FULL: http://bit.ly/2jOZJhE
TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/2jxkiA7 ; http://bit.ly/2j4oG8H
Drama: Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai / スーパーサラリーマン左江内氏
Director: Yuichi Fukuda; Writer: Fujiko F. Fujio (manga)
Network: NTV
Release Date: January 14, 2017
Runtime: Saturdays 21:00
Genre: Comedy, sci-fi
Theme song: Happy? by Sandaime J Soul Brothers
52-year-old Saenai is an ordinary middle management salaryman. One day, he is forcibly handed a super suit by a strange old man and reluctantly takes over as superman. With a wife from hell Enko and two adolescents, Saenai is stuck between world peace and domestic problems. Life does not go well just by becoming superman. What is justice, peace and happiness?
Why does MDL always give the tile in Japanese rather than the translated title like they do with Korean and Chinese…
I know, I have the same issue (I can't remember those titles for the life of me).
But if you change the titles in English, 99% of the Jdrama addicts won't recognize the titles instead haha That is because they are familiar with the romaji titles, not some arbitrary English translations... also most streaming sites and other sources where you can watch / download your J dramas and subs will have them listed by the same Japanese title, so it's not much use if you have an English title anyway (from a practical pov i mean
Why does MDL always give the tile in Japanese rather than the translated title like they do with Korean and Chinese…
The difference comes from the producers themselves. Chinese ones use a lot of English when it comes to their movies and dramas. They almost always have an international official title (not one translated by foreign sites), they put those titles on the official posters, they release trailers already subbed and even the movies that come out are very often already subbed. Thai are pretty much the same, that is when you do get info about their productions.
Koreans are somewhere in between: for the mainstream movies they almost always have an official intl title and for dramas they are starting to do the same (if you look at their youtube channels, when promoting with teasers, trailers, BTS, using an intl title is slowly becoming the norm).
Now Japan is a different story (maybe because it's an island?!? dunno). They pretty much don't give a damn about their movies and dramas being sold / released abroad, so they can't be bothered to come up with official titles in English.The subbing communities are those doing pretty much all the work and there seems to be this unspoken rule to keep the romaji titles. Just as Japanese producers, the J fanbase is more of a closed community than the K, C, TW ones and many of them have a manga/anime interest as well. Now, since maaaany of the J anime dramas and movies are based on manga, it is easier for people to just use the same titles they are familiar with. I am sure if you ask a real J drama fan, you'll get more answers.
Also here is an interesting read to see how different J market is than other Asian countries and the rest of the world: https://www.quora.com/Why-does-it-take-so-long-for-Hollywood-movies-to-be-released-in-Japan
But pretty much this is the reasoning behind MDL guidelines for listing dramas and movies. We go with the OFFICIAL name (as main title) whenever available (listing the different translations under the also known as tag) or we go with the most commonly used title across the web (on major streaming sites and similar databases)
It is also a SEO (Search Engine Optimization) must if we want MDL to grow more and more. ;)
Drama: Okaasan, Musume wo Yamete Ii Desu ka? / お母さん、娘をやめていいですか？
Director: Tomochika Kasaura, Yuzuru Sato, Mamoru Ohashi
Writer: Yumiko Inoue
Network: NHK; Episodes: 8
Release Date: January 13 - March 3, 2017
Runtime: Fridays 22:00-22:48
Genre: Home suspense
25-year-old Hayase Mizuki (Haru) and her mother Akiko (Saito Yuki) are the best of friends, quite like a couple. Although Koji (Terawaki Yasufumi) is concerned about the attachment of his wife and daughter, he lives only for his work and has not been able to address their relationship. However, everything completely changes after Mizuki meets Matsushima (Yagira Yuya), a home builder in charge of the Hayases home which is under construction, and the two of them strike up a friendship. Akiko takes a liking to Matsushima and pushes him to date her daughter. In the process, Mizuki starts to become aware that she has been unconsciously living by gauging her mother’s feelings. She attempts to pull away from her. This agitates Akiko who does not want to be robbed of what is most precious to her and something dangerous gradually comes on inside of her
Cast: Haru, Yagira Yuya, Aso Yumi, Oozora Mayumi, Dan Mitsu, Ishii Anna, Terawaki Yasufumi, Saito Yuki
A droll man with the gift of the gab, Sakurai Shinichi (Abe Sadao) was a bit of a delinquent in the past and came out to work after junior high school. He and his cute wife Kanako (Fukada Kyoko) have a daughter Kaori (Yamada Miku) who is in fifth grade in elementary school. Even though they do not have much academic qualifications and money, they have good humour and are a happy family. But one day, Shinichi sees his daughter’s horrible score of 41 for a national test and worries that she will become a junior high school graduate too. Determined not to let Kaori suffer like him, Shinichi recklessly decides to teach her himself. And so, father and daughter begin preparing for the upcoming junior high school entrance exam with their sights set on the most difficult school.
