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[Ayumiko]

The drama will be on during the daytime...I don't think it'll help that much.

[AyUta]

wow, she looks amazing in the newest pics! i adore her hair i really can't wait for the screensaver it's going to look beautiful on my laptop!

oh, is there wallpapers for these new pictures yet?

[untitledforayu]

Love the covers
Love the lyrics
Love the titles, minus the ~for TA~ (I know I'm alone in my "BALLAD" love)

The songs better be good coz I am sooooo ready for this single!

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by Ayumiko

The drama will be on during the daytime...I don't think it'll help that much.

Oh, I did not know that... I think this is her first time doing a tie-up with a daytime drama...

[Crystal_Ageha]

Originally Posted by untitledforayu

Love the covers
Love the lyrics
Love the titles, minus the ~for TA~ (I know I'm alone in my "BALLAD" love)

The songs better be good coz I am sooooo ready for this single!

You're not alone. I like it, too.

[yuki_unmei]

Originally Posted by untitledforayu

Love the titles, minus the ~for TA~ (I know I'm alone in my "BALLAD" love)

i like the title "BALLAD" too
and yea i don't care for the ~for TA~ part either

Spoiler:

Originally Posted by walking.proud

i want whatever bra she's wearing...it works miracles!

[Paparazzi]

I also like the title BALLAD

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by majrakun

Oooh a period drama! Could it possibly be NHK's yearly taiga drama? Taiga dramas usually last up to 40-50 episodes, and if Ayu's song is used as it's theme or insert song, wow. People would be able to hear the song throughout the year. There may also be a possibility that the song will have a traditional feel. Awesome.

I read the author's wiki, and the most likely novel it's based on is Soukyuu no subaru (蒼穹の昴) -- Pleiades of the Blue Sky/Seven Sisters of the Blue Sky (Seems like Pleiades is a type of star clusters?)

Actually, this is not a main stream drama, so you can think....worse then [Daddy Dandy], this drama is not target at youngsters, more towards aunties and uncles, especially in China....

i'm losing hope in this tie...

i just read the plot earlier, those original chinese from the book and it's more of those Jing Dyanasty stories, which won't attract much attention in Japan and China....even the actors aren't interesting at all, the main actors are newbies....hmm

well, at least there's TwinkerBell.

at TH: maybe you can add in this part, just to let people have an idea how's the drama like....


Pics of the drama conference







Plot:

〖内容简介〗
　这是一部非常不一样的小说，作者浅田次郎写中国历史小说，完全跳出日本观点。笔下处处流露出历史情怀：对 光绪帝肯定有加，对李鸿章推崇不已，对慈禧太后则以悲天悯人的胸怀，寄予同情和支持。该书自1996年在日 本出版后，再版数十次，在日本近十年来销量最大的图书排行榜中一直雄踞榜首。
　　一颗传承数千年，象徵真命天子信物的龙玉，被十全老人乾隆帝一手决定了它的命运。慈禧太后知道了这个骇 世机密，陷于极度惊恐与颓丧中。她与光绪帝因此产生了致命的矛盾，她对时代的去向产生了不可告人的定见，她 对戊戌变法也因此采取了让改革与保守两败俱伤的下策。一切的情节发展，环绕在她的观念抉择的机 密中……。
　　本书是一部非常精彩、独特、带有推理色彩与异国情调的历史小说，以清宫为舞台、慈禧为核心、以乾隆帝的 “龙玉”来串场，以戊戌变法的风暴为压轴，架构而成的一部长篇历史小说。小说情节是环绕在昴宿星这个话题逐 步推展来的：一个靠捡拾街道上冰冻的牛粪马粪维生的穷小子李春云，遇到了占星师白婆婆，白婆婆说他是天上的 昴宿星降生，他的命与乾隆、秦始皇一样，未来将“尽取中国一切财宝纳入囊中”。她的预言，支撑著歹命的李春 云活下去，当他兄长死于饥饿后，他自阉入宫，经过一番奋斗与卖命，成为慈禧身边的大红人，接替李莲英之位， 真的应验了白婆婆的预言。
　　此外作为日本人，作者对日本在清末介入中国的行动，也采取比较客观的角度描写，带著批判的色彩，其丰富 的史识、深入的社会现象研究、重建历史现场的功力，都很了不起。小说透过不同立场的人物来看特定历史事件， 很多观点都不同于一般小说家，让人耳目一新
〖作者简介〗
浅田次郎，原名岩田康次郎，1951年生于东京，被誉为是日本当代最有天份的小说家之一。高中毕业时，因三 岛由纪夫自杀事件的影响而加入自卫队。期满退役后，历经各种工作经验。主要作品有《搭地铁》《月之滴》、《 陌生的妻子》、《铁道员》等。其丰富的人生阅历与细腻敏锐的观察力，使得他的作品打动无数人心，广受各世代 的

Actor List:
田中裕子 饰慈禧太后
阚清子 饰少年慈禧
殷桃 饰张夫人
余少群 饰春儿
周一围 饰文秀
张博 饰光绪帝
张檬 饰珍妃.
赵丽颖 饰玲儿
石小满 饰李莲英

[waterballoon]

you mean BALLAD will the tie-in song for a CHINESE drama???!!! :O

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

you mean BALLAD will the tie-in song for a CHINESE drama???!!! :O

Originally Posted by majrakun

Well, the book was by a Japanese author, and it's going to be on a Japanese channel, but it is about China. Haha. Are the actors Chinese or Japanese?

the story background is set in China, and there are china and japan actors, but 80% are China.....so you get what i mean....(>_<)

i believe the main langugue spoken in the drama is chinese too...

i lost hope in this drama for promoting ayu....

[waterballoon]

oh God Ayu gets the worst drama tie-ins ever, I swear. And you thought Dandy Daddy was horrendous enough...

[KarenPang]

can't avex choose better drama tie in's for her ? D:

man

so BALLAD will be used to promote which drama again ? I'm quite lost

[waterballoon]

it's a drama that's based on a novel, which is about the olden China era... apparently a Japanese actress will play Cixi Empress Dowager, but the rest of the cast have names similar to Chinese, so... oh well.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by waterballoon

it's a drama that's based on a novel, which is about the olden China era... apparently a Japanese actress will play Cixi Empress Dowager, but the rest of the cast have names similar to Chinese, so... oh well.

oh

so what's the name of the drama if that's the case

[~*Mabushii*~]

The cover is pretty, aside from her nails.. which I hate. ugh

[waterballoon]

@Karen: the title of the novel that the drama is based on is (posted by maj) Soukyuu no subaru (蒼穹の昴)

and according to the press conference that genie has posted, the name of the drama is the same as the novel, except in Chinese. so it's like 蒼穹之昴

[ayujarl]

:|

so it's a drama about chinese history written by a japanese? main actress (the queen in the drama) = japanese actress, others are mostly chinese.

[U-GO-BOY]

oh wow, I just saw the covers and... wooooow they are SO STUNNING! I really love them..

[LacusClyne]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

can't avex choose better drama tie in's for her ? D:

man

so BALLAD will be used to promote which drama again ? I'm quite lost

it's 蒼穹の昴

Originally Posted by ayujarl

:|

so it's a drama about chinese history written by a japanese? main actress (the queen in the drama) = japanese actress, others are mostly chinese.

well, the main characters are all chinese , except for her...but i think there should be a few more japanese actors too.

[waterballoon]

why can't she get a drama tie-in for something more mainstream and popular... these kind of shows are gonna be shown at like 8am? omg who's gonna watch that and be exposed to BALLAD?!