Summary:
Raunchy comedy/drama starring pop idol Lim Chang-jung (see JAKARTA) as a hapless college schlub who falls for Miss Popularity, who conveniently happens to be dating the biggest prick on campus and is therefore blind to Lim's hopeless overtures until she gets knocked up and beaten silly by her embarrassed mother.
Often feels like an idealized male-centric filmization of the director's unrequited college romance, except that here the dream girl is made to suffer unspeakable anguish before she wises up to the man who really cares about her.
Cast:
Im Chang Jung
Ha Jin Won
Choi Seong-Guk
Jin Jae-Yeong
Contains graphic scenes of violence and/or sexual nature. Not for children
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Sexy Voice and Robo
Summary:
A girl with an ability to alter her voice to manipulate men. .
A geek with an obsession with toy robots.
They team up to solve various - and sometimes, bizarre - cases.
Cast:
Ken'ichi Matsuyama - Ichirō Sudō (Robo)
Suzuka Ohgo - Niko Hayashi Niko
Eri Murakawa Eri - Kazumi Hayashi
Yoshinori Okada - Hideyoshi Nanashi
Ruriko Asaoka - Maki Makyouna
Shinya Tsukamoto - Takeo Hayashi
Hairi Katagiri - Yuki Hayashi
Based on Iou Kuroda's manga, Sexy Voice and Robo.
A girl with an ability to alter her voice to manipulate men. .
A geek with an obsession with toy robots.
They team up to solve various - and sometimes, bizarre - cases.
Cast:
Ken'ichi Matsuyama - Ichirō Sudō (Robo)
Suzuka Ohgo - Niko Hayashi Niko
Eri Murakawa Eri - Kazumi Hayashi
Yoshinori Okada - Hideyoshi Nanashi
Ruriko Asaoka - Maki Makyouna
Shinya Tsukamoto - Takeo Hayashi
Hairi Katagiri - Yuki Hayashi
Based on Iou Kuroda's manga, Sexy Voice and Robo.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Iryu Team Medical Dragon 2
Summary
In Iryu 2, Asada Ryutaro wages a new battle against the realities of Japan's medical care system. The government has drafted legislation to tackle the recent inflation of medical fees; hospitals have entered an era in which they will go bankrupt if they aren't independently run. At the same time, hospital mergers and takeovers are also taking place. Additionally, the obstetrics and pediatrics departments are being closed in succession, and there are inadequate doctors in the region - issues that are closely related to these hospital management problems. Now, hospitals, like the average corporation, face collapse if they are not profitable.
Cast
Sakaguchi Kenji as Asada Ryutaro
Uchida Yuki as Kataoka Kazumi
Koike Teppei as Ijyuuin Noboru
Otsuka Nene as Kodaka Nanami
Kitamura Kazuki as Kirishima Gunji
Abe Sadao as Arase Monji
Mizukawa Asami as Satohara Miki
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Fujiyoshi Keisuke
Natsuki Mari as Kito Shoko
Kishibe Ittoku as Noguchi Takeo
Ikeda Tetsuhiro as Kihara Takehiko
Sato Jiro as Matsudaira Kotaro
Shiga Kotaro as Zenda Hideki
Takahashi Issei as Toyama Seiji
Nakamura Yasuhi (中村靖日) as Nomura Hirohito
In Iryu 2, Asada Ryutaro wages a new battle against the realities of Japan's medical care system. The government has drafted legislation to tackle the recent inflation of medical fees; hospitals have entered an era in which they will go bankrupt if they aren't independently run. At the same time, hospital mergers and takeovers are also taking place. Additionally, the obstetrics and pediatrics departments are being closed in succession, and there are inadequate doctors in the region - issues that are closely related to these hospital management problems. Now, hospitals, like the average corporation, face collapse if they are not profitable.
