Japanese Winter Drama Season Review (2017)

Rakuen (2017)
Tokyo Tarareba Musume (2017)
Quartet (2017)
Seirei no Moribito II: Kanashiki Hakaishin (2017)

Sadly, I’m STILL watching Winter season dramas. Talk about biting off more than you can chew! I think I started a total of 20 dramas from this season and finished around 12 so far. Of the 12, I can safely say these four easily bubble to the top of my list. Let’s get started.

Movie Monday – Lucid Dream (2017)

Starring: Go Soo as Dae-Ho, Sol Kyung Gu as Detective Bang-Sub, Kang Hye Jung as So-Hyun, Park Yoo Chun as mysterious man, Park In Hwan as Sung-pil, Chun Ho Jin as Jo Myung-chul, Lee Shi Ah as Mi Yeo, and Jun Suk Ho as Choi Kyung Hwan

Rating: R, subject matter and some violence

Running Time: 101 min

Twinkies: 3 stars

Drama Marathon – Bewitched in Tokyo (2004)

Inane, silly, fun? Just think about all the goofy adjectives that comes to mind and it pretty much describes this drama. I would definitely classify this as an ‘easy watch’. No drama tropes, no love triangle, