Nihon Go Dramas
Years ago, if you tell me I will get hooked on to Japanese drama serials.. I will go *pui pui* in your face. But alas... yes, yours truly is so hooked on to it now. I religiously buy and watch them now. In fact I think I have more than 20 different titles in my collection. I can finish about 1 set per 2 weekends... on a leisure pace. These are my faves:
For best wayang drama - 白色巨塔 (Bai Se Ju Ta / White Pagoda )
Plot set around the hosipital, where you have politics, and scheme-logy flying everywhere. Very intense storyline, fast pace too (Doctor sets his sight on being director of hosipital, use all means to get it, has a mistress who is a mamasan, wife found out about his mistress, doctor got into a lawsuit, then got seriously ill and die, blah blah)
For most heart-wrenching - 一公升的眼淚 (Yi Gong Sheng De Yan Lei / A litre of tears)
Based on a true story of a teenager who suffer from an incurable brain disorder, how she fight to live a normal life, but finally succumb to the illness... basically you really cry from the 1st episode to the last, true to its title.
For most absurd plot - Proposal
About a guy attending the wedding of a girl who he love but did not have the courage to profess his love. While viewing the slide show during the wedding reception, a spirit from the church appear, and granted him his wish to go back in time to try to win the girl's heart, and change the ending of the show....
For most hilarious comedy - My boss My Hero
About a gangster, age 27, wanting to inherit his father's mafia clan, but was faced with a condition: To graduate from high school first. So he disguise himself as a 17 yr old (yes, tattoo and all), learnt that there is more to school than just cramming for math and english.
Now watching - 派遣女王
About the working life of contract staff paid on a hourly basis......this show has good reviews in Japan when it aired, apparently it struck a cord with a lot of the non-permanent office workers in Japan, who make up a large portion of the working cohort. A lot of firms in Japan has a large percentage of their staff on a contract basis so as to reduce operating cost.
For best wayang drama - 白色巨塔 (Bai Se Ju Ta / White Pagoda )
Plot set around the hosipital, where you have politics, and scheme-logy flying everywhere. Very intense storyline, fast pace too (Doctor sets his sight on being director of hosipital, use all means to get it, has a mistress who is a mamasan, wife found out about his mistress, doctor got into a lawsuit, then got seriously ill and die, blah blah)
For most heart-wrenching - 一公升的眼淚 (Yi Gong Sheng De Yan Lei / A litre of tears)
Based on a true story of a teenager who suffer from an incurable brain disorder, how she fight to live a normal life, but finally succumb to the illness... basically you really cry from the 1st episode to the last, true to its title.
For most absurd plot - Proposal
About a guy attending the wedding of a girl who he love but did not have the courage to profess his love. While viewing the slide show during the wedding reception, a spirit from the church appear, and granted him his wish to go back in time to try to win the girl's heart, and change the ending of the show....
For most hilarious comedy - My boss My Hero
About a gangster, age 27, wanting to inherit his father's mafia clan, but was faced with a condition: To graduate from high school first. So he disguise himself as a 17 yr old (yes, tattoo and all), learnt that there is more to school than just cramming for math and english.
Now watching - 派遣女王
About the working life of contract staff paid on a hourly basis......this show has good reviews in Japan when it aired, apparently it struck a cord with a lot of the non-permanent office workers in Japan, who make up a large portion of the working cohort. A lot of firms in Japan has a large percentage of their staff on a contract basis so as to reduce operating cost.