JDrama Recommendations

I recommend Hana Yori Dango 1 & 2 (i showed it to my friends and they all love it), Attention Please, Haruka17 (original story about Japanese idols), Anna-san no Omame (just because the 'Mitai naaaa' is a legend) and the drama i'm currently watching : LIFE !!

This drama is awesome. It talks about ijime and unfairness. But it's not subtitled yet ... so you jsut can find the RAW version on Veoh ... and it's not finished either ... waiting for the 8th episode :shamefulcry: [/b]

anyone here already watch Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta!

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Erai_Tokoro_ni_Totsuide_Shimatta%21

i heard this drama is so funny, it makes u wanna cry.. is that true? any comment... i'm on my way downloading ep.1 and 2.. but it still have a long way to finish because.. (>_<) i've got a 10GB Ugly betty ahead to download.... ahhh...

So... what's your comment about YANKUMI's drama? hehe...

Nakama Yukie is so into the Yankumi character...

First off, I'm extremely sorry if this is the wrong section to post this. xD

Well, I was drawn into JDorama when I first watched Ace wo Nerae... xD

So I was wondering if there were any other tennis-related JDoramas? o.o

The ones I know of so far are Ace wo Nerae and Happy! (Although I can't seem to find a way to download the latter).

Did you use the search engine?

I think you should probably be asking this question in the J-Drama Recommendations thread... Or at least in the J-Drama forum: http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.2708.htm

Moving.

there is another tennis jdrama... well it's a movie actually...

The Prince of Tennis Live Action...

Lots of kawaii boys there esp. Kanata Hongo...

If you need ideas for a good tear-jerker, here's the top-30 dramas ranked by emotional response (Courtesy goo.ne.jp):

1 [image] Ichi ritoru no namida (1 liter of tears) 2005

2 [image] Sekai no chuushin de, ai wo sakebu (Crying out love, in the center of the world) 2004

3 [image] Dr Koto - Shinryousho (Dr. Koto's clinic) 2003

4 [image] Oshin 1983

5 [image] Hitotsu yane no shita (Under one roof) 1993

6 [image] Hoshi no kinka (Heaven's coins) 1995

7 [image] Ima ai ni yukimasu (Be with you) 2005

8 [image] Boku no ikiru michi (The way I live) 2003

9 [image] Kita no kuni kara (From northern country) 1984

10 [image] Aishiteriu to itte kure (Say you love me) 1995

11 [image] Umizaru (The sea monkey) 2004

12 [image] 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi sensei (Mr. Kinpachi in class 3B)

13 [image] 101 kaime no puropozu (101st proposal) 1991

14 [image] Tokyo love story 1991

15 [image] Tokyo Tower - Okaa to tokidoki otoo (Tokyo Tower: Mom and me and sometimes dad) 2006

16 [image] Winter Sonata 2002

17 [image] Daichi no ko (Child of the earth) 1995

18 [image] Kamisama mou sukoshi dake (God please give me more time) 1998

19 [image] Shiroi kyoto (The great white tower) 2003

20 [image] Kou kou kyoushi (High school teacher) 1993

21 [image] Sukuuru uoozu (School wars) 1984

22 [image] Ai to iu nano moto ni (In the name of love) 1992

23 [image] Hakusen nagashi (Those were the days) 1996

24 [image] Uchi na kiko (Without a family) 1996

25 [image] Seija no koushin (When the saints go marching in) 1998

26 [image] Beautiful life 2000

27 [image] Odoru daisousassen (Police investigation headquarters) 1997

28 [image] Orange days 2004

29 [image] Asunaro hakusho (Asunaro white paper) 1993

30 [image] Iguana no musume (Iguana's daughter) 1996

LOL, the only one I've seen from that list is Orange Days. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:LOL, the only one I've seen from that list is Orange Days. :beaten:

wow, only Orange Days and Beautiful Life for me and Ive seen probably 40 jdramas. Would those be the top 25 tear-jerkers/emotional rollercoaster dramas? This would explain the list imo....

