Sato Takeru - a.k.a "Rurouni Kenshin"
[Current Hong Kong TVB Drama 2014] All That is Bitter is Sweet 大藥坊
English title: All That is Bitter is Sweet
Genre: Pre-modern, Medicine
Broadcast Date: September 8, 2014 - October 17, 2014
[Current Hong Kong TVB Sitcom 2012] Come Home Love 愛.回家
English title: Come Home Love
Genre: Modern, Family, Love
Episodes: 180 300 700
Broadcast period: May 14, 2012 - 2014
[Current Hong Kong TVB Drama 2014] Shades of Life 我們的天空
English title: Shades of Life
Genre: Modern, Drama
Broadcast Date: June 20, 2014 - October 12, 2014
[TAIWAN DRAMA 2011] 我可能不會愛你 / WO KE NENG BU HUI AI NI / IN TIME WITH YOU
* English title: In Time with You
* Genre: Romance
* Broadcast network: FTV / GTV
* Broadcast period: 2011-Sep-18
Synopsis
On her 30th birthday, Cheng You Qing received an email on "the symptoms of premature aging" from Li Da Ren, her best friend of 14 years. Unable to accept that Li Da Ren is like a fine wine that will get better with age and she is like a grape that will dry into a raisin as years go by, she made a bet with Li to see who will get married first before they turn 35. As she looked around for a potential husband, she discovered that she was surrounded by unacceptable candidates, like gay assistant or cheating ex-boyfriend. The only man who could love her despite her ill temper and stubbornness is her best friend. The only problem was that they both swore that they were not or will ever be romantically attracted to each other.
Cast
* Ariel Lin as Cheng You Qing 程又青
* Wilson Chen as Li Da Ren 李大仁
* Chen Kuang Yi (陳匡怡) as Maggie
* Wang Yang Ming (王陽明) as Ding Li Wei 丁立威
* Lin Mei Xiu as Cheng's mother
* Luo Bei An as Cheng's father
* Ying Wei Min (應蔚民) as Cheng Guan Qing 程冠青
* Ma Nan (馬囡) as Guan Qing's wife 大嫂
* Yin Qi (殷琦) as Cheng Mei Qing 程美青
* Xie Yu Wei (謝宇威) as Mei Qing's husband 姊夫
* Zhou Dan Wei (周丹薇) as Li's mother 李媽
* Meng Geng Ru as Li Tao Tao 李淘淘
* Jin Shi Jye (金士傑) as Bai Shu 白叔
* Jerry Huang as Henry
* Na Tie (拿鐵) as Nic
* Ma Shi Li (馬世莉) as Manager 總經理
* Joelle Lu as Grace
* Yu Han Mi (余函彌) as Lala
* Ya Zi (丫子) as Lu Xing Di 盧辛蒂
* Tsai Chang Hsien (蔡昌憲) as Di Shu 地鼠
* Zeng Wei Hao (曾威豪) as Da Cong 大叢
* Li Wei Wie (李維維) as Zi Lin 子琳
* Liu Yi Hao (劉以豪) as Mei Nan 美男
* An Wei Ling (安唯綾) as Mei Mei 美美
[Mainland Chinese Drama 2014] Boss & Me 杉杉來了(杉杉來吃)
English title: Boss & Me
Genre: Drama, Modern, Comedy, Romance
Broadcast Date: July 8, 2014
[Current Taiwanese Drama 2014] Say Again Yes I Do/I Do 2 再說一次我願意
English title: Say Again Yes I Do/ I Do 2
Genre: Drama, Romance
Episodes: 22
Broadcast Date: August 24, 2014 - January 28, 2015
[Current Taiwanese Drama 2014] X Lies/The Game of Lies 謊言遊戲
English title: X Lies/The Game of Lies
Genre: Modern, Romance, Drama
[Current Thailand Drama 2014] Grean House The Series
Title : Grean House The Series (Thai: เกรียนเฮ้าส์เดอะซีรีย์)
Episodes : number not yet announced (?)
