawaii!!"

Class 3D
Miura Haruma as Kazama Ren
Takaki Yuya as Ogata Yamato
Ishiguro Hideo as Honjo Kengo
Kiriyama Akito as Kuraki Satoru
Nakama Junta as Ichimura Rikiya
Miura Shohei as Kamiya Shunsuke

Blast to the Past...Gokusen 2...
Kamenashi Kazuya as Odagiri Ryu
Akanishi Jin as Yabuki Hayato
Hayami Mokomichi as Tsuchiya Hikaru
Koike Teppei as Takeda Keita
Koide Keisuke as Hyuuga Kosuke

...Gokusen...
Matsumoto Jun as Sawada Shin
Oguri Shun as "Uchi" / Uchiyama Haruhiko
Matsuyama Kenichi as Mori Kenichi
Ishigaki Yuma as Minami Youichi

Miura Haruma


Takaki Yuya