[J-Drama] Uso Koi ~Love from a Lie~
Douse usotsuku nara, tobikiri shiawase ni naru uso ga ii...
If I have to lie anyway, I better make a lie that can bring me great happiness...
Faye Lin, a Chinese woman, is trying to pursue her dream to be a designer in Japan. She needs a status so she can stay in Japan...
Suzukake Akira, a Japanese man who just done a wedding ceremony with the woman he loves, found out he is already married to a Chinese woman when he was just going to register his marriage to the ward office. He has been trapped to a forged marriage registry.
Uso Koi (Love from a Lie) is FujiTV comedy romance drama aired in Summer 2001 for a total 12 episodes, starring Nakai Kiichi, Faye Wong, Nakama Yukie, Namase Katsuhisa and Nakamura Shunsuke.
Akira (Nakai Kiichi) hired a private detective to find this Chinese woman identity, and once he found her, he tried to ask her to sign the divorce paper. But of course it's not that easy. In his repeating efforts to get Faye to sign the divorce paper, he started to get to know her better, her talent and dream in design and that's when he started to care about her, somehow... In order to get her to sign the divorce paper willingly, Akira tried to help her to get a job so that she'll get a working visa here. And so, the romance started...
A love story initiated from a forged marriage... it is actually a good story!^^ But can you imagine? It's a love square between Nakai Kiichi (39 yrs old), Faye Wong (30 years old), Nakama Yukie (21 years old) and Namase Katsuhisa (40 yrs old), LOL! Nakama is kind of out of place here XD
But Nakai-Nakama pair... are? Haha... well... yes, Nakai KIICHI-Nakama pair actually looks okay! The age difference didn't really stand out, imo. Perhaps because Nakama looks more mature than her age at this time.
Nakama plays the role of Emi, and she is really, very lovable character. I think Emi is almost Nakama herself ^_^ Sweet, adorable, nice, kind, friendly, good sense of humor ^_^ I really love Nakama here!! Too bad she doesn't has much chemistry with Nakai Kiichi XD Actually Nakai Kiichi and Faye Wong doesn't has much chemistry as well^^;;;
But somehow I was rooting for Nakai-Faye to end up together. Probably, bcoz I'm rooting for Nakama-Namase pair in this drama!! haha~ Because I just love how Namase is falling in love with Nakama!!! He's just so funny here! Quite a touching scene is when Namase realized there's no way he can steal Nakama away from Kiichi, as Kiichi is his bestfriend, he said to Nakama, "When I get to be reborn again in the next life... I want to propose you,". Aww...
I love Kiichi-Namase's scenes together, these 2 guys just so funny together^^ Although the man-woman pairs doesn't have much chemistry, but I really enjoy the comedic characters, comedic lines and comedic moments in this drama ^_^ I also enjoyed the background music tunes very, very much! So romantic!
Themesong is "Separate Ways" by Faye Wong. I love Faye Wong as a singer, I like her singing voice. I love a few of her songs like "Eyes on Me" and "Xiao Ao Jiang Hu" themesong, and I like this drama's themesong very much as well!! Goes very well with the opening credits sequence! Everyone look so handsome and beautiful in the opening, including Namase!!O_O Unbelievable! haha~
Really too bad, that Faye Wong cannot act. She's just mediocre, at best.
The pacing of the story is sometimes draggy though, I have to fast-forward a few scenes in the middle.... but actually I didn't ffwd as much as I thought I would^^ I actually enjoyed the probably-unnecessary scenes ^_^ Nakai Kiichi and Namase Katsuhisa are not kakkoii, young guys, but their acting performances really intrigued me, and their characters are strongly built. On the contrary, I'm not too interested in Nakamura Shunsuke's character, the young kakkoii guy in this drama XD
Oh I have actually watched this on TV before some 8-9 years ago... and what I remembered the most is how Faye always say "DARLING!" to Kiichi and Kiichi would answer, "Darling jyanai(I'm not your darling)!!"
Many criticizes this drama as a very, very bad drama. Actually the rating that time was pretty bad too(7-11%, very VERY bad for that period of time... imagine HERO reached over than 30% in the same year), despite the initial uproar before it begins that Faye Wong will be starring the drama.
But I dunno, I actually kinda enjoy this drama ^_^ Perhaps because Nakai Kiichi, Nakama Yukie and Namase Katsuhisa gave such enjoyable acting performances.
