Romeo and Juliet (ロミオとジュリエット )

Romeo and Juliet (ロミオとジュリエット ) is a Japanese Drama that aired in April 07, 2007 starring Takizawa Hideaki and Nagasawa Masami. The story is based on William Shakespeare's book bearing a similar title.

SYNOPSIS:
This is a story of lovers whose fates are intertwined by a series of events in their lives and their parents lives. What happened in the past seem to have played a role in their destinies.

Morita Hiromichi, played by Takizawa Hideaki, is the son of hospital owner and a doctor who became a scrap-collector and had to stop school because of an incident that happened in the hospital that led his father to hide from the authorities. Kihira Juri, played by Nagasawa Masami, is a college student and is the only daughter of a prosecutor who is in-charge of the capture of Hiromichi's father.

At first site, Hiromichi was oblivious of the girl's feelings towards him or he didn't care at all. She harshly brushes her off when she volunteered to help fix his wound. Disappointed, Juri left him alone and, accidentally, left her copy of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".


CAST:
Takizawa Hideaki as Morita Hiromichi
Nagasawa Masami as Kihira Juri
Tanaka Misako as Morita Tokieda
Yamashita Shinji as Kihira Reizou
Miura Tomokazu as Morita Giichi
Takenaka Naoto as the professor

Writer's POV:

At first glance, I thought that this story will be like most Romeo and Juliet adaptations only to find that it doesn't follow the normal flow. That factor made this movie unique and interesting. Sad to say, I am a sucker for happy endings.

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Majo no Jouken (魔女の条件 )

Majo no Jouken (魔女の条件 , Witch Requirement ) is Japanese Drama aired in 1999. The movie is starred by Matsushima Nanako and Takizawa Hideaki.

The story is about...

Hirose Michi, a 26 year old math teacher, who is viewed as somebody who is too young to become a homeroom teacher. Due to pressures from the society and his father, she accepted her boyfriend's wedding proposal despite her uncertainties of her feelings towards her boyfriend.

Kurosawa Hikaru is a 17 year old high school student who has transferred from one school to another due to constant skipping of classes. He is the only son of the owner and director of a well-known hospital.  After transferring from one school to the other, he ended inside Hirose Michi's class. At his previous school, it seemed that he was bullied. He had no desire or will for anything until he met Michi.

Both experienced different kinds of pressures and both are seeking for freedom. As they search for the World of Freedom, they find themselves drawn to each other and develop strong feelings for each other. These feelings is, then, looked down by society. Michi became the target of criticism for falling for and corrupting a minor. As their relationship grow, they will struggle for acceptance and learn more about life and about the World of Freedom that they so desired.

Also known as: Witch's requirement / Forbidden love

Matsushima Nanako as Hirose Michi
Takizawa Hideaki as Kurosawa Hikaru
Bessho Tetsuya as Kitai Masaru (Michi's fiancee)
Kuroki Hitomi as Kurosawa Kyoko (Hikaru's mother)
Tsuji Kazunaga as Hirose Kenichi (Michi's father)
Shirakawa Yumi as Hirose Motoko (Michi's mother)
Nishida Naomi as Uda Kiriko (Masaru's colleague & Michi's friend)
Yamada Maiko as Kinoshita Jun (Hikaru's classmate)
Yamaguchi Yuichiro Godai Yu (Doctor at Kurosawa Hospital)
Ozawa Rin as Sugai Miharu (Hikaru's home tutor)
Tayama Ryosei as Okajima Sensei (Ryousei High School Director)
Nukumizu Youichi as Matsuoka Sensei (History teacher)
Yajima Kenichi

POV:

The story is, indeed, heart-wrenching and will keep you at the end of your seat. I really loved how they struggled to fight for their love. The story also shows how different the two characters think in respect to their age. This is something worth watching, but, of course, if you are a person who is kind of legalistic and is unable to accept those that have deviated from the norm, then I suggest that you do not watch this.

This was indeed one of Takizawa Hideaki's best performances. The main characters were outstanding.

