JDrama Recommendations

gaijinmark wrote: The only Korean drama I've seen is Super Rookie it's part drama/part comedy/part romance. A combination of all three. I liked it. [/list:u]

Oops, I meant that I wanted suggestions for Japanese dramas for someone who primarily watches Korean dramas. I want to show her that there are good Japanese ones too. :)

cori wrote:

Oops, I meant that I wanted suggestions for Japanese dramas for someone who primarily watches Korean dramas. I want to show her that there are good Japanese ones too. :)

Wow not silly cuts my Recommendations down quite a bit...

What Korean dramas has she seen (and which ones would she recommend...I've started watching them but I don't know which ones I should watch next...) and what sort of dramas is she into

Here are some recommendations...

For Romance
Tatta Hitotsu no Koi

For Comedy
Kekkon Dekinai Otoko (although this might contain elements of silly)

Unsure of their silliness (least amount of silliness IMO)
Anego
Brother Beat
Hanayome to Papa
First Kiss
Last Christmas
Love Revolution
Lunch no Jouu
Hotaru no Hikari
Proposal Daisakuken

Hope this helps[/url]

cori wrote:

Oops, I meant that I wanted suggestions for Japanese dramas for someone who primarily watches Korean dramas. I want to show her that there are good Japanese ones too. :)

I don't know if I recommended this last time, but I would say Rondo since it is really half a Korean show. The second half especially gets pretty melodramatic. I've heard lots of criticisms of it because of that but I still enjoyed the show. It has crime-fighting and romance and two different languages. Sadly, I did not learn any Korean from the show.

Maiuuri wrote:

Wow not silly cuts my Recommendations down quite a bit...

What Korean dramas has she seen (and which ones would she recommend...I've started watching them but I don't know which ones I should watch next...) and what sort of dramas is she into

Not sure what she has seen because she's just an acquaintance who I only see once a year. She's in her 40's or 50's, which is why I didn't think she'd want silly or high school dramas.

Here are some recommendations...

For Romance
Tatta Hitotsu no Koi

For Comedy
Kekkon Dekinai Otoko (although this might contain elements of silly)

Unsure of their silliness (least amount of silliness IMO)
Anego
Brother Beat
Hanayome to Papa
First Kiss
Last Christmas
Love Revolution
Lunch no Jouu
Hotaru no Hikari
Proposal Daisakuken

Hope this helps[/url]

I think that some of these might work, but I haven't seen most of them, so I'm unsure. Thanks for the suggestions!

marspeach wrote:

I don't know if I recommended this last time, but I would say Rondo since it is really half a Korean show. The second half especially gets pretty melodramatic. I've heard lots of criticisms of it because of that but I still enjoyed the show. It has crime-fighting and romance and two different languages. Sadly, I did not learn any Korean from the show.

I think that she might have seen Rondo already because it aired in Hawaii. I haven't seen it myself, so I really should try to check it out since your description sounds good. :)

cori wrote:

Oops, I meant that I wanted suggestions for Japanese dramas for someone who primarily watches Korean dramas. I want to show her that there are good Japanese ones too. :)

I thought the characters setup in Love Generation resembles typical Korean dramas. It felt "heavier" than the Korean dramas I've watched though.

Maybe Long Vacation? It's so obvious that I almost forgot. heh

cori wrote:Glad you liked those dramas. :D And I did mention that Chakushin Ari is like Ringu, so that should have warned you not to watch it late at night. :hehe: I wanted to get that ringtone for my phone, but at the same time, I didn't want to freak myself out every time it rang. :P

Well one of the SE standard alarm clock ring tones sounds kinda similar as the eerie one in the Drama. Especially if it goes off unexpectedly. In a dark Appartment early on saturday morning. After watching Chakushin Ari earlier that night. And theres a pale long haired hokaido girl stumbling out of the bathroom. Oh my goood [image] :sweat:

However, we liked the "open" final scene of that drama very very much [image].
Always nice when it ends with a ... smile [image]...

cori wrote:Have you tried the other dramas I suggested before in this thread? http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.php?p=743801#743801

Thanky you very much; working down that list at the moment :).
But if there are any other recommendable scary jdoramas, please let us know...

xploring wrote:

I thought the characters setup in Love Generation resembles typical Korean dramas. It felt "heavier" than the Korean dramas I've watched though.

