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This is the most "slice of life" movie I've maybe ever seen. It's a good reminder that much of life is spent outwardly silent, with one's thoughts, or in the small movements that make up a day. It's the opposite of fast-paced, and it does take some attention and patience to watch it. But if you can be patient, there are interesting and even sweetly profound moments that happen throughout.

Does this clear up any of the confusion left by the ending to the original Lost Days?

Takahashi Issei (Shinji) is a phenomenal actor

Spoiler!

Ok, wait a minute. Did Farm actually get sexually assaulted and it was never mentioned again, or dealt with?! WTF??!!

Recommend away! I've seen 54 dramas and 23 movies so far so I might have seen some of what you recommend, and my to-watch list is ever-growing. (I've seen almost two hundred K-dramas and movies and a whole bunch of TW-dramas so I'm just catching up with Japanese media.) I keep a loooong watch list so any recommendation is accepted. Dramas and films both.

I don't love all the live-action adaptations though, especially because people seem to always hate them because they don't match their expectations. I prefer original stories, and I do really appreciate the tones of J-doramas in general.

I still love K-dramas and I won't abandon them forever, but I'm taking a break for a bit. Taiwanese dramas can also hit all the right notes, and I enjoy those too.

And thanks for this too! I tried to watch Still the Water on Dramacool, but the picture quality was terrible. I managed to make it through the whole thing, but that was some of the worst uploading quality I've ever seen. For what I could see of it, I recommend it. He's wonderful in that role.

Iki wo Hisomete, that's it - thank you for the reminder. It'll come out at the end of April, and I hope it gets subbed.

Thanks for the list! I do prefer darker, more mature dramas in general. I don't always watch as much violence as AiB, in fact would prefer not to, but I definitely like more serious dramas....and I also love sweet romance stories too. Honestly I like romance sprinkled into everything - just like in life. LOL.

You're right - I'm starting to recognize names from the different drama pages. :-)
What have been your favorites so far this season? I'm still catching up. I just finished Alice in Borderland a few days ago. I don't know what your opinion is about that one, but I loved it so much and I'm still processing it. It reminded me a lot of The Hunger Games - the books more than the movies - and darker. So much to sift through, especially around trauma and guilt, especially survivor's guilt. The acting was 100% all the way around and the cinematography was out of this world. (Plus I got a new fave in Murakami Nijiro and now I'm trying to watch as many of his works as I can find. )

I also really want to see the new drama about COVID that I just saw the trailer for yesterday. I hope it gets subbed and put somewhere where I can see it. It seems like a good one for Netflix, actually.

I keep thinking that the J-dorama fans here should have a group chat or whatever the equivalent is here on this site....for moral support. LOL

"I often see J dramas being criticised & placed in a general category which irks me because out of all the other various counterparts, they bring out the most variety of storytelling and human emotions" - YES!! SO TRUE.

Wow. I might just bawl like a baby the whole way through this.

Thanks for this - I appreciate hearing your thoughts. Thank you for sharing them.

Huh?! How did you get that from my comment. You were making a big deal about how Korean dramas are all getting cancelled by netizens so you were going to start watching C-dramas....which are WAY more censored, in every way, by the government.
And you made a grand declaration that the end of the Korean entertainment industry is upon us, and I was curious what by what authority you're making those claims....

It's interesting too, you complaining about K-netizens and then wanting to watch incredibly censored C-dramas....

And as another American here, our country has a shitload of work left to do to acknowledge our past as well as present wrongdoings, which are too myriad to even list here. It's actually depressing to think about it, so we need to put that sadness and anger into action to keep that shit from happening again, as well as try to make amends for came before (even if we didn't have anything personally to do with it.)
Columbus is not only NOT a hero, he was a murderous, vile person who acted inhuman and enabled other inhuman invaders to come after him. And he wasn't even the worst of them. We won't even get started with Cortes, omg. He was a fucking monster.
Holy shit, I am so sorry you had a do a slave simulation in school. No words, just anger. I get so tired of stupid Americans.....full stop. LOL. I was going to put an end to that sentence but it doesn't even need one. I just get so tired of stupid Americans. But I am one too, and working everyday to be less stupid.

We definitely are in agreement. :-)

"We're witnessing the end of the Korean entertainment industry." Just curious - with what expertise are you making this claim? Just your own opinion? I mean, Netflix doesn't seem to agree, considering how much money they're paying Korean entertainment companies to produce Korean dramas with Korean actors and staff....

It wasn't at all meaningless - there was a lot there actually

So "I" am not cancelling this, but I can think of shows in the US that were produced by the far-right, (and portrayed various populations as evil and deranged) that should never see the light of day, much less broadcast around the world for millions to see. There are limits to free speech, actually, although I am NOT a fan of censorship, before you get worked into a lather. It's not something I take lightly, actually, and it's decided on a case-by-case basis.
However, if you're not South Korean, (and I don't think you are based on your comments so far), so if you're not South Korean, unless you know the history and are familiar enough with the events to be able to speak intelligently about the various complexities of it, you (and I) don't have enough invested in the reality of the situation. Because it's definitely not because you are upset about not getting to see your bias on screen - there are some things that a lot of people find more important.