Links:
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BOKU DAKE NO MADONNA (僕だけのマドンナ)

Boku Dake no Madonna (僕だけのマドンナ) is a Japanese series that aired in Japan in 2003 through Fuji TV. The series was starred by Takizawa Hideaki as Suzuki Kyouichi and Hasegawa Kyoko as Kataoka Surumi.

Suzuki Kyouichi is an average architecture student in his college. He always wanted to have privacy since this is one thing that he couldn't get at home. One day, he moved out of the house and rented an apartment. He was very happy that he finally got his own place, small as it may be. Unfortunately, the privacy he longed for was far from granted because his neighbors doesn't seem to know this word.

One day, after he got off from his part time job, he went straight home only to find a lady is lying in his bed. Surprised and not believing what he just saw, he went out of the building to check if he was in the right place. After confirming that he was in his apartment, he went back to the room now empty. The lady has disappeared.

This continued until one day, he got to face the mysterious girl in person. Apparently, the reason why the girl keeps coming to his apartment was to check out the guy living across the street whom she says was supposed to be his fiance. Despite the weird set-up and not knowing anything about this lady, Kyouichi, nicked by the mysterious lady as Kyon, was quite happy but bewildered.

Surumi, the mysterious lady, is a very carefree woman. She is very secretive but she has learned to like Kyon. Whenever she has a plan or wants to have fun due to boredom, she would rush to Kyon so he would accompany him. One day, she disappeared without a trace leaving Kyon with many questions unanswered.

Kyon felt the difference of her absence and was hoping that she would return, but days have passed and Surumi still hasn't returned. Kyon decided that when he gets the chance to see this mysterious girl he fell in ove with again, he would try to know her better.


CAST:

Takizawa Hideaki as Suzuki Kyouichi
Hasegawa Kyoko as Kataoka Surumi
Koizumi Koutaro as Nakano Takashi
Shimatani Hitomi as Imamura Keiko
Konishi Manami as Shimada Rie
Ogata Naoto as Honda Yoshitaka
Shiga Kotaro as Prof. Tatebayashi Shingo
Morimoto Leo as Kuramoto Shoutaro
Maya Miki as Matsuno Shizue
Matsuo Reiko as Shimizu Moeko
Kosakai Kazuki as Ichigaya Sho
Shimada Kyusaku as Oosugi Kazuma

LINKS:

Official Website click here
Jdorama click here
Dorama Info click here
Dramawiki page click here
MySoju (Watch Online) click here

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STRAWBERRY ON THE SHORTCAKE

Strawberry on the Shortcake is a fillm starred by Takizawa Hideaki and Fukuda Kyoko aired in 2001. It is the story of teen perspective and challenges.


SYNOPSIS:


The story is about a Junior High School student named Irie Manato and his unrequited love. There was a point in his life where he has separated himself from the world by playing a character (known as his fake self). According to him, it is a result of losing reason or purpose. One day, he meets a girl named Misami Yui who seem to be very cheerful and odd in some ways. Like him, she feels that everyday life seems boring and is looking for something interesting and entertaining to make life exciting. After meeting this girl several times, he learns that she will be his step-sister.  He also realized that he has fallen for her,even before knowing their relationship. Sadly, Misami Yui has her eyes set on Saeki Tetsuya, a senior who was held back for two years and is having an affair with one of the instructors. While Manato deals with his feelings for Yui, he starts receiving blue letters in his shoe box from his next-door neighbor and classmate Sawamura Haruka. It is interesting to see how Irie Manato's unrequited love will turn out as he and Yui  spend everyday living under the same roof.

Characters:

Irie Manato, played by Takizawa Hideaki, is a Junior High student who is unpopular and being bullied and faces it by playing an act. Due to acting, he lost his true self over his fake self.  When his parents separated, he lived with his father. His father then remarries and was married to Misami Yui's mother. With the help from Yui, his love and step-sister, he was able to regain his true self.

He is very gentle and caring for the person he loves. He is willing to sacrifice his feelings just to make his love one happy. He willingly grants his love one's whims and requests to the expense of his feelings.