Cast
Sakaguchi Kenji as Asada Ryutaro
Uchida Yuki as Kataoka Kazumi
Koike Teppei as Ijyuuin Noboru
Otsuka Nene as Kodaka Nanami
Kitamura Kazuki as Kirishima Gunji
Abe Sadao as Arase Monji
Mizukawa Asami as Satohara Miki
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Fujiyoshi Keisuke
Natsuki Mari as Kito Shoko
Kishibe Ittoku as Noguchi Takeo
Ikeda Tetsuhiro as Kihara Takehiko
Sato Jiro as Matsudaira Kotaro
Shiga Kotaro as Zenda Hideki
Takahashi Issei as Toyama Seiji
Nakamura Yasuhi (中村靖日) as Nomura Hirohito
Iryu Team Medical Dragon
Ryutaro Asada is enjoying his peaceful life in the countryside, when he is visited by Akira Kato, assistant professor of the Faculty of Cardiac Surgery at Meishin University Medical Hospital.
Ryutaro is a genius surgeon who used to lead "Team Medical Dragon," a world-class NGO medical team. In harsh environments that lacked medicine and electricity, Ryutaro witnessed many lives pass away. At the same time, he saved many other lives, helping his matchless skill overwhelm other doctors.
As a female doctor, Akira managed to become an assistant professor. She has ambitions to be promoted to professor by succeeding in a surgery using the Batista technique — an extremely difficult type of heart surgery — and also by writing a paper on it. A year ago, Akira witnessed Ryutaro's skills when he was an NGO doctor. That's why she recruits him and asks him to use the Batista technique. Since Ryutaro's arrival, urgent patients who would have been abandoned in the past, are miraculously saved by the "hands of God."
But Ryutaro's actions cause a stir in the closed university hospital, where power struggles happen everyday and the priority of doctors is to protect themselves. This environment doesn't stop Ryutaro from following his beliefs. Ryutaro's existence also bothers Dr. Noguchi, professer of the Faculty of Cardiac Surgery, the power broker of the hospital.
There is a man keeping a very watchful eye on Akira and Ryutaro's Batista team. It's Gunji Kirishima, Akira's boyfriend and assistant professor at a rival hospital. He and Akira have promised each other to carry on Japan's cardiosurgery. Gunji has also confronted Ryutaro in the past.
Other characters include Miki Satohara, an extremely brilliant nurse who looks up to Ryutaro and has more medical knowledge than the average doctor; Noboru Ijuin, an intern that first opposes Ryutaro, but is gradually influenced by him; and Professor Kito, who is looking for the opportunity to recruit Ryutaro away to the Emergency Room (ER).
*Sakaguchi Kenji as Asada Ryuutarou
*Inamori Izumi as Katou Akira
*Mizukawa Asami as Satohara Miki
*Koike Teppei as Ijyuuin Noboru
*Natsuki Mari as Kitou Shoko
*Kitamura Kazuki as Kirima Gunji
*Abe Sadayo as Arase Monji
*Sasaki Kuranosuke as Fujiyoshi Keishi
*Kishibe Ittoku as Noguchi Keno
Ryutaro is a genius surgeon who used to lead "Team Medical Dragon," a world-class NGO medical team. In harsh environments that lacked medicine and electricity, Ryutaro witnessed many lives pass away. At the same time, he saved many other lives, helping his matchless skill overwhelm other doctors.
As a female doctor, Akira managed to become an assistant professor. She has ambitions to be promoted to professor by succeeding in a surgery using the Batista technique — an extremely difficult type of heart surgery — and also by writing a paper on it. A year ago, Akira witnessed Ryutaro's skills when he was an NGO doctor. That's why she recruits him and asks him to use the Batista technique. Since Ryutaro's arrival, urgent patients who would have been abandoned in the past, are miraculously saved by the "hands of God."
But Ryutaro's actions cause a stir in the closed university hospital, where power struggles happen everyday and the priority of doctors is to protect themselves. This environment doesn't stop Ryutaro from following his beliefs. Ryutaro's existence also bothers Dr. Noguchi, professer of the Faculty of Cardiac Surgery, the power broker of the hospital.
There is a man keeping a very watchful eye on Akira and Ryutaro's Batista team. It's Gunji Kirishima, Akira's boyfriend and assistant professor at a rival hospital. He and Akira have promised each other to carry on Japan's cardiosurgery. Gunji has also confronted Ryutaro in the past.
Other characters include Miki Satohara, an extremely brilliant nurse who looks up to Ryutaro and has more medical knowledge than the average doctor; Noboru Ijuin, an intern that first opposes Ryutaro, but is gradually influenced by him; and Professor Kito, who is looking for the opportunity to recruit Ryutaro away to the Emergency Room (ER).
