Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku 夏の恋は虹色に輝く– Release July 10

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Japan Drama Story:
Kusunoki Taiga (Matsumoto Jun) 松本潤 is the second child of a famous actor in Japan. His dream since a child is to become a famous actor just like his father. Right after graduated from college, he begins his acting career with the help of his father. Although he managed to appear in variety shows but he never did landed in any leading role neither in drama nor movie. While spending most of his free time skydiving, he met a girl name Kitamura Shiori (Takeuchi Yuko) 竹内結子, a beautiful cheerful girl who captures his heart instantly.
Feelings and comments:
This is another romantic drama with lots of comedy within. Honestly this is the type of drama I like best. It’s really heart comforting with jokes all around. The story is very simple but the way that it kept the profile and details of each character until the very last minute triggers everybody’s curiosity. I just get a feeling that says “If you want to know more about this character, then stay tune.” But the biggest catch in this drama is Kitamura Shiori (Takeuchi Yuko) 竹内結子. There isn’t much information reveal in the first episode but her action, personality and the child did create enough curiosity to capture viewers’ interest. Once you continue to watch the drama, the interaction between Kusunoki Taiga (Matsumoto Jun) 松本潤 and Kitamura Shiori (Takeuchi Yuko) 竹内結子 will become the main entertainment.

Things that caught my eyes:
The famous quote which Kusunoki Taiga (Matsumoto Jun) 松本潤’ s father speaks a lot kept my mind busy for some time. The quote is about life and I like the last couple of words “Happy, Happy”.

Japan Drama Rating:
Worth watching. A simple love story about a young man struggling to build his acting career meets a cheerful girl who is a loyal fan of his father. The story is simple but it’s the chemistry between the couple forms the best scene in this drama.

Purchase:
2010 Japanese Drama : Natsu No Koi Wa Nijiiro Ni Kagayaku w/ English Subtitle, NATSU NO KOI WA NIJIIRO NI KAGAYAKU OST,Original Soundtrack

Drama Theme Song: Love Rainbow by Arashi

Drama Insert Song: Please Stay With Me by YUI

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Gold – Release July 10

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Japan Drama Story:
Saotome Yuri (Amami Yuki) 天海祐希 is a successful career woman who owns businesses involves sports and beautician. She is also a well known icon who often appears on mass media influencing the life style of many people. Saotome Yuri (Amami Yuki) 天海祐希 has four children and three of them have the athletic ability to win gold medal in Olympic. The father of the children is a wrestling gold medalist winner but has been staying separated from the family. The children have inherited the ability of a gold medalist champion and Saotome Yuri (Amami Yuki) 天海祐希 has intended to raise them as champions. It has been the intention or mission of Saotome Yuri (Amami Yuki) 天海祐希 to fulfill the dream of her brother to reach for gold but who died in an accident. She has trained and prepared her children well as potential gold medalist winner but she has not been successful in playing the role of a mother.

Feelings and comments:
The first impression given from the first episode is enough to convince me to finish the whole series. There are at least 3 of my favorite actors in the drama and each of them has strong personality, characteristic and important role in the drama. The story is not so special or unique but it does create a stage or platform for the actors to perform and shows their strong characteristic.
    This drama really motivates people with lots of information on career building, entrepreneurship, achieving the best and fighting to reach our goals. You’ll get lots of guide from Saotome Yuri (Amami Yuki) 天海祐希 on what it takes to become a successful career woman and the so call mother. Although lots of her methods on managing her family and the role of a mother is a bit extreme and practical but still she faces lots of problems which normal family has. There is an opposite mother figure in the drama which you can compare and see the differences.
    In this drama we can see a strong side of a career woman and a soft side of family mother. That means the main focus of this drama will be on Saotome Yuri (Amami Yuki) 天海祐希.
Things that caught my eyes:
I suppose the interaction between Secretary Nikura Rika (Nagasawa Masami) 長澤まさみ and Saotome Yuri (Amami Yuki) 天海祐希 is the most interesting and attractive part within this drama. Especially when the Secretary successfully gets to her boss, that’s a relieve feeling.

