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Set in the Ryukyu Kingdom during the latter days of the Tokugawa shogunate, a woman, who wants to complete her studies despite her gender restrictions, takes advantage of the disappearance of her stepbrother and disguises herself as a Eunuch named Son Neion. Later, still under disguise, she passes the exam to be a royal governments official. (Source: Asianmediawiki, DramaWiki) ~~ Adapted from the novel "The Tempest" (テンペスト) by Ikegami Eiichi (池上永一). Edit Translation

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  • Country: Japan
  • Type: Drama
  • Episodes: 10
  • Aired: Jul 17, 2011 - Sep 18, 2011
  • Aired On: Sunday
  • Original Network: NHK
  • Duration: 50 min.
  • Score: 7.3 (scored by 314 users)
  • Ranked: #7224
  • Popularity: #6768
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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Completed
bakanishi04
25 people found this review helpful
Mar 30, 2012
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
I'm surprised at how unknown this drama is, and I'm glad I decided to watch it on the spur of the moment.

As a drama veteran, I've abstained from writing a review because 1) I'm too lazy and 2) there were enough reviews from everyone else, so I had no motivation to add to the pile.

However, this drama is different. The Tempest is an amazing drama, and yet not many people have watched it. Technically, it doesn't really matter to me whether people watch it or not, but really...this drama deserves to be found and appreciated.

Overall, The Tempest is reminiscent of the first arc of the anime Otogi Zoshi, if any of you have watched it. The heroine goes undercover as a man and practically lives and breathes for the country and its people. What drives the plot is not romance. Instead, the drama focuses its fast pace on the conflicts that face the country as well as the political intrigue inside the Shuri Castle.

Son Neion never let me down as a character. She was strong, determined, and yet also flawed in a way that made her so human. Nakama Yukie has delivered once again.

So basically, if you want to get away from the romance-y dramas for a while and instead go for a heroine who is smart and capable coupled with a solid plot, watch The Tempest.

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Completed
jenna
15 people found this review helpful
Dec 26, 2011
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
I just finished watching this. This was my first Japanese historical drama. I'm not good at writing reviews so I usually don't even write them. However this time I decided to write something.

I watched it because of my favorite actress Nakama Yukie. I've seen her acting very different characters; high school student, high school teacher, Sadako, clumsy police, woman with multiple personality, silly yet lovable reporter and her character in Utsukushii Rinjin whom I have no words... So I was tempted to see her acting in this one too.

Second reason why I watched this was Gackt. I loved his creepy yet attractive character with long tongue. If you're curious what he does with the tongue watch the drama.

I was amazed by the drama. I'm glad it wasn't super long. Otherwise I would've ended up dropping it...

The music was very good and now I feel like I know something about Okinawa's history.

The acting was good but from some new actors it wasn't as good but I still liked it.

Okay I have no idea what I'm babbling about. I liked the drama and that's all. I think this is a drama no one should miss.

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  • Drama: Tempest
  • Country: Japan
  • Episodes: 10
  • Aired: Jul 17, 2011 - Sep 18, 2011
  • Aired On: Sunday
  • Original Network: NHK
  • Duration: 50 min.
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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  • Score: 7.3 (scored by 314 users)
  • Ranked: #7224
  • Popularity: #6768
  • Watchers: 1,364

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