More thoughts on Zainin No Uso
1) Forgot to mention lawyers actually object to leading questions during cross examination in Zainin no Uso. The use of leading questions in many legal jdoramas has always perplexed me but I attributed...
View ArticleMother Game
Reasons to watch:+ Lots of hot moms. Kinjiya Shihori (Yabe Kenzo) + Adachi Yumi. :)+ Toyohara Kosuke aka Mr Lan Evo is in it.Reasons not to watch- With a name like Mother Game one would expect lots of...
View ArticleSoup : Umarekawari no Monogatari
Namase Katsuhisa aka Yabe Kenzo's wife has left him and his daughter doesn't like him.He sucks at his job and Konishi Manami basically takes over his role and becomes his boss and he finds out no one...
View ArticleIshi no Mayu Eps 1+2
+ The directing on Ishi no Mayu is really good, especially the victim discovery scene in episode 2. WOWOW shows may not have the budget of getsu 9 doramas but they usually have very good direction and...
View Article100 Yen Love /Hyaku En no Koi
Ando Sakura is IMO, on of the few top tier actresses in Japan along with Mitsushima Hikari and they're both in one of my favourite movies ever Love Exposure. She stars in 100 Yen Love as Ichiko, a...
View ArticleDokonjo Gaeru Episode 1
Mitsushima Hikari is back. Unfortunately, she just plays the voice of a frog that is stuck on a lazy dude's shirt. Dokonjo Gaeru is basically Doraemon set where Nobita has grown up to be a useless...
View ArticleIshi no Mayu Episode 3
Ok, I give up. I can't watch this series anymore. I sort of get what the writer is aiming for here but its executed in such a way that's so clumsy that I do care about the characters. The best part of...
View ArticleStand by Me Doraemon
While I did grow up on a bit of Doraemon, it was something that I didn't get. All I knew was the theme song, that it had wacky gadgets and Shizuka's pantsu were white. While Doraemon was a property...
View ArticleTamiou Ep 1-6
Tamiou or king of the people is a body swap dorama about the Prime Minister of Japan swapping bodies with his useless son.I was basically watching this for Endo Kenichi, Motokariya Yuika and Takahashi...
View ArticleSCEJA Press Conference: Take my money now!!!!!!
RYU GA GOTOKU KIWAMIRemake of RGG1? Take my money now! I can't wait for the extra stuff like Kiryu slapping poor Haruka. Nishikiyama deserves more screen time than he was awarded in the original game....
View ArticleMetal Gear Solid V : The Phantom Pain
Finally finished Kojima's masterpiece so I can finally get back to jdoramas and movies. The Quiet ending was good but the final twist bloody sucked. Gameplay-wise, TPP is awesome. Kojima has made an...
View ArticleYami no Bansosha is being subbed!
My favourite show of the year so far is being subbed. So far subs for episode 1 to 3 are out. Absolutely must watch stuff from WOWOW. I'm going to rewatch it to see what I missed. Do not miss it!
View ArticleSolomon's Perjury : Suspicion & Judgement
Solomon's Perjury is a 2 part movie about a schoolboy who's death was declared a suicide but an anonymous note was sent to multiple parties claiming that the the boy was killed. First off, this is one...
View ArticleThe Tale of Iya
Starring Takeda Rina (High Kick Girl), The Tale of Iya is one of the most beautifully shot movies you will ever see.I thought she would forever be doing B grade martial art flicks but looks like she...
View ArticleIchiban Densha ga Hashitta
Ichiban Densha ga Hashita is a Abe Hiroshi dorama special about the girls who drove the trams or roman densha during WW2 in Hiroshima and the first roman densha to run after the bombing. While it was a...
View ArticleAssasination Classroom
I've never seen the anime. I only know its quite popular. Its basically GTO with Onizuka being an alien with tentacles and the students are tasked with killing their alien teacher who is threatening to...
View Article10 Reasons to Watch the Ano Hana jdorama special
1. They got the right actor for Jin-tan.2. Menma is too kawaii.3. Menma is too kawaii.4. Menma is too kawaii.5. Menma is too kawaii.6. Menma is too kawaii. (Help! I can't type anything else!)7. Menma...
View ArticleKami wa Saikoro wo Furanai
God does not roll dice is a jdorama a plane that disappears without a trace in 1996. Kobayashi Satomi who's been in a lot of Matsumoto Kana doramas/movies like Pan to Soup and Tokyo Oasis is the...
View ArticleAutumn 2015 jdoramas that should be subbed
1. SHIN KANPAI SENSHI AFTER VThe tokusatsu parody is back for a second season! It was one of my favourite shows from last year. My only fear is if they run out of jokes for season 2. The good folks at...
View ArticleShinjuku Swan review
After the mess that was Tokyo Tribe, I wasn't that excited about Sono Sion's Shinjuku Swan. Plus, I never understood why Ayano Go kept getting those roles.Shinjuku Swan is a movie about scouts in...
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