Netflix has revealed that its Japanese slate for the year ahead includes three films and a seven new and returning series.
The features include Drawing Closer by Takahiro Miki, a director well-known for romantic dramas such as Love Me, Love Me Not and Your Eyes Tell. It follows a young man with a terminal illness who falls for a woman who is also living on borrowed time. The cast is led by Ren Nagase and Natsuki Deguchi.
It is based on a best-selling novel by Ao Morita and is scripted by Tomoko Yoshida, whose collaborations with Miki go back to...
The features include Drawing Closer by Takahiro Miki, a director well-known for romantic dramas such as Love Me, Love Me Not and Your Eyes Tell. It follows a young man with a terminal illness who falls for a woman who is also living on borrowed time. The cast is led by Ren Nagase and Natsuki Deguchi.
It is based on a best-selling novel by Ao Morita and is scripted by Tomoko Yoshida, whose collaborations with Miki go back to...
- 2/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Comedian Yuriyan Retriever, who once appeared as a contestant on America’s Got Talent, has landed a lead role in the upcoming Netflix Japan series The Queen of Villains. According to Deadline, Retriever will play Dump Matsumoto, a professional wrestler who rose to prominence as one of the leading female wrestlers in All Japan Women’s Pro-Wrestling during the 1980s. Matsumoto’s immense popularity led to a boom in women’s wrestling at a time when the sport was male-dominated. The series will depict Matsumoto’s friendships and fights with companions and foes, tracing her journey as she tries to succeed as a heroic pro wrestler who was nearly fired before becoming the most famous Japanese female wrestler of all time. Matsumoto was the leader of the faction Gokuaku Domei — which included other beloved women wrestlers, Crane Yu, Condor Saito, and Bull Nakano. Last year, Retriever won the R-1 Grand Prix...
- 6/30/2022
- TV Insider
Exclusive: Popular Japanese comedian and America’s Got Talent contestant Yuriyan Retriever is to lead Netflix Japan series The Queen of Villains.
Retriever will play the lead role of Dump Matsumoto, a professional wrestler who led the women’s boom in the sport with her cult-like popularity and took Japan by storm in the 1980s, a time when wrestling was even more male dominated than it is now. While trying to succeed as a heroic pro wrestler, she was nearly fired before becoming the most famous Japanese female wrestler of all time, and the series depicts her friendships and fights with companions.
Popular comic Retriever famously appeared as a dancer in 2019’s America’s Got Talent.
The Queen of Villains was unveiled on a Netflix Japan slate late last year along with several scripted shows and the likes of Love Is Blind: Japan. It will air in 2023.
Junya Ikegami is writer, Kazuya Shiraishi...
Retriever will play the lead role of Dump Matsumoto, a professional wrestler who led the women’s boom in the sport with her cult-like popularity and took Japan by storm in the 1980s, a time when wrestling was even more male dominated than it is now. While trying to succeed as a heroic pro wrestler, she was nearly fired before becoming the most famous Japanese female wrestler of all time, and the series depicts her friendships and fights with companions.
Popular comic Retriever famously appeared as a dancer in 2019’s America’s Got Talent.
The Queen of Villains was unveiled on a Netflix Japan slate late last year along with several scripted shows and the likes of Love Is Blind: Japan. It will air in 2023.
Junya Ikegami is writer, Kazuya Shiraishi...
- 6/29/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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