Uploading Time : Every Sunday, 22.00 (TST) on Studio Commuan YouTube
Language : Thai, with English and Chinese subtitles available on YouTube
Official Websites
IG
MCOT Website
Studio Commuan YouTube
(Studio Commuan promises English and Chinese subtitles for YouTube viewings)
The 2014 series is a continuation of the 2013 film (also by Chookiat Sakveerakul) Grean Fictions (เกรียนฟิคชั่น), which was set in a high school in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The film followed the final years of high school of several teenagers interested in the arts and in film production up until their university entrance exams. The series continues where the film left off, with the students growing up and growing into college life and adulthood. Will they enter college? How will they continue their film production? Will they work with Pramote and his studio which he sets up for them: Grean House? The series is a comedy promising to focus, not so much on teen issues as, on the meaning of being an adult.
Janejira Jumneansri ("Jane") as Koi
Kritsanapoom Pibulsonggram ("JJ") as Oat
Suphawadi Sorawong ("Kratay") as Fernika
Kittisak Patomburana ("Jack") as Mone
Samachaya Atsawaniwes ("Jasmine") as Nudee
Suphasit Kidkran-ngan ("James") as Tok
Purim Rattanaruangwattana ("Pluem") as Mon
Wachornpong Tanlaphat ("Boat") as Aon
Chuchwan Atsawnon ("David") as Pramote
Atiyaras Vachornkeerin ("Pear") as Malee
Watcharit Avasiriphong ("Arm" from August Band) as Frank
Wanida Termthanaporn ("Gybzy" from Girly Berry) as Tip
Witwisit Hiranyawongkul ("Pchy" from August Band) guest stars
Official Trailers
2013 movie:
2014 series:
Teaser Trailer on Facebook
OST
2013 movie:
[MANGA] HORIMIYA
The longer they hang out at her house, the more she gets to know more of Izumi: he's the exact opposite of otaku. Doesn't really like anime that much, only wears glasses and maintains long hair so he could hide his piercings, and totally not smart at all! Izumi, on the other hand, gets to see what she is like after school: doesn't wear make up, dresses really plain, and has no time for social hang outs since she takes care of the house and her brother.
They learn a lot more of each other until they can't help but liking each other more and more. It's a new strange feeling for Izumi given his past life, but he's willing to change for Izumi. And Kyoko, who's been so independent and strong all her life, has put her shield and armour down and depended on Izumi.
Kyoko opens doors for Izumi to grow up and be more out there with people, and Izumi has been the only person Kyoko has ever depended on since she was a kid. They are so perfect for each other. It's like they're filling in the holes of each other's imperfection.
I mentioned that this manga reminds me of Kimi Ni Todoke, however, this is much more fast paced than Kimi Ni Todoke. I mean, in Volume 5, we already have this!!!
I didn't see this one coming, yet it felt so right that they've finally done the deed.
Last Movie You Saw?
[Upcoming Thailand Drama 2014] ThirTeen Terrors (aka Spook School) เพื่อนเฮี้ยนโรงเรียนหลอน
Title : ThirTEEN Terrors (aka Spook School; Thai: เพื่อนเฮี้ยนโรงเรียนหลอน)
Series First Announced : 25 September 2014
Episodes : 13
Official Website
There are things that happened that people don't want to talk about.
There are students whom people want to forget.
And there are secrets waiting for the day that they're revealed.
Suthatta Udomsilp ("Punpun")
Chawin Likitcharoenpong ("Fame")
Palida Thidavachira ("Smile")
Kemisara Paladesh ("Belle")
Kanyawee Songmuang ("Nerng")
Claudine Craig ("Claudine")
Jiravat Vachirsavanphat ("Wor")
and others
Official Trailer
[Upcoming Chinese/Korean Movie 2014] Doctor Stranger (based on the Korean drama under the same name)
^This is the poster from the Korean drama and will be replaced once the official poster is out
Director: Jin Hyeok
Writers: Park Jin-Woo and Kim Joo
Cast
Lee Jong Suk as Park Hoon
Jin Se Yeon as Song Jae Hee/Han Seung Hee
Park Hae Jin as Han Jae Joon
Kang So Ra as Oh Soo Hyun
Poster credits to SBS
You can go HERE to read more about the movie plot.
