Hokaben ホカベン– Release April 08

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Japan Drama Story:

Domoto Akari(Ueto Aya) 上戸彩 is a newbie lawyer that hopes to help those that are needed. She chooses to be a lawyer because she believes that the law will protect those that are week, to her lawyer is just like a police where justice stands. Her idealistic thought shattered as soon as she works on her first case. It seems that the world of lawyers is not as what she expected.

Feelings and comments:

First of all I really don’t like lawyers. Still, it is better to have lawyers as friends then enemies. This drama just shows the true nature of a lawyer. Winning the case is everything. The Law is just the rules of the game. The one that is able to understand and make full use of it will be the winner. Humans are the one that create the laws and yet people manipulate it for their advantages. In other words those are able to play the rules will most likely in the comfortable safe position.

If you’ve went through the first working year after graduated from college, then you might be able to understand Domoto Akari (Ueto Aya) 上戸彩’s feeling. It’s not just the job as a lawyer but it’s the same to every job. First day at work is always exciting and fill with high hopes. At the end of the day, you’ll finally wake up from the work that you used to dream of. The words “Welcome to the real world” struck like a lightning. Eventually the job or work that we choose is not as fun as we thought so.

Things that caught my eyes:

The dog is actually getting more attention than the mother.

Japan Drama Rating:

Nice to watch. A realistic drama about what lawyers really are.

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Hokaben (OST)

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Last Friendsラスト・フレンズ– Release April 08

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Japan Drama Story:

This drama is about the story of 5 people that trying to built a better life in this cruel reality world. Aida Michiru (Nagasawa Masami) 長澤まさみ, Kishimoto Ruka (Ueno Juri) 上野樹里, Mizushima Takeru (Nagayama Eita) 永山瑛太, Takigawa Eri (Mizukawa Asami) 水川あさみ and Ogura Tomohiko (Yamazaki Shigenori) 山崎樹範 found each other and stay together in a share house. Each of them has their personal problems which most youngsters are facing in this modern world. Violence, abuse, freedom, divorce, loves and happiness is among the things that they are struggling to deal with and understand. Even so they manage to find support and laughter when they are together. Helping each other and watching others get through life gives them strength to survive in this world.

Feelings and comments:

We always say that life is better and easier today when comparing to 50 years ago. The truth is life is never easy or better no matter where or when you’re born. People that are 50 to 80 years old different normally cannot understand the pain and difficulties each went through. The least we can do is respect their experience. Young generations nowadays mostly do not have difficulties in earning money to live on. Their problems mostly related to previous generation or pressure from the society. We normally are told by our grandparents that if you’re able to have a decent meal, a shelter and your loves then it is considered a happy life. Nowadays these 3 criteria are just the basic things that you need in order to have a happy life. That means there are other things required for being happy.

Aida Michiru (Nagasawa Masami) 長澤まさみ and Kishimoto Ruka (Ueno Juri) 上野樹里 are really great in this drama. Especially Kishimoto Ruka (Ueno Juri) 上野樹里 is really cool with her bike. The share house is special in this drama. Having able to have 5 friends that are able to get along to stay together is just great. We are able to experience this mostly during college time or the first few years of our working life. After a few years we meet our partners and move on to a new house.

Things that caught my eyes:

The character Kishimoto Ruka (Ueno Juri) 上野樹里 really is cool. She got most of my attention through out the whole series.

Japan Drama Rating:

Worth watching it. Feels like a Japanese version of US comedy friends. Just that this drama is more realistic with problems youngsters facing now.

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TV series, 2008 Japanese Drama: Last Friends w/ English Subtitle

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Furuhata Chuugakusei古畑中学生 – Release Jun 08

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Japan Drama Story:

Furuhata Ninzaburo (Tamura Masakazu) 田村正和 is a famous detective who soles a lot of crime investigation. This is a story during his high school time right before he started to get involved in solving cases as a detective. Furuhata Chuugakusei (Yamada Ryosuke) 山田涼介 transferred to a small town high school due to the occupation of his mother. He never knows who his father is. He loves to read stories about Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective of all time. During an incident where flowers were destroyed at school, he helps his friend from being accused by using his talented detective mind. From that day onwards, people around the school started to come to him for help. As he started his little high school private investigation activities, strange things happened.

Feelings and comments:

This special series is definitely for the fans of 山田涼介 Yamada Ryosuke. The detective story is not much of exciting or special. The story started out slow but started built up the puzzle and clues of a detective drama as it go on. Seriously it is much better to go for古畑任三郎 (Furuhata Ninzaburo) as the detective story is better then. Consider this as a desert from the actual detective drama.

Things that caught my eyes:

The hero in this drama is surprisingly not古畑任三郎 (Furuhata Ninzaburo).

Japan Drama Rating:

Fan of detective investigation and 山田涼介 Yamada Ryosuke should watch it. If not skip it.

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Original Soundtrack

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Dr. Koto Shinryojo 2006Dr.コトー診療所2006 – Release Oct 06

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Japan Drama Story:

Goto Kensuke (Yoshioka Hidetaka) 吉岡秀隆 also known as Dr. Koto is a doctor station at a small clinic on the small island of Yonaguni, Okinawa. Each day Dr. Koto will cycle around the island to visit the people around the island that used to be his patient or needed his medical attention. Dr. Koto is a talented surgeon with only 2 helpers in the clinic looks after all the people around the island. The clinic hired another nurse to help up as Hoshino Ayaka (Shibasaki Kou) 柴咲コウ taking medical treatment for breast cancer.

Feelings and comments:

The first series of this drama was a hit and received a lot of awards. Judging from the story line and the theme song by famous singer Nakajima Miyuki, the second series should be another success series. In deed the second series does not disappoint the audiences. It’s not just the brilliant performance of the cast but also the beautiful scenery presented. I sure love to cycle around that island for once.

Again for this series there will be surgical performance and you’ll see a lot of blood, knife and injuries. Better skip it if you can’t watch blood shoot out while opening up human body.

Things that caught my eyes:

It’s a beautiful island. Having to just watch Dr. Koto cycle around the island is just enjoyable.

Japan Drama Rating:

Nice to watch. It’s a story about Dr. Koto and the people that lives in the island.

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TV series

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