唐泽寿明将为富士电视台拍摄纪念开台五十周年的剧集《不毛地带》。剧集改编自《白色巨塔》的女小说家山崎丰子的作品,唐泽於○三年亦演出过《白》的剧集版,广受好评,预期这个黄金组合将会再次绽放光芒。 剧集以战后为背景,主角壹岐正本为一名参谋,被拘留在西伯利亚十一年后返回日本,投身竞争激烈的商界之中。合演的还有和久井映见、小雪与柳叶敏郎等,阵容鼎盛。已有三年没有拍剧的唐泽表示,主角的性格冷静,做事不动声色,要将之表现出来甚为困难,很有挑战性。 小说分别於一九七六年和七九年改编为电影和剧集,三十年后三度被改编。由於原著的篇幅颇长,因此新版本预计於十月播放,播放期长达半年,甚有机会继《白》剧后成为另一名作。
10 years after Martin Shaw turned the beloved Inspector Gently novels into a hit BBC One TV series, filming has begun on two final feature-length episodes. Back in action one last time will be Shaw as the eponymous inspector, who is tested like never before just as he winds down his career. In the first of two films - Gently Liberated - the inspector and his trusted allies Bacchus (Lee Ingleby) and Coles (Lisa McGrillis) are brought in to investigate a possible "miscarriage of justice". However, their final case in Gently and the New Age has the Met's new Special Investigations Squad boss Lister bringing in the inspector to investigate high levels of corruption within the force. Both of these mini-movies will be set in 1970, as the women's liberation movement and the rise of the Conservative Party bring clashing values to Britain.