Japanese Dorama ~ **Update & Review**

JokerCard · Post time 23-12-2006 12:39 AM

Originally posted by sizuka at 22-12-2006 11:35 PM

aik baru nak tengok nobuta?? nway i'm in love with akira kon... :bgrin:

nie yang pelakon dragon zakura jugak ker...?

JokerCard · Post time 23-12-2006 12:40 AM

patutlah negok nama dia lain...
rupanya letak nama watak...

sizuka · Post time 23-12-2006 12:58 AM

Originally posted by JokerCard at 23-12-2006 12:40 AM
patutlah negok nama dia lain...
rupanya letak nama watak...

haha jgn confuse.. :bgrin:

tu ialah Yama$hita Tomohisa... a.k.a. Yamapi.. pelakon yg sama dalam Dragon Zakura..

JokerCard · Post time 23-12-2006 02:39 PM

tue lah pasal...
memula pelik jugaj..

whitedove · Post time 3-1-2007 06:07 PM

J-Dorama:

1) Tokyo Friends (Avex Entertainment Inc.)
Cast: Ai Otsuka, Mao Kobayashi, Yoko Maki, Rio Matsumoto, Eita, Takashi Ito, Yuta Hiraoka, Kazuki Kitamura, Ryuta Sato
Date released in Japan: June 2005
Official website: http://tokyofriends.jp/index.html
Link to synopsis: http://www.wiki.d-addicts.com/Tokyo_Friends
Format: VCD (Malay & Chinese subs)

Otsuka Ai plays the character of a small town girl who goes to Tokyo chasing after her dream, there she finds a part-time job as a waitress in a small restaurant where she makes new friends. This dorama focuses on Ai and her friends, their friendship and their problems.

2) Family/Kazoku ~Tsuma no Fuzai Oto no Sonzai~ (TV Asahi)
Cast: Yutaka Takenouchi, Tetsuya Watari, Yuriko Ishida, Tae Kimura, Hitori Gekidan, Sakura
Date aired in Japan: October-December 2006
Average rating: 11.85%
Peak rating: 13.7%
Final episode rating:
Official website: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/kazoku/
Link to synopsis: http://www.wiki.d-addicts.com/Kazoku
Format: VCD (Malay & Chinese subs)

Yutaka Takenouchi plays a 35 year-old man who works in a foreign company, and lives a happy family life with his wife and son. On the day he decides to switch careers and submit his resignation, his wife runs away from home, leaving his hands full taking care of the home and bringing up his son. Tetsuya Watari stars as a 61 year-old man who decides to live alone when he loses his wife to illness not long after he reached the mandatory retirement age.

3) Damenz Walker (TV Asahi)
Cast: Norika Fujiwara, Yu Yamada, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Rieko Miura, Hitomi Shimatani, Sayaka Aoki, Seiichi Tanabe
Date aired in Japan: October-December 2006
Average rating: 8.08%
Peak rating: 10.3%
Final episode rating: 7.0%
Official website: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/damens/
Link to synopsis: http://www.wiki.d-addicts.com/Damens_Walker
Format: VCD (Malay & Chinese subs)

In another adaptation of a popular manga series, Norika Fujiwara and Yu Yamada star as two women who only fall for ne'er-do-wells.

3) One Love/Tatta Hitotsu no Koi (NTV)
Cast: Kazuya Kamenashi (KAT-TUN), Haruka Ayase, Yuta Hiraoka, Koki Tanaka (KAT-TUN), Erika Toda, Yoshiko Tanaka, Kazuo Zaitsu, Kimiko Yo
Date aired in Japan: October-December 2006
Average rating: 11.61%
Peak rating: 13.6%
Final episode rating: 12.6%
Official website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/hitotsu/
Link to synopsis: http://www.wiki.d-addicts.com/Tatta_Hitotsu_no_Koi
Format: DVD (Malay, English & Chinese subs)

About love between the son of a man who runs a ship repair factory beset with financial troubles and the well-bred daughter of a national jewellery store owner.

whitedove · Post time 3-1-2007 06:08 PM

Dorama Special:

