Will this year's Gunshi Kanbee be able to break the spell of struggling Taiga dramas?

1: れいおφ ★ 2014/01/02(木) 09:54:22.19 ID:???0

The NHK Taiga drama Gunshi Kanbee will begin on January 5 with V6 member Junichi Okada as the lead.

The main charater Kanbee Kuroda was a tactician under Hideyoshi Toyotomi. He is also a war general whom Hitoshi Matsumoto of Downtown has expressed admiration for on TV and radio.

Dramas which were set in the sengoku era, or the "warring states period", have historically done well. 1987's Dokuganryuu got an average rating of 39.7%, first all-time among Taiga dramas. Other dramas set in the sengoku era are 1988's Takeda Shingen (2nd all-time), 1965's Taikouki, 1983's Tokugawa Ieyasu and 1996's Hideyoshi -- all of which got over 30% for the yearly averages and is said to be the empirical way for Taiga dramas.

This was preceded by Yae no Sakura starring Haruka Ayase, which began broadcast in January 6, 2013. It got 21.4% for the first episode, but ratings gradually declined as the finale only got 16.6%. The average for the entire drama was 14.6%, 4th lowest of all time.

Taiga dramas of recent years have been struggling, the most notable is 2012's Taira no Kiyomori which featured Kenichi Matsuyama. This had the worst average of all-time for a Taiga drama with 12.0%. Looking at the Taiga dramas for the past years, 7 out of the 10 have had averages below 20%, excluding Yukie Nakama's Koumyou ga Tsuji (2006), Aoi Miyazaki's Atsuhime (2008), and Satoshi Tsumabuki's Tenchijin (2009). Even Masaharu Fukuyama's Ryōmaden only got 18.7%.

Source: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140102-00000001-wordleaf-ent 

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Top 10 NHK Taiga dramas

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1. Dokuganryuu Masamune
2. Takeda Shingen
3. Kasuga no Tsubone
4. Akouroushi
5. Onna Taikouki
6. Tokugawa Ieyasu
7. Taikouki
8. Hideyoshi
9. Inochi
10. Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune

More speculations that Jun Matsumoto and Mao Inoue are together

1： ムネオヘアーρ ★ 2013/12/18(水) 20:03:40.86 0 ID:

Mao Inoue (26) has been chosen to play the lead in Hanamoyu, NHK's taiga drama for 2015. She will also star as the lead in the upcoming movie Shirayukihime Satsujin Jiken which will be in theaters in March. One can say that she's at the most crucial stage of her career, yet there are rumors linking her to a hugely popular talent that has been causing quite a stir within the public.

This talent is Jun Matsumoto (30), the most popular member in Arashi. The two met in 2005 on the set of the huge hit Hana Yori Dango (TBS). Numerous eyewitness reports have followed after this.

"They were seen together wearing disguises at Nakameguro, there were also reports of them having tea together at a cafe in Jiyugaoka. They were also together at Shun Oguri and Yu Yamada's wedding ceremony, and were also very intimate there." - (showbiz photographer)

Oguri is close friends with Inoue and Matsumoto, and there was also an incident where one of Oguri's acquaintances accidentally tweeted that Inoue and Matsumoto came to Oguri's house. Johnny's had this deleted, though.

"It seems that Johnny's will keep the relationship of the two a secret no matter what, but I think that it'll only be a matter of time before it eventually comes out into the open after all these eyewitness reports have started popping up. Some people have even gone to the extent of saying that they are currently living together. Scandals are a taboo, especially for someone playing the lead in an NHK taiga drama, and Inoue's agency seems to be having a hard time controlling her as well. We might actually see an engagement announcement next year to finally settle the score on things." - (photographer)

It's been 8 years since they first met one another, and have steadily nurtured their love. Will we finally see the light about this next year?

Source:http://www.asagei.com/18674

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*Yu-chan, the missus. Her looks are always so cute whenever I see her :) I really love her.
And they even introduced me to Mao Inoue-chan and MatsuJun-kun...
Both were really wonderful people, it made me really happy.
Yu-chan, Shun-kun, thank you very much! Until the next time we see each other!