Fan reviews: Iryu

doramanoai · 5 Jul 2012

I watched the whole thing but...
it was so medically unrealistic (perhaps to be expected of a jdorama). Asada is the GTO/Western hero of Japanese medical dramas, which is as epic as it is unbelievable. Conclusion: try it out. :)

ester_grace · 7 Dec 2010

i have watched some of medical dorama and i think tis is the best!!

chazarst · 28 Jul 2009

It was a great medical drama. The surgeries were highly realistic, and I think that was one of the strong points of this drama. Other than the medical aspect, this drama had a solid plot (which followed the manga pretty closely) and a great OST.

Overall, it was one of the few medical dramas in which the medical aspect was not greatly overshadowed by other things in the plot.

Limes · 24 Jan 2008

After hearing comments about how great this drama is, I expected something more. Unfortunately, I was greatly disappointed. It's a classic story of good versus evil: passionate, good doctors versus evil, manipulative, power-hungry ones. It is difficult to think that doctors aren't treating patients because they want to help them, but choosing their patients so that they can gain a better reputation. This portrayal of unethical practice is what aggravates me the most, and is what makes the drama wholly unrealistic.

Armed with the hands and the intuition of God, Asada comes across to me as a rather weak main character. He is a stagnant character that does not grow throughout the drama; the only possible impact any of his miraculous feats had on him were pitifully summed up in a single sentence at the last episode. I found Kato Akira and Ijyuuin to be the stronger characters, and we can actually see how their past, decisions and beliefs impact their future decisions. Why Kihara is there, I don't know - he does not provide any comic relief whatsoever.

Though the director/writer tries to inject a whole load of suspense into the proceedings, it comes across as rather boring and time-wasting - things in a hospital don't happen so lethargically and neither do doctors hang out in their offices 24/7. The operating scenes were realistic, though - one of the few plus points in this otherwise unwatchable drama. And thumbs up for the soundtrack, too.

In summary: boring and predictable script, boring characters, rather unrealistic look at medical situations. Plus points: few good characters, good soundtrack, great operation scenes.

At about episode 3 I had already decided to give this a 4 and see how it went from there. I added a point after watching Kato and Ijyuuin's character grow.

shari · 11 Sep 2007

A genius surgeon-turned-bum is called to perform surgical miracles with his hands in his pockets while pulling together an A-team of mentally unstable doctors to bleed this drama to absurdity.

mikomiko123 · 14 Aug 2007

its a very good life touching, and life changing drama, which gives you different perspective of our different lives and amzingly, this drama is soo powerful that when we watch it our hearts always become overwhelmed everytime...

mikomiko123 · 24 Jul 2007

My fav soo far. that surpassed all my comedy favorites.. its soo touching and very well acted by great actors and actresses.. only one word i can say... "amazing"... i luved it soo much... i hope for more. this drama shows a very powerful meaning of a person's life and teamwork. its very informative and the story is well made. thank you soo much for the creators of this drama.

Chris_Ito · 15 Jun 2007

Watching this really makes me feel that you don't have to stand alone to fight the problem in your life..

This plot is all about how a people (asada) live with a vision of humidity and having no tolerance with character that against him. But for the consequences, he's being rejected by the "ruler" who just only seek for his own pride and wealthy. But since he has a very good skill, he's being used to help a person (aki) to complete her thesis so she can be a proffesor.. But lately, is not aki who control him. It's just the opposite that aki had changed by him and have the same vision in the end..

Really, if you watch it each episode, you'll see how a people can strongly "stand" against bad society around him and the important thing is he have friends (his teammate) who has vision same as him and their doing the job together as a one team..
If I had to be in that team, I can make sure that I will not turn against my team 'coz it's a perfect team..
You know why I'm telling that's perfect ?
It's just because that every teammate SUPPORT each other.
They DO their BEST for the same vision, together;
They SHARE all the joy and sadness they had, together;
They NEVER GIVE UP on something important;
They BELIEVE and DEPEND each other;
And the most important things is all of them have a mindset that's TO LIVE FOR OTHER people (they don't have egoism).

I have that team right now (even it's not in the medical society) and I'm think to make a good society with it...

This film is a good one to watch..
Don't miss it!!!

