qilver wrote:

yeah, probably a waste of hd space.....not worth it...

heh, its the only dorama that i've watched and not burned
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Shindou wrote:

heh, its the only dorama that i've watched and not burned

and that says a lot...
that one is definitely in the top ten, worst, ne?

and what about SOS, did you save that one? i haven't watch it yet, but i have it.....

qilver wrote:

and that says a lot... that one is definitely in the top ten, worst, ne? and what about SOS, did you save that one? i haven't watch it yet, but i have it.....

yeah, SOS was a reluctant keeper likewise with KKK2003 and Stand Up - i try to keep everything i watch, but sengoku jietai was just that bad...
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With that being said it is probably the top 1 among the worst jdoramas to date.
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Saito_Hajime wrote:

With that being said it is probably the top 1 among the worst jdoramas to date.

*nods*
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Just finished watching "Satomi Hakenden". I'm not a big fan of period drama but this turned out to be quite good. The number of good actors in this drama, even the one making cameo appearances, was simply mind-boggling. Takizawa Hideaki took the leading role, and I must say I have misgivings when I learned that. Nevertheless the drama was action-packed, so even Takizawa didn't mess it up.

Interesting for me was that I watched the original "Satomi Hakenden" featuring Yashimaru Hiroko (can't remember the names of any of the dog-warriors). In the old version, a movie, all (or nearly all) the warriors died. This drama has a much happier ending.

Gonna start watching Hotman
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thtl wrote:

Nevertheless the drama was action-packed, so even Takizawa didn't mess it up.

muri, muri yo. by definition his presence messes everything up.

Tu_triky wrote:

muri, muri yo. by definition his presence messes everything up.

for me, satomi hakkenden was ok, nothing too special - the special effects i think were a bit too in-your-face
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Shindou wrote:

for me, satomi hakkenden was ok, nothing too special - the special effects i think were a bit too in-your-face

in boku no madonna, for me takky was a bit too in-your-face...must have been that small rat hole he lived in...

i never finished that dorama.....

Tu_triky wrote:

in boku no madonna, for me takky was a bit too in-your-face...must have been that small rat hole he lived in... i never finished that dorama.....

lol, i haven't watched that in quite a while now, forget if i was on ep 2 or 3 or something - don't feel like continuing it anytime soon either
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Shindou wrote:

don't feel like continuing it anytime soon either

more like, never.

Tu_triky wrote:

i thought you would like it......dood, if you wanna laugh your ass off even more watch tiger & dragon next....i think it's even better than kisarazu and it won several japanese television academy awards for '05...including best dorama and several acting awards.

Read this post and now I'm dling Tiger & Dragon. Sounds like a good drama to watch along with Aya's new drama after summer school ends
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Hmmm. Wish I'd seen Shindou's comments first, but what the heck.

Worst drama ever? Sengoku Jieitai was bad, but it's got a long way to go before it rates as one of my all time worst dramas.

Yoshitsuni beats it by a mile.

And remember, Kyoko Fukada and Norika Fujiwara have been making bad dramas for years.
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Geezer wrote:

Yoshitsuni beats it by a mile.

would you say S.O.S is worse then that????
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Geezer wrote:

Hmmm. Wish I'd seen Shindou's comments first, but what the heck. And remember, Kyoko Fukada and Norika Fujiwara have been making bad dramas for years.

a critical jdorama fan, near and dear to my heart.

K.T.

I haven't seen S.O.S. I've seen a couple of Kyoko's other dramas ("Fighting Girl" comes to mind and makes me shudder) and based on those... I've avoided S.O.S. like the plague.
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Geezer wrote:

K.T. I haven't seen S.O.S. I've seen a couple of Kyoko's other dramas ("Fighting Girl" comes to mind and makes me shudder) and based on those... I've avoided S.O.S. like the plague.

Good thing.
I believe you would've hated the drama just as much as Triky, if not more.
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Geezer wrote:

K.T. I haven't seen S.O.S. I've seen a couple of Kyoko's other dramas ("Fighting Girl" comes to mind and makes me shudder) and based on those... I've avoided S.O.S. like the plague.

your elevated, incisive commentary leads me to believe you are better off NOT watching it...not to say i'm so presumptous that i think we necessarily like all the same shows...but i'm almost certain you might barf if you saw SOS.

Thank you again for the review on Sengoku Jieitai. I almost bought ticket for the movie (Samurai Commando Mission 1549). I read the synopsis and the story sounded familiar. It didn't look so bad... since Haruka Ayase is in it. That was until I saw the original title: Sengoku Jieitai 1549. Uh oh...

BTW: WINNER: Best Art Director (Takeshi Shimizu), 2005 Asia-Pacific Film Festival
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