Takuya Kimura to star in a special drama "Miyamoto Musashi", his 1st appearance in a TV Asahi drama in 19 years

1： 禿の月φ ★ 2013/12/26(木) 05:11:19.79 ID:???P

Takuya Kimura will be playing the role of Musashi Miyamoto in a special drama that will be shown for 2 consecutive nights on TV Asahi called Miyamoto Musashi.

This will be Kimura's first period flick in 8 years, after the movie Bushi no Ichibun (2006 - Yoji Yamada) and 19 years since his last appearance in a TV Asahi drama since 1995's special drama Kimi wa toki no kanata e.

Experienced in kendo, Kimura comments: "I've experienced 'swinging a sword' ever since I was small, and Musashi Miyamoto is a person whom you'd definitely be conscious of even if you didn't want to. I'm also looking forward to unraveling the mysteries that shroud Musashi". "A lot of industry senpais have already played the role of Musashi Miyamoto, but I would like to get an OK for every scene that I play him in without any compromises, and eventually make the role my own."

Source: http://mainichi.jp/mantan/news/20131225dyo00m200037000c.html


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Atsuko Maeda's NHK period drama "Asakiyumemishi" struggling to get good ratings

1： れいおφ ★ 2013/10/08(火) 09:29:38.42 ID:???0

NHK's period drama Asakiyumemishi ~ Yaoya Oshichi Ibun (NHK/Thursday 8:00) starring Atsuko Maeda got 4.0% for its third episode last October 3. Episode 1 got 5.8%, while the second got 5.0%.
NHK is not very particular when it comes to ratings, but despite the enthusiasm showed by the staff members at first, they are apparently disappointed at the outcome, as comments like, "We didn't imagine that Atsuko Maeda couldn't bring in the ratings...", "This is what we get for using her just because of the label 'former AKB center'", "4.0% would be considered for cancellation if this was on commercial TV", were heard within the station.

Maeda also received some positive comments about her acting such as having good expressions and that she's showing some improvement every episode. However, there are also some reviews saying that she acts like a vegetable and that her lines are hard to pick up. Some people have even gone to the extent of saying that "We should've just cast Yuko Oshima instead".

http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/8135995/

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