King's Restaurant (Ohsama no Restauran): Scripted by Koki Mitani and starring a strong ensemble cast of great character actors, plus Tomoko Yamaguchi.

Investigator Mariko (Kasoken no Onna): I didn't like the second season as much as the other three seasons (a fifth is now playing although I haven't seen any of those episodes yet), but how can you not like Yasuko Sawaguchi--a cute, feisty, funny, take-no-prisoners kind of woman.

Oyaji--Masakazu Tamura doing his usual entertaining thing surrounded by a host of beautiful actresses.

shin2 wrote:

Oyaji--Masakazu Tamura doing his usual entertaining thing surrounded by a host of beautiful actresses.

Yeah, enjoyed that one. Hirosue Ryoko plays his daughter in Oyaji as well as Otousan.
-PCM

ultranguik wrote:

antique, hero, gift, SOS and am i the only one who thinks 'wednesday love affair' is actually good?

I like Antique. *raises hand* I find it funny and amusing.

I've never seen Wednesday Love Affair, but I do like Friday's Lovers, which not many people seem to like much either.

I also really liked Koi wo nan ne yasundemasuka (aka Are you in love/Dreams of Romance).

Doramafan113 wrote:

I think the first drama you watch always kind of holds a few extra points.

Yes, couldn't agree more.

One of the NHK drama acted by Miho Kanno and Takeda Shinji but can't even find the information about the drama here, kinda strange cos that is one of my favourite Jap drama~~~ It's about the story of a deaf girl, very touching ~~~

clcs85 wrote:

One of the NHK drama acted by Miho Kanno and Takeda Shinji but can't even find the information about the drama here, kinda strange cos that is one of my favourite Jap drama~~~ It's about the story of a deaf girl, very touching ~~~

I like that story as well.If I am not wrong, the title is Kimi no tega Sasayate Iru.One of my favourite!

kinki_txr wrote:

I like that story as well.If I am not wrong, the title is Kimi no tega Sasayate Iru.One of my favourite!

Yaya, that's the one I mentioned! Do you have the VCD? I can't find it in Malaysia and Singapore~~~

I do have this VCD. Unique is selling this drama until disc 6. And I remembered Phoenix showed until disc 6.Moreover there is all together 8 disc for this show. Managed to search high and low for the last 2 as I think it is special.

ultranguik wrote:

antique, hero, gift, SOS and am i the only one who thinks 'wednesday love affair' is actually good?

wohoo!!
another SOS fan

Don't know if they just don't have a good following but I absolutely LOVE the Investigator Mariko and Women of the Onsen series. These are a couple of my faves, yet no one really seems to discuss them. o.O Onsen is at its fifth season already.

What do I hate that everybody loves! I hate it I loath it i detest it with mind body and spirit and to my consternation everyone loves it!!!!!! Love Generation , waste of my money and time blah (Boring cliche' filled, no chemistry horribly mind numbing story line had to force myselve to keep watching it by episode 8 i had enough!!!! Osoroshiiiiiiii

Oh Antique, gift and zoku hoshino kinka, all time worst dorama's but not as bad as love generation

pandora wrote:

Oh Antique, gift and zoku hoshino kinka, all time worst dorama's but not as bad as love generation

antique was pretty bad imo

eltinator wrote:

antique was pretty bad imo

the dorama was but the cakes were

groink wrote:

I have a totally different taste bud from just about everyone else, so don't be surprised if my list is long... Mama no Idenshi Toshishita No Otoko (Younger Men) Wataru seiken wa oni bakari Hagure Keiji Junjoha (all seasons) That's it (for now!) --- groink

I thought Mama no Idenshi was great. I haven't seen the other shows you've mentioned, though I've wanted to see Hagure Keiji for a while now =\


I think Antique was really creative too. My guess is that, kind of like Love Complex, the terrible subs throw people off a bit.

I also liked Oyaji. I thought it handled the characters very well. Unlike similarly themed shows which just go through the motions.

mvc wrote:

Don't know if they just don't have a good following but I absolutely LOVE the Investigator Mariko and Women of the Onsen series. These are a couple of my faves, yet no one really seems to discuss them. o.O Onsen is at its fifth season already.

Investigator Mariko is also in its fifth season.

I'm kinda dissapointed that there's a Mariko 5, given how 4 ended =\

I liked Virgin Road and Haru Ranman, not sure if they're popular...

eltinator wrote:

antique was pretty bad imo

Oh yeah..I love Antique. The guys are as delicious as the cakes..and of course you won't think the same as me hehehee.. I mean in the guys part.

eltinator wrote:

antique was pretty bad imo

Maybe because I'm into cooking, I really enjoyed Antique. A friend of my family was professionally trained in Paris, like Fujiki's character, and had a patisserie in Saratoga during the 1980s and early 1990s.

The subtitles on my copy were so comically bad that I nearly fell off the couch laughing a number of times.

Plus, I think the cast of Shiina Kippei, Abe Hiroshi, Fujiki Naohito, Takizawa Hideaki, and Koyuki are extremely talented. Konishi Manami also was in one of the early episodes, but she is not credited in the Jdorama database.
-PCM