I would recommend this perhaps just for Nakama Yukie fans ^_^
You can watch the drama in TUDOU: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/9HY4HVUMaNg/
If I have to lie anyway, I better make a lie that can bring me great happiness...
Faye Lin, a Chinese woman, is trying to pursue her dream to be a designer in Japan. She needs a status so she can stay in Japan...
Suzukake Akira, a Japanese man who just done a wedding ceremony with the woman he loves, found out he is already married to a Chinese woman when he was just going to register his marriage to the ward office. He has been trapped to a forged marriage registry.
Uso Koi (Love from a Lie) is FujiTV comedy romance drama aired in Summer 2001 for a total 12 episodes, starring Nakai Kiichi, Faye Wong, Nakama Yukie, Namase Katsuhisa and Nakamura Shunsuke.
Akira (Nakai Kiichi) hired a private detective to find this Chinese woman identity, and once he found her, he tried to ask her to sign the divorce paper. But of course it's not that easy. In his repeating efforts to get Faye to sign the divorce paper, he started to get to know her better, her talent and dream in design and that's when he started to care about her, somehow... In order to get her to sign the divorce paper willingly, Akira tried to help her to get a job so that she'll get a working visa here. And so, the romance started...
A love story initiated from a forged marriage... it is actually a good story!^^ But can you imagine? It's a love square between Nakai Kiichi (39 yrs old), Faye Wong (30 years old), Nakama Yukie (21 years old) and Namase Katsuhisa (40 yrs old), LOL! Nakama is kind of out of place here XD
But Nakai-Nakama pair... are? Haha... well... yes, Nakai KIICHI-Nakama pair actually looks okay! The age difference didn't really stand out, imo. Perhaps because Nakama looks more mature than her age at this time.
Nakama plays the role of Emi, and she is really, very lovable character. I think Emi is almost Nakama herself ^_^ Sweet, adorable, nice, kind, friendly, good sense of humor ^_^ I really love Nakama here!! Too bad she doesn't has much chemistry with Nakai Kiichi XD Actually Nakai Kiichi and Faye Wong doesn't has much chemistry as well^^;;;
But somehow I was rooting for Nakai-Faye to end up together. Probably, bcoz I'm rooting for Nakama-Namase pair in this drama!! haha~ Because I just love how Namase is falling in love with Nakama!!! He's just so funny here! Quite a touching scene is when Namase realized there's no way he can steal Nakama away from Kiichi, as Kiichi is his bestfriend, he said to Nakama, "When I get to be reborn again in the next life... I want to propose you,". Aww...
I love Kiichi-Namase's scenes together, these 2 guys just so funny together^^ Although the man-woman pairs doesn't have much chemistry, but I really enjoy the comedic characters, comedic lines and comedic moments in this drama ^_^ I also enjoyed the background music tunes very, very much! So romantic!
Themesong is "Separate Ways" by Faye Wong. I love Faye Wong as a singer, I like her singing voice. I love a few of her songs like "Eyes on Me" and "Xiao Ao Jiang Hu" themesong, and I like this drama's themesong very much as well!! Goes very well with the opening credits sequence! Everyone look so handsome and beautiful in the opening, including Namase!!O_O Unbelievable! haha~
Really too bad, that Faye Wong cannot act. She's just mediocre, at best.
The pacing of the story is sometimes draggy though, I have to fast-forward a few scenes in the middle.... but actually I didn't ffwd as much as I thought I would^^ I actually enjoyed the probably-unnecessary scenes ^_^ Nakai Kiichi and Namase Katsuhisa are not kakkoii, young guys, but their acting performances really intrigued me, and their characters are strongly built. On the contrary, I'm not too interested in Nakamura Shunsuke's character, the young kakkoii guy in this drama XD
Oh I have actually watched this on TV before some 8-9 years ago... and what I remembered the most is how Faye always say "DARLING!" to Kiichi and Kiichi would answer, "Darling jyanai(I'm not your darling)!!"
Many criticizes this drama as a very, very bad drama. Actually the rating that time was pretty bad too(7-11%, very VERY bad for that period of time... imagine HERO reached over than 30% in the same year), despite the initial uproar before it begins that Faye Wong will be starring the drama.
But I dunno, I actually kinda enjoy this drama ^_^ Perhaps because Nakai Kiichi, Nakama Yukie and Namase Katsuhisa gave such enjoyable acting performances.
I would recommend this perhaps just for Nakama Yukie fans ^_^
You can watch the drama in TUDOU: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/9HY4HVUMaNg/