JDrama Recommendations

Piita wrote:ty... i will check them out....

i guess it can't hurt to say attractive girls in the dramas can only make them better...

LOL, they can't hurt. :mrgreen:

Uh, are you looking for comedy, romance, hard drama?

i'll like everything as long as it has a good storyline and awesome characters.

I am looking for dramas that present unique aspects of Japanese culture. For instance, with the school dramas I learned about how competitive it is from an early age (multiple JDramas). I also enjoyed Shota no Sushi because it gave me insight into how the sushi shops operate and how seriously they take it. Same for the Anime Welcome to the NHK!... it taught me about the Hikkomori <sp> aspect (I didnt know this existed). I guess I am looking for more of a slice of life type show that deals with an interesting aspect of the culture (Im having a hard time describing what im looking for :banghead: )
I have 49 dramas in my collection and this will be the magical 50th! Recommend a good one for me! :D

Piita wrote:i'll like everything as long as it has a good storyline and awesome characters.

Even if it's a crime drama? ;)

Grungir wrote:I am looking for dramas that present unique aspects of Japanese culture. For instance, with the school dramas I learned about how competitive it is from an early age (multiple JDramas). I also enjoyed Shota no Sushi because it gave me insight into how the sushi shops operate and how seriously they take it. Same for the Anime Welcome to the NHK!... it taught me about the Hikkomori <sp> aspect (I didnt know this existed). I guess I am looking for more of a slice of life type show that deals with an interesting aspect of the culture (Im having a hard time describing what im looking for :banghead: )
I have 49 dramas in my collection and this will be the magical 50th! Recommend a good one for me! :D

Slice of life dramas:

Sweet Home - illustrates the competitive nature of the Japanese educational system from an early age in the parents' goal to find a prestigious school for one's children in order that the kids will have a bright future.

Dinner on Thursday and/or Double Kitchen - in the early 90s in Japan before the bubble economy burst it was all the rage to built "two-family" housing....one generation would live on one floor and then when their kids got married they could occupy the other floor so they could live together.


All 3 are comedies and 2 star Tomoko Yamaguchi....one of Japan's most popular TV actresses of all time....sadly she is now retired...but still one of the best, and much better than most of the actors out now.

Thank You! :bow:

I was betting it would be you or bmwracer that answered :)

anego story about a older women falling in love with a younger man.
Koi ni Ochitara story about business .

watch both lately,and really like it alot :)

Grungir wrote:Thank You! :bow:

I was betting it would be you or bmwracer that answered :)

No problem...I'm sure there are other shows in the slice of life category but those were the ones that came to me right off the bat. I hope you enjoy them.

Grungir wrote:Thank You! :bow:

I was betting it would be you or bmwracer that answered :)

Ah, Triky beat me to the punch... I haven't seen the other two, but Double Kitchen is a winner, if you can deal with the pain-in-the-ass mother-in-law stereotype plot... Yamaguchi Tomoko is incredibly spunky and feisty in this role. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Ah, Triky beat me to the punch... I haven't seen the other two, but Double Kitchen is a winner, if you can deal with the pain-in-the-ass mother-in-law stereotype plot... Yamaguchi Tomoko is incredibly spunky and feisty in this role. :victory:

You should watch the other two...they're funny....ask Geezer. My optical drive has been unstable for a while...I've been too lazy to replace it.

Sweet Home and Dinner on Thursday are worthy of watching.

Tu_triky wrote:

You should watch the other two...they're funny....ask Geezer. My optical drive has been unstable for a while...I've been too lazy to replace it.

Sweet Home and Dinner on Thursday are worthy of watching.

Sweet Home is one of the best satirical looks at Japanese society I have seen. Sharp writing, a terrific cast, and two of the best performances you'll ever see from Tomoko Yamaguchi as a naive mother who gets sucked into the ultra-competitive school-selection war zone and Yoko Nogiwa as the George Patton of kindergarten cram school teachers.

Tu_triky wrote:

You should watch the other two...they're funny....ask Geezer. My optical drive has been unstable for a while...I've been too lazy to replace it.

Sweet Home and Dinner on Thursday are worthy of watching.

Great... more dramas to add to my "want list". :grumble: :beaten:

cori wrote:

Great... more dramas to add to my "want list". :grumble: :beaten:

lol! I've moved them both up on my watch list. :victory:

cori wrote:

Great... more dramas to add to my "want list". :grumble: :beaten:

Shin2 stated it eloquently re: Sweet Home but Dinner on Thursday is another great dorama from the early 90s, as is Double Kitchen which deserves the high praise of Geezer and others.

Tu_triky wrote:

Shin2 stated it eloquently re: Sweet Home but Dinner on Thursday is another great dorama from the early 90s, as is Double Kitchen which deserves the high praise of Geezer and others.

I saw Double Kitchen a long time ago and I remember liking it. It was so long ago though so I cant remember anything except for evil Nogiwa Yoko with the drum beating and the noodles going down that slide thing. :hehe:

cori wrote:I saw Double Kitchen a long time ago and I remember liking it. It was so long ago though so I cant remember anything except for evil Nogiwa Yoko with the drum beating and the noodles going down that slide thing. :hehe:

Any don't forget your boy Shiro...

cori wrote:

I saw Double Kitchen a long time ago and I remember liking it. It was so long ago though. I mostly remember evil Nogiwa Yoko with the drum beating and the noodles going down that slide thing. :hehe:

That scene was really funny! I think they were eating somen. Yeah her and that drum....a funny show for sure.

As Geezer mentioned, someone just uploaded the first ep of Double Kitchen ripped from a DVD source.

Tu_triky wrote:

That scene was really funny! I think they were eating somen. Yeah her and that drum....a funny show for sure.

As Geezer mentioned, someone just uploaded the first ep of Double Kitchen ripped from a DVD source.

I'm supposed to get it from beem, but I might just download it myself. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Any don't forget your boy Shiro...

Omg, I forgot about Shiro. :inlove: It was probably when I thought he was a creepy old guy so I forgot all about him being in it. :beaten:

cori wrote:I'm supposed to get it from beem, but I might just download it myself. :beaten:

That's fine... Saves me the trouble. :P