November 29th, 2009 
admin Film director Koichi Saito died of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital just after midnight on Friday night. He was 80 years old. Saito made his directorial debut in 1967 with “Sasayaki no Joe.” Some of his better known works are “Yakusoku” in 1972 (starring Keiko Kishi ) and “Tsugaru Jongarabushi” in 1973 (starring Kyoko Enami ).
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No Comments » November 29th, 2009 admin Eiko Maeda (23), the oldest member of Nagoya-based idol group SKE48, is being transferred to the “sexy” idol group SDN48, it was announced on Sunday. Her activities with SKE48 ended the same day. Maeda started out her career in 2002 as part of the idol group Seifuku Kojo Iinkai from 2002 to 2003, using her real name Machiko Tezuka. In 2004, she won an award in the Miss Magazine competition… Read the rest
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