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Jotei [女帝]

Drama Details

Title:	Jotei 女帝 Empress
Telecast:	2007-07-13 to 2007-09-14

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TV Station:	TV Asahi
Duration:	10 Episodes

Synopsis
Kato Rosa stars as Ayaka Tachibana, a young woman whose life has been ruined after she lost her boyfriend and then her mother becoming gravely ill. Looking for revenge, she starts out as a hostess with the goal of rising to become the "empress" of the Osaka nightlife scene. Matsuda Shota plays a member of the underworld who becomes Ayaka's ally.
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Actor/Actress Cast (14)

Kato Rosa 加藤ローサ Tachibana Ayaka	Matsuda Shota 松田　翔太 Date Naoto	Sakai Ayana 酒井彩名 Hojou Rina
Maeda Ai 前田愛 Miki	Saito Shota 斉藤祥太 Sugino Kenichi	Ihara Tsuyoshi 伊原剛志 Onoe Yuichiro
Katase Rino かたせ梨乃 Fujimura Sawa	Nakajima Tomoko 中嶋朋子 Fujimoto Mina	Toyohara Kosuke 豊原功補 Osawa Kengo
Fukikoshi Mitsuru 吹越満 Koda	Ozawa Maju 小沢真珠 Reiko	Kato Kazuko かとうかずこ Tachibana Mariko
Izumiya Shigeru 泉谷しげる Minomura Tatsukichi	Morimoto Leo 森本レオ Hojou Terumori

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Drama Reviews (6)

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1.	An OK dorama [Rating: 7/10] Not a bad dorama as far as recent doramas go. Kato Rosa's character was not played convincingly enough IMO, with her rise being attributed more to chance than ability. Shota's character was also a disappointment, being relegated to a minor role as the series develops. The premise of the dorama isn't bad but the good and bad characters are just too one-sided to seem realistic.
Reviewed by Shindou* on 19 September 2007*
2.	Good for what it is [Rating: 9/10] Tachibana Ayaka played by Kato Rosa sets out to be empress of the hostess club scene. Along the way she gets into jealous cat fights with top hostesses and becomes the subject of near scandals with politicians. Coming into this drama I was expecting to be disappointed, but it turned out to be a nice change. Only major qualm I had was the Ayaka/Naoto relationship which didn't convince me from the start. Overall, Jotei is an entertaining melodrama.
Reviewed by bba1* on 21 September 2007*
3.	soapie [Rating: 6/10] reminds me of soap opera somehow.. a bit over dramatic in every part but i do love soap opera.. no logic needed to watch so jotei was.. okay, i guess
Reviewed by dokodemodoa* on 13 October 2007*
4.	Great watch, but.... [Rating: 9/10] It's a great watch if you're interested in a lot of cat fights and drama, but if you'e a Scooby Doo detective, you'll get tired of it. ;) I mean, I personally found it VERY interesting, that some people go through the lengths they go through. But other than that, it's a drama I find that doesn't close ends properly (just one too many loose ends). If you watchd and want to know why I think like that, I don't mind discussing. :)
Reviewed by ayumihamasakisan* on 9 January 2008*
5.	Fun all the way through [Rating: 8/10] Very catchy. Blasted through it in three nights. If at times it is a bit contrived it does not fail to please. Full points to a strong cast!
Reviewed by Eve* on 12 March 2008*
6.	Girl Power [Rating: 10/10] A story about a girl wanting to rise from the bottom to the top. Her motive for doing so started with revenge but in the end changed as her views were altered by the events that happened in her life. She had to undergo lots of hardships and fight her way to the top. She had to sacrifice on a lot of things in order to achieve her dream of becoming an empress. There are a lot of lessons learned here like the real meaning of power, respect, womanhood and so on. The ending is a bit sad and quite disappointing if you are the sentimental and romantic type who like mushy love scenes. But you can see how strong Ayaka is in the end because of what she had to endure for love. This drama is really full of girl power. The strong characters can be seen in the women's roles as they fight in men's world. I really love this drama. It's really cool, no, more than cool, superb!
Reviewed by eunique06* on 8 May 2008*

