Jukunen Rikon

[auroragb]

I haven't seen it (no subbed version). But it's got like MAD ratings in Japan. It's gonna be the second highest rating of Fall 2005 (unless, HYD gets <18% for the last ep). So I have a few questions:

Why is it not in the Fall 2005 drama list?
Has anyone else seen it?
Is it really that good?
What are the aspects that makes it so topical?
Why has there been no threads on it yet?

[qilver]

auroragb wrote:

I haven't seen it (no subbed version). But it's got like MAD ratings in Japan. It's gonna be the second highest rating of Fall 2005 (unless, HYD gets <18% for the last ep). So I have a few questions: Why is it not in the Fall 2005 drama list? Has anyone else seen it? Is it really that good? What are the aspects that makes it so topical? Why has there been no threads on it yet?

i suppose now there is a thread, i actually d/l'ed eps 1-5, but ep's 6/7 was not on d-addicts, not sure why they skipped it...
not sub'd, right, i don't know why it is not sub'd in english, some fan subbers have to sub it, if not, then it will not be subtitled in english.
I basically was interested in it, cause Nana Katase is in the drama, she is so beautiful. Not sure why it was not included in the fall '05 list. It seems ok, but i don't understand Japanese that much, maybe a few words, that's it. I could really use the sub's then i can analyze this drama and tell you how good it is.

[yume]

I saw every single episode--and it was boring.

It's about a couple in their 50s or so I guess that gets divorced and their children's lives moving on.

All of the children are the mid to late twenties or 30s, so it's not aimed at young audiences. The story revolves around the divorced wife finding her new niche in life, the father learning how much his wife cared for the family, blah blah.

If you liked Otousan or Oyaji, then this is NOT for you. It's void of humor and is very serious. There's a perfect ending to the whole drama. The only reason I can suspect that it got such high ratings is because there are more elderly people in Japan than youth who watch this kind of morning-drama-turned-evening drama drivel.... The story was really lacking. But that's just my opinion.

[auroragb]

Thanks for the summary Yume, the premise seemed like morning drama material to me too ... If it's as lacking as you say, I hope it's success does not start a trend of moving soap plots into the evening dramas

[qilver]

yume wrote:

I saw every single episode--and it was boring. It's about a couple in their 50s or so I guess that gets divorced and their children's lives moving on. All of the children are the mid to late twenties or 30s, so it's not aimed at young audiences. The story revolves around the divorced wife finding her new niche in life, the father learning how much his wife cared for the family, blah blah. If you liked Otousan or Oyaji, then this is NOT for you. It's void of humor and is very serious. There's a perfect ending to the whole drama. The only reason I can suspect that it got such high ratings is because there are more elderly people in Japan than youth who watch this kind of morning-drama-turned-evening drama drivel.... The story was really lacking. But that's just my opinion.

in terms of action, drama....it only had seriousness, and drama, but absolutely nothing exciting in it, although i can't understand japanese, it would help with subtitles. it got good ratings? i wonder why.....all-star cast maybe? i dunno.

[auroragb]

qilver wrote:

in terms of action, drama....it only had seriousness, and drama, but absolutely nothing exciting in it, although i can't understand japanese, it would help with subtitles. it got good ratings? i wonder why.....all-star cast maybe? i dunno.

I'm not that in tune with who's who in j-drama cast, but the cast list looks like they are filled with veterans, but no real "head-liners". So there must be something about it that gives it the 19.19% average rating.