Ganbatte Kudasai (^_^)'

Baka Senpai · 7 Jun 2007

i rate this drama 8.5. it has simply the best OST i ever heard in a japanese drama. it's kinda like the anime initial d. without the european/japanese pop/dance music accompanying the races, it just wouldn't be as good. same with the OST here, it integrates the different scenes of Iryu soooo seamlessly be it sad/happy/intense/surgery moments. to be honest without the music, i'd probably only give this drama a 7.5 only. but the OST just pumped up the drama rating to an 8.5. i especially digged the song "Red Dragon", sucha wicked mix of rock and orchestra instruments. it got my blood pumping during the surgeries.

Sakaguchi Kenji was a suitable choice to play the main role. He does have a commanding aura to take such a role. he always looks ready to own when he's prepped up to operate. he has room for further improvement but he has improved since the last time i saw him playing a small-time gangsta in IWGP.
Teppei looked like "Small Turtle", a geeky looking HK actor who played small roles in Stephen Chow movies in early 1990s. hahaha. he was ok.
Izumi played her no-nonsense role pretty effectively. but i thought her character was pretty stupid not to dig Kenji and to continue liking the other guy. obviously a blind woman. The rest of the side characters weren't too bad.

give this underlooked drama a try. it may not have the hottest actor/actress in it, but i find it fairly entertaining. and keep your ears open for the nice OST accompanying the different scenes.

petricia · 14 Apr 2007

I first discovered the dorama from this website and after watching, I would say it is addictive. I just love Asada and Ijuuin sensei. I just can't stop episodes after episodes. There are touching moments, such as the episode between Kato and her ex-Head Nurse, Ijuuin sensei with the obaasan patient. It also has its light moments, provided by Kihara and twin nurses. In fact, being a fan of Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji, all the graphics made it easier to understand all the stuff they were doing. Not just a beautiful story with a beautiful cast, the struggles of the doctors are real to me. A great story and I agreed that it is underrated.

jia_hui · 11 Feb 2007

Full of blood and human organ in every episode, but teach a lot about humanity.
I don't think that this drama is unrealistic...
If you are looking for challenging drama and something that make you can't stop watching, i suggest you to watch this drama.
The actors are good, the plot is interesting, you can learn much from this drama..
When money can buy nothing, when pride can ruin for just one moment, when friendship means everything

Tukata · 15 Jan 2007

Great production, good acting, very educative, however it's too unrealistic and too heroic ! Japanese dramas are always overloaded with this extreme heroic roles....

By the way, I hate the ending.. in Thailand we have only great and world-class doctors,..... there is no place for Dr. Nogouchi... :-b .... but we would welcome someone like... Ryotarou Asada.... and Ijuuin (most wated ha ! ha ! ha !)

barracudalite · 5 Nov 2006

given how excellent this drama is, it's puzzling why isn't there more people watching this

boshky · 27 Oct 2006

i watched this drama with...a few expectations. i had heard good stuff about it, so i decided to try it out. what i got exceeded my expectations! so..is it corny? occassionally. far-fetched? definitely. entertaining? does that even need to be answered? =P iryu was definitely one of the best jdramas that i've seen in a while =) it's good to see uplifting dramas like these :D...and yes....it ALMOST made me want to become a surgeon. almost. =P and my medical vocabulary has expanded too....not such a bad side effect i'd say =)

Kirari Ililah · 31 Jul 2006

This was a GREAT drama, I can't believe everything that went on, I cried on one episode!
This is one of Sakaguchi's BEST, and Teppei didn't do bad at all, her was PERFECT, not a hyper kid at all. I suggest this for almost ANYONE, though it is a LITTLE graphic on the surgery, it's a very well plotted out story, they truly are the best team, especially as actors.

Shindou · 6 Jul 2006

Among the best medical doramas i've seen. Casting Kenji with Izumi was a good choice and the rest of the supporting cast was very well picked. I particularly liked Natsuki Mari's character :P. The OST was quite appealing and served the dorama well, particularly with all the suspenseful moments. Plotwise, this dorama had a clear direction and continuously drove toward that goal without losing overall focus, usually a problem with other medical doramas. i'd definitely recommend watching this series if you are into medical related doramas - one of the best of 2006.