Maybe Long Vacation? It's so obvious that I almost forgot. heh

My default for dramas is usually going to be Long Vaca or Love Gen, I just wanted to find out if there was anything that I overlooked. If I can't get my hands on the other dramas that were suggested, I might just have to go with one of these. :)

teucom wrote:Well one of the SE standard alarm clock ring tones sounds kinda similar as the eerie one in the Drama. Especially if it goes off unexpectedly. In a dark Appartment early on saturday morning. After watching Chakushin Ari earlier that night. And theres a pale long haired hokaido girl stumbling out of the bathroom. Oh my goood

Ah, I see. I don't think that my Verizon phone has anything that sounds similar to that Chakushin Ari one. Besides, I want the EXACT one so I can get freaked out. :nut: And don't get me started about long-haired Japanese girls. I know about that first hand. :sweat: :hehe:

Thanky you very much; working down that list at the moment :).
But if there are any other recommendable scary jdoramas, please let us know...

Scary jdramas? I can't think of any. Well, maybe Rasen, which is a continuation of Ring. Hopefully someone else can suggest other dramas because I'm curious myself. :)

cori wrote:
And don't get me started about long-haired Japanese girls. I know about that first hand.

I can imagine... watch "Ringu" one night, next morning wake up and catch a glance of yourself in the mirror... :hehe:

There's any number of J-horror movies, but other than the ones mentioned, I can't think of any other "scary" series...

cori wrote:Scary jdramas? I can't think of any.

How about Gokusen 2. :beaten:

There's also Kirakira Kenshui... :beaten: :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
How about Gokusen 2. :beaten:

There's also Kirakira Kenshui... :beaten: :beaten:

While those are certainly horror dramas, I don't think it's the type of "horror" that teucom is looking for. :hehe: Unless he's into torture. :beaten:

cori wrote:Unless he's into torture. :beaten:

That would fall into the "horror" category... :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:That would fall into the "horror" category... :beaten:

Aaarghl!! :)

Well, how about FujiTV's Kaidan Hyaku Shosetsu? Any good?

teucom wrote:
Aaarghl!! :)

Well, how about FujiTV's Kaidan Hyaku Shosetsu? Any good?

I haven't seen that yet, but I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for since each episode is a separate story.

Does anyone recommend Utahime? I know it's somewhat of a comedy, but I've read that there's romance too. What do you guys think of it? And would you recommend it to someone who likes romantic Korean dramas? (maybe I should've posted this in the Utahime thread..)

cori wrote:(maybe I should've posted this in the Utahime thread..)

Duhhh.................!

teucom wrote:
Aaarghl!! :)

Well, how about FujiTV's Kaidan Hyaku Shosetsu? Any good?

hmmm have you watched Battle Royale yet? its not a series but a must watch...probably one of the first Japanese things I watched...certainly filled with horror, blood and gore.

Maiuuri wrote:filled with horror, blood and gore.

A ratings winner. :beaten:

Cori

I loved Utahime. One of the better shows I"ve seen in a long time.

As for Kaidan Hyaku Shosetsu. Some of the episodes were terrific.

It's an anthology of some of the classic Japanese Ghost and Horror stories.

Not Ringu or the Grudge. These are the scary stories that have been around for generations.

I knew many of the basic stories from seeing them in old movies. And I thought that in some cases... they did a better job of telling the story on the TV show. I guess because they couldn't use big effects, they had to concentrate on the story instead.

Maiuuri wrote:

hmmm have you watched Battle Royale yet? its not a series but a must watch...probably one of the first Japanese things I watched...certainly filled with horror, blood and gore.

Eek. I recorded the Battle Royale films off the tv very recently, and I was trying to steel myself to watch them. :sweat:
I hate being scared, but I really want to watch because the story intrigues me.

Keps wrote:

Eek. I recorded the Battle Royale films off the tv very recently, and I was trying to steel myself to watch them. :sweat:
I hate being scared, but I really want to watch because the story intrigues me.

There's nothing to be scared of...I was more scared when I opened the fridge and they're were no cans of Boddington's Ale left, love.