What dramas are you currently watching?

mei chan's butler...
this dorama is just similar to hana kimi i think... :woot: :woot: :woot:
i like hiro here....

Ender's Girl wrote:
But Shinohara Ryoko--wow, whatta knockout. Beautiful, winsome AND hilarious. :applaud: Now the problem will be choosing which among her scad of dramas to watch next... :headscratch: Any recs? :victory:

Unfair:http://jdorama.com/drama.992.htm[/list:u]

So I watched the first episode of Oyaji. Nice, it's definitely funny. But after watching Mr. Brain and BOSS, this one has a very old school video feel to me...not much glitz, if you know what I mean.

-Dave

Ender's Girl wrote:but for now I'm putting it on hold... indefinitely

Boo. :(

Ender's Girl wrote:

But Shinohara Ryoko--wow, whatta knockout. Beautiful, winsome AND hilarious. :applaud: Now the problem will be choosing which among her scad of dramas to watch next... :headscratch: Any recs? :victory:

Haken no hinkaku is great too. Very funny :)

Ender's Girl wrote:

Not very good writing, overall. But Shinohara Ryoko--wow, whatta knockout. Beautiful, winsome AND hilarious. Now the problem will be choosing which among her scad of dramas to watch next... Any recs?

No matter how bad, she makes it worth watching just for her incredible charisma. Have you seen Fake Bride?
http://jdorama.com/drama.1029.htm

shin2 wrote:

I think you're listening to fanboys and fangirls on this one, beemer.

Hirosue plays one of the most insipid characters you'll ever find in a dorama series (and that's saying something). As for the rest of the cast--a lot of big names but they come off as pretty banal. Only Sonny Chiba offers any spark. Dull writing, dull acting.

Lead me to the fanboy/fangirl balcony for the Shotgun Marriage section. :crazy:
I'm a sucker for a romantic comedy with two of the A list actors.... I thought this drama was an enjoyable, no tension, no one dying no depressing endings, great watch. Give me more like this as often as possible.
:applaud:

ralphm1999 wrote:

Lead me to the fanboy/fangirl balcony for the Shotgun Marriage section. :crazy:
I'm a sucker for a romantic comedy with two of the A list actors.... I thought this drama was an enjoyable, no tension, no one dying no depressing endings, great watch. Give me more like this as often as possible.
:applaud:

HAHA. I'm not a fangirl of Shotgun Marriage. Not really a fan of romantic comedies. Sorry can't recommend you any jdramas like this. :sweat:

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Was very sceptical of this when i watched this on tv years ago. Perhaps due to the subject matter and also the revealing clothes that the other lady, which was the friend of the sisters, wears plus her seductive behaviour. :shakehead: I really enjoyed the three guys in this VERY MUCH!!! Love those meetings that they have to discuss issues as if its SO SERIOUS!!! :hehe: Really want to watch this again but no time. Real life :grumble:

Now that i think of it, there are two Kdramas that are this kind in the sense that there's "no tension, no one dying no depressing endings, great watch". But i can't recall the titles at the moment. :beaten: Sorry. Will write on your fb wall when the titles come to mind. :mrgreen:

^ I'm with you ralph. I really liked Dekichatta Kekkon, of course Sonny Chiba was the icing on the cake. :applaud:

An odd thing about Ryoko Hirosue. I find her to be one of the most irritating dorama actresses around, but I've seen her in two movies (Bubble Fiction and Departures) and she was very good in both. I wonder why she comes across so bad on the small screen? :headscratch:

nadrika wrote:HAHA. I'm not a fangirl of Shotgun Marriage. Not really a fan of romantic comedies. Sorry can't recommend you any jdramas like this. :sweat:

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bmwracer wrote:
Spoiler tags added.

Sorry!!! :bonk: And thanks for your quick action. :woot:

shin2 wrote:

I think you're listening to fanboys and fangirls on this one, beemer.

I thought I was the only one who thought that! :beaten:

desert-raven wrote:So I watched the first episode of Oyaji. Nice, it's definitely funny. But after watching Mr. Brain and BOSS, this one has a very old school video feel to me...not much glitz, if you know what I mean.

