Started watching this and laughed really hard at the balloon incident in the first episode. I love when trope-y situations get a twist. :-) Thanks for the article! (Also I have watched a few other things with Nakagawa Taishi and I always like him, but he is straight up gorgeous in this...)
I don't think I will make the list for the most popular Japanese actress on MDL. So if you want to make it go…
It's a good idea, but I've got to finish the ones I've started first! LOL! But I'll keep that in mind for later, unless someone else with more time beats me to it. :-)
Love love love this article! As always, I love seeing more Japanese media content on MDL, and your articles are just great.
My favorite J-actors (pretty much in order, although the top three move around from #1-3): Yokohama Ryusei Yamazaki Kento (and my favorite pairing is Kento with Tsuchiya Tao) Yoshizawa Ryo Mackenyu Suda Masaki Takahashi Issei Kiriyama Renn Saito Takumi Shison Jun Tanaka Kei Murakami Nijiro Sakurada Dori Nakao Masaki Kamenashi Kazuya Taishi Nakagawa
And of course, Miura Haruma.
Someone should do the best female J-actors now (I have a list for those too!) :-)
Beautiful article! Mare was my first asadora, and I really loved the drama and the format, even with the crazy amount of episodes. I look forward to watching this sometime when all of the episodes have been released.
This was.....something else. Based on a true story that I'm gathering was even worse than what they portrayed here. Human beings, especially those in power, have inflicted untold suffering onto other humans for as long as we've have been around. We're kind of a terrible species, frankly. But then again, this film also shows that humans can be creative, and resilient, and self-sacrificial as well.
I'll never watch it again, and I can't say that I'm glad I watched it even once, but for a historical and human lesson it was very well-done. But put plainly, it ain't an easy watch, just warning you....
Since you have started writing, perhaps you want to make an article on rising Thai stars with their new dramas/movies...…
The article is taking a bit longer than I expected, as these things often do. :-) If you get to watch all five movies (or even a few), I'd be interested in hearing what you thought of them.
do you have a drama recomendation that has a love hexagon in it ?
For darker J-dramas, I suggest these: 100-manen no Onna-tachi (Million Yen Women) - on Netflix Double Fantasy Kuzu no Honkai (Scum's Wish) - on Viki Kenja no Ai Anata no Ban Desu Imawa no Kuni no Alice (Alice in Borderland) - on Netflix - not a romance drama, but just awesome Garasu no Ie Boku wa Mari no Naka Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru
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My favorite J-actors (pretty much in order, although the top three move around from #1-3):
Yokohama Ryusei
Yamazaki Kento (and my favorite pairing is Kento with Tsuchiya Tao)
Yoshizawa Ryo
Mackenyu
Suda Masaki
Takahashi Issei
Kiriyama Renn
Saito Takumi
Shison Jun
Tanaka Kei
Murakami Nijiro
Sakurada Dori
Nakao Masaki
Kamenashi Kazuya
Taishi Nakagawa
And of course, Miura Haruma.
Someone should do the best female J-actors now (I have a list for those too!) :-)
I'll never watch it again, and I can't say that I'm glad I watched it even once, but for a historical and human lesson it was very well-done. But put plainly, it ain't an easy watch, just warning you....
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-08-19/actor-sonny-chiba-passes-away-due-to-pneumonia-caused-by-covid-19/.176432
100-manen no Onna-tachi (Million Yen Women) - on Netflix
Double Fantasy
Kuzu no Honkai (Scum's Wish) - on Viki
Kenja no Ai
Anata no Ban Desu
Imawa no Kuni no Alice (Alice in Borderland) - on Netflix - not a romance drama, but just awesome
Garasu no Ie
Boku wa Mari no Naka
Fujoshi, Ukkari Gei ni Kokuru
River's Edge (J-film, very dark) - on Netflix US
Feel free to look at my list of J-dramas on my profile:
https://mydramalist.com/list/1xrVkqn3