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Shigeaki Kato gets sexual in "Seminar" - 2009.04.15

On Tuesday, a press conference for the play "SEMINAR" was held in Tokyo. The production is the first starring stage role for NEWS member Shigeaki Kato (21), who described his character as being addicted to sex.

The play revolves around a special seminar about the powerful Medici family from the Renaissance era. Kato plays an American college student participating in the seminar, who sleeps with multiple women during the course of the story, including another student. The lead female role is being played by actress Natsuki Kato (23). Other cast members include Tomoya Nakamura (22), Aya Tabata (22), and Chikako Kaku (47).

"Seminar" was penned by American writer Lee Kalcheim. The Japanese production will be the play's first in the world. Performances are being held at The Globe Tokyo from May 17 to June 3, followed by a run at Osaka's Theater Drama City from June 9 to June 14.

Credits: tokyograph

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Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta (Dad, You were great!)

Acting veterans Toshiyuki Nishida and Pinko Izumi will be co-starring in a TBS drama special this fall. This is said to be their first performance together since the 1982 drama "Samishii no wa Omae Dake Janai."

The drama, tentatively titled "Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta ~1969 Nen no Oyaji to Boku," is scripted by writer Taeko Asano ("Love Generation," "Last Friends"). Nishida and Izumi played a married couple, and Nishida's possible forced early retirement raises questions of divorce. Their son, an unemployed but aspiring manga artist (played by NEWS member Shigeaki Kato), gets in a fight with his father and leaves the house, but a "time slip" takes him back to the 1960s when his father was a university student. Using this plot device, the drama explores the differences between the lives of the baby boomers and today's youths.

Comedian Atsushi Tsutsumishita (of Impulse) and actress Saki Aibu take on the roles of Nishida and Izumi in their youth. Masaki Kanda and Shugo Oshinari have also been cast. Filming started in early February.
TBS plans to air the drama this fall.

- tokyograph