[Upcoming Japanese Movie 2014] Miracle: Devil Claus' Love and Magic / MIRACLE デビクロくんの恋と魔法
- Movie: Miracle Debikuro's Love and Magic (literal title)
- Romaji: Miracle Debikuro kun no Koi to Mahou
- Japanese: MIRACLE デビクロくんの恋と魔法
- Director: Isshin Inudo
- Writer: Kou Nakamura (novel), Tomoe Kanno
- Producer:
- Cinematographer:
- World Premiere: October 26, 2014 (Tokyo IFF)
- Release Date: November 22, 2014
- Runtime: 115 min
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Hikari (Masaki Aiba) works at a book store. He is a kind person, but his kindness often makes him look pathetic. Hikari hopes to become a manga writer. At night he sprays mysterious flyers "Debikuro Communication". One day, he meets someone via fate.
Anna (Nana Eikura) has been Hikari’s friend since they were children. So-Young (Han Hyo-Joo), who is a world famous lighting designer, happens to know Hikari. Kitayama (Toma Ikuta) graduated from the same university as Hikari. Kitayama is also a popular manga writer.
The love lives of these four people makes a miracle at Christmas night.
Notes
- Based on the novel "Debikuro kun no Koi to Mahou" by Ko Nakamura (published November 27, 2013 by Shogakukan)..
- Filming for the movie begins January 18, 2014 in Tokyo and finishes at the end of February, 2014.
Cast
Masaki Aiba | Nana Eikura | Han Hyo-Joo | Toma Ikuta | Hitori Gekidan |
Hikari | Anna | So-Young | Kitayama | Debikuro kun (voice) |
Additional Cast Members:
- Mantaro Koichi - Natsuki Kurita
- Makiko Watanabe - Ritsuko
- Muga Tsukaji - Mori Yumeno
- Yukino Kishii - Remon Karaki
- Miwako Ichikawa - Rina
- Yoichi Nukumizu - bar owner
- Chris Peppler - event coordinator
- Kokoro Hirasawa - Manami
Film Festivals
- 2014 (27th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 23-31, 2014 - Special Screenings *World Premiere
The Vampire Diaries
I decided to start a thread on the Vampire Diaries since the show has been offically picked up. This thread will be about the Vampire Diaries TV show but you can discuss the books if you want. There is another thread called 'L.J Smith' which I think is best suited to talk about the books. I say this because people who haven't read the books and want to watch the show don't want to have the storyline spoiled for them. Though from what I've seen and heard about this show, it's straying quite a bit from the books.
Here is a cast list and summary (criedts to wikipedia):
* Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev): She is compassionate and kind with a smart wit and timeless beauty. 17 years old, fresh-faced, with lovely features, she once swept through life with the ease of a popular, well-adjusted pretty girl, until she suffered a tragedy: her parents were killed in a car crash four months ago, and now she and her younger brother Jeremy live with their Aunt Jenna. Most of the time, Elena simply tries to get through the day with the support of her friends Bonnie and Caroline and her ex-boyfriend Matt, whom she�s known since she was a little kid. Elena�s life is brightened with the arrival of Stefan, the mysterious, polite and gorgeous new guy at school whose past and identity are shrouded in mystery.
* Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley): A �gloriously, amazingly, epic-ly beautiful young man, elegant and ageless,� he appears to be 17 or 18, but he�s really a 200-year-old vampire who has come to Mystic Falls in search of Elena. Stefan is poised, polite and reserved but easy to talk to, and intense sparks fly between him and Elena, who share the experience of having lost their parents.
* Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder): Early to mid 20s. Stefan�s brother, he�s a darkly handsome, strong, charming and smug vampire who can go from casual and playful to pure evil in less than a heartbeat. Damon�s interest in Elena unnerves Stefan. Though Damon hates small towns and considers them dull, it�s clear that he�s come to wreak havoc. Unlike Stefan, Damon has no qualms about killing humans.
* Jeremy Gilbert (Steven R. McQueen): 15 years old, he is Elena�s troubled but fundamentally decent little brother who has an �outcast cute, grunge punk� look. He�s good looking and a heartthrob waiting to happen. Over the summer, he started sleeping with an older girl, Vicki, and he�d like to continue their relationship now that school�s in session, but she ignores him in front of her jock boyfriend, Tyler. She�s perfectly happy to buy drugs off him, however. Jeremy is smoking a lot of pot and drinking too much in an effort to cope with the death of his parents four months ago, and he doesn�t take seriously his Aunt Jenna�s attempts to rein him in.
* Bonnie (Katerina Graham): 17 years old, bubbly, adorable, loyal and bighearted, she is Elena�s best friend who is developing her psychic abilities and senses that Stefan is dangerous. She also �sees� the black crow of death that seems to be following Elena.
