Dirty Mama!
http://jdorama.com/drama.1712.htm
Yup, I read the awful reviews here and at D-Addicts... but this is a heck of a cast, and I had to at least give it a try.
Thing is... I'm finding the show to be fascinating. The mysteries, and the solutions of the crimes aren't great but then how many Detective shows are known for their great plotting?
I'm fascinated with this show because Nagasaku is bringing back two iconic characters from Japanese Film and TV.
The first is, of course, Wakayama's "Lone Wolf & Cub" series. The unbeatable former executioner who wanders the land, pushing his kid in a wooden baby stroller, fully tricked out with all manner of secret gadgets and weapons. Slicing and dicing scores of the wicked.
Nagasaku has her ultra modern, bullet proof, climate controlled stroller. And she, her baby and her babysitter always bring the wicked to justice.
The second iconic character is the middle aged Japanese single mom, with her permed hair and horrible fashion sense, who usually roamed the land selling insurance.
And those ladies were iconic. You started seeing them in movies and shows back in the seventies and eighties... usually heavy set middle aged character actresses, and that perm wearing woman could always outsell all the salary men in the office because they had to. They were their family's sole source of income, and they were indefatigable. They outsold the men during the day, and out drank them at night. And always came home in time to make sure their kids were okay and studying hard.
Those two characters were both products of economic hard times and it looks to me, in this case, like Japanese TV is back to doing a bit of social engineering.
Times are tough... so it's back to basics for us. Nose to the grind stone. Don't be beaten. And for goodness sake, as we see in episode 4, go back to having babies !
It's interesting stuff.
http://jdorama.com/drama.1712.htm
Yup, I read the awful reviews here and at D-Addicts... but this is a heck of a cast, and I had to at least give it a try.
Thing is... I'm finding the show to be fascinating. The mysteries, and the solutions of the crimes aren't great but then how many Detective shows are known for their great plotting?
I'm fascinated with this show because Nagasaku is bringing back two iconic characters from Japanese Film and TV.
The first is, of course, Wakayama's "Lone Wolf & Cub" series. The unbeatable former executioner who wanders the land, pushing his kid in a wooden baby stroller, fully tricked out with all manner of secret gadgets and weapons. Slicing and dicing scores of the wicked.
Nagasaku has her ultra modern, bullet proof, climate controlled stroller. And she, her baby and her babysitter always bring the wicked to justice.
The second iconic character is the middle aged Japanese single mom, with her permed hair and horrible fashion sense, who usually roamed the land selling insurance.
And those ladies were iconic. You started seeing them in movies and shows back in the seventies and eighties... usually heavy set middle aged character actresses, and that perm wearing woman could always outsell all the salary men in the office because they had to. They were their family's sole source of income, and they were indefatigable. They outsold the men during the day, and out drank them at night. And always came home in time to make sure their kids were okay and studying hard.
Those two characters were both products of economic hard times and it looks to me, in this case, like Japanese TV is back to doing a bit of social engineering.
Times are tough... so it's back to basics for us. Nose to the grind stone. Don't be beaten. And for goodness sake, as we see in episode 4, go back to having babies !
It's interesting stuff.