Misami Yui, played by Fukuda Kyoko, is the object of Irie Manato's love and his step-sister. She is very weird and seems to be bored with life's tedium. She is very straightforward and honest. She thinks of something, she does it. She is very persistent when it comes to going after what she wants and when she asks something form Manato.

Sawamura Haruka, played by Uchiyama Rina, is Manato's childhood friend, next-door neighbor, and classmate. She is athletic and harbors feelings for Manato for a long time. She is, as the series says, very old fashioned and has a very strong character. She was the first to discover the relationship of Tetsuya and the English teacher Asami Mariko.

Kubozuka Rina, played by Saeki Tetsuya, is Manato's classmate and newly found best friend. He was held back for two years because he lacks the number of days for his attendance. He posted as someone who had a serious illness just so he can stay in Junior High. He wanted to stay in Junior High because of his long-time relationship with Asami-sensei. Apparently, he is very talented and very intuitive. He is the object of Yui's affection. Though he seem to be happy-go-lucky but deep inside he seems mature. He dislikes being disliked and shoves problems with a smile.

Cast:

Takizawa Hideaki as Irie Manato
Fukada Kyoko as Misawa Yui
Uchiyama Rina as Sawamura Haruka
Kubozuka Yosuke as Saeki Tetsuya
Ishida Yuriko as Asami Mariko
Okada Nana as Mizawa Yurie (Yui's mother)
Nagashima Toshiyuki (永島敏行) as Irie Kengo (Manato's father)

LINKS:
Official Site click here  
Jdorama page click here
AsianMediaWiki page click here
Wikipedia page click here
MySoju ( watch Online) click here
DramaCrazy (watch Online) click here
D-Addicts (download series) click here

Writer's POV:


At first, I wasn't really a fan of the series because it felt like watching a series about a third wheel, but as the story progressed I learned to like the series because of the many issues they have addressed such as teen love, virginity, pre-marital sex, and identity crisis. These issues are rampant even today. I also wanted to see how a martyr and self-sacrificing love will turn out in the end.

I love how Takizawa Hideaki played his role here. He also looked a lot like Harry Potter. LOL! His character was very self-sacrificing and a martyr, and I really liked it.

Fukuda Kyoko's role was also interesting in that she is very unpredictable. Even in the end, I never guessed her true feelings and emotions. I was also surprised how her character could just throw herself to the person she likes. The character was well played.

I also liked their use of the differences in eating a strawberry in a shortcake to show difference in perspective.

Overall, the series was very good and the ending was great. The time spent watching it wasn't a waste.

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Takizawa Hideaki (滝沢秀明)

Takizawa Hideaki (滝沢秀明) is a Japanese actor, singer and composer born on March 29,1982. He is a member of the J-pop duo called Tackey and Tsubasa. 

Nickname: タッキー (Tackey) 
Profession: Actor and singer 
Birthdate: 1982-Mar-29 
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan 
Height: 169cm 
Weight: 58kg 
Star sign: Aries 
Blood type: A 
Family: Elder brother and elder sister 
Talent agency: Johnny's Entertainment

Takizawa Hideaki started in showbusiness at the age of 13 by joining Johnny's Junior. From then, he starred and many Japanese drama but it was not until he played Kurosawa Hikaru of the series Majo no Jouken(1999) that he really became very famous not only in Japan but also in other countries nationwide. Hideaki played the role of a high school student who fell in love with his homeroom teacher. Majo no Jouken became very controversial and aided Hideaki's rise to stardom. In fact, he is even called the new Kimura Takuya, a fellow Japanese actor who is very famous in Japan.

 At the age of 20, he signed a recording contract with Avextrax and joined the duo Tackey and Tsubasa.  They released their first album entitled Hatachi (20 years old) on September 11, 2002. As a unit, they have released a total of 2 albums, 3 singles and 3 concert tours. If my information serves me right, he now does solo concerts and solo albums.


As his career progressed, he not only played other roles for other dramas but also he became one of the sought after endorsers for famous brands in Japan such as Shiseido, Lotte, DoCoMo and many others. In fact, when he endorsed Olympus, it became the number 1 camera brand of Japan.


