Arisa Mizuki to play lone wolf teacher in new drama
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TOKYO —
Actress Arisa Mizuki, 32, takes on the role of a lone wolf teacher in the new TBS drama series, “O-hitori-sama” (Party of One), which starts Friday at 10 p.m. Mizuki’s character fearlessly lives her life alone until she falls into an odd couple romance with a “herbivore man,” played by co-star Teppai Koike, 23.
Mizuki said of the role, “I think the phrase ‘o-hitori-sama’ has a lot of impact; I really like it and want to paint an image of a woman people can empathize with.”
Koike, who had recently been out with the flu, returned to filming on Oct 11 to a thunderous round of applause. “Everyone was really warm,” he said.
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KallyPygous
There's a nice symmetry in their ages.
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Yelnats
Glad I will be out on Friday at 10 pm
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marushka
great, new drama to watch:)
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Osakadaz
craptacularness.'Oh let's make another drama about a teacher..that'll work..'
"herbivore man"...somebody needs a big slap,somewhere.
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sunny117
Actually 32 and 23 is the right combination of attraction......
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marushka
2sunny117: yes, but afraid it will be like in " anego", beginning was interesting but ending....
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sunny117
2marushka: well i wrote - attraction - not success formula....you see...i meant time bound attraction..........
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marushka
2sunny117: its true:)) but i think japanese dorama producers will not show any drama with success formula in situation when lady is older then a man...
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bamboohat
herbivore man gets devoured by cougar woman.
every otaku's dream.
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tokyochris
Only if she likes gundam ;-)
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Sarge
"herbivore man"
How different is an herbivore man and a male vegetarian?
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GAYMAN
oh oh! pass the kleenex. the big doggie of the japanese advertising industry did another do-do. another stinky formula gets rehashed for the umteenth time
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Altria
Great! Last season we had the Konkatsu drama, now we've got herbivore prancer gets eaten up by older woman drama.
Any guesses on what next season's buzzword-inspired drama will be?
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magpie
Guys appreciate Arisa for waht she is. I'm too old for her to be the cougar, but would gladly be an otaku herbivore dude for aday if she would lone wolf me! ;)
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kisekicaroline
most j-dramas are school dramas. what's up with that? let's get more more creative and write more interesting plots.
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marushka
2kisekicaroline: good idea:) so, we provide with script and producers will start new doramas?:)
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InTheKnow
And stray outside the predictable, rehashed 'formula box'? Oh, wait-- we're talking about a creative industry, aren't we. Imagine if music and fashion took as many chances as the TV industry here.
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