Cast: Abe Sadao, Fukada Kyoko, Yamada Miku, Waka Danna, Minagawa Sarutoki, Okada Koki, Kawamura Yosuke, Koshiba Fuka, Tezuka Toru, Kaname Jun, Kazama Shunsuke, Kobayashi Kaoru
'The second directorial effort of Han Han, a successful – and sometimes controversial – author, singer, prize-winning race car driver and China’s most followed blogger, Duckweed went from production to release in under four months, a rather impressive feat given that the result is as polished as the other Chinese New Year films of 2017'
MAKING OF VIDEO (subbed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmRIalHOwpQ
Kang Chul Soo is an enthusiastic fireman who poses as a nude model to make money for his sick friend. He is then targeted as the criminal of an arson-murder case that took place 10 years before and, together with mysterious heiress Han Jin Ah, he tries to find the real culprit.
Cast:
Lee Joon Hyuk as Kang Chul Soo
Jung In Sun as Han Jin Ah
Jo Hee Bong as Kwon Jeong Nam
Park Hoon as Oh Seong Jin
Seo Jung Yeon as Han Song Ja
Lee Won Jong as Jang Kwang Ho
Kim Ji Hoon as Nam-Il
Park Ji Hoon as Dae-Young
Lee Do-Gyeom as Joon-Ho
Gil Hae Yeon as Jung Sun
Lee Do Suk as Seung Jae
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TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/2jxkiA7 ; http://bit.ly/2j4oG8H
Drama: Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai / スーパーサラリーマン左江内氏
Director: Yuichi Fukuda; Writer: Fujiko F. Fujio (manga)
Network: NTV
Release Date: January 14, 2017
Runtime: Saturdays 21:00
Genre: Comedy, sci-fi
Theme song: Happy? by Sandaime J Soul Brothers
52-year-old Saenai is an ordinary middle management salaryman. One day, he is forcibly handed a super suit by a strange old man and reluctantly takes over as superman. With a wife from hell Enko and two adolescents, Saenai is stuck between world peace and domestic problems. Life does not go well just by becoming superman. What is justice, peace and happiness?
Cast:
Shinichi Tsutsumi - Saenai
Kyoko Koizumi - Enko Saenai
Haruka Shimazaki - Haneko Saenai
Ayumu Yokoyama - Saenai's son
Tsuyoshi Muro - Koike
Kento Kaku - Ikesugi
Akari Hayami - Kamata
Tomoya Nakamura - Karino
Jiro Sato - Yonekura
Takashi Sasano - mysterious old man
Katsumi Takahashi - Minoshima
http://www.ntv.co.jp/saenai/
http://asianwiki.com/Super_Salaryman_Mr._Saenai
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Super_Salaryman_Saenai-shi
http://doramaworld.blogspot.ro/search/label/Super%20Salaryman%20Saenai-shi
http://mydramalist.com/21262-super-salaryman-mr.-saenai
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/filmart-jet-tone-unveils-europe-874958
http://variety.com/2016/film/asia/tony-leung-kris-wu-europe-raiders-1201728814/
https://movie.douban.com/subject/26351812/
http://movie.mtime.com/222627/
http://baike.baidu.com/subview/11049526/16990946.htm
http://chinesemov.com/2017/Europe-Raiders.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_Raiders
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5827590/
But if you change the titles in English, 99% of the Jdrama addicts won't recognize the titles instead haha That is because they are familiar with the romaji titles, not some arbitrary English translations... also most streaming sites and other sources where you can watch / download your J dramas and subs will have them listed by the same Japanese title, so it's not much use if you have an English title anyway (from a practical pov i mean
Just to give you an example, for comparison, look at these sites and how they list titles: Chinese: http://movie.mtime.com/comingsoon/#comingsoon
Japanese: http://eiga.com/coming/
Korean: http://movie.daum.net/premovie/scheduled
Koreans are somewhere in between: for the mainstream movies they almost always have an official intl title and for dramas they are starting to do the same (if you look at their youtube channels, when promoting with teasers, trailers, BTS, using an intl title is slowly becoming the norm).
