Shindou wrote:Just finished Farewell, Mr Premier - another delightful masterpiece with the same touch as Ohsama no Resutoran. I truly savoured this dorama the whole way through. :mrgreen: definitely a wonderful change from the current trends!
I feel compelled to give a dissenting opinion :hehe:
I finished this drama (a/k/a "Souri to yobanaide") recently, and I thought it was almost complete crap.
It's a drama/comedy about an unpopular prime minister, his wife/daughter, and his staff. I generally dislike Tamura Masakazu, and he didn't fail to disappoint me in this drama. Once again, I found him using his familiar mannerisms I disliked in Oyaji and Otousan. One thing you can say for the guy, he knows how to frown.
What really turned me off on the show was that I really didn't like the character of the prime minister: he turns out to be a liar, a cheat (the golf game), he neglects his wife, and he's a bit of letch (the freedonian gymnast). I found no reason to be sympathetic to him. When a drama fails to generate sympathy for the main characters, it's usually a lost cause.
I thought Suzuki Honami wasn't well used. She's a charming actress, but here she plays a superficial wife character, who also commands little sympathy. I felt her talents weren't well used.
Sato Aiko is darn cute, but her attempts at physical comedy were embarrassing.
I did like some of the performances of the supporting cast. I liked Tsuruta Mayu. I thought Nishimura Masahiko was good, as well as Toda Keiko. They both can play it over the top at times, but in this drama, I thought they hit the mark.
But overall, I'd say it was crap, neither really funny, nor compelling as a drama.