jdrama: Love Generation

[meganbmoore]

I feel d-wiki sums this up better than I could: "Katagiri Teppei (Kimura Takuya) is a promising creative agent, but whose attitude gets him transferred to the sales department. He has to learn to adapt to the new working environment, which includes cutting his precious locks of hair to create a neater and more appropriate image. Helping him along

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[scottishlass]

Hmmm ... this is difficult because he seems to be always smoking in his dramas.
I *think* (though I'm not too sure) he doesn't smoke in Good Luck!! and in Pride he takes out a cigarette once in a while but doesn't light it (or was it the other way around, I can't remember).
The only doramas with an incest theme Kimura did were Sora Kara (One Million Stars) and Nemureru Mori (Sleeping Forest), though in the last one it was hinted at but never a real issue. But you should stay away from them if you don't feel comfortable with these, though he gives one of his best performances in Sora Kara.
Additionally, romantic dramas with Kimura to watch: Long Vacation, Beautiful Life (sad ending though). Bushi no ichibun - not a series but a movie and it is IN COSTUME!!! and a wonderful, quiet love story.

[meganbmoore]

Well, I shall know on the Pride front shortly, as it's my next drama, unless something else strikes my fancy in the next couple days. I will never in my lifetime understand why smoking is supposed to be attractive. I mean, it' not just the smell or health, to me it LOOKS unattractive. But I guess I'm in the minority.

Incest-flatout or indicated-is just one of the few things I will not touch. Only the fact that she loved someone else from beginning to end and that was made the siblings think they loved each other that way was things that reminded them of their lost sibling made it ok for me in Damo(plus, you know, nothing happened)

Sora Kara was one that I immediately bought when I heard of it because it sounded perfect for me, and then I learned about the incest. It made me sad.

But hey, maybe eventually I'll become enough of a fangirl to check them out(I doubt it, but...)

The movie has been on my list since before I had a clue who KimuTaku was.

[scottishlass]

But hey, maybe eventually I'll become enough of a fangirl to check them out(I doubt it, but...)

You might become fangirl, esp. when you watch the dramas in succession. When he was in his early twenties, he was beautiful and an okay actor, but he gets better with each drama and the whole Kmutaku thing stems not so much from his idol/JE/boy band status but from the fact that this guy has talent in spades. And you are right, he is sexy when in photos, in animation he is charismatic. He reminds me very much of Shah Rukh Khan though is not much of a looker, but boy, this guy can tear you apart with one look. Kimura has the looks and the talent yet is unfortunately underrated as he is almost always reduced to his looks and the fac that he is a Johnny's.

[meganbmoore]

The talent over looks is why I like him(and most of the ones I like best) These JE boys are packaged and sold as boys, and as themselves, not as actors. Because of that, most of them will likely fade into obscurity almost as soon as their pretty looks and super popularity run out.Once they stop looking like almost girlishly pretty boys...

I think JE boy status may actually be the worst thing that could happen to a lot of these guys in the long run.

[dangermousie]

Nope, haven't seen this.

It's on my list though, once I get enough nerve to finish Beautiful Life.

I am not a huge jdrama fan, so I space them out a bit. Too many too quick makes me fed up.

Oh, an exception? PRIDE. No smoking (just lollipops) but oh, SO GOOD. My favorite jdrama, and the only jdrama in my top 5 dramas.

Long Vacation is supposed to be excellent but I didn't manage to get past ep 4 in a year. I was very annoyed by the female lead. But we seem to have dissimilar tastes in female leads and I am also very much in the minority for LV, so do check it out.

[meganbmoore]

No smoking in Pride is an excellent thing. It will be nice to watch a drama of his without having to wrinkle my nose in distaste(seriously, it kept me from being able to appreciate things like cooking for your sick OTP)

Is LV the older woman/younger man one? I'm actually not big on those...they seem to a be wish fulfillment thing, but I can't fathom really wanting to be with a younger guy unless he was really, really mature. About the only ones I've liked are Sapuri(where the age difference is only a couple years and he matures enormously before any romance begins) and Gokusen(where he's the more adult of the two from the start and the acknowledged feelings are one sided...plus they don't actually make it to the romance stage in the show)

[ladysaotome]

This sounds really cute. Good Luck is another good drama of his although the romance is second place to the general plot of "becoming a great pilot". I got a kick out of the moment in every episode when the climax builds & the music plays & you just want to cheer or salute or something. Very fun.

(& the opening shot of the first episode is Kimura shirtlessly sunbathing - nothing to complain about there ;) )

[meganbmoore]

It is, indeed, very cute. Good Luck seems to be one everyone seems to think I'll like, and the building climax + music holds great appeal for me and...what's that you say? Gratuitous fanservice that I can mock to my heart's content? Oh let it be of Yohitsune levels(though...I find KimuTaku more attractive than Takki-who I think is good looking but am not remotely attracted to-so maybe I won't mock as much)

[ladysaotome]

:D gratuitous fanservice is one of the things we live for, ne? But make sure you watch Pride first - it really is the best jdrama ever.