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A Storm Coming to NHK

The PR campaign for this year's Kohaku is picking up steam. NHK is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its annual New Year's Eve song contest "Kohaku Uta Gassen" and wanted to get some big names on the bill. As we previously reported, they have singer-actor Fukuyama Masaharu, who will appear via satellite hookup from Kochi. That's the hometown of the legendary samurai Sakamoto Ryoma, the role Fukuyama will play from January in the year-long taiga drama series on the public network. They also have reunited...
...More   November 24, 2009

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