Misaki Ito, 2nd from right, and other cast members

Misaki Ito stars as widowed apartment manager in TV drama

Thursday 17th July, 06:34 AM JST

TOKYO —

Actress Misaki Ito, 31, will play the part of a widowed apartment manager in a special drama “Mezon Ikkoku,” which is based on a popular comic story. Ito’s character interacts with a student tenant who falls in love with her. The drama is the second installment. The first in the series aired in May, 2007.

Asked about her views on relationships, Ito said, “Even if I have rivals, I always speak honestly about my feelings to the guy, whatever people think.”

The drama will be aired July 26 on the TV Asahi network.

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10 Comments

rjd_jr at 08:05 AM JST - 17th July

That's Ito's niche right there, the same kinds of roles.
thepro at 08:38 AM JST - 17th July

I can't tell one drama from the other
KissMint at 08:55 AM JST - 17th July

Why all the news of the latest roles for such-and-such actress on the latest mindless J-drama recently? Does anyone actually care?
lipscombe at 09:46 AM JST - 17th July

I can't tell one drama from the other

sure you can! one kind has forbidden love between age/class gap the other has amateur sleuth and knife standoff on beach, its easy!
Sarge at 09:51 AM JST - 17th July

"Even if I have rivals"

Ha ha ha! Good one, Misaki! Everyone knows you have no rivals!

Lips - Good one!
Pukey2 at 10:40 AM JST - 17th July

They say that one way to improve your Japanese is to watch Jp programmes. But I can never bring myself round to watching any of these dramas. Unoriginal, slow, non-thought provoking, plenty of over-acting (or plain bad acting), unfunny and boring.
beowulf at 10:48 AM JST - 17th July

thepro - Seriously, you can not tell the difference between the dramas? Perhaps you should learn to speak Japanese.

Some of last season's dramas were Rookies, Gokusen 3, Last Friends, My Sassy Girl, Absolute Boyfriend, Change and Puzzle. Hmm they were all very similar.

Do you have difficulty picking the difference between Hitomi and Atsu Hime on NHK?
thepro at 11:18 AM JST - 17th July

I can speak Japanese. Doesn't matter anyway, cause I don't watch the crap. I meant that I can't tell the difference between one drama and others that star the same person. As lipscombe pointed out the plots are all the same, just placed in different work environments. This time she's an apartment manager. Wow.
milhaus at 04:02 PM JST - 17th July

sounds fabulous ! can't wait to see it and laugh hysterically ! zzzzzzz
chardk1 at 08:26 PM JST - 18th July

The problem with Japanese TV is that the usual stars are so overexposed pitching beer, gum and oral hygiene products that you watch them in some inane dorama and you literally can't tell the show from the CM breaks. Seriously, I am sure that Misaki Ito, Kimutaku, Yukie Nakama et al are lovely people but their perky mugs are selling something at you ALL THE TIME so having to watch them smile and shrug their way through an hour of a whole lot of nothing is a lot to ask. I can just glance though the train adverts and billboards on the way to work and get the same amount of entertainment from these folks.