aoimidori wrote a very nice review of one of my all-time favorite Japanese dramas, Good Luck! starring Kimura Takuya,
here.
bzoppa requested soundtrack reccs, so here are some of my favorites, completely off the top of my head and not comprehensive. I'm sure I've forgotten many that I love. As always, the usual disclaimers apply: my taste is my own, yadda yadda, I don't expect anyone else to agree with my taste, etc. But I really love these! :)
In alphabetical order:
2046 (Wong Kar Wai film)
Battlestar Galactica (new),
miniseries and
Season 1 soundtracks
Bend it Like BeckhamBlack Hawk DownDil Se
Garden StateGrosse Pointe BlankHouse of Flying DaggersKissing Jessica SteinLayer CakeMirrormaskMonsoon WeddingMoulin RougeStrictly BallroomThe Age of InnocenceThe English PatientThe Last of the MohicansThe MatrixThe Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Sound of MusicThe Tango LessonThe Triplets of BellevilleVeronica Mars (s1)Water (Mira Nair film)