1) Triple Kitchen (TBS)
Cast: Makiko Esumi, Yoko Nogiwa, Sakura, Koji Kato, Masaki Aiba (Arashi), Shiro Ito
Date aired in Japan: August 2006
Rating:
Official website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/triple-kitchen/
Format: DVD (Malay, English & Chinese subs)

TBS made a 2-hr SP sequel to their 1993 drama series Double Kitchen which starred Yamaguchi Tomoko and Nogiwa Yoko. In the SP titled "Triple Kitchen", Esumi Makiko plays the daughter-in-law who engages in a constant battle with her mother-in-law (Nogiwa Yoko) and sister-in-law (Sakura) as the three couples live together. Her husband is played by Kato Koji while her sister-in-law's husband is played by Aiba Masaki of Arashi. As for Nogiwa's husband, the role is still played by Ito Shiro.

2) Courage/Yuuki (NTV)
Cast: Kazuya Kamenashi (KAT-TUN), Tatsuya Yamaguchi (TOKIO), Yuka, Shun Oguri, Kazue Fukiishi
Date aired in Japan: 26 July 2006
Rating: 22.7%
Official website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/24h/contents/naiyou2006.html
Format: DVD (Malay, English & Chinese subs)

KAT-TUN's Kamenashi Kazuya stars in the drama SP, "Yuuki" for NTV's 24 Jikan Terebi where he plays a guy who suffers from an illness which results in the skull disintegrating gradually over time. This SP is shown on 26 July at 9.15pm.

TOKIO's Yamaguchi Tatsuya appears in the NTV drama SP, "Yuuki" which was shown during the 24jikan Terebi charity programme where he plays Junji, the buddy of Yuuki played by Kamenashi Kazuya. As such, he became the first person in the history of the 24jikan Terebi series to have taken on roles of the main personality, marathon runner and an actor in the drama SP. He was also the narrator for this drama SP. Co-stars in this SP also include Yuka, Oguri Shun and Fukiishi Kazue.

3) Our War/Bokutachi no Sensou (TBS)
Cast: Mirai Moriyama, Juri Ueno, Rina Uchiyama, Tetsuji Tamayama
Date aired in Japan: 17 September 2006
Rating: 15.8%
Official website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/boku-sensou/
Format: DVD (Malay, English & Chinese subs)

Moriyama Mirai stars in the TBS drama SP, "Bokutachi no Sensou" shown this autumn which is the third instalment in the WWII-themed series after "Satoubikibata no Uta" and "Hiroshima Showa 20nen Hachigatsu Muika". He plays two roles i.e. one during wartime and another in present times. The story is based on a novel by Hagiwara Hiroshi where Oshime Kenta, a guy living in the modern era switch places with a pilot trainee Ishiba Goichi in wartime due to a timeslip and shows their viewpoints towards war and the current peaceful era. Co-stars include Ueno Juri and Uchiyama Rina.

4) Miracle World Autumn 2006 SP/Yo ni mo Kimyou na Monogatari Autumn 2006 SP
Cast: Story 1: Ryoko Hirosue; Story 2: Yumiko Shaku, Masato Ibu; Story 3: Koichi Dohmoto (KinKi Kids); Story 4: Rina Uchiyama; Story 5: Misako Tanaka
Date aired in Japan: October 2006
Rating:
Official website: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/kimyo/
Format: DVD (Malay, English & Chinese subs)

First up is "Kyoko-san" starring Hirosue Ryoko. The name Kyoko is written as "kagami-ko" in kanji which literally means someone in the mirror. Hirosue's role, Morisawa Izumi is an intern at the Arisu Hospital where there was someone who died under weird circumstances just the previous night before she was due to report to work. Morisawa hears from her young patient about a chant which goes like this, "Kyoko-san, Kyoko-san, watashi wo kirei ni #e kudasai na" (Kyoko-san, Kyoko-san, please make me beautiful) and tries it out for fun at night in the toilet. However, this causes a woman in white to appear and slash Morisawa's arm in the end. Nobody believes that such a woman exists but Morisawa gets suspicious upon hearing some rumours about the hospital being a jinxed place and people dying suddenly without apparent reasons. She does some snooping around and finds out the unexpected truth through the woman in the mirror.

