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Title: 曲げられない女
Title (romaji): Magerarenai Onna
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Human drama
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2010-Jan-13 start
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: Modorenai Ashita by aiko

Synopsis

Ogiwara Saki, 33, is a woman who does not go with the flow of society but forges her own path. She hates flattering men and trying to be nice to people of the same sex. She has failed the bar exam ten times in a row but persists in her dream of being a lawyer while working as a clerk at a law firm. Saki’s good friend, Hasumi Riko, who is a mother of two children, was high school classmates with Saki, but is in fact 35, because she had deliberately declared herself to be two years younger. She has no qualms of lying for the sake of female happiness, pretending to be married to a man of wealth and blessed with children. Because her personality is the exact opposite, this accentuates Saki’s uncompromising way of life

Cast

Kanno Miho as Ogiwara Saki
Nagasaku Hiromi as Hasumi Riko
Tanihara Shosuke as Aida Mitsuteru
Tsukamoto Takashi as Sakamoto Masato
Ichikawa Tomohiro (市川知宏) as Imada Kenji
Nose Anna as Yokoya Satomi
Nishioka Tokuma as Chief Mashino
Asaka Mayumi as Ogiwara Hikari
Yamaguchi Makiya
Takabayashi Yukiko
Takahashi Yumiko
Oka Ayumi

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Yukawa Kazuhiko
Chief Producer: Hazeyama Yuko
Producers: Ohira Futoshi, Yamamoto Yoshio (山本由緒), Ota Masaharu (太田雅晴)
Directors: Nagumo Seiichi (南雲聖一), Yoshino Hiroshi, Kiuchi Taketo (木内健人)
Music: Ike Yoshihiro

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I think this drama is one the best one this season.
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Kanno Miho and Tanihara Shosuke, huh?

This looks to be something worth watching.

I've seen the first four eps (subs for ep 5 just came out). Even though I like it so far, I have to see I find the characters unappealing. I understand that Kanno's character is suppose to be rather 'dull', but the other characters have really seem flat so far. For example, if they were to get rid of Tsukamoto Takashi's character you probably wouldn't even notice.

to be honest, the most interesting charcaters so far are saki herself and he r friend riko. i like they they were with each other considering they weren't even close friends back in their school time and kind of hated each other.
but yes, masato presence or no presence is not making much different in the story.
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I have watched up to episode five now and I like it but I start to have some nagging concerns:

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First of all it doesn´t make sense to me that such a hard working person would fail an exam 9 times in a row. She seems also to be able to cope with stress. I doubt that we will get an explanation. Riko´s family from hell is too caricatural in my opinion. Cheating wimpy husband, spoiled brats, mother in law from hell, evil nanny - all present, none of them subtle. In real life somebody like Aida would never fall for somebody like Saki I believe. She is the unsexiest being I have seen in a long time. Kudos to Kanno though! Lastly, I have to second Javsol, as far as I am concerned her ex BF played by Tsukamoto Takashi could drop out. Hopefully there will something unexpected happening there ...

EstherM wrote:

I have watched up to episode five now and I like it but I start to have some nagging concerns: Click on button to reveal/hide spoiler: First of all it doesn´t make sense to me that such a hard working person would fail an exam 9 times in a row. She seems also to be able to cope with stress. I doubt that we will get an explanation.

Riko offered an explanation at the end of episode 6. Although I am not sure how much credibility it has in real life, it is somewhat believeable, at least enough for me to continue watching.
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xploring wrote:

Riko offered an explanation at the end of episode 6. Although I am not sure how much credibility it has in real life, it is somewhat believeable, at least enough for me to continue watching.

Loved this episode.
I like the explanation but in real life being a lawyer is not a pleasant profession, ethically speaking.

I also think that Nagasaku Hiromi

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is pregnant for real - it´s particulary striking in this episode - she´s wearing all this loose clothes.

EstherM wrote:

Loved this episode. I like the explanation but in real life being a lawyer is not a pleasant profession, ethically speaking. I also think that Nagasaku Hiromi Click on button to reveal/hide spoiler: is pregnant for real - it´s particulary striking in this episode - she´s wearing all this loose clothes.

Yes, i was thinking the samething specially when she was wearing that yellow/orangy dress.

i am just loving aida more and more here. he is totally a changed man and so in love with saki
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I have to say eps 5 & 6, were definitely a step up and the best eps for me so far.

EstherM wrote:

I also think that Nagasaku Hiromi Click on button to reveal/hide spoiler: is pregnant for real - it´s particulary striking in this episode - she´s wearing all this loose clothes.

Yes, she is. It was posted on her thread some months ago. She announced it before this show started, but the she & the director said she wasn't going to drop out of the show and would continue filming as planned. I had actually forgot that she was until I started watching this show

great episode 7 - I like

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That she doesn´t go back to Makoto, the father of her baby. After all he said, a healthy relationship would be impossible. I hope they don´t make her waver in the next episodes. I also thought it was great to see that she took the idea of an abortion real far. Because that´s the solution a lot of women would have gone for in real life when confronted with unwanted pregnancy from an unloving ex-boyfriend, low income and upcoming exams that would make or break their future.

I found the end of episode 7 hard to watch.

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Both Saki and Riko are in "impossible" positions, I really wonder how they are going to get through this next period of their lives.

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Indeed episode 7 was kind of sad.....

I really like how this series has picked up in the last 3 eps.

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Click on button to reveal/hide spoiler: Both Saki and Riko are in "impossible" positions, I really wonder how they are going to get through this next period of their lives. ><

I agree, it seems like there's no 'correct' decision for them to make. Either choice will have 'cons'.

sadly its coming to the end....
no more....正確に言っておきたいので....

The one who is really pregnant looks more radiant than the one acting it out.

The main storyline is captivating but the male cast were stuck with one dimensional acting. I wasn't drawn to watch every episode.

Watched the first two episodes of this. Pretty good so far. Kanno, Nagasaku, and Tanihara are all very good.

I imagine Geezer will love this because

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Tanihara rides a Triumph!!!

Finished up this one. Pretty good drama. I would really like to see Kanno and Nagasaku team up again. They work very well together.