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2nd shooting of NHK TV drama 'Massan' starts

SAPPORO, Japan - Tetsuji Tamayama (2nd from L), a Japanese actor playing the lead role in NHK's morning serial TV drama "Massan," and Charlotte Kate Fox (C), a U.S. actress cast as the first foreign heroine in the public broadcaster's drama, pose with other cast members at a press conference during the second round of shooting in Yoichi on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Oct. 23, 2014.

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Comedian Nishikawa, actress Natsuki before 'Massan' tram

OSAKA, Japan - Comedian Kiyoshi Nishikawa (L) and actress Yoko Natsuki stand in front of a Hankai Tramway Co. streetcar made in the 1920s on Oct. 9, 2014, in Osaka, western Japan. The streetcar sports logos and images of public broadcaster NHK's morning serial drama "Massan" in which the two play roles. The drama is based on the life story of Masataka Taketsuru, founder of Nikka Whisky and considered the "Father of Japanese whisky," and his wife Rita.

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Leads of upcoming NHK drama interviewed in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama (L) and U.S. actress Charlotte Kate Fox, a pair of leads in public broadcaster NHK's new serial morning drama "Massan," attend a press conference at a distillery of Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. in Yoichi, Hokkaido Prefecture, on June 2, 2014. The program, featuring the life of Japanese whiskey pioneer Masataka Taketsuru, will start in September.

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"Changeover" of NHK's television drama series

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama (R), the stars of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series "Massan," pose for a photo with Japanese actress Tao Tsuchiya, who will star in the subsequent drama series "Mare," during a "changeover ceremony" for the broadcaster's drama series at NHK Broadcasting Center in Tokyo's Shibuya district on March 26, 2015. "Massan" will be broadcast until March 28, with "Mare" to follow from March 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Changeover" of NHK's television drama series

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama (R), the stars of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series "Massan," pose for a photo with Japanese actress Tao Tsuchiya, who will star in the subsequent drama series "Mare," during a "changeover ceremony" for the broadcaster's drama series at NHK Broadcasting Center in Tokyo's Shibuya district on March 26, 2015. "Massan" will be broadcast until March 28, with "Mare" to follow from March 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Filming of NHK's television drama series "Massan" ends

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama receive flowers at Nikka Whisky Distilling Co.'s distillery in Yoichi on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Feb. 23, 2015, as filming ended the same day of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series featuring the life of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka known as the father of Japan's whisky industry, and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan. In the drama series "Massan" to be broadcast until March 28, Fox stars as Ellie Kameyama, based on Rita, and Tamayama plays Masaharu Kameyama, based on Taketsuru. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Filming of NHK's television drama series "Massan" ends

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama celebrate at Nikka Whisky Distilling Co.'s distillery in Yoichi on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Feb. 23, 2015, as filming ended the same day of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series featuring the life of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka known as the father of Japan's whisky industry, and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan. In the drama series "Massan" to be broadcast until March 28, Fox stars as Ellie Kameyama, based on Rita, and Tamayama plays Masaharu Kameyama, based on Taketsuru. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Comedian Nishikawa, actress Natsuki before 'Massan' tram

OSAKA, Japan - Comedian Kiyoshi Nishikawa (L) and actress Yoko Natsuki stand in front of a Hankai Tramway Co. streetcar made in the 1920s on Oct. 9, 2014, in Osaka, western Japan. The streetcar sports logos and images of public broadcaster NHK's morning serial drama "Massan" in which the two play roles. The drama is based on the life story of Masataka Taketsuru, founder of Nikka Whisky and considered the "Father of Japanese whisky," and his wife Rita. (Kyodo)