*Sakaguchi Kenji as Asada Ryuutarou
*Inamori Izumi as Katou Akira
*Mizukawa Asami as Satohara Miki
*Koike Teppei as Ijyuuin Noboru
*Natsuki Mari as Kitou Shoko
*Kitamura Kazuki as Kirima Gunji
*Abe Sadayo as Arase Monji
*Sasaki Kuranosuke as Fujiyoshi Keishi
*Kishibe Ittoku as Noguchi Keno
Friday, November 2, 2007
Gundam 00
It is the year A.D. 2307. Fossil fuels on Earth have been depleted entirely, with mankind turning to the next available power source: solar energy. During this time, 3 orbital elevators with solar power generation systems are built, each under control by the Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations (formerly United States of America), the Human Reform League (Russia, China and India) and the Advanced European Union. However, not all countries are able to enjoy the benefits of this system, leading to widespread resentment and war. Arising out of the conflict, a mysterious military organization known as Celestial Being appears, dedicated to end all warfare using Mobile Suits called Gundam. This begins the stories of Gundam Meisters (pilots) Setsuna F. Seiei, Lockon Stratos, Allelujah Haptism and Tiera Erde as they are thrown into conflict between the 3 superpowers and the other various factions.
Attention Please
Losing her mother at a young age, Misaki Yoko (Ueto Aya) was raised amongst three brothers. Yoko is a slightly boyish girl who is bullheaded and hates dishonesty. Ever since she was young, she enjoyed the company of boys over girls. She starts a band with four of her boy friends and becomes the lead singer. Then one day, one of the members of the band, Tsukasa, gets a job at a bank in Tokyo. Due to Tsukasa leaving town, the band breaks up and though Yoko finds herself lonely, she puts on a strong act in front of Tsukasa. She can't tell Tsukasa how she truly feels for him. On the day Tsukasa leaves for Tokyo, Yoko goes along with the band members to the airport to see him off. The guys get excited when they see some cabin crew ladies and Yoko has no idea why. She reminds them that even she can wear a uniform, but the guys only make fun of her. That's when Tsukasa tells Yoko he wonders what she'd look like dressed in uniform. This is when Yoko decides she wants to work as a Cabin Attendant.
*Ueto Aya as Misaki Yoko
*Nishikido Ryo as Nakahara Shota
*Maya Miki as Mikami Tamaki
*Aibu Saki as Wakamura Yayoi
*Uehara Misa as Hirota Saori
*Koizumi Koutaro as Tsutsumi Shuusuke
*Kohinata Fumiyo as Sakurada Shinya
*Otsuka Chihiro as Sekiyama Yuki
*Nanase Natsumi as Kinoshita Asami
*Ootomo Minami as Higashino Haruka
*Yoo Min (Fueki Yuko) as Asou Kaoru
*Takahashi Mariko as Kagawa Reiko
*Koichi Mantaro as Watanabe Makoto
*Asano Kazuyuki as Wakamura Shozo
*Inoue Jun as Dazai Shinichiro
*Mano Yuuko as Murayama Mizuho
*Hoshino Natsuko as Takemoto Rie
*Tanaka Sogen as Ooki Mitsuya
*Ueto Aya as Misaki Yoko
*Nishikido Ryo as Nakahara Shota
*Maya Miki as Mikami Tamaki
*Aibu Saki as Wakamura Yayoi
*Uehara Misa as Hirota Saori
*Koizumi Koutaro as Tsutsumi Shuusuke
*Kohinata Fumiyo as Sakurada Shinya
*Otsuka Chihiro as Sekiyama Yuki
*Nanase Natsumi as Kinoshita Asami
*Ootomo Minami as Higashino Haruka
*Yoo Min (Fueki Yuko) as Asou Kaoru
*Takahashi Mariko as Kagawa Reiko
*Koichi Mantaro as Watanabe Makoto
*Asano Kazuyuki as Wakamura Shozo
*Inoue Jun as Dazai Shinichiro
*Mano Yuuko as Murayama Mizuho
*Hoshino Natsuko as Takemoto Rie
*Tanaka Sogen as Ooki Mitsuya
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