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Jmovie review: Be Sure to Share / Chanto tsutaeru
This movie has been sitting on my hard disk for years and I finally got around to watching it after looking for Ito Ayumi movies because of Tsumi to Batsu. I always had a thing for her since Wedding...
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Toranaide Kudasai!! Gravure Idol Ura Monogatari eps 1-3
Bframe has been talking about Toranaide Kudasai!! for a bit so I decided to check it out. Behind the scenes show with gravures? Can't think of a reason not to watch it and frankly, I'm disappointed I...
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Tightrope no Onna
Was looking through the 2012 fansub map when Tightrope no Onna caught my eye. Name sounded familiar and then I realised that I had bought it along with Toranaide Kudasai!! Seeing as the first two...
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Minna! Esper Dayo! ep 8
What's happening to this dorama?! Its just no longer funny. Episode 8 is about Tengaman getting bewitched by a fat overweight but it was so boring, even with the team working together. The best bits...
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HAMSAPSUKEBE AWARDS 2012
Now that Tsumi to Batsu has been subbed and I've tried everything I want to watch, its time to look back at the best and worst doramas that came out in 2012. Not really a memorable year because nothing...
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Mierino Kashiwagi eps 1+2
Took a look at Mierino Kashiwagi cause Jung recommended it. Its about 3 people who work at a cafe and help people to break up. First of, I really like the look of this dorama. Its more realistic,...
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Jmovie review: Fourteen / 14歳
While bullying movies/dorama are a dime a dozen, I've don't remember seeing one that approaches it quite like Fourteen. If I have to compare it with another movie, I'd say its a darker version of...
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DOCTORS Saikyo no Meii SP
Sawamura Ikki is back as Sagara. I really love the first season because it takes your generic jdorama hospital stories and adds some brains to it. Good things don't happen just because Sagara is good...
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Minna! Esper Dayo! ep 10
I'm loving this episode not just because it has Mano Erina frolicking in bed singing Morning Coffee. As an old school Momusu fan, its just perfect. Yoshio's parents are funnier when you've got...
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Kaibutsu
Kaibutsu is a very interesting thriller. Sato Koichi is a police detective dealing with two cases. First is a murder case where Mukai Osamu who works at a high-tech garbage disposal research facility...
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Gekiryuu ~ Watashi wo oboemasuka? ~ ep 1+2
EDIT: Episode 2I've always found Tanaka Rena to be a decent actress. There's this scene in episode 2 where things go bad for her at work and she comes home, runs into her husband and throws a tantrum,...
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Jdoramas that should be subbed - Summer 2013
1. WOMANMitsushima Hikari is the best Japanese actress today, Sakamoto Yuji (Chase/Mother) is writing this and the director Mizuta Nobuo also did Mother and Maiko Haaaan! If that is not a recipe for a...
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Woman ep 1
Faaaaaaaarrrrk. Woman is so effing good. Only in Japan can a dorama have a crappy name like Woman with a uber photoshopped poster and still be awesome. Mitsushima Hikari absolutely kills it in the...
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Double Tone ~Futari no Yumi~ ep 1
This season just keeps getting better and better. I was attracted to Double Tone's premise, two women named Yumi start to see each other lives in their dreams. We see what happens during on Yumi's day...
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Suzuki Sensei movie
I've been waiting so long for this and its now available on the interwebs with Japanese subs! Suzuki sensei is to this 2K10 dorama era what Kinpachi sensei was to the 90s. Kinpachi sensei was an...
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Woman ep 2
Why is no one hating on Oguri Shun dying over pears? It is pretty hard to not notice a train is incoming in Japan. There are:1. Electronic signs telling you when the next train is coming.2. Voice...
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Doctors: Saikyou no Meii 2 Ep 1
I really liked the dorama special but it raised the question of what's left for the series? Season 2 starts of teasing in going in the direction of Moriyama becoming the director of Dougami General...
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Minna! Esper Dayo! eps 11+12
So it ends not with a bang or a whimper but with a WTF is Sono Sion trying to accomplish here?!Besides creating the most fun to screencap dorama next to Jyouou, that is. Note to self, maybe its time to...
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Woman Ep 3
Faaaaark, ep 3 is so good. One thing that's been bothering me is how come there's always two doctors in the consulting room with Koharu everytime she goes to the hospital? I guess both doctors will...
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Hanzawa Naoki eps 1+2
Banking/financial jdoramas are a rarity. That's why I even found Tokkan fun to watch. Financial jdoramas are also very difficult to watch for the non-fluent people like me without English subs. I...
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