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Korean blockbuster drama "IRIS" is set to air during prime time on Japanese television, according to the show's producer Taewon Entertainment on Monday.
Taewon said Japanese broadcaster TBS announced the Korean TV series will run Wednesday evenings at 9 p.m., a slot usually assigned to domestic TV dramas.
Artist View, the show's marketing promoter in the country, explained that such programming is proof that Japanese people are looking forward to watching a Korean blockbuster action drama, not just Hallyu fans expecting to watch a Korean dramas and its cast.
"We expect the airing of 'IRIS' to appeal to the general mass in Japan and be the driving force in re-establishing the position of Korean dramas in the country," an official at Artist View was quoted as saying.
"IRIS", which originally aired in Korea from October 2009 thru December 2009, starred a handful of top Korean actors including Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-hee, Jung Joon-ho, Kim So-yeon and T.O.P. of idol group Big Bang. The action and romance-filled espionage drama was a smash hit, scoring a viewership rating of nearly 40 percent and dominated the small screen throughout its run.
"IRIS" is scheduled to air on Japan's TBS satellite channel starting March 6 and on public networks starting mid-April.
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Date: 2010-02-01 09:07 pm (UTC)The issue I had with the wank in Arama wasn't that the particular person posting the comment not being a fan of DBSK/THSK...that'd be ridiculous. Everyone is entitled to like and dislike whatever bands they want. My problem was the person just seemed flat out prejudiced to ANYONE not of Japanese blood being a (clearly) popular singer of Japanese-language music in Japan, including BoA. It wasn't the quality of work that mattered to that commenter--it was ethnicity/nationality. That just crosses a whole nother line.
Does it suck when your favorite artist doesn't get as much exposure as you want them to? Of course. Do you have to take it out on other artists, especially using race as a factor? Definitely not.
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Date: 2010-02-02 04:35 am (UTC)I really don't think it's because they are Korean that they get special treatment or whatever. I think it's because they are already so popular and have such an established fanbase, even if it is in their home country. I don't think it's fair to compare them to up-and-coming artists like local talents or even senpai, if those senpai aren't on the same level of fame. I haven't seen any reports of BoA being treated better than Koda Kumi or something--someone on a comparable level of popularity.
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Date: 2010-02-01 07:15 pm (UTC)So to have TBS sticking an over-rated but hot kdrama in prime time instead of coming up with something else like JIN seems desperate to me. Japan has had a healthy domestic entertainment market for a long time, and to see something like this happening could signal trouble to some.
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