Grungir wrote:Would those be the top 25 tear-jerkers/emotional rollercoaster dramas? This would explain the list imo....

That's what it says at the top of the list...

I've no interest in such chick-flicky dramas: life's tough enough as it is without getting wrung out when trying to relax at home... :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
That's what it says at the top of the list...

I've no interest in such chick-flicky dramas: life's tough enough as it is without getting wrung out when trying to relax at home... :shakehead:

I do watch melodramas but I agree with your sentiment though....I don't necessarily relish a caustic tragedy.....

Sekai wa muzukashi tokoro desu....<the world is a difficult place>

Tu_triky wrote:I do watch melodramas but I agree with your sentiment though....I don't necessarily relish a caustic tragedy.....

Sekai wa muzukashi tokoro desu....<the world is a difficult place>

Right on.

A movie would be okay... It's short term.


But 11 episodes of grief? Uh-uh. :shakehead:

Life has some joy in it.

*gawks at avatar*

bmwracer wrote:
Right on.

A movie would be okay... It's short term.


But 11 episodes of grief? Uh-uh. :shakehead:

Life has some joy in it.

*gawks at avatar*

yeah man...i don't gravitate toward the severe dramas these days, even though i have them downloaded.....i have to be in a particular mood to endeavor watching them to be honest.

i totally feel you about watching a movie-length type thang...cuz it's more manageable per se....

hmmm.....you still gotta try watching tony takatani!

Tu_triky wrote:hmmm.....you still gotta try watching tony takatani!

Yeah, I do.

Gomen. :ashamed:

I gotta dig it up and the subs for it. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, I do.

Gomen. :ashamed:

I gotta dig it up and the subs for it. :sweat:

it's a very quirky film, more like a play...you might not like it...but i'm fairly sure i gave you the subs as well.

Tu_triky wrote:it's a very quirky film, more like a play...you might not like it...but i'm fairly sure i gave you the subs as well.

I'm sure you did... I just gotta do the merging. :)

bmwracer wrote:
That's what it says at the top of the list...

I've no interest in such chick-flicky dramas: life's tough enough as it is without getting wrung out when trying to relax at home... :shakehead:

lol.. it would have helped if I had read the whole post eh? :banghead:

bmwracer wrote:
I'm sure you did... I just gotta do the merging. :)

oh yeah, mah bad...i forgot you author your DVDs so you can watch them on your TV & standalone DVD player. :)

Speaking as a guy who does not like tear jerkers, but who has seen 14 of the shows on that list (Man, I have no standards), I have to say... I coudn't get through tony takatani!.

It was on cable last week, so I gave it my best try. They don't put that many Japanese films with subs on cable, so I try to take advantage of whatever is out there. But that movie set some new standards for, dull.

I'm not saying you're wrong, Tu_trik. Maybe if I'd been able to watch all of it I might have seen something in it that was worthwhile. But that dull depressing pace just beat me.

Geezer wrote:Speaking as a guy who does not like tear jerkers, but who has seen 14 of the shows on that list (Man, I have no standards), I have to say... I coudn't get through tony takatani!.

It was on cable last week, so I gave it my best try. They don't put that many Japanese films with subs on cable, so I try to take advantage of whatever is out there. But that movie set some new standards for, dull.

I'm not saying you're wrong, Tu_trik. Maybe if I'd been able to watch all of it I might have seen something in it that was worthwhile. But that dull depressing pace just beat me.

Nah, I can appreciate your opinion..it's a very slow deliberate pace....it does try one's patience or attention span. Given the fact the movie is an adaptation of one of the fabled Murakami's short stories...

I liked it but it's not something that has replay value.

Tu_triky wrote:I liked it but it's not something that has replay value.

I felt that same way about Joze to Tora to Sakana Tachi.