Theme Song for the drama "SMILE"

now.. i have a habit of visiting Tokyograph almost everyday.. and today actually i visit it again.. ^_^

the first entertainment news on the headlines i about Ringo Shiina.. actually i don't know her, but i saw from the news that she is the singer for the theme song of MatsuJun's drama.. the title of the sing is "Ariamaru Tomi" ^_^

here's the news about her:

Shiina does new solo single for "Smile"

Mon, March 16, 2009 (12:53am EDT)
 

Ringo Shiina is back with her first solo single in roughly five years. Titled "Ariamaru Tomi," the song will go on sale May 27, which is the anniversary of her debut single "Koufukuron" back in 1998.

"Ariamaru Tomi" is being used as the theme song for the TBS drama "Smile," starring Jun Matsumoto and Yui Aragaki. The series begins on April 17.

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ne.. i just observed that she looks like Kame in that picture ^_^ hehe

CREDIT: www.tokyograph.com

Shige's New Drama

waaa.. Shige-san will have a new drama this fall (actually i don't know when the Fall starts in Japan because in or country, we only have two seasons.. hehe).. the tentative title for the drama is "Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta ~1969 Nen no Oyaji to Boku" ^_^

actually in the news article from tokyograph is not actually focusing on Shige but seeing his name catch my attention.. haha

kochi for the news article from tokyograph:

Toshiyuki Nishida, Pinko Izumi, Shigeaki Kato co-star in drama special

Sun, March 15, 2009 (4:11am EDT)
 

Acting veterans Toshiyuki Nishida and Pinko Izumi will be co-starring in a TBS drama special this fall. This is said to be their first performance together since the 1982 drama "Samishii no wa Omae Dake Janai."

The drama, tentatively titled "Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta ~1969 Nen no Oyaji to Boku", is scripted by writer Taeko Asano ("Love Generation," "Last Friends"). Nishida and Izumi played a married couple, and Nishida's possible forced early retirement raises questions of divorce. Their son, an unemployed but aspiring manga artist (played by NEWS member Shigeaki Kato), gets in a fight with his father and leaves the house, but a "time slip" takes him back to the 1960s when his father was a university student. Using this plot device, the drama explores the differences between the lives of the baby boomers and today's youths.

Comedian Atsushi Tsutsumishita (of Impulse) and actress Saki Aibu take on the roles of Nishida and Izumi in their youth. Masaki Kanda and Shugo Oshinari have also been cast. Filming started in early February.

TBS plans to air the drama this fall.

i found another post about Shige's new drama.. its from wordpress..

kochi..

TBS Drama Specials 2009 (Third Quarter)

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Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta ~ 1969-nen no Oyaji to Boku

Date: Autumn 2009
Station: TBS
Cast: Nishida Toshiyuki, Kato Shigeaki, Aibu Saki, Tsutsumishita Atsushi, Oshinari Shugo, Kanda Masaki, Izumi Pinko

Synopsis: Onodera Riichi (Nishida Toshiyuki) and his wife, Harumi (Izumi Pinko) are tired of married life. Onodera belongs to the baby boomer generation. When he was suddenly asked by his company to take an “early retirement”, he resists and desperately struggles against it. His son, Yu (Kato Shigeaki), is what is called a NEET (Not in Education, Employment or Training). He dreams of becoming a manga artist but lives off his parents who are without jobs. One day, Yu has an argument with his father over employment issues and storms out of the house. Through a strange turn of events, he goes back in time to 1969 - a period when the student movement flourished in Japan. There he meets his parents (Aibu Saki, Tsutsumishita Atsushi) in their younger days …

Website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/chichiyo-anataha/

CREDIT: www.tokyograph.com and jdramas.wordpress.com