Japan Drama Rating:
Worth watching. The strong talented casts are enough to keep me watching this drama till the end. Although the story of the drama is simple but the interaction between the characters stand out unique.

Purchase:
2010 Japanese Drama : Gold w/ English Subtitle, Original Soundtrack

Drama Theme Song: Wildflower by SUPERFLY

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ROMES空港防御システム – Release Oct 09

 

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Japan Drama Story:
Narushima Yuya (Okura Tadayoshi) 大倉忠義 is the creator of ROMES or top security system for Tokyo Bay International Airport. One day he was summon back to stand by and monitor his creation due to a criminal threat. An international thief organization call Silverfox send out a letter of challenge to the airport for a forecast of stealing the “Goddess of Temptation”. The golden statue “Goddess of Temptation” is a special exhibition organize to celebrate the first anniversary of the launched of new international airport. As soon as Narushima Yuya (Okura Tadayoshi) 大倉忠義 arrive at the airport, the atmosphere around the airport begans to tense up with incidents and excitement.

Feelings and comments:
Basically this drama is about the high tech security system with a group of criminal organization trying to challenge and take down the security.  That means we have a group of people trying to defend and protect using the security system and we have another group trying to attack and bring down the system. Through this drama we also learn and understand how security system should work and implement. There is a comparison between security carry out by sophisticated high tech facilities and security carry out by human sense of alert and intelligent. At the end, it’s the combination of both works best.
Other than the main character Narushima Yuya (Okura Tadayoshi) 大倉忠義, the main focus in this drama will be ROMES and the criminal cases happens in the airport. Although the drama has a talented sidekick female security Aasaka Aoi (Kuninaka Ryoko) 国仲涼子, it still doesn’t bring much excitement.

Things that caught my eyes:
It’s all about the cats and dogs between high tech security system and the alert driven by human security. There is also some interesting occupation and security hired personal within this drama. Sometimes I just question the responsibility of the hired position whether it is necessary or not.

Japan Drama Rating:
Interesting to watch. Although this drama is fictional, it gives us an idea of how airport security should work.

Purchase:
2009 Japanese Drama : Romes w/ Eng Sub

Drama Theme Song: Mata Asa ga Kuru by TOKIO

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Tokujo Kabachi!! 特上カバチ!! – Release Jan 10

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Japan Drama Story:
Tamura Katsuhiro (Sakurai Sho) 櫻井翔 works as a legal assistance whose job is to prepare legal documents. As he is still an intern with a warm helpful heart, people around always come to him for legal advices. Although he is not be a lawyer but his preparation for the legal assistance entrance examination is sufficient enough for him to handle simple legal issues. While he was handling a legal case for his neighbor, he met Sumiyoshi Misuzu (Horikita Maki) 堀北真希 who will do anything to win the case for her client. She too works as a legal assistance, but already a licensed and expert in the field. Both of them always have different opinion and point of views but eventually they make a good team.

Feelings and comments:
When it comes of legal issues, those who don’t have any knowledge about the laws and rules always ends up as victims. You don’t need to know the legal system, but you definitely need to know who to look for if you need help. This drama presented a lot of good legal examples which related to our daily life. Some of the cases are divorce, personal debt, property, inheritance and many more. Most important of all, you get to know your basic rights as a consumer, citizen and human being.
    I suppose all the cartoon sketch makes it fun and interesting to watch even though the drama is about legal rights and legal issues. But still the drama shows that it’s difficult to make everybody happy because the legal system cannot solve everything. This drama shows it all by bring in two characters who deals with problems in two different ways. Depending on the solution, the quality of life for a person can be affected.

Things that caught my eyes:
The quiz method of explaining the legal issue makes it fun, simple and easy to understand. There are lots of legal issues discussed in this drama which related to our daily life. Most of the legal cases involve money.

Japan Drama Rating:
Nice to watch. There are lots of legal issues in this drama which we can learn. At some point it can be boring but the drama uses a different approach to make it entertaining. It is still an enjoyable drama as the couple is very good in acting.

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Tokujo Kabachi!!, Original Soundtrack

Drama Theme Song: Troublemaker by Arashi

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