Now Japan is a different story (maybe because it's an island?!? dunno). They pretty much don't give a damn about their movies and dramas being sold / released abroad, so they can't be bothered to come up with official titles in English.The subbing communities are those doing pretty much all the work and there seems to be this unspoken rule to keep the romaji titles. Just as Japanese producers, the J fanbase is more of a closed community than the K, C, TW ones and many of them have a manga/anime interest as well. Now, since maaaany of the J anime dramas and movies are based on manga, it is easier for people to just use the same titles they are familiar with. I am sure if you ask a real J drama fan, you'll get more answers.
Also here is an interesting read to see how different J market is than other Asian countries and the rest of the world:
https://www.quora.com/Why-does-it-take-so-long-for-Hollywood-movies-to-be-released-in-Japan
But pretty much this is the reasoning behind MDL guidelines for listing dramas and movies. We go with the OFFICIAL name (as main title) whenever available (listing the different translations under the also known as tag) or we go with the most commonly used title across the web (on major streaming sites and similar databases)
It is also a SEO (Search Engine Optimization) must if we want MDL to grow more and more. ;)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6255796/
http://tokai-tv.com/mahirunoakuma/
Teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIab_KgB2YA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoioDlX5mRY
Director: Tomochika Kasaura, Yuzuru Sato, Mamoru Ohashi
Writer: Yumiko Inoue
Network: NHK; Episodes: 8
Release Date: January 13 - March 3, 2017
Runtime: Fridays 22:00-22:48
Genre: Home suspense
25-year-old Hayase Mizuki (Haru) and her mother Akiko (Saito Yuki) are the best of friends, quite like a couple. Although Koji (Terawaki Yasufumi) is concerned about the attachment of his wife and daughter, he lives only for his work and has not been able to address their relationship. However, everything completely changes after Mizuki meets Matsushima (Yagira Yuya), a home builder in charge of the Hayases home which is under construction, and the two of them strike up a friendship. Akiko takes a liking to Matsushima and pushes him to date her daughter. In the process, Mizuki starts to become aware that she has been unconsciously living by gauging her mother’s feelings. She attempts to pull away from her. This agitates Akiko who does not want to be robbed of what is most precious to her and something dangerous gradually comes on inside of her
Cast: Haru, Yagira Yuya, Aso Yumi, Oozora Mayumi, Dan Mitsu, Ishii Anna, Terawaki Yasufumi, Saito Yuki
http://www.nhk.or.jp/nagoya/okamusu/
http://doramaworld.blogspot.ro/search/label/Okaasan%20Musume%20wo%20yamete%20ii%20desuka
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Okaasan,_Musume_wo_Yamete_Ii_Desu_ka%3F
http://asianwiki.com/Okaasan,_Musume_wo_Yamete_Ii_Desu_ka%3F
http://mydramalist.com/20490-mother-can-i-quit-being-your-daughter
TRAILER: http://bit.ly/2jjeqN4 ; http://bit.ly/2jaRLR0
Drama: Gekokujo Juken / 下剋上受験
Director: Ryosuke Fukuda; Writer: Shinichi Sakurai
Network: TBS
Release Date: January 13, 2017
Runtime: Fridays 22:00
Genre: Family
A droll man with the gift of the gab, Sakurai Shinichi (Abe Sadao) was a bit of a delinquent in the past and came out to work after junior high school. He and his cute wife Kanako (Fukada Kyoko) have a daughter Kaori (Yamada Miku) who is in fifth grade in elementary school. Even though they do not have much academic qualifications and money, they have good humour and are a happy family. But one day, Shinichi sees his daughter’s horrible score of 41 for a national test and worries that she will become a junior high school graduate too. Determined not to let Kaori suffer like him, Shinichi recklessly decides to teach her himself. And so, father and daughter begin preparing for the upcoming junior high school entrance exam with their sights set on the most difficult school.