-Dave

No, but the acting was good. It was a fun family drama, I thought.

ralphm1999 wrote:

I can sympathize with you. I felt the same way in my first asadora. It's an acquired taste I think. Now I'm an asadora fanatic. By the time I saw Asuka I was well on my way to fanaticism so I enjoyed it thouroughly. Especially with Takeuchi Yuko in her first major appearance what's not to like. Because asadoras are so long, the writers use a lot of fill material. The secret is to fast forward through the fillers until you are an asadora aficionado. If you make it through Asuka, maybe one day you'll return to Churasan too..... :doh:

I know I'll check back into Churasan again.
That was fun.
And now I just got Oshin. :doh:

Ooo cool! I never thought of myself as a fan boy before.

I liked Dekichatta Kekkon. Not so much for the leads though. I thought Abe Hiroshi flat out stole the show from about episode 4 onward. Once his character decided to buckle down and study. It was hilarious.

And getting to see Chiba as a silly sit-com dad was worth the price of admission for me.

Geezer wrote:Ooo cool! I never thought of myself as a fan boy before.

I liked Dekichatta Kekkon. Not so much for the leads though. I thought Abe Hiroshi flat out stole the show from about episode 4 onward. Once his character decided to buckle down and study. It was hilarious.

And getting to see Chiba as a silly sit-com dad was worth the price of admission for me.

Agreed. Abe Hiroshi most definitely had his A game working in Shotgun Marriage. Totally enjoyable.
:applaud:

Erratum: Lol, I just realized I called Tsumabuki Satoshi "Tsumabuki Tsuyoshi." :bonk: Post edited.

gaijinmark wrote: Unfair:http://jdorama.com/drama.992.htm[/list:u]

Anime Dad wrote:
Haken no hinkaku is great too. Very funny :)

ralphm1999 wrote:
No matter how bad, she makes it worth watching just for her incredible charisma. Have you seen Fake Bride?
http://jdorama.com/drama.1029.htm

Sankyouuu for the recs! :bow: I haven't seen any of the titles you mentioned, as ANEGO was my first Shinohara Ryoko drama. I think I'll start with UNFAIR because Eita's in it. :metaldevil:

nadrika wrote:
Now that i think of it, there are two Kdramas that are this kind in the sense that there's "no tension, no one dying no depressing endings, great watch". But i can't recall the titles at the moment. :beaten: Sorry. Will write on your fb wall when the titles come to mind. :mrgreen:

A K-drama with a similar premise to that of DEKICHATTA KEKKON...? Did you mean WONDERFUL LIFE (2005) starring Kim Jae-won and Eugene? :mrgreen: But if you meant any non-weepy, non-cliched K-drama, oh, there's LOTS of those around. :D K-Ent has come a long way since those "I am blind! And I have amnesia! And I have leukemia! AND I'm in love with my brother! Which means one of us will have to die before the drama ends!" story lines. :twisted:

Ender's Girl wrote:Erratum: Lol, I just realized I called Tsumabuki Satoshi "Tsumabuki Tsuyoshi." :bonk: Post edited.

I noticed that... For a minute there, I thought he was some bastard child of Satoshi and Kusanagi Tsuyoshi... :hehe: :rofl:

desert-raven wrote:So I watched the first episode of Oyaji. Nice, it's definitely funny. But after watching Mr. Brain and BOSS, this one has a very old school video feel to me...not much glitz, if you know what I mean.

-Dave

ItLs next on my watching list and have high hopes - currently downloading but I am with Gaijinmark when it comes to:

gaijinmark wrote:
Ryoko Hirosue. I find her to be one of the most irritating dorama actresses around, but I've seen her in two movies (Bubble Fiction and Departures) and she was very good in both. I wonder why she comes across so bad on the small screen? :headscratch:

I felt she was bland in Summer Snow, hated her in Moto Kare and thought she was funny in Yasuko to Kenji, but that was a so-so show based on a manga and probably targeted towards teens.

Loved all her movies including the ones where she had little parts, such as in Little DJ.

Was feeling kind of burnt out so I'm watching Suika for a second time. :woot:

EstherM wrote:Loved all her movies including the ones where she had little parts, such as in Little DJ.

So I guess you agree with G-Mark... :)

Waaah so I disappeared cos I have been absolutely obsessing with kdrama and Jrevision so haven't watched any Jdrama :o
But today I watched ep 7 of Orthros no Inu yay! There was no ep the one week cos of Ryo being sick, I got my hands on this on Fri, but then I went away for the weekend, watched it tonight instead of revising :: slaps head ::