Next is Shaku Yumiko and Ibu Masato in "Bucchou OL" who switch bodies due to lightning striking them. This begins a series of hilarious experiences for both who try to grapple with the differences in lifestyles especially at work due to their new identities. Previously, both of them were at loggerheads because of their inability to identify with each other's problems but through the short experience, they forge an unlikely friendship and eagerly look forward to the day when they can go back to normal. However, an unexpected happening occurs which creates more chaos instead of undoing the situation.

Next up is Dohmoto Koichi of KinKi Kids in "Kinou Kouen" (Yesterday Park) where he starts off as a young guy, Yosuke playing baseball with his longtime friend Takao in the park. However, he is aghast to hear about Takao's death that evening after they parted ways. The next day, he goes back to the park and realises that after picking up a baseball which appears from nowhere, he is transported back to the previous day. Having the benefit of hindsight, Yosuke tries to prevent Takao's death but with each intervention, he ends up causing more dire consequences. In the end, Yosuke starts to question himself as to whether he should continue trying to prevent Takao's death and decides against it in the end. This results in everything going back as to normal and the cause of death reverting to that of the first occurence. However, years later, Yosuke gets a sense of deja vu when his wife Noriko asks him the same questions as what he asked Takao when he was trying to decide whether to save Takao...Frankly speaking, this story falls into the category of creepy and ironic at the same time. The ending brings Yosuke back to square one in a sense and makes him go through what his friend experienced. As for the ironic aspect, the more Yosuke tried to save Takao, the more problems he caused. Is this trying to say that we should not go against the will of heaven and let things take their natural course?

The fourth story is "Neko ga Ongaeshi" (The Cat Returns its favour) starring Uchiyama Rina. Uchiyama plays Emi who has just lost her grandmother and can't help but lament to her cat, Kuro that she wishes that it will turn into a human to stay with her. Surprisingly, a man appears before her and shows signs that he's Kuro which makes Emi very happy. Unknown to her, the man has a hidden agenda and isn't what he claims to be...

Last but not least, we have Tanaka Misako in "Kazoku Kaigi" (Family meeting). A family of three meet with a serious traffic accident which leaves them with life-threatening injuries. They find themselves back at home safe and sound as if nothing had happened. It turns out that they have been told to kill one of their family members within 3 days so as to keep the other two alive. However, this is a tough choice to make as the deadline draws near and rifts start appearing among them...

5) Chibi Maruko-chan SP 2 (Fuji TV)
Cast: Ei Morisako, Karen Miyama, Katsumi Takahashi, Michiko Shimizu, Fuyuki Moto, Mayuko Fukuda, Yoshie Ichige, Hiroshi Tamaki, Ryoko Kuninaka
Date aired in Japan: 31 October-14 November 2006
Rating:
Official website: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/maruchan/
Format: DVD (Malay, English & Chinese subs)

6) Ns' Aoi SP (Fuji TV)
Cast: Satomi Ishihara, Yuriko Ishida
Date aired in Japan: 26 September 2006
Rating:
Official website: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/aoi/index2.html
Format: DVD (Malay, English & Chinese subs)

7) Kuitan SP (NTV)
Cast: Noriyuki Higashiyama, Go Morita (V6), Kotomi Kyono, Mikako Ichikawa, Shiro Sano, Kenta Suga
Date aired in Japan: 30 September 2006
Rating:
Official website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/kuitan/
Format: DVD (Malay, English & Chinese subs)

8) Unfair The Special ~Code Breaking~ (Fuji TV)
Cast: Ryoko Shinohara
Date aired in Japan: 3 October 2006
Rating: 18.3%
Official website: http://www.ktv.co.jp/unfair/index.html
Format: DVD (Malay, English & Chinese subs)

J-Movies:

1) Maison de Himiko
Cast: Joe Odagiri, Kou Shibasaki, Min Tanaka
Date released in Japan: 2005
Format: VCD (Chinese & English subs)

Saori (Kou Shibasaki) never liked her gay father...But when a young man (Joe Odagiri) comes to tell her that Himiko is dying and that the nursing home is in danger of closing, she begins to see another dimension to his life and to his work.

