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| | 1. | Comments by occultangle [Rating: 10/10]
I once came across an excerpt and description of the Natsuko no Sake manga and found myself intrigued but I never actually had the opportunity to read it, so I jumped at the chance to watch the drama and I was not disappointed. Natsuko no Sake exemplifies everything that makes Japanese drama special. To an extent I would even go so far as to make the claim that it represents much of what makes Japan itself special. The series brings to mind often discussed but hard to translate words like Yamato-damashii, mono no aware, ganbaru, wabi-sabi etc. It's a simple story about growing rice and making sake but Wakui Emi personifies both innocence and perseverance so perfectly that the simple story ends up profoundly moving and it's hard not to cry every time she does. I don't think this is a drama for everyone however, I can imagine that a great many people would find it slow and boring. There's no action, plot twists don't go much further than rice growing, and it's blessedly free of members of boy bands, however I think Natsuko no sake is the exemplary Japanese drama, and a perfect test of whether someone has an actual interest in Japanese culture or whether it was merely superficial. |
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Wakui Emi
Ishiguro Ken
Hagiwara Masato
Matsushita Yuki
Nakai Kiichi
Hasegawa Mayumi
Shirakawa Kazuko
Hiraizumi Sei
Nishimura Masahiko
Kagaya Junichi
Miki Ryosuke