* Jenna Moyer (Sara Canning): 29 years old, Elena and Jeremy�s aunt who took them in after the death of their parents, she is a brainy/sexy grad student who looks good in sweats and is hard at work on her thesis. She�s used to being the fun, cool aunt, and finds the transition to sudden parenting a bit daunting. Instead of packing school lunches, she hands her charges power bars and coffee. Jenna is trying hard and genuinely wants to be a good caretaker.
* Matt Donovan (Zach Roerig): 17 years old, he�s a handsome, all-American jock (Jeremy calls him a �golden retriever�) and Vicki�s brother. He has known Elena her whole life and used to be her boyfriend. He�d like to get back together, but he knows she needs time after the death of her parents and he�s gentle and thoughtful about giving her space. However, he can�t help but feel worried that the new guy, Stefan, is going to sweep Elena off her feet before he can re-establish his relationship with her.
* Caroline Truitt (Candice Accola): 17 years old, a beautiful but slightly manufactured-looking queen bee type, she is friends � and rivals � with Elena. Though she does care about Elena, Caroline is resentful of her relationship with Stefan. When Caroline gets tipsy at a party and throws herself at him, he inadvertently humiliates and angers her with a polite but firm rejection.
* Tyler Stratton (Michael Trevino): 18 years old, athletic, cocky, attractive, and a bit of a jerk, he�s an alpha male who demonstratively marks his territory (i.e. Vicki) every chance he gets, particularly in front of Jeremy. Tyler can�t resist needling Matt about the fact that Elena seems to be falling for the new guy, Stefan.
* Vicki Donovan (Kayla Ewell): 18 years old, trashy-hot, with low self-esteem, she is Matt�s sister who works as a waitress at the Mystic Grill and enjoys popping pills and smoking pot. She hooked up repeatedly with lowerclassman Jeremy over the summer, but now she pointedly ignores him whenever her boyfriend, Tyler, is around. Vicki doesn�t believe any guy wants her for anything other than her body, or even that they should, but her relationship with Jeremy seems to go deeper than that.
Personally I think this series is turning more twilight than vampire diaries. I'm not too impressed with the what I've seen and heard but I'll give it a go. The cast seems a little bit misplaced...
I'll put up cast pics and promos up, as things progress:
Here are some pics:
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[Current Chinese Variety Show 2014] Run, Brother! 奔跑吧兄弟 (Chinese Running Man)
[Taiwanese Drama 2014] Lovestore At The Corner 巷弄裡的那家書店
English title: Lovestore At The Corner
Genre: Music, Romance, Drama
[Upcoming Hong Kong TVB Drama 2014] Come On, Cousin 老表,你好Hea!
English title: Come On, Cousin
Genre: Comedy, Modern
Broadcast Date: October 20, 2014 - November 28, 2014
Ao Haru Ride
Also known as AoHaRaido or Youth Ride
By Sakisaka Io
Summary
Yoshioka Futaba has a few reasons why she wants to "reset" her image and life as a new high-school student. Because she's cute, she was ostracized by her female friends in junior high, and because of a misunderstanding, she couldn't get her feeling across to the one boy she has always liked, Tanaka-kun.
Now in high school, she is determined to be as unladylike as possible so that her friends won't be jealous of her. While living her life this way contentedly, she meets Tanaka-kun again, but he now goes under the name of Mabuchi Kou. He tells her that he felt the same way as she did when they were younger, but now things can never be the same again. Will Futaba be able to continue her love that never even started from three years ago?
Current Chapter
Volume 7 (Chapter 27) ongoing
Read
http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Ao-Haru-Ride
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Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji
When Erika entered high school she was only able to make friends with two girls. What is their favorite topic to talk about? Their boyfriends. So Erika lied to her friends about having a boyfriend as well in order to fit in with them. However, they start getting suspicious that she's making him up. She "solves" her problem by taking a picture on her camera phone of a cute guy she sees while she's walking through the city. However, when she shows her friends the picture the next day, it turns out that he's a schoolmate of theirs named Sata Kyouya. Luckily, Kyouya agrees to act fake lovers with Erika. But Kyouya, who is popular with many girls and acts like a prince charming, turns out to be a black prince who uses the favor to blackmail her.