I just meant that she hasn't played a character that was not a native Japanese.
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Possibly that she doesn't look gaijin enough...
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I heard there was going to be a joint venture with Turkey on a dorama about a race care driver.
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Cool. That would be really one of the very few about foreigners. Do you have more info on it?
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Actually, it's a joint venture between South Korea and Turkey. I saw it here: http://fansub.d-addicts.com/D-Fansubs
Anyways, it's called Speed and coming out in September
My mistake
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Cool. Thanks for the info.
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and "Well I know Erika's mother is Algerian and her father is Japanese-Irish, but she hasn't come in a show where she actually plays someone not Japanese."

oh no

kusakari masao is half white and half japanese.

He's appeared in lots of dramas, including a taiga drama which is quite surprising.

jjpsychic2 wrote:

kusakari masao is half white and half japanese. He's appeared in lots of dramas, including a taiga drama which is quite surprising.

What's "Taiga"?
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I know for sure that an indian couple was in Akihabara@DEEP. Not only that, lately there's been an increase of black males in the asian entertainment industry (variety shows --- I know there were two black actors in a KATTUN game show, in the kdrama "Sorry I love you"). Oh, Crystal Kay is a primary example of japanese accepting other races even though she's part japanese.

altec wrote:

What's "Taiga"?

Taiga dramas are those annual historical dramas shown in NHK
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prismatic_star wrote:

I know for sure that an indian couple was in Akihabara@DEEP. Not only that, lately there's been an increase of black males in the asian entertainment industry (variety shows --- I know there were two black actors in a KATTUN game show, in the kdrama "Sorry I love you"). Oh, Crystal Kay is a primary example of japanese accepting other races even though she's part japanese.

Okay, so i found the official website for akihabara@deep, and I so want to see it, d-addicts did a sub:
http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_37684.htm
http://www.akihabaradeep.com/

As for Crystal Kay- WOW
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Kay

Thanks for the info
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Saito_Hajime wrote:

Taiga dramas are those annual historical dramas shown in NHK

Thankyou for the clarification
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HAs anyone mentioned the daily drama about the Japanese-American girl who goes from Hawaii to Japan to discover her roots?
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Eve wrote:

HAs anyone mentioned the daily drama about the Japanese-American girl who goes from Hawaii to Japan to discover her roots?

I know someone posted a link about something like that, but it was a movie. I don't remember the title though.
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Okay, well it's been a few months and I have yet to see any dorama about Non native Japanese. There was an aside reference in a recent drama. In Attention Please, there is an incident where a Saudia Arabian man "Shequel" I believe, asks one of the flight attendants out. That's it.
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I was researching Japan related topics and came across Indians living in Japan. Check this site out, it's about the KANSAI region, where around 4000 Indians live. I think it would be very interesting top see a drama about an Indian and Japanese relationship.
http://www.japanfile.com/culture_and_society/cross-culture/Indians-1.shtml
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altec wrote:

I was researching Japan related topics and came across Indians living in Japan. Check this site out, it's about the KANSAI region, where around 4000 Indians live. I think it would be very interesting top see a drama about an Indian and Japanese relationship. http://www.japanfile.com/culture_and_society/cross-culture/Indians-1.shtml

that would be, but it's difficult to imagine a dorama like because it might not have wide demographic appeal.

Oh it's not always about ratings is it? Probably, it is, but it would make a very interesting documentary or film. Anyone know of any films or documentaries about the different ethnicities in Japan.
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altec wrote:

Oh it's not always about ratings is it?

well television studios are a business....when they have famous celebrities star in their productions it's because they think they will attract lots of viewers to raise the ratings...

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Probably, it is, but it would make a very interesting documentary or film. Anyone know of any films or documentaries about the different ethnicities in Japan.

the Japanese film "Go" is about a Korean living in Japan.