headbanging: May 2014

Monday, 26 May 2014

Ofukou San [J-Drama 2014] COMPLETED

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Drama: Ofukou-san
Romaji: Ofukosan
Japanese: おふこうさん
Director: Kentaro Takemura, Koji Tazawa
Writer: Mitsunori Fukuhara, Ayako Kitagawa,Oolongta Yoshida
Network: NHK
Episodes: 8
Release Date: January 7 - February 25, 2014
Runtime: Tuesdays 23:15
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

28-year-old Tsugumi (Shihori Kanjiya) brings about misfortune to those around her. Because of this, she is known as the "Woman of Unhappiness" and people are afraid of her. Her younger sister Sakiko (Masumi Nomura) is about to marry. Tsugumi doesn't want to bring misfortune to her family, so she decides to go to Tokyo. In Tokyo, Tsugumi begins to work at “Anu” which is collaborative work place for young businesspeople or freelancers. Working with all of these positive people who pursue their dreams, Tsugumi begins to try to be happy……..

Cast



Shihori Kanjiya	Masato Hagiwara
Tsugumi Chikura	Konosuke Sakae



Haruka Kinami	Yu Sawabe	Tasuku Nagase	Koji Ookura	Masato Ibu
Airi Oonisi‎	Tooru Hamazaki	Daisuke Kataoka	Ginji Koganezawa	Seiji Fushiyama

Additional Cast Members:

Masumi Nomura - Sakiko Chikura (Tsugumi's younger sister)
Kenichi Yajima - Zenkō Chikura (Tsugumi's father)
Serina - Marika (ep.2)

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Alice No Toge [J-Drama 2014] ONGOING Ep 2

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Drama: Alice's Thorn (literal title)
Romaji: Alisu no Toge
Japanese: アリスの棘
Director: Ayuko Tsukahara
Writer: Maki Takahashi
Network: TBS
Episodes:
Release Date: April 11, 2014 --
Runtime: Fridays 22:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Asumi Mizuno (Juri Ueno) gives up everything to take revenge on the doctors who are responsible for her father’s death.

Cast



Juri Ueno	Aoi Nakamura	Joe Odagiri	Naoki Tanaka	Toshinori Omi
Asumi Mizuno	Yuma Bandai	Yusuke Nishikado	Chihara	Makoto Fuga



Baijaku Nakamura	Norika Fujiwara	Naomasa Musaka	Koichi Iwaki	Chiaki Kuriyama
Kazufumi Mizuno	Risa Date	Ebisu	Shuichi Bandai	Miwa Hoshino



Jun Kunimura	Hidekazu Mashima	Ryusei Takeba	Asumi Kikuchi
Yuma	Takao Osanai	Kenta Minegishi	Asumi (age 14)

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Ep 4 - link - eng subs

Ep 5 - link - eng subs

Black President [J-Drama 2014] ONGOING Ep 1

Drama: The Sweatshop President (English title) / Black President (Japanese English title)
Romaji: Black President
Japanese: ブラック・プレジデント
Director: Yoshishige Miyake, Keiichiro Shiraki, Takashi Komatsu
Writer: Masaya Ozaki
Network: Fuji TV, KTV
Episodes:
Release Date: April 8, 2014 --
Runtime: Tuesdays 22:00-22:54
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Yukio Mitamura (Ikki Sawamura) started a clothing company and the company is now experiencing rapid growth. The company though is a "black company" (Japanese term for an exploitative sweatshop-type company). Yukio places the company's first priority on profits. He drives his employees hard, but he doesn't think what he is doing is bad. To increase profits, Yukio believes more effort is needed. Yukio has never viewed his company is a "black company."

After entrusting his employees with tasks, Yukio becomes to have more free time. At the age of 45, Yukio decides to enroll at a university to study company management. Yukio then meets rookie lecturer Kyoko Akiyama (Meisa Kuroki). Yukio is attracted to Kyoko, but they have arguments frequently because of their different backgrounds and opinions. Yukio looks down on young university students, believing they couldn't get a job at his company. An incident though causes Yukio to interact with the young university students and he begins to become stimulated by them.

While Yukio is studying at the university, powers at his company tries to kick Yukio out. Yukio now knows his company is a black company. A power struggle begins.

Cast



Ikki Sawamura	Meisa Kuroki	Ryoko Kuninaka	Mugi Kadowaki	Tasuku Nagase
Yukio Mitamura	Kyoko Akiyama	Mari Saejima	Yuri Okajima	Ryosuke Kudo



Sho Takada	Sara Takatsuki	Mitsu Dan	Yu Sawabe	Sayaka Aoki
Kenta Maekawa	Natsumi Matsumura	Miki Yoshioka‎	Keisuke Masuyama	Masami Mitamura



Masaru Nagai	Yumi Shirakawa
Shiro Akechi	Kinuyo Mitamura

Additional Cast Members:

Hisako Manda - Kayoko Shinozaki (ep.3)

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Bitter Blood [J-Drama 2014] ONGOING Ep 1

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Title: ビター・ブラッド
Title (romaji): Bitter Blood
Title (tagline): ～最悪で最強の親子刑事～ / ~ Saiaku de Saikyo no Oyako Keiji ~
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Family
Episodes: TBA
Viewership ratings: TBD
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2014-Apr-15 start
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme song: Do You Ever Shine? by Mayday

Synopsis

Sahara Natsuki is the new rookie at the Ginza Police Department First Division. His father, Shimao Akimura, is a veteran in the same division, and Natsuki is assigned to be his new partner.

