JDrama Recommendations

"beautiful life"
http://jdorama.com/drama_36.htm
it gives you different perspctive on life when you see it from 3 feet above.

eien Bussan wrote:I just finished watching a fairly new drama called "Hikaru To Tomoni" (Together with Hikaru)...man...they don't call that time slot "Tears Wednesday" for nothing!

It's about how a mother copes with her 7-year-old autistic son, but she can only do so with the support of the friends and family around her. Unlike a lot of Japanese dramas, "Hikaru to Tomoni" has a very realistic atmosphere and manages to hit home at least once per episode. I don't think I have a heartstring left that hasn't been tugged at yet!

What makes it even better is that even though it has such a heavy plot, it's not dark at all! There's enough humor to keep you smiling so you don't get all depressed after watching it like you would with such dramas as Miseinen and Seija No Koushin.

The cast really helps as well. Shinohara Ryoko is at her very best portraying a genuinely caring mother who wants the best for her son, and by doing so, sometimes gets irritated and over-whelmed. It's Hikaru's teacher's job (played by the great Kobayashi Satomi) to make sure that Hikaru's mom does not push Hikaru too hard and to make sure she doesn't get over-heated. Takeda Shinji is also great as a weak and naive teacher who still tries his best....I'd forgotten what an awesome actor he was!

I'm having such a difficult time describing my thoughts for this drama in words...but I can say for sure that no time will be wasted with this drama! You just have to see it for yourself! Really gotta applaude NTV for this one!! :applaud:

Yeah...both Hikari to Tomoni and Ryoko Shinohara herself were voted Best Dorama and Best Actress respectively in The Television Spring Dorama Awards. They deserve it!

mvc wrote:I think From the Heart (Kimi ga oshietekureta koto) is an important one to watch. It was my first look at autism. I thought Tomosaka Rie did an excellent job portraying autism. It was cool, cuz I learned more about autism in classes. I think its important to learn about the various disabilities peoples have so we don't just label them as retarded or helpless.

Yea what he said.

arnel98 wrote:
aside from d-addicts, you could check uot some links on this thread, although some of the links posted in there are no longer active.
http://jdorama.com/viewtopic_841.htm

WD wrote:Hi, fellow Malaysian!
www.d-addicts.com is a good site for J-doramas. Most have English subs too! I'm currently trying to download Shinsengumi files, but no such luck thus far. Will try again.

thnx... :applaud: ...but still looking okusama wa majo eng sub..

I love Romance Comedy and to a certain extend tragedy~okashi na~
but if you happen to be like me, I strongly recommend the following :hehe:

Summer Snow
Yamato Nadeshiko
Koi no Chikara
PURE
Good Luck
Beginner
Moto Kare
Dekichatta Kekkon

iluvhyde wrote:I love Romance Comedy and to a certain extend tragedy~okashi na~
but if you happen to be like me, I strongly recommend the following :hehe:

Summer Snow
Yamato Nadeshiko
Koi no Chikara
PURE
Good Luck
Beginner
Moto Kare
Dekichatta Kekkon

Summer Snow is so good! Still one of my favourite doramas of all time!

:shakehead: :banghead: can anyone please suggest any Japanese drama series that has a story like Summer Snow and GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka) can you suggest any series? if you know anything about this can you e-mail me at: [email protected]

i love Summer Snow and GTO tv series..... pls!!!! help me. i want to have more good Japanese series.

Ilike also comedy-drama series, if you know kust e-mail me....thanks!!!!

hello kababayan, how about Beautiful Life, and Gokusen.. i could name a few but thats all i can think of right now :sweat: but those are pretty good :mrgreen:

Hi! I'm watching Trick also. I think it is very good and really funny. I haven't seen that many dramas so I don't know any with them. But I would recommend watching a drama called Hotman. It is very good. I will continue watching Trick and will hope they make a Trick 4!!! :woot:

Best Partner is good. And Hatchobori Seven is excellent. Also enjoyed Concerto quite a bit as well as Mama's genes.

Anyone know if there's any sort of connection between the creators and the people behind the Salaryman Kintaro drama. Some small similarities, like the sumo wrestling to get someone to agree to a job, and the see you next round! line at the end of each episode while Kintaro had see you next fight!. Just wondering.

my stoopid bro is bugging me...
he wanted to watch more dorama like GTO, gokusen.
can someone or everyone pls recommend some decent drama pls!!
no hentai pls!! :bow: :bow:

IWGP
Orange Days
Cheap Love
Long Vacation
Rookie

:D

my bro didnt like orange days...
its too slow for him...
he likes gto, gokusen, kindaichi, remote, trick, satorare, kunimitsu no matsuri.....
pls recommend sumtin decent
no hentai pls :bow:

Ryuuten no ouhi - Saigo no koutei <-- i like this drama.. i recommend this to everyone.. its a historical drama of love between two country

decent drama? maybe something that's family oriented.. maybe hotman?
mukodono is coollll

I still think you should see Hotman and Trick is good. I highly recommend you see GTO. This is a great drama!!

hihi!!

can anyone recommend me any crazy and zany comedies that are similar to shomuni?
thanks!

I subscribe recently on this forum so I'm not an expert in dramas.

I searched dramas in french ( easier to understand for me ) on google, but it's hard to find what I want...
So I tape the keyword "Ueto Aya", pretty cute actress according to me :love_eyes: and I find this :

Name of th movie: Azumi
Actors : Ryuhei Kitamura Aya Ueto Shun Oguri Hiroki Narimiya

Is it a Drama ?
Does it worth to be watched ?
I use the search function on Jdorama... some info are ib the thread of Ueto aya gallerie... But it don't really answer my question ( and the thread is too big )

Xavio wrote:Is it a Drama ?
Does it worth to be watched ?
I use the search function on Jdorama... some info are ib the thread of Ueto aya gallerie... But it don't really answer my question ( and the thread is too big )

The resident Aya-chan expert is Elt, er, Eltinator...

From what I know, Azumi is an action drama with lotsa swordplay 'n' stuff... Maybe I'll try to get a copy from Elt on a trade (Trick 3?? :hehe: )...

Jsut started watching Narita Rikon and I immediately had the urge to post it here as a recommendation. Its pretty good, sotry is paced quite nicely...

I've watched Azumi, it's a mix a very good and very bad..
But now I have voted for Aya-Chan, I don't know why :D