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0.5 no Otoko Episodes 1~3
I really can't remember the last time I saw a WOWOW family drama. WOWOW has been the go to channel for suspense, corruption, murder and legal shows but family shows not much. From writer director Okita...
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Seigi no Tenbin jdorama review
WOWOW's Shoutai proved that Kame could act if given the right script so I decided to try NHK's Seigi no Tenbin. Plus Nao is the main actress who is in my good books after Ryojin no Ono. Seigi no Tenbin...
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Draft King Episodes 1+2
This is an interesting season for WOWOW. They have a family dorama in 0.5 no Otoko and also a sports dorama in Draft King, based on a manga. I am liking this variety from WOWOW because they generally...
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5 reasons to watch Imadoki no Wakai mon wa
1. Imadoki no Wakai mon wa is a very well made feel good workplace dorama by WOWOW. Anonymous said that WOWOW has been diversifying their dorama genres in 2020 which I have only recently realised. Lol....
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Ishi Tsubute Episodes 6~8 spoiler review
Hpriest has finished subbing Ishi Tsubute and I have to say what a great show! I now can safety declare it a must watch. Every episode had me on the edge of my seat although I can guess what was going...
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5 things I enjoyed about 0.5 no Otoko Episodes 4+5
1. The theme song Tanoshii Hitori by Kudo Yojiro is actually about the jdorama. It is basically Masaharu's comedic thoughts on why he should be a hikkikomori and not a random song. I really love the...
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Gouriteki ni Arienai Episodes 3~9
In episode 2 Shiraishi Sei joined the show and became a supporting character. Her inclusion did help improve the chemistry on the show but something was still lacking in this detective agency dorama.I...
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Keiji to Kenji Tokidoki Hanji
Keiji to Kenji Tokidoki Hanji which means police detectives and prosecutors and occasionally judges is a crime comedy set in Yokohama. I did not realise that this was a sequel to Keiji to Kenji which I...
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Last Man Episode 1
Speaking of jdorama characters who will us English words here and there because they lived in the USA, Last Man has Fukuyama Masaharu as special agent Minami from the FBI who has the highest arrest...
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Trillion Game Episodes 1+2
Trillion game is a TBS show similar to Atom no Ko. Two guys starting their own business trying to get to the top. While Atom no Ko was about video games, Trillion game is about two friends, Manabu who...
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Keibuho Daimajin Episodes 1~3
I never imagined that one day I would be watching a Miike Takashi movie. I also never imagined that Miike would make so many bad movies after I first saw Ichi the Killer many years ago. I think the...
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MIFF 2023 Perfect Days jmovie review
 The Melbourne International Film Festival is here and when I saw it was a Yakusho Koji movie, I clicked buy. I did not know that it was directed by a German director Wim Wenders and that Yakusho Koji...
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MIFF 2023 Monster / Kaibutsu jmovie review
 The movie I had been waiting for since I saw it was Koreeda Hirokazu movie from a Sakamoto Yuji script. Ando Sakura is a single mother who notices something weird with her son. She find his hair in...
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Kono Subarashiki Sekai Episodes 1~3
 WHAT IS IT ABOUT?Kono Subarashiki Sekai is a life swapping feel good show for the suburban housewife. Instead of your girl next door swapping lives with princess, an ordinary housewife played by...
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Fixer season 1 jdorama review
From Inoue Yumiko, writer of the underrated Harassment Game and the legendary Shiroi Kyoto (White Tower) come Fixer, a Karasawa Toshiaki WOWOW show where he pays this mysterious person who apparently...
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Daifugou Doushin season 3 Episodes 1+2
I have finally decided to drop Daifugou Doushin after starting season 3. Normally I will watch any jidaigeki regardless but Daifugou Doushin has two things that annoy me. First of all is of course the...
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Kanojotachi no Hanzai Episodes 1~5
I have no understood how Maeda Atsuko aka Acchan was at the top of AKB48 during their heyday, how she kept getting acting roles and here we are many years later with another Acchan dorama Kanojotachi...
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Vivant Episodes 1~3 jdorama review
Vivant has to have the biggest budget ever in jdorama history. No I am not talking the big names but rather the scale of the story. It is an international espionage story set it the fictional republic...
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Themis no Kyukei jdorama review
HPriest has been on a roll subbing old WOWOW shows and Themis no Kyukei is a legal drama with Naka Riisa in the leading role. Naka Riisa's father was a policeman working at a police box/koban one night...
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Genya Episodes 1~4
I know I promised I would not watch any more Fukakyon doramas due to her acting but I had several reasons to break my vow when I saw that IrozukuSubs had started subbing the show. First is that it is a...
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