Cast

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Sato Takeru as Sahara Natsuki
Watabe Atsuro as Shimao Akimura
Kutsuna Shiori as Maeda Hitomi
Fukikoshi Mitsuru as Inaki Toshifumi
Tanaka Tetsushi as Koga Hisashi
Minagawa Sarutoki as Togashi Kaoru
KEIJI as Takano Koji
Takahashi Katsumi as Kagiyama Kensuke
Hirose Suzu as Sahara Shinobu
Kusamura Reiko as Yamamura Machi
Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Kaiduka Takehisa
Furukawa Yuki

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Ep 1 - part 1 - part 2 - eng sub

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Friday, 23 May 2014

The Gifted Hands [K-Movie 2013] COMPLETED

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Movie: The Gifted Hands (English title) / Psychometry (literal title)
Revised romanization: Saikometeuri
Hangul: 사이코메트리
Director: Kwon Ho-Young
Writer: Lee Young-Jong, Han Jun-Hee
Producer: Kim Bong-Seo, Suk Dong-Joon, Park Jae-Yong
Cinematographer: Kwon Hyuk-Joon, Yoo Young-Jong
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Runtime: 108 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller / Supernatural
Distributor: CJ Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Yang Choon-Dong (Kim Kang-Woo) is a detective who rarely gets results. One day, a woman comes to the police station and reports her daughter is missing. The other detectives don't take her case seriously, but Yang Choon-Dong believes it could be a real kidnapping case. His boss lets Yang Choon-Dong work on the case alone.

Late one evening, Yang Choon-Dong wanders down an alley to take a leak. Right next to him is a young guy (Kim Beom) with a hooded sweatshirt covering his face. The young guy appears to have finished spray painting graffiti on the wall. Yang Choon-Dong begins chewing out the young guy for vandalism, when the young guy sprays Yang Choon-Dong in the eyes and disappears into the night.

Days later, the missing girl is found dead in a vacant lot. Yang Choon-Dong is chewed out for not solving the case. During the evening news, Yang Choon-Dong watches a report on the missing girl case. The news report shows the crime scene from a distance. A chill suddenly runs through Yang Choon-Dong. He thinks back to the graffii incident in the dark alley. The graffiti that guy painted perfectly depicted the crime scene where the missing girl was found. Yang Choon-Dong becomes confused, because the graffiti was spray painted about a month before the girl's body was found. Yang Choon-Dong begins to hunt for the guy who spray painted the graffiti.

When Yang Choon-Dong finally tracks down the young man, he gets way more than he expected. The young man is able to recount a traumatic childhood incident that occurred to Yang Choon-Dong that nobody should know about. It turns out the young man named Kim Joon has a special "psychometry" ability, which allows him to read someone's past by simply touching them. His special gift though has haunted him all throughout his life.

Notes

Filming began on March 15, 2012 and finished June 21, 2012.
Early Korean working title was "Miracle" (" 미라클").

Cast



Kim Kang-Woo	Kim Beom	Lee Joon-Hyuk
Yang Choon-Dong	Kim Joon	Yang-Soo



Esom	Kim Yoo-Bin	Kim Jun-Ho
Kim Seung-Ki	Da-Hee	marketing evangelist

Additional Cast Members:

Park Hyuk-Kwon - Ki-Woo (veterinarian)
Seo Hyun-Chul - Chief detective Ko
Park Sung-Woong - Chul-Hyun
Seo Young-Hwa - Joon's mother
Kim Ki-Cheon - art supplies shop owner
Kim Jung-Suk - Da-Hee's father
Kim Ik-Tae - police chief
Yoo Seung-Mok - restaurant owner
Park Gun-Rak - detective 3
Park Seo-Yeon - Yeon-Yi
Park Joo-Hyung - Guro area detective
Park Sung-Yeon - Eun-Ji's mother
Lee Chang-Wook - reporter
Oh Hee-Joon - disorderly student 3

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The Suspect [K-Movie 2013] COMPLETED

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Movie: The Suspect (English & literal title)
Revised romanization: Yonguija
Hangul: 용의자
Director: Won Shin-Yeon
Writer: Lim Sang-Yoon
Producer: Shin Chang-hwan
Cinematographer: Kim Dae-Sung. Choi Sang-Ho, Lee Sung-Jae, Kwon Young-Il
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Runtime: 137 min.
Genre: Action
Distributor: Showbox/Mediaplex
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

A North Korean spy (Gong Yoo), who is abandoned by North Korea, settles down in South Korea. He then becomes a the prime suspect in a murder case. The victim in the murder case is the CEO of a large corporation. The suspect now attempts to uncover the truth.

Notes

Filming began sometime in the autumn of 2012 and finished June 2, 2013. Filming lasted 9 months.
"The Suspect" is the first action film that actor Gong Yoo has appeared in.