1) A Heartful of Love/Kono Mune ni Ippai no Ai wo
Cast: Hideaki Ito, Mimura, Ryo Katsuji, Kankuro Kudo
Date released in Japan: 2005
Format: VCD (Chinese & English subs)

whitedove · Post time 3-1-2007 06:24 PM

Akechi Mitsuhide ~Kami ni Ai sarenakatta Otoko~
Station: TV Asahi
Date: 4 January 2007, 9.00 pm
Cast: Toshiaki Karasawa, Toshiro Yanagiba, Takaya Kamikawa, Masami Nagasawa, Yo Oizumi, Manami Konishi, Shosuke Tanihara
Official site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/akechi/

Follows the life of Akechi Mitsuhide, a trusted aide of Oda Nobunaga who reportedly betrayed and caused his death.

Maguro (Tuna)
Station: TV Asahi
Date: 4 & 5 January 2007, 9.00 pm
Cast: Tetsuya Watari, Keiko Matsuzaka, Yuki Amami, Katsunori Takahashi, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yuki Uchida, Kaoru Kobayashi
Official site: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/maguro/
Set in Omamachi in Aomori Prefecture, Maguro fleshes out the life and family of a fisherman, Tatsuo, who dedicates (and even risks) his life fishing for tuna.

Kindaichi Kousuke ~Akuma ga Kitarite Fue wo Fuku~ (The Demon Who Plays the Flute)
Station: Fuji TV
Date: 5 January 2007, 9.00 pm
Cast: Goro Inagaki (SMAP), Ryoko Kuninaka, Hiroki Narimiya, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Masato Ibu
Official site:

This is Kindaichi Kousuke SP series' 4th installment.

For those who don't know, Kindaichi Kousuke novel series was written in the 1940s, and had always been the most popular detective series in Japan. In the 1990s, some manga authors created a new character related to Kindaichi Kousuke, Kindaichi Hajime, his grandson, and made his adventure stories to a manga series. Later, what we all know adapted to dorama series, acted in turns by KinKi Kids' Tsuyoshi Dohmoto (1995 and 1996 series), ARASHI's Jun Matsumoto (2001 series) and KAT-TUN's Kazuya Kamenashi (2005 SP). The Kindaichi that Goro Inagaki has acted since 2004 is Hajime's grandfather, Kindaichi Kousuke.

The first installment was "Inugami-ke no Ichizoku" (The Inugami Clan) in April 2004. Co-starring Ai Kato and Hidetoshi Nishijima.

The second installment was "Yatsuhaka Mura" (The Eight Tomb Village) in October 2004. Co-starring Tatsuya Fujiwara.

The third installment was "Jooubachi (Queen Bee) in January 2006. Co-starring Chiaki Kuriyama and Mitsuhiro Oikawa. Inagaki said that these Kindaichi Kousuke SP series production has always been made in a large scale and very detailed, with a big budget, but for this fourth installment, it must be the largest production among other installments, with the biggest budget too.

Ruri no Shima SP (Ruri's Island SP)
Station: NTV
Date: 6 January 2007, 9.00 pm
Cast: Riko Narumi, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Manami Konishi, Haruka Igawa, Mitsuko Baisho, Ken Ogata
Official site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/ruri

Continuing where the drama left off, "Ruri no Shima" illustrates the first love that blossoms between Narumi Riko's and Kamiki Ryunosuke's characters when Ryunosuke comes to the island.

Byakkotai (White Tiger Brigade)
Station: TV Asahi
Date: 6 & 7 January 2007, 9.00 pm
Cast: Tomohisa Yama#a (NEWS), Koki Tanaka (KAT-TUN), Taisuke Fujigaya (Kis-My-Ft2), Noriyuki Higashiyama (Shonentai), Hiroko Yakushimaru, Yoko Nogiwa, Yuko Asano
Official site: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/byakkotai/

About a group of boys who formed the Byakkotai, and fought and died in the Boshin Civil War - a civil war fought between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those favouring an imperial restoration.

