* Title: ���u�V���b�t��
* Title (English): Love Shuffle
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Romance, comedy
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-16 start
* Air time: Friday 22:00
* Theme songs:
o Main theme: Fantasy by Earth, Wind & Fire
o Insert song: Eternal Flame by The Bangles
Synopsis
Usami Kei is a manager at an IT company who breaks off his engagement to Mei, the president's daughter. Later at his apartment, a power failure leaves him trapped in an elevator with three other residents: Ojiro, Airu and Masato. While waiting, their conversation hits upon the question of whether there is truly only one fated partner for everyone. As a result, they decide to run an experiment by "shuffling" their relationships with one another. --Tokyograph
Cast
* Tamaki Hiroshi as Usami Kei
* Karina as Aizawa Airu
* Matsuda Shota as Sera Ojiro
* DAIGO as Oishi Yukichi
* Yoshitaka Yuriko as Hayakawa Kairi
* Kojima Hijiri as Kamijyo Reiko
* Kanjiya Shihori as Kagawa Mei
* Tanihara Shosuke as Kikuta Masato
Production Credits
* Screenwriter: Nojima Shinji
* Producer: Ito Kazuhiro
* Directors: Doi Nobuhiro, Yamamuro Daisuke _________________
Last edited by meoinkie2 on Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:51 pm; edited 1 time in total
Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 2061 Location: Melbourne Country:
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:04 am Post subject:
All the characters were well established with distinct traits, and the comedy works well too (though it's "Japanese" so quite a lot of it flew over my head). But some of the social commentary didn't really fit in the dialogue, and something (acting and/or writing) ... didn't quite work and I didn't really get into the story. It is also much lighter than I expected.
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 744 Location: Dorama Land Country:
Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:06 pm Post subject:
i find it kinda interesting... but hopefully the pace will be faster from epi 2 onwards. certain parts of epi 1 was kinda slow.. a bit too much talking in the same scene.. i was expecting a fast and light pace adult themed drama.. enough of students/high school dramas, so this was kinda refreshing.. _________________
This one is decent although I thought the bar scene in Ep. 2 was rather corny. Kojima Hijiri is quite stunning playing an adultress. The outtakes after each episode is an added bonus.
Joined: 25 Oct 2001 Posts: 1888 Location: Bunkyo-ku Country:
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:57 am Post subject:
Definitely THE Dorama of the season for me. I'm surprised of the 10% rating
Any idea of who ends up with who? In Love Shuffle "Before Broadcast" SP, each cast were asked on which couple is
their favorite, and who ends up with who. Of course, they have not read the latter episodes script. I think they have
only read up to Ep3 script when they were interviewed about this.
These are their answers:
Karina: Usa-tan(Tamaki) & AiAi(Karina)
She thinks Usa-tan and AiAi's banters are interesting, so she wonder what will happen to this couple.
Matsuda Shota: He thinks everyone will return to their original partners.
Kanjiya Shihori: She accidentally heard about what's gonna happen in the end, and it left her a deep impression.
Tanihara Shosuke: Kiku-rin(Tanihara) & Reiko(the married woman; acted by Kojima Hijiri)
He said, "There's no one else for Kiku-rin, except Reiko-san!!".
Yoshitaka Yuriko: Yukichi(DAIGO) & Reiko
She thinks their dates with so many misunderstandings are interesting.
DAIGO: He thinks Yukichi doesn't go well with anyone.
Kojima Hijiri: She thinks it will be great if everyone return to their original partners.
Tamaki: He also thinks its better if all couples return as before.
My couple choices:
Usatan-Aiai; love their banters and they surprisingly have good chemistry.
Ojiro-Mei; I think they matches... but I don't know, seem like the girl left him deepest impression would be the mentally
sick girl, Hayakawa Kairi (Yoshitaka Yuriko).
Yukichi-Kairi; love their dates in Ep2! I think they're cute together xD Although it seem awkward...
Kikurin-Reiko; not sure about this... but I think she'll return to her husband. _________________
Joined: 25 Oct 2001 Posts: 1888 Location: Bunkyo-ku Country:
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject:
Just watched Ep3!! It's getting better and better! I love Oujiro!! Ep4 looks awesome!
Click on button to reveal/hide spoiler:
The part where Airu said, "There's no such man anywhere!". Then suddenly her cellphone rings, and it's Usami... I think that's a hint^^ Well, actually Tamaki-Karina being the lead roles is a hint itself in the first place The scene just confirmed it more.
All times are GMT + 8 Hours Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7Next
Page 1 of 7
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Register
Log in
