Finished watching Wagaya no Rekishi (thanks, Tu). Lots of veteran actors in this one, although many of them had only brief cameos. But Nishida Toshiyuki had a prominent role, and Fuji Junko had some nice scenes as his wife. Wish Amami Yuki had more screen time; she was pretty intimidating in the few scenes she was in (except for her last one, in which she was completely floored by the stream of celebrities paying their respects to what she thought was her inferior pathetic rival, LOL).
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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:54 pm Post subject:
Me too. (Wagaya no Rekishi, that is) Tu_triky rocks.
I've saved the final hour of episode three to watch tomorrow.
I won't say much until I've finished it, but this is Shibasaki Kou's piece, and I think she's doing a heck of a job carrying it. Most poor actors depend on make-up and make-up alone to suggest age. Kou is doing it with attitude. I've been pretty impressed.
Nishida is, as always, a joy. From the Elephant, to telling his daughterin-law she'd better dance on the table at 8 Woman, to the soy sauce maker, to--- it's called comic relief, and he's doing it without a big red nose.
And Fuji Junko... just makes me happy, every time I see her.
I will hate to see this one end.
Eve
Thanks for the endorsement on "Pure". I'll be going back to it. With that cast I can't ignore it. But here's the thing. They plan to make me feel bad. That's their goal. And with that cast, I expect they'll achieve that goal.
I'm just not one of those people who watch TV to get depressed. I'm depressed enough on my own. I like TV that makes me happy. _________________
Nishida is, as always, a joy. From the Elephant, to telling his daughterin-law she'd better dance on the table at 8 Woman, to the soy sauce maker, to--- it's called comic relief, and he's doing it without a big red nose..
Yeah, funny stuff executed by an actor who's a pleasure to watch. The Marilyn Monroe scene, what happens when he thinks he's invented the greatest toy ever, his bumping into famous people . . .
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:32 am Post subject:
Just finished Waterboys 2 and it was a blast. Seriously I don't remember when was the last time I enjoyed a Jdorama this much. I couldn't wait to see next episode after every episode. Full of actions, school life, friendship, abit of love, human relationships and lots of comedy. Definitely going to rank this high!
It didn't have any actor or actress I was looking forward to, except Ishihara Satomi, despite that I ended up loving all of the cast. I'm glad I started this drama, wondering if there's more good school dramas I haven't seen, especially the one with many casts. Not just centering around two people or so.
Didn't expect to go further than Episode 1 of Fuyu no Sakura but I got hooked
It's a case of make or break whenever the casting pairs an older woman with a younger man. In this case, the Imai Miki's magic works again as it had in 'Brand' and Takashima Masanobu as the vindictive husband makes me sit up this time. I wish they would show more scenes in Yamagata again. It was the opening scene that drew me to watch.
Deka Wanko is funny. I've never seen so much of lolita fashion, lolita men, lolita furnishing, lolita boutiques, lolita tea parties until now
And I didn't know Ryusei no Kizuna is light=hearted or some sort of. I had avoided it like plague since I had enough of murder and mystery. But having watched Nino's dramas, I thought he might have a good script again this time. Still savouring...
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:16 am Post subject:
Episode 4 of Attack No. 1, thought it would a bit funny and fluffy, how wrong I was, this is really one of the most intense and serious dramas I've seen, really enjoying it so far. _________________
Didn't expect to go further than Episode 1 of Fuyu no Sakura but I got hooked
It's a case of make or break whenever the casting pairs an older woman with a younger man. In this case, the Imai Miki's magic works again as it had in 'Brand' and Takashima Masanobu as the vindictive husband makes me sit up this time. I wish they would show more scenes in Yamagata again. It was the opening scene that drew me to watch.
Deka Wanko is funny. I've never seen so much of lolita fashion, lolita men, lolita furnishing, lolita boutiques, lolita tea parties until now
And I didn't know Ryusei no Kizuna is light=hearted or some sort of. I had avoided it like plague since I had enough of murder and mystery. But having watched Nino's dramas, I thought he might have a good script again this time. Still savouring...
there is a lot of detective dramas this j-drama season, they seem ok.
Fuyu no Sakura seems like an interesting j-drama to watch, i might try that next, thanks for the insight.
for Deka Wanko, now that someone volunteered to sub'd this one, I might try it out.
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 11:13 pm Post subject:
Finished Fire Boys with Yamada Takayuki and Uchiyama Rina. It was rather episodic. Overall, at times it was good and other times slow and boring. _________________
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:32 am Post subject:
Finished up Attack No. 1 which was surpisingly a really good drama, if you like intense sports dramas then would highly recommend this one. Now doing a rewatch of Bus Stop, really one of my favorite in the romance/comedy genre, wish Naoko was still doing dramas FT, she's always been one of my favorites. _________________
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 9:19 am Post subject:
Midway thru episode 11 of Bus Stop, only one more to go, hate to see it even though I've watched it a few times already. Also finished up episode 3 of both Taisetsu na Koto wa subete kimi ga oshiete kureta and Pro Golfer Hana. _________________
Finished Aishiteru to ittekure: acting was ok but the female lead character was annoying, I'd say borderline hysterical, and problems were made up where there were none...
Started 1 Rittoru no Namida: it's only ep02 and I already must have used 2 boxes of tissues.
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:59 am Post subject:
Just finished watching Summer Snow
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t's a very good drama. The ending was a little too bittersweet for me and this series sure could use a much better soundtrack. Great story though. Give Summer Snow "Moto Kare's" soundtrack or give Moto Kare a better story than you have one heck of a drama with Domoto Tsuyoshi and Hirosue Ryoko. Overall I give it an 8.5/10.
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It's a case of make or break whenever the casting pairs an older woman with a younger man. In this case, the Imai Miki's magic works again as it had in 'Brand' and Takashima Masanobu as the vindictive husband makes me sit up this time. I wish they would show more scenes in Yamagata again. It was the opening scene that drew me to watch.
this is really one of the most intense and serious dramas I've seen, really enjoying it so far. 