Cast: Abe Sadao, Fukada Kyoko, Yamada Miku, Waka Danna, Minagawa Sarutoki, Okada Koki, Kawamura Yosuke, Koshiba Fuka, Tezuka Toru, Kaname Jun, Kazama Shunsuke, Kobayashi Kaoru
http://www.tbs.co.jp/gekokujo_juken/
http://asianwiki.com/Gekokujo_Juken
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Gekokujo_Juken
http://doramaworld.blogspot.ro/search/label/Gekokujou%20Juken
https://jdramas.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/gekokujo-juken/
http://mydramalist.com/21768-gekokujo-juken
http://www.avirtualvoyage.net/tag/the-legend-of-jade-sword-desolate-era
http://baike.baidu.com/item/%E8%8E%BD%E8%8D%92%E7%BA%AA/16974399#viewPageContent
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl0cXnUDq4Q
OST SUBBED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC1qvt8W8nw
Animated posters: http://www.avirtualvoyage.net/2017/01/han-han-leads-snarky-family-in-duckweeds-animated-posters.html
'The second directorial effort of Han Han, a successful – and sometimes controversial – author, singer, prize-winning race car driver and China’s most followed blogger, Duckweed went from production to release in under four months, a rather impressive feat given that the result is as polished as the other Chinese New Year films of 2017'
MAKING OF VIDEO (subbed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmRIalHOwpQ
Review: https://asianfilmstrike.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/duckweed-2017-review/#more-11438
https://movie.douban.com/subject/26862259/
http://movie.mtime.com/237054/
http://chinesemov.com/2017/Duckweed.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duckweed_(film)
http://www.avirtualvoyage.net/tag/ride-the-winds-break-the-waves
http://www.avirtualvoyage.net/2016/12/first-trailer-for-duckweed-with-deng-chao-zhao-li-ying-eddie-peng.html
https://www.soompi.com/2017/01/02/missing-9-releases-special-episode-ahead-premiere/
TRAILER: http://bit.ly/2ikpav6 ; http://bit.ly/2jM5rot
Drama: Naked Fireman / 맨몸의 소방관
Director: Park Jin-Suk; Writer: Yoo Jung-Hee
Network: KBS2; Episodes: 4
Release Date: January 12 - 19, 2017
Runtime: Weds. & Thurs. 22:00
Genre: Melodrama
Kang Chul Soo is an enthusiastic fireman who poses as a nude model to make money for his sick friend. He is then targeted as the criminal of an arson-murder case that took place 10 years before and, together with mysterious heiress Han Jin Ah, he tries to find the real culprit.
Cast:
Lee Joon Hyuk as Kang Chul Soo
Jung In Sun as Han Jin Ah
Jo Hee Bong as Kwon Jeong Nam
Park Hoon as Oh Seong Jin
Seo Jung Yeon as Han Song Ja
Lee Won Jong as Jang Kwang Ho
Kim Ji Hoon as Nam-Il
Park Ji Hoon as Dae-Young
Lee Do-Gyeom as Joon-Ho
Gil Hae Yeon as Jung Sun
Lee Do Suk as Seung Jae
http://www.koreandrama.org/naked-fireman/
http://asianwiki.com/Naked_Fireman
http://mydramalist.com/21979-naked-fireman