I'm on the 10th episode of Kono Yo no Hate. It truly is the most depressing Jdrama I've ever seen, but I'm enjoying it. I think I already know what's going to happen at the end..
Watching the first episode of SP cause of Okada Junichi, I have a soft spot for him although heLs a bit of a shorty :hehe:
Come to think about it, I actually like a lot JohnnyLs and their drama work :sweat: : Nagase Tomoya, Ninomiya Kazunari, Ikuta Toma, Sakurai Sho and ahem Yamapi ( although the kid is not so much of an actor :sweat: :sweat: I know I know)
(To my credit, I dislike Jin Goldfish, the other one from Kattun, Takky, Jun aka Hime ...)
ah rt now i'm watching Nobuta wo Produce. i just finished Pride and it was really good! sometimes i think that jdramas r better than american tv and i'm american lol. so sad.
girl2bconfused wrote:ah rt now i'm watching Nobuta wo Produce. i just finished Pride and it was really good! sometimes i think that jdramas r better than american tv and i'm american lol. so sad.
Welcome to the best dramas in the world IMO. I stopped watching American dramas a few years ago in favor of Japanese doramas....
Be careful, this is very addicting.
:rolleyes:
i recommend this one to anyone. but... when you check out the first episode, see if you like:
1. the characters
2. the adultery stuffs
if you're okay with those two, then go for it. a few things were a bit annoying, but the else was just good. music, character development, acting, plot, whatever. a very light and entertaining dorama. and yeah, i have to agree that this was targeted to 25+ viewers.
Nowhere near as soapy or sappy as I thought it would be. Sort of a romance version of "Infernal Affairs". Since it was a Japanese/Korean collaboration there was, of course, a healthy dose of melo-drama, and enough coincidences to choke a horse.
But the folks in it did a good job and kept me moving right through it. Hardly had to hit the fast forward at all.
At the moment I'm a little more than half way through "Ushi ni Negai wo" (Love & Farm" or the title I much prefer... "Wish Upon a Cow")
City kids go to the country and learn many lessons from the salt of the earth country people.
Okay, the sentence above sounds snarky, but it's because I'm a little embarassed to say that I've always liked this kind of show. I blame it on the fact that I was one of those kids who used to rush home from school to watch "Spin & Marty" on the Mickey Mouse Club.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
Anyway, this show is better. It has pretty girls.
Especially Aibu Saki. Good lord, I don't know how she's managed to fly beneath my radar all this time, but half a series in and she's already jumped right onto my Most Adorable Person list.
As I said earlier, it begins slow even draggy.... but if you can last until episode 4 the action begins to pick up. In fact I had to stay up to watch the last 3 episodes, totally caught up in it and wished it would go on longer.
A little shmaltzy in parts... but so what.
All 4 of the girls were terrific, yes even Fukado Kyoko that I realize some folks love to hate..... For me she is always terrific. That cute little sad sidewise look that the detractors like to dis, for me is very appealing and brings out what a good actress she is in giving such an endearing facial emotion.
My first exposure to Iijima Naoko. Gosh what a beauty. Enjoyed her tremendously.
Nakatani Miki.... excellent. Also my first view of this dazzling actress.
Hirosue Ryoko.... You just know she will be good no matter what part she plays. and she was.
I want to see more of Naoko chan and Miki chan.
Tamura Masakzu.... what a great character. As I said in another post, this man must have been on stage to rattle off his lines which such ease and believability.
A good show to watch especially in the Christmas season.
Tanioka-sensei - I mean Nishimura-san - can also be found in Furuhata Ninzaburo, Ns' Aoi, Konshu, Tsuma wa Uwaki Shimasu, to name a few. This guy is becoming a young version of Takenaka Naoto, popping up everywhere.
Don't forget Akimahende! I loved him in that drama!
Finished watching Kono Yo no Hate. Depressing as hell, but I really enjoyed it. Not recommended for those who get emotionally involved with watching jdramas or those who get depressed easily. I wrote some spoilerish reviews on my LiveJournal, but I won't post them here since it's too revealing.
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