Aishiteiru to Ittekure [愛していると言ってくれ] Rating: 6/10 (Watched) Quite similar to Beautiful Life. The tale of a normal girl with a disabled guy. Worth watching cause it has Takako Tokiwa in it. | Beautiful life [ビューティフルライフ] Rating: 6/10 (Watched) First dorama I ever watched. Beautiful couple. Serious drama. Not really my kind of drama. Got attracted to Takiko Tokiwa. | Hero Rating: 7/10 (Bought) A series of episodes depicting attorneys at work. Lots of clever mystery cases. Too little romance between Takuya Kimura and Matsu Takako. Takako seems even prettier than in Love Generation. Too bad they didn�t exploit the great chemistry that the pair has. Otherwise it would have been perfect. |
Hyakunen no monogatari [百年の物語] Rating: 5/10 (Watched) Though I love Nanako, this drama doesn�t have much appeal other than her. Nana chan plays 3 girls of different generation of a family. Quite disappointing to me. Simply too much of her in a story made to appeal to the women. Kumene, Nana chan, I only say what I felt. | Imagine [イマジン] Rating: 6/10 (Watched) The first time I saw Kyoko Fukada. Pretty and talented. Dorama about mother-daughter relationship. Plus the usual romance between boys and girls. Nothing much stands out in the story.. | Jinsei wa joujoda [人生は上々だ] Rating: 8/10 (Watched) The earlier episodes were quite hilarious. A story of two people who become good friends for unlikely reasons. Later episode became serious but still worth a watch. |
Kamisama mou sukoshi dake [神様、もう少しだけ] Rating: 7/10 (Bought) Superb, moving performance by Kyoko Fukada. Hail the teen queen of tears. Too bad Takeshi Kaneshiro doesn�t match Kyoko�s performance. The director had to hide Kaneshiro�s eyes behind dark shades for his apparent inability to show much emotion in this tearjerker. Will make you cry (even for guys). A good watch. | Konna koi no hanashi [こんな恋のはなし] Rating: 6/10 (Watched) First impression was Pretty Woman with even prettier woman than Julia Roberts. Nanako just looks too good to be a poor girl. With that look she should be a stewardess (which she does in Yamato Nadeshiko). Watchable though quite boring in some episodes. | Koori no sekai [冰の世界] Rating: 9/10 (Watched) I LOVEEEEEEEEEEE NANAKO! Honestly, she is the reason I watched Jdorama. This crime/thriller drama was quite good especially in the earlier episodes. I�ve known it all along,Nanako is no killer (though she has killer looks). The drama has some X-Files styles in some scenes. Gambate Nanako! |
Long vacation [ロングバケーション] Rating: 10/10 (Bought & Watched) Charming. Good chemistry between the leads. Lots of romance. Plenty of light, unforggettable moments. Great soundtracks (listen to Here We Are Again by Cagnet). Good acting especially by Tomoko Yamaguchi. Must watch. | Love complex [ラブコンプレックス] Rating: 2/10 (Bought) Heavy drama + Exorcist + horror + X-Files + Ally MacBeal + bad comedy + crime/thriller drama � good storytelling + lousy editing X bad script² = Love Complex = bad incomprehensible drama. The complex formulae of Love Complex made easy. | Love generation [ラブジェネレーション] Rating: 10/10 (Bought) Even better than Long Vacation. Combination of Takuya Kimura and Matsu Takako really sizzles. They make a great couple. Contains the usual plot in any love story but very good presentation by all involved makes this a classic dorama. The romance is guaranteed to appeal. Simply the best dorama ever. |
Majo no jouken [魔女の条件] Rating: 6/10 (Watched) | Narita Rikon [成田離婚] Rating: 9/10 (Watched) Hilarious till the last episode. Story of a mismatched couple who quarrels a lot after getting married. I really like this kind of drama. | Over Time [オーバー・タイム] Rating: 8/10 (Bought & Watched) A highly watchable romance drama quite like Long Vacation but fell a bit short on the ending (a big problem for those who�d like a happy ending). Great theme song by The Brilliant Green. Make a Malaysian like me take notice of Jpop. Why do they make Makiko Esumi look like that? She is a beauty. Even Fuyumi is no match for her. |
Yamato Nadeshiko [やまとなでしこ【大和撫子】] Rating: 10/10 (Bought & Watched) Very enjoyable romantic comedy. Features a handful of beauties. Watch out for Akiko Yada, she outshines Nanako Matsushima. Damnnnnnn goooooooooood performance by Nanako too. An eye candy for guys. Guys you must not miss this. If you�re rich, beware. Your beautiful girl is there cause they�re just like Sakurako in this dorama:-) | | |