Phew, I just posted a massive meta on Byakkotai at dorama_chat ( here). I had been thinking of writing a proper meta ever since I saw the two part special, but was always too tired after work or had something else to do during the weekends, so I'm glad I finally got around to writing it ( Read more... )

As I suspected, by the end of this episode I was doing quite a creditable impression of a waterfall.


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In the beginning of the film, Shintaro (Yamashita Tomohisa) is shown as a rebellious youth who doesn't really care about the past or traditional values. He hangs around with his scantily clad girlfriend and tyrannizes his parents and everybody else. But in the course of this drama, he is taught to respect his ancestors and to value his family's ( Read more... )

I recently bought a second-hand copy of Musa the Warrior. It's a 3 DVD set which has both a short version (134 min) and a long version (158 min) of the film. Does anyone (meganbmoore? Anyone?) have any recommendations which version is preferable ( Read more... )

I NEED BYAKKOTAI NOW!

I just saw some Byakkotai caps in darkeyedwolf's journal (linked by kitsune714 . And OMG! EEEE! *flail* EEEE! *more flail* OMG ( Read more... )

I have just spent a few hours at Soompi reading the 31 pages in the Queen of the Game thread and know spoilers up until episode 13. OMG! I MUST SEE MORE!

( MASSIVE SPOILERS! You have been warned! )