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Yuki Uchida (50) is starring in a Fuji TV drama series for the first time in 30 years — “Last Note” — which airs its final episode on September 17. The household viewership rating plunged from 5% for the premiere to 3.2% by episode two, and has continued to languish around 3% ever since. According to a source close to the production, Takashi Kashiwabara, who is both Uchida’s husband and her manager, has reportedly been demanding script changes on set, leaving Fuji TV staff at a loss over how to handle it. On 5ch, reactions were split, mixing doubts about the quality of Fuji TV’s scripts with comments aimed at Kashiwabara himself.
“I Don’t Want to Work With Yuki Uchida Anymore” — Fuji TV Insiders Troubled… Behind the Scenes: Manager-Husband Takashi Kashiwabara’s “Script Change Demands”
On September 17, “Last Note,” Yuki Uchida’s (50) first starring role in a Fuji TV drama series in 30 years, reaches its final episode.
“The household rating for the premiere was 5%, but it plunged to 3.2% by episode two, and it’s stayed stuck around 3% ever since. Fuji TV had high hopes for this one — last year’s ‘Zoku Zoku Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi,’ which also starred Uchida, opened at 9.4% and held strong in the 7% range, so the contrast is stark…” (a source close to the production)
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
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They just have to keep scraping together cheap actors who won't turn down a Fuji TV offer
and crank out dramas from scripts by nobody-writers, or the whole thing falls apart…
And to Kashiwabara, of all people?
Look how far he's come.
Netflix would probably be better, they can actually do sex scenes
like throwing in a sex scene for an age-gap couple story just because
like that Sato Jiro gag — "patience, patience…" (a manga reference to a character's running joke of holding in frustration with a huge exaggerated sigh)
Yuki Uchida
Yuya Uchida
Who's the third?
If you're going to tear down the industry "custom" that's been in place since the days of Watanabe Productions' dominance, then get rid of idol culture and talent agencies altogether
What a cheap little article
and the second she puts out a crap drama with garbage ratings, suddenly it's a different tune lol
Probably reeking of that vague showbiz-exec vibe now lol
He split from Burning Productions on bad terms and went independent, so there's no way commercial offers are coming his way
He used to be a stunningly handsome guy
Have you seen him lately?
He looked kind of worn-down and off
whether it's here or in the Yahoo comments, everyone seems to just hate Fuji TV and pile on them, but you really can't tell who's in the right from this alone
Because of the script-change demands
Why does demanding script changes automatically make Fuji the bad guy?
Background and Key Points of This Story
Compared to last year’s “Zoku Zoku Saigo Kara Nibanme no Koi” (also starring Uchida, which opened at 9.4% and held in the 7% range), this time “Last Note” saw its rating plunge from 5% at the premiere to 3.2% by episode two — and that steep drop is what kicked off this story. The article’s central claim, the “demand for script changes,” rests on the testimony of an anonymous production source; neither Uchida nor her agency has confirmed the specifics of the demand or the facts behind it. Reactions on 5ch ranged from doubts about the quality of Fuji TV’s scripts to comments targeting manager Takashi Kashiwabara personally, though a fair amount of that was thinly-sourced speculation, and such posts have been excluded from this article. Kashiwabara has a history as an actor, but his current, specific role could not be confirmed within the scope of this article.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] ‘I Don’t Want to Work With Yuki Uchida Anymore’ — Fuji TV Insiders Troubled… Behind the Scenes: Manager-Husband Takashi Kashiwabara’s ‘Script Change Demands.’”
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