New dramas showing on Waku Waku Japan from October 2017

Sorry for posting this rather late but here are the new dramas showing on Waku Waku Japan from this month including some in-season offerings. Note that all dates and times are based on Singapore's timezone so please check the Waku Waku Japan website for the other regions where the TV channel is also shown in:

The 87th Kinema Junpo Best Ten Movie Awards (2013)

Top 10 Japanese movies
1) Pecoross no Haha ni ai ni iku

2) Fune wo Amu

3) Kyoaku

4) Kaguyahime no Monogatari

5) Tomogui

6) Soshite Chichi ni naru

7) Kaze tachinu

8) Sayonara Keikoku

9) Moratoriamu Tamako

10) Flashback Memories 3D

Top 10 Foreign movies
1) Amour

2) Zero Gravity

3) Hannah Arendt

4) Warriors of the Rainbow I: Sun Flag / Warriors of the Rainbow 2: Rainbow Bridge

5) Three sisters

6) Holy Motors

7) Life of Pi

8) The Master

9) Tabu

10) Le fils de l'autre

Individual Awards
Best Leading Actor: Matsuda Ryuhei (Fune wo Amu)

Best Leading Actress: Maki Youko (Sayonara Keikoku / Soshite Chichi ni naru / Suu-chan, Mai-chan Sawako-san)

Best Supporting Actor: Lily Frankie (Soshite Chichi ni naru / Kyoaku)

Best Supporting Actress: Tanaka Yuko (Hajimari no michi / Tomogui)

Best Male Newcomer: Yoshioka Tatsuki (Shonen H)

Best Female Newcomer: Kuroki Haru (Fune wo Amu / Shanidar no Hana / Sougen no Isu / Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi / Kujikenaide)

Best Japanese Director: Ishii Yuya (Fune wo Amu)

Best Scriptwriter: Arai Haruhiko (Tomogui)

Best Foreign Director: Alfonso Cuaraon (Zero Gravity)

Source: Kinema Junpo

Eita hosts first-day-screening of movie "Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi" alone

Eita hosted the first-day-screening event of his new movie "Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi" on his own on 6 April at Shibuya Eurospace. As it is unusual for such an event to be without a host, Eita remarked that it was difficult to talk alone to an audience for 20 minutes and smiled bitterly as he revealed what led to this. Eita said that he had attended a production press conference of a FujiTV drama previously when he was told by the host of that event (a TV announcer) that Eita was the worst actor that the announcer had dealt with to date (not an insult to his acting skills but rather Eita's personality being too shy and not so responsive to the host's questions thus causing the announcer to be on the verge of tears). As a result of that remark, Eita then asked the movie company to let him handle the first-day-screening talk section on his own and do away with a host (in case he causes the same problem to the host). At the beginning of the event, Eita seemed quite at ease with talking to the audience but as time went by, he seemed to be flustered and was running out of things to say. The audience then responded with cheers to support Eita who started asking the audience if they had any questions for him and that helped to use up the rest of the time for the talk event.

From 6 April onwards, there will be special screenings held at Shibuya Eurospace until 13 April where cast and staff members will take turns to greet the audience.

Source: Oricon

"Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi" hits the cinema screen

The winter 2013 drama "Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi" which is still in its run will be shown in cinemas between 6 April and 19 April, which is rare for an entire drama to be screened there. The drama which stars Eita and Matsuda Ryuhei, consists of 12 episodes will be shown in four batches of three episodes at Shibuya's Euro Space, following the requests from TV viewers sent to TV Tokyo.

Source: Sponichi

Eita to star in leading roles for two dramas in the same season

Eita will be starring in  leading roles for two dramas in Winter 2013 which is relatively unheard of in the drama scene. One of the dramas will be FujiTV's offering "Saikou no Rikon" which is due to begin its run on 10 January where he plays a newly-divorced salaryman who still lives with his ex-wife (Ono Machiko) and happens to meet his ex-girlfriend (Maki Youko) who is facing marital problems as well. Another drama will be TV Tokyo's midnight offering "Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi" which begins its run on 11 January at 12.12am on Fridays where Eita co-stars with Matsuda Ryuhei in this drama which continues from the movie "Mahoro Ekimae Tada Benriken" released last April. Besides the two leads, the movie's cast includiing Oomori Nao and Koura Kengo will also appear in the drama alongside with new additions Maki Youko and Usuda Asami.

Source: Sponichi