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frecklegirl 2012.02.28 01:03 PM

J-drama
 
Does anyone watch j-drama and feel like making some recommendations? To get Japanese listening practice I've decided to start watching raw j-drama episodes... but not sure where to start. Anyone watching or watched anything good?

fluffiethesock 2012.02.28 04:59 PM

One Litre of Tears made my brother and me cry together. Kinda awkward, but we both accepted it. I would rate the acting at about 4/10, but it was rather good at accomplishing its goal. I recommend watching it, although it's the only one I've ever seen, so I don't know how it stacks up.

deadgrandma 2012.02.28 05:44 PM

You could watch Carnation ;)

Other than that, I don't know, never watched (nor intend to watch) any full series. Unless that crappy miniseries (MPD Psycho) by Takashi Miike counts.

Scribble R 2012.02.28 10:35 PM

Or Atami thingy Investigators. The Tengoku e Youkoso one with Chiaki.

I watched a few back in the day. Great Teacher Onizuka. And one about some girl who gets bullied and it's nine episodes of her being endlessly bullied. And a silly one called Gal Circle of some circle of ghetto Tokyo girls and a cowboy, and they do para para in the ending. Oh, and there's Densha Otoko, about an otaku who falls in love with a woman on 2ch and it's nine episodes of him trying to stammer out his feelings while his internet friends root for him. It was quite charming, actually. I haven't found a The Sopranos or Mad Men of J-Drama (aren't many of them based on manga? MPD Psycho rings a bell. edit: yes it is) or anything but they can be fun, light entertainment.

EmilScherbe 2012.02.28 11:14 PM

Carnation is good show but most part is spoken in Kishiwada (a south side city of Osaka) dialect.

Another series recently became a talk of was probably Kaseifu no Mita (Mita, the Housekeeper).
Though I can't recommend it because didn't watch it.

frecklegirl 2012.02.29 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EmilScherbe (Post 81980)
Carnation is good show but most part is spoken in Kishiwada (a south side city of Osaka) dialect.

Another series recently became a talk of was probably Kaseifu no Mita (Mita, the Housekeeper).
Though I can't recommend it because didn't watch it.

Yeah, exactly :( I don't think I could parse all the dialect. Plus, it's at like 70 episodes by now?! Toooo much of a commitment.

I definitely want to watch things that are culturally relevant so thanks for the tip :)

Also thank you to everyone making recommendations and sharing amusing drama-related stories. I like the idea of fluffie and his brother manfully weeping together. If anyone has any more keep em coming! Of course actually finding these is the real test...

Nimh 2012.02.29 01:52 PM

I just got through Quartet a short series about undercover cops busting a drug empire that exploits Chinese. Fun stuff, a late-late-night thing with pretty harsh violence and lots of lip gloss and high heels and tattoos and cell phones.

I've gotten through the first season of the mega-hit Ryomaden with Fukuyama Masaharu as Sakamoto Ryoma. 3 more seasons to go, and the only thing keeping me watching is the wild revisionist history and the promise of Yu Aoi as a geisha in Season 3.

Just saw the short series Shirasu Jiro, about the "man who defied MacArthur." Stars Iseya Yusuke and my favorite Japanese actress, Nakatani Miki.

I can recommend Hotelier and Rondo as well.

EmilScherbe 2012.02.29 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by frecklegirl (Post 82004)
Yeah, exactly :( I don't think I could parse all the dialect. Plus, it's at like 70 episodes by now?! Toooo much of a commitment.

Latest episode is 125 actually.
Ono Machiko acted protagonist's life from 14(1927) to 60s(1970s).

zombiestrip 2012.03.01 05:01 AM

Only thing I've seen recently was Orange Days and I enjoyed it quite a lot. Also Hana Yori Dango! As corny and exaggerated as a lot of these dramas are, there's a strange appeal to them that I can't quite explain.

rainmountain 2012.03.01 06:06 AM

Some that i like in the recent years...

Detective:
SPEC
Boss 1 & 2
Atami no Sousakan

Drama:
Last Friends
Jin 1 & 2
Kazefu no Mita

Romance:
Hotaru no Hikari
Love Shuffle


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