"Drama Week" summarizes the main drama news of the week. This week (June 20-26), the main topics of discussion were the original making-of program "VIVANT-Adventure Log-" for the sequel to the TBS Sunday drama "VIVANT" being streamed on TVer, and Yuka Ogura appearing in "Strange -Junji Junji Ito 's Strange Stories That Keep You Up at Night-," a live-action adaptation of 13 masterpieces by horror manga artist Junji Ito . We will cover these topics in two parts.
On June 25th, it was announced that the 10th installment of the popular historical drama series "Muyōan Inkyo Shugyō" (BS Asahi), starring Yutaka Mizutani, titled "Muyōan Inkyo Shugyō 10," will air on September 22nd. The familiar regular cast members, including Ittoku Kishibe and Rei Dan, will also be reprising their roles. "Muyōan Inkyo Shugyō" is based on a short historical novel by Naoki Prize-winning author Yasuhisa Ebisawa and is a thrilling historical entertainment drama depicting the protagonist, Hanbei Hyuga, and others fighting against rampant evil. Among the incidents depicted in this installment are episodes that are still relevant today, such as what we would now call "land swindlers," hoarding and reselling, and soaring prices. Tsutaya Juzaburo, who gained attention as the protagonist of last year's NHK Taiga drama " UNBOUND, " will also be involved in the story.
On the 25th, it was revealed that Sheena Ringo will be performing the theme song for Fuji TV's Thursday drama series "Last Note" (Thursdays at 10 PM), which will air in July and stars Yuki Uchida and Takuto Teranishi of the popular group "timelesz". The song, titled "Hadaka" (Naked), was written specifically for this drama and will be her first theme song for a Thursday drama series as a solo artist. The theme song is said to be a song in which the band sound and Shiina's raw, unadorned spoken word clash, and it will be unveiled during the first episode airing on July Getsuku. The drama tells the story of Ichinose Aoi (Uchida), a 49-year-old woman who has gone through marriage, divorce, and setbacks at work and is living a life of maintaining the status quo, and Higuchi Sumiharu (Teranishi), a 30-year-old man who has given up on his dreams and is living a life of suppressing his true self, and how they meet by chance and are drawn to each other.
On the 25th, it was announced that Aoki Macho, who appeared in "Kakeochi," will appear in the NHK night drama "Taxpayer-Built Books" (NHK General, Monday-Thursday 10:45 PM), starring Daiken Okudaira, which will start on August 24th. The drama is a human comedy based on the "library work manga" by Zuino (original story) and Kei Yamamoto (artwork), which is currently serialized in "Young Magazine" (Kodansha). Aoki will play Shirai Riyuki, a non-regular employee working in the library's materials department. She is skilled with her hands and is in charge of repairing books. She works out every day to protect books and the library, and is the type of person who casually says things that are difficult to say without reading the atmosphere. In addition, Nishino Nanase, Sayaka Isoyama, Kawashima Akira from "Kirin", Hiroyuki Hirayama , and Yada Akiko have also been announced as appearing in the drama.
On the 25th, Yu Yokoyama of "SUPER EIGHT" appeared at a press conference in Tokyo for the upcoming drama series "Tonight, I'm Meeting a Serial Killer" (Wednesdays at 11 PM, Kansai TV/Fuji TV). Yokoyama, who is playing a detective for the sixth time in this series, laughed and said, "I've done three detective dramas in the past year, so I've been chasing criminals for nine months straight." He added, "Even so, I think we're creating a new kind of drama. It's based on a manga, and the human drama is robust and one of its charms. The actors and staff are working together to make it a passionate drama. I hope many people will watch it." The drama will premiere on July 1st.
On the 26th, it was revealed that Yuka Ogura will appear in "Strange - Junji Ito 's Strange Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night" (TV Tokyo, Fridays at 12:12 AM), an anthology drama series based on 13 masterpieces by Junji Ito , known for his horror manga "Tomie." Ogura will play Ruriko in episode 9, "The Woman with the Ribs." Ruriko is the girlfriend of the protagonist Yuri's ( Nagisa Saito) brother, whom Yuri admires. With her beautiful, slender waist, Ruriko stimulates Yuri's obsession with "beauty," but eventually drags her into a terrifying fate with the ominous words, "Your ribs will be taken." The drama will begin airing on July 3rd.
On the 26th, it was announced that in addition to streaming missed episodes of the TBS Sunday drama "VIVANT" (Sundays at 9 PM) starring Masato Sakai, TVer will also be streaming a TVer original making-of program, "VIVANT-Adventure Log-," one episode at a time after each episode airs on terrestrial television. The program will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the production of the "VIVANT" sequel, which took place over approximately one year, including large-scale location shoots both domestically and internationally, along with valuable making-of footage. The program will offer a glimpse into the true personalities of the cast, including conversations and thoughts on their roles behind the scenes, which are not seen in the drama, featuring actors such as Sakai, Hiroshi Abe, Fumi Nikaido, Kazunari Ninomiya Ninomiya, and Tori Matsuzaka. Furthermore, previously unreleased footage from the first season and the story's origins will also be revealed.