Comments From Users (29)

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1.	Comments by Lady Zhuge [Rating: 6/10] Reflecting back on this series, it's a total waste of time. Most of the characters were unbelievably one-dimensional. The lead actress (Kato Rosa) was weak and the main character pretty much just lucked out for the most part.
2.	Comments by karen412 [Rating: ?/10] Haven't watched it but planning to^_^
3.	Comments by natzumi [Rating: 4/10] watched ep 1 .. not my kind of drama
4.	Comments by sawadasmile [Rating: 10/10] this is just amazing. watch it.
5.	Comments by Ikuko [Rating: 7/10] Nice drama, I liked watch it ^^
6.	Comments by Shindou [Rating: 7/10] Some decent acting by Kato and Shota. Overall, the dorama was a bit too unrealistic, with the characters being overly simplistic and one-dimensional. The sets were well designed but a rather simplistic plot and weak characters made this dorama less compelling than it could have been.
7.	Comments by usagi_on_the_moon [Rating: ?/10] currently watching
8.	Comments by lynn [Rating: 7/10] Download
9.	Comments by miriya52 [Rating: 8/10] Quite entertaining. Has some powerful messages.
10.	Comments by Jhvx [Rating: 9/10] Quite good, very interesting plot, it's a very dramatic dorama with a sad ending
11.	Comments by akitsu [Rating: 6/10] The first half of the series was pretty good. Though the characters of the "bad guys" like Rina, Kaoru or Reiko were way too exaggerated. I really liked the series but I just can't uderstand why would anyone put miss Kano into such a role. I didn't suit her, it just wasn't believable.
12.	Comments by Inujun [Rating: 7/10] This is the female version of YAOH, in which the main story focuses among night club hostesses instead. Compared to YAOH though, this one has more indicated adult content although not explicitly shown. Story is overall pretty okay but sometimes you get the feeling that they keep repeating the same formula just changing the antagonist. It does suffer a bit from bad and 'wooden' acting but since the scenes are played pretty fast, it doesn't affect it too much. Overall an okay watch but with a somehow too 'cliche' ending
13.	Comments by cutina124 [Rating: 9/10] Amazing but I like others hate the ending. I wish that write would come back for her I don't like Naoto with her he's not as good as the writer was too her.
14.	Comments by aoi_dolphine [Rating: 8/10] I didn't expect this drama to be a good one.
15.	Comments by enen_shun [Rating: 9/10] intense drama, touching ending.
16.	Comments by Eve [Rating: 8/10] We rocketed through it! A total page turner, plot driven, and if it is a bit contrived that was OK.
17.	Comments by AjiKan [Rating: ?/10] TO DOWNLOAD
18.	Comments by eml132 [Rating: ?/10] Watching now...
19.	Comments by Kugashira [Rating: 7/10] Enjoyable in a strange way. Really outrageous and non-realistic plot. Ayana Sakai looked really good.
20.	Comments by pinkokoro [Rating: ?/10] COMPLETE.
21.	Comments by v1olet [Rating: 8/10] A female version of Yaoh. Not as good as I expected but that's the hostess life.
22.	Comments by deina-kun [Rating: ?/10] Haven't watched
23.	Comments by Kazanko [Rating: 10/10] Somehow the story is told pretty good
24.	Comments by ct_subang [Rating: 7/10] hostess club drama...full of revenge,hatred & power...Naoya...kakkoi!!
25.	Comments by Andro [Rating: 10/10] A great dorama about love, courage, hope and ambition.
26.	Comments by Vinny_Duvet [Rating: ?/10] 7 серий
27.	Comments by kireiyuhi [Rating: 9/10] I loved this drama so much that I watched it in one sitting. People may not like it because it's different than most japanese dramas but I think it was simply amazing. I would have loved to see a little more development in certain areas but I think the cast was very well picked.
28.	Comments by Amano_Tsukiko [Rating: 6/10] Far less captivating and intense than Stranger in the Mirror (Sidney Sheldon). I guess my expectation was too high.
29.	Comments by cori [Rating: ?/10] (currently watching)

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