Attention Please SP ~Yoko, Hawaii ni Tobu~
Station: Fuji TV
Date: 13 January 2007, 9.00 pm
Cast: Aya Ueto, Ryo Nishikido (Kanjani8), Saki Aibu, Miki Maya, Koutaro Koizumi
Official site: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/AP

This drama special shows Yoko training for international routes, and the unexpected trouble she gets into on her first trip abroad.

Shin Oishinbo
Station: Fuji TV
Date: 20 January 2007, 9.00 pm
Cast: Masahiro Matsuoka (TOKIO), Yuka, Ken Matsudaira
Official site:

Dramatisation of the popular comic "Oishinbo".

emiko · Post time 3-1-2007 08:40 PM

usoo!!!!!
kono mune ade english subs?

mahal x mahal x kak?

pcyduck · Post time 4-1-2007 01:07 PM

baru abeh layan my boss my hero.......best giler.......makio.....

ct_subang · Post time 4-1-2007 04:51 PM

byk jugak cete2 baru...huishh...penat lerr nk ngk...nih tak masuk sizen baru lg :gila:

whitedove · Post time 4-1-2007 05:46 PM

Originally posted by emiko at 3-1-2007 08:40 PM
usoo!!!!!
kono mune ade english subs?
mahal x mahal x kak?

12.90...vcd lak tu

btw, Yuuki tu akak amik dr awak jelah ye hehe...

Bobola · Post time 4-1-2007 08:21 PM

kat mana nak beli semua tu?

emiko · Post time 4-1-2007 08:34 PM

ala kak..kite test ah tgk 2-3 ep dulu setiap cite..kalo best baru follow ngehngeh..
nway..bile nak diskas ni kekeke..
HYD2 kak ling donlot tau ^_^

emiko · Post time 4-1-2007 08:36 PM

wakaka..psl Yuuki tu..mei wen ti :lol..nk sy copykan or akak nak test tgk n copy sendiri nnt?
ohoo kono mune 12.90 ek..berbaloi gak tu sbb cite ni sgtla x glemer n payah nk dpt :kant:
konpem ek ade english subs? takut cam Trick the Movie dulu tu je..ye ye je tulis ade english subs skali balik2 tgk ade chinese subs je huhu

emiko · Post time 4-1-2007 08:37 PM

sy percaya sume tu leh dpt kat Kotaraya nun hehe..
kan kak whitedove?

sizuka · Post time 4-1-2007 08:54 PM

Originally posted by emiko at 4-1-2007 08:36 PM
wakaka..psl Yuuki tu..mei wen ti :lol..nk sy copykan or akak nak test tgk n copy sendiri nnt?
ohoo kono mune 12.90 ek..berbaloi gak tu sbb cite ni sgtla x glemer n payah nk dpt :kant:
konpem ek ...

Trick the movie bukan ke dah ada yg eng subbed??:hmm:

emiko · Post time 4-1-2007 09:08 PM

movie yg mane? first or second?
kalau donlot tenet mmg ade pon eng subs (movie 1st la..movie 2nd x sure)..
tp yg sy maksudkan kat sini vcd movie 1st yg cover cam kartun tu..ade tulis eng/chinese subs kat cover cd tp haram tadak pong.
tetipooo

sizuka · Post time 4-1-2007 09:17 PM

Originally posted by emiko at 4-1-2007 09:08 PM
movie yg mane? first or second?
kalau donlot tenet mmg ade pon eng subs (movie 1st la..movie 2nd x sure)..
tp yg sy maksudkan kat sini vcd movie 1st yg cover cam kartun tu..ade tulis eng/chinese ...

ntah.. tak sure plak yg first or second..

yg Yukie dgn Abe kena ke sebuah pulau selamatkan budak pompuan umur 7 tahun yg hilang masa main sorok2 dgn budak lelaki sorang.. kita tak tgk yg versi vcd ..