Writer's POV:


I know very few Japanese actors and I didn't know anything about him. I started to become a fan when I watched his latest work called Orthros no Inu. The series was so inviting that I watched it. I wasn't disappointed. In this series, Hideaki Takizawa played the role of a cunning and manipulative escapee who bears the so called "God's Hand", the ability to heal any wound or illness. When I was watching the series, I was so impressed. Hideaki played his role very well. I couldn't read what his character is thinking, leaving me at the edge of my seat. Due to this, I became a fan. I looked him up with google and found that he is a very famous actor. Unfortunately, like Nishikido Ryo, Takizawa Hideaki doesn't have a personal blog so updates about him is really rare unless it is televised or cascaded on the web. I really wish he had one, or maybe he does I just didn't know about it. He is so cute though his 27. So far, I have only seen Orthros no Inu. I plan to watch the rest soon once I have he chance to purchase the DVD. Oh, before I forget, he loves to show his body... well, that was the impression that I got when I watch some of his concerts and the 24 hour special about him where a camera is following him the whole day. In his car, he had no top while in front of the camera. Such confidence. Anyway, it's alright, more drooling moment for me. Love you Tackey-chan

Links:
Tackey and Tsubasa Official Website click here
Most Beautiful Man click here
JDorama page click here
Wikipedia page click here
DramaWiki page click here



Pictures:

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ORTHROS NO INU

ORTHROS NO INU (オルトロスの犬  : Dog of Orthros) is a Japanese Series produced by TBS, starring Hideaki Takizawa and Ryo Nishikido. The series hit the airwaves on July 24, 2009.

The story revolves around the ability to heal any illness and wound and the ability to take away life with the touch of a hand called "God's Hand" and "Devil's Hand",respectively. The story begins with a confession of murder by Aoi Ryosuke, a high school teacher and the bearer of the "Devil's Hand", to the police. 7 days prior to the start of the story, Aoi had a conversation with a student, Shirakawa Kana, informing him about the what she overheard. Then the student tried to get proof but, unfortunately, it lead to her being in a comma as a result of her fall from the building when she was chased by two teen boys. Later, Detective Hasebe tried to capture the culprit but found herself captured instead but she was saved by Aoi and witnessed the death of one of the boys with just a touch of a hand. After witnessing this, she found herself involved in finding the truth about this ability as well as an explanation. While investigating, she stumbled upon another person who bears a power opposite to that of Aoi in the person of Ryuzaki Shinji.  Ryuzaki Shinji is the bearer of the "God's Hand", the ability to heal any wound and illness, and a 10-year prisoner for the murder of three teens. After Detective Hasabe's meeting with Ryuzaki, she later arranged the meeting of Aoi and Ryuzaki, as requested by Ryuzaki himself. Not long after the meeting of Ryuzaki and Aoi is the escape of Ryuzaki from prison and the beginning of a battle between good and evil. The twists and turn of events are so drastic and we will learn the truth about Ryuzaki, Aoi and the town that disappeared called Ryokoku. The turn of events not only affect the life of the main characters but also Hasebe and her family, and the whole of Japan.

Orthros no inu is a series worth watching...

Cast:

Takizawa Hideaki as Ryuzaki Shinji
Nishikido Ryo as Aoi Ryosuke
Mizukawa Asami as Hasebe Nagisa
Yaotome Hikaru as Kumakiri Masaru
Yamamoto Ryuji as Shibata Sosuke
Harada Natsuki as Maejono Shiharu
Oshinari Shugo as Masato Yoshizumi
Haru as Shirakawa kana
Shiba Toshio as Kumakiri Zenjo
Rokkaku Seiji as Ninomiya Ken
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Sawamura Takayuki
Takahata Atsuko as Sakaki Yoko

Links:
Official site click here
Asian Media Wiki click here

PICTURES

the following pics aren't really from the movie but I just can't help myself but include these delicious pics..... hehehe!!!

 

(note: these pictures are those I have gathered online... these pics aren't used for profit but for entertainment only... I don't own any of these photos... Arigatou Gozaimasu)

MINA-SAN, please watch this series... it's really nice... ONEGAISHIMASU!