MY ASIAN DRAMA LIST

[crimsonredd]

I'm listing my Asian Drama collection for the purpose of :

1. Tracking which ones should I need to finish, give-away, trade and decide w/c ones have to stay in the collection.
2. Listing my recommendations

KOREAN DRAMA

A Love to Kill
All About Eve ***
Bright Girl *
Damo ***
Did We Really Love?
Firebird **
Full House *** 
Goong **
Goong 2
Hotelier ***
I’m

Comments

[crimsonredd]

It's funny how you gave Kimutaku his own section . . the guy's a prolific actor, but I don't find his drama that much different from others in theme.

Yup, he has his own section, I think the Dorama King deserves one. *LOL* Well, actually he's the very first Japanese actor who has enamored me, thus, I'm quite proud of my Takuya Dorama collection.

But I agree with you that his doramas doesn't often offer any difference from other themes. As such, I tend to favor his doramas with DARK THEMES, not those mushy and "I'm struggling in career" themes. One exception though is "Love Generation" which can me categorized as a usual love story, but this is my very FIRST dorama, and this is where I came to know Takuya so -it has a special place in my heart.

Unfortunately, Engine is not one of my faves. I love Takuya's interaction with the kids, but he simply has no chemistry with his leading lady in this dorama. Lastly, I'm tired of the "struggling in career" as a theme. Takuya seems to be always in those kinds of roles.

Dragonzakura is okay. It's not that I don't like it, it has one star. When I don't like the drama, it doesn't get any stars. =P

I have yet to watch The Queen's Classroom and Trick. I have some good feedback about those two. I was able to watch a few episodes of Love in the Center of World, but, too much sadness is gripping me in this drama that why I have to stop watching in the middle.

It looks like you enjoy kdramas more
I used to love Kdramas but not as much as I love Jdoramas now. Kdramas have tooo many episodes, it tends to drag in the middle, so now, I make sure that the Kdramas I watch should be highly recommended. I tend to favor Jdoramas because I could watch it one go.

I'm very glad that someone from dorama_chat community has left me a comment, so I THANK YOU. :)

[cheesemon]

Dark themes, huh? You might wanna check out a taiga drama then if you have a few months to spare. Otherwise, yeah, I'm a bit disappointed that most jdramas are more slapstick comedy escapism than dark.

Oh, I thought "no stars" meant you just hadn't gotten around to ranking it. ^_^ I didn't think the chemistry between Kimutaku and Koyuki was important since Engine isn't a romance. I thought it was more of a friendship.

Yeah, I'd love to watch a few more kdramas but they're just way too long. Actually, jdramas are starting to feel pretty long too since most of them contain a lot of filler. I've recently moved on to watching movies instead. :)

Hm, I thought most people commenting on this thread came from dorama_chat? ^_^

[crimsonredd]

I've seen Yamashita Tomohisa's Byakkotai and Takuya Kimura's Chusinguura 1/47, those are Taiga, I believe?? But they are Drama Specials and not full length drama. Still, those are my favorites, I enjoy watching them.

Dark themes are really rare - and to name some, my faves are One Million Stars from Sky and Kou Kou Kyoushi.

Oh, I thought "no stars" meant you just hadn't gotten around to ranking it. ^_^
But when on bold letters, I've already seen those... plain text meant haven't touch those. :)

Hm, I thought most people commenting on this thread came from dorama_chat? ^_^
Almost all are my f-list, ... from the community - it's you and prdarkstar. *winks*

Btw, same here, I always preferred MOVIES over dramas, it's much much more enjoyable. :) My I ask what movies are your faves? :)

[rie718]

taigas are the 49 episode epic series shown in NHK..just like Yoshitsune and Shinsengumi. my fave will be Toshiie to Matsu, the story is good plus i love all the actors there.:)
grabe you finally compiled your dramas! ako, i keep the list under my acct in jdorama, ung korean dramas naman i have them in an excel file. meron palang bagong dark drama in d-addicts, Kono yo no Hate, its the darkest dorama ever daw. im watching it..3 episodes palang pero i love it. sad ung mood, same writer of Kou Kou Kyoshi sya, so i think you'll like it too..:) ill burn you a copy na rin..;)

DARK DORAMA ROCKS!!!

[crimsonredd]

ah okay ... so Taigas are epic series, all the while I thought basta samurai-samura, it's already taiga. *LOL* thanks i stand corrected. *LOL*

i used to keep them all in excel file, but wasn't able to update.

meron palang bagong dark drama in d-addicts, Kono yo no Hate, its the darkest dorama ever daw. im watching it..3 episodes palang pero i love it. sad ung mood, same writer of Kou Kou Kyoshi sya, so i think you'll like it too..:) ill burn you a copy na rin..;)
oh dear!!!! THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!!! you're heaven sent!!!!

btw, I already ordered your TXT cd, yun "Samurai". *winks*

[cheesemon]

Sorry for the late response, I just got back from space. ;) Rie cleared up the taiga stuff. I'm working on my Top 10 movies, but it's still many years in the making. :) Right now, my favorite English film is either Chicago or Stranger than Fiction. My favorite Foreign film is either Shaolin Soccer or Ima Ai ni Yukimasu. How about you?

[crimsonredd]

My favorite Hollywood movies are : Rain Man, Family Man, Forest Gump, etc... for Foreign Films, Korean : My Tutor Friend, Concerto, IL Mare, ( those romantic/love story/comedy films *LOL*) etc, HK movie would be Infernal Affairs, while for Japanese Films - Love & Honor (Takuya Kimura), Swallowtail Butterfly, Heavenly Forest, Game, etc ... so far those are what I can remember. :)