Konnichiwa and Annyeong Haseyo minna-san

Konnichiwa and Annyeong Haseyo minna-san

Hope that's correct above but what I'm saying is welcome everyone. May 10, 2019 is the first day of this blog and many may know me from 'Nao Kanzaki and Friends'... aitoda.com. There I have such a mix of things and finally decided to branch out with just a blog devoted to Japanese and Korean dramas. Will also be having some film reviews but one thing you won't see are any J-Pop idols or gravure models except for their dramas, this blog is dedicated 100% to dramas and films.

Also actresses as will be having many, many posts for them. Such as them appearing at events, mag spreads, interview pics and whatever else. So you should be seeing a lot of my bigger long time faves such as Erika Toda, Park Min-Young, Lee Yeon-Hee, Tsubasa Honda and too many others to count. The first few weeks there many not be too many posts for new dramas as I'll be copying many recaps from the old blog along with some film reviews and actress posts.

Won't be going too far back, perhaps to 2015 with a few exceptions and will have an entire series in a row to make it easy to follow. Did find it a problem completing series at the Nao Kanzaki blog, won't be doing that here as all the series will have a post for every episode. Thanks for visiting, it'll will be a work in progress for a while here but hopefully not for too long. Comments are also appreciated, like to know your opinions on dramas and for any recommendations you may have.

News and upcoming projects

News and upcoming projects

Should have done this on my Aitoda blog which is to let viewers know what's going on. Seems like a good way to let everyone know if I'll be taking a break, what to look forward to and any other tidbits.

Updating update, May 19th:

Whew, have finally finished transferring over enough posts from the Aitoda blog. May be a few here and there in the future for some new that's being introduced but there shouldn't be too many. Have also included announcers for women that I'll be posting about as my top two current faves just happen to be in that profession.

The first five episodes of '3-Nen A Gumi' have now been posted. For series over five shows will be doing two batches of them as I figure ten posts are way too many to read through during one sitting so will have the second half of the drama coming up in 2-3 weeks, highly recommend the show.

June 4th.... Have written up the recaps for episodes 7 and 8 of the '3-Nen A Gumi' show and will have those long with episode eight by June 6th. Up next for Korean dramas is up in the air but leaning towards a pair of shorter series which will be either "Splish Splash Love" or "The Universe's Star".

Search This Blog

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Hinako Sakurai: Few recent happenings....



 Sigh, guess no matter how many posts I do for Hinako or how high she finishes on my fave's lists she'll always be the most unpopular Japanese woman here. Last year her posts drew the lowest average of views for anyone who had six or more posts, the total was 28 who hit that figure. For the first half of this year Hinako has retained her title(!) though at least that average is higher than I expected. Know someone has to be the most unpopular and hate to see anyone have that honor(?) but why does it have to be such a huge fave of mine? This post is from my 'Aitoda' and was originally done on July 17th.



 Hinako started out the year slow as she only had one post in three months but now she's hit the six required to be eligible for this year's 'Top Twenty Faves' list. In 2019 her position was fifth which may have surprised a few viewers, think currently I'd have her in about the seventh spot. Lot of pics for today but not all are new, most are for Hinako's new drama that began Wednesday.
 Though not a fave of many here she must have many fans in Japan as Hinako often has the lead role in the dramas and films she appears in. About two weeks ago reviewed her 2019 film "He Won't Kill, She Won't Die" which I thought was a superb film, think I gave it a rating of 8.5/10.









 Will end off with some screenshots for the new drama. Not too much promoting for the series or should I say not many pics as Hinako and her co-star did do about five interviews yet the sites all had the same pics, title of the show is "Furo Girl" and these are those interview pics.








 Actually Hinako did do a solo interview which was with Hustle Press, these are some terrific pics from their site.








 Hinako has had a Line blog for many years, wish she had more pics but always keeps her fans informed on her activities. On the blog she did announce that she'll be appearing in a special TV  movie airing tonight on NTV called "Today Is Me" which is part of their Friday Road Show series. She also has a YT site if you want to check it out: YT Channel









 That bottom pic was a from a video she did with the comedy duo Time Machine. Have a pair of new mag spreads but as is usually the case both are just way too small. First three pics are from the July 27th issue of Big Comic Spirits while the rest are from the July 13th Shukan Bunshun.








 Will have an encore viewing of this set that's from the travel web magazine Tabiiro. Seeing as Hinako's posts draw the lowest amount of views sure most haven't seen these fine pics and she was their 'Woman of the Month' for May.

















 Hinako has done a few CM's for Primavista cosmetics, have her new one at the bottom of the post.



 Will be ending off with a very brief recap of her new "Furo Girl" drama, Hinako has the lead role in the show and plays the character of Sayoko. Of course the episode wasn't subbed but most of her dramas and films do end up with subs so am hoping that's the case for this series. An episode is only 25 minutes in length, it airs on TV-Tokyo Wednesday nights at 12:58 am and most late night dramas are always better than prime time shows.
 Sayoko is an OL though we never saw her at the office. This entire first show featured Sayoko at her tiny apartment and what a quirky young gal she is. Her passion is taking baths(!) and it's a momentous occasion when she takes her nightly one. Sayoko creates special soaps and such for her soothing baths and though not subbed it was easy enough to follow what she was doing and thinking. Of course that bath scene wasn't overly suggestive but it did have me trying to peer over her shoulder. That scene isn't on YT so have that newish Primavista CM after the screenshots.


























No comments:

Post a Comment