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Official Website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/maou2008/



*Title: Maou [Devil]

Adaptation of the Korean Version [Mawang]


*Synopsis

*This is from the Korean version, same thing just different names*

When Homicide Detective Kang Oh Soo [Toma] hit a dead end in his investigation of two seemly unrelated murders, except for the Tarot cards left behind at both crime scenes, he sought help from Seo Hae In [?], a woman with psychometry ability. She revealed that the killers were different in each murder, but the victims were chosen for their connection to a death of a high school boy. Later, the cases proved to have one more thing in common: the suspects have the same defense attorney, Oh Seung Ha [Ohno <3].

Seung Ha's [Ohno's] defense for his clients severely shaken Oh Soo’s [Toma's] conviction to catch the Tarot Card mastermind. Oh Soo [Toma] was reminded that years ago he had killed a high school classmate in a fight. He was acquitted of all charges and began his life anew. Now, someone has came back to revenge the boy’s wrongful death by killing those who got him off.


*Airing: July 2008 Fri.'s 10:00PM TBS

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v9261999mE9Jrhdw?searchId=836523362541143628&rank=1

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Full translation of Sanspo article : http://aatash.livejournal.com/284648.html

Producer Takahashi Masanao explains the reasons for this casting: "He's known for showing his gentle and slightly spaced out character in variety shows but, there should be many who have noticed the mysterious, unique charm hidden deep inside. To have him play the role of a lawyer who has the face of a cruel, vengeful demon = devil under the face he shows to others will, without a doubt, make it far more frightening."

For the sake of this role, Ohno has cut his hair and dyed it black. He says with great spirit, "As it's my first drama series I'd like to have fun acting in it but, because it's such a special setting, it looks like I may turn stoic in my daily life too (laughs). I've never taken revenge before, nor have I considered it. It's a tough role but, I will do my best to respond to everyone's expectations."

june-12-2008

2 Leading Actors, Grand start to the filming!!

On this day, long long 3 months has started.

About one week after the photo shoot of posters , Maou's two leading actors have started filming.

Commemorable first scene was the scene where Ryo Naruse, played by Ohno-kun, is sitting at the bench at the law court.

Ohno-kun appeared wearing a suit with lawyer's badge, and carrying a large black leather bag, was introduced by the assistant director saying "here is the leading actor, Ohno Satoshi -san !" and in reply, greeted in a laud voice saying "look forward to working with you from today", and filming started pleasantly.

You can feel the tension from the law court scene.

It is no wonder it made Ohno-kun feel nervous.

He had to enter the bench immediately (after he appeared) and I could hear him mumble "the other day I was sitting on the other side, but today, I need to sit here...oh no...".

Apparently, Ohno-kun went to a law court before the filming started to study and observe the real lawyer's job, sitting in the court gallery seat.

That's why he said "(he was sitting on)the other side"

Today, he had to enter "this side", the bench, as a lawyer...so even it was for his character for the drama, he seemed to have felt nervous.

Once the filming started, he seemed to enjoy himself, reading research document/source material/information which was on the table, and talking with the producer and Matuzawa -san who plays Doushima - chief clerk.

However, his demeanor , nodding to the instructions given by the director Katou every now and then, was very serious, and I could feel his enthusiasm towards this drama.

In the evening of the same day, another leading actor, Ikuta Toma -kun who plays Serizawa Naoto also started filming!

Now that we had both leading actors together, Editor Mishima -san presented them with very rare and hard to get Shochu (potato wine) called "Maou".

Both of them were truly surprised by this surprise gift.

at the same time (of being surprised), they received the gift with big smiles, saying "thank you so much! will drink it straight away".

After that, he filmed a scene where he expresses his passionate feeling as a detective to the character Sakata Shiori, played by Kobayashi Ryoko-chan who started filming for the first time at around lunch time that day.

Ikuta-kun who was saying "this summer, I will devote my soul to the director Katou!" at the meeting which took place a few days prior, acted with passion from the start just as he declared at the meeting.

Director Katou was saying "great... very passionate..." and seemed to be extremely satisfied with Ikuta-kun expressing his emotions using his entire body and speaking loudly.

It seemed "Serizawa Naoto" he was looking for was there. 　

The battle between the cold and hard-hearted avenger and passionate detective has just started.

Both of them are putting in 100% effort, playing difficult characters....please do not miss (the first episode) Friday 4th July at 10pm!

barkeep wrote:

^ ebil riida!! damn he really looks thinner after losing 10 kilos!

lols..riida & toma holding hands.XDDD