99-nen no Ai ~ Japanese Americans (2010)

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leahakiko

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Jun 24, 2012

5 of 5 episodes seen

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Overall 10

Story 10

Acting/Cast 10

Music 8.0

Rewatch Value 9.0

I decided to watch this in May due to the fact that I had to write a research paper about Japanese-American history. Being said, this short tv special was a great inside to what it was like to be Japanese-American from the start of the 20th century. Each episode tells a different story and though it may seem educational it was really extremely interesting. I loved how they showed things that really happened back during World War 2. Gave me an idea of what my family went through back then.

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Rillas

5 people found this review helpful

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Aug 9, 2014

5 of 5 episodes seen

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Overall 8.5

Story 9.0

Acting/Cast 8.0

Music 7.5

Rewatch Value 3.0

Since I've watched movie "Come See the Paradise" as a child, I found subject of Japanese-Americans during II WW interesting and I'm glad finally watched drama about this topic.

I've found story of 99-nen no Ai - as said before - interesting. Maybe only minus would be that whole history was showed only from Japanese point of view, but on the other hand it make sense as it was family saga of Japanese family, who emigrated to USA.

Can't say much about acting or music, as I didn't much attention to them. Also from my personal point of view the whole series was way too long (2h for each episode) and was bored at times. Rewatch Value for me is very low - coz 1) I don't like to rewatch and 2) episodes are too long for my taste.

Overall, if you are interested in the topic and want to watch family saga (pretending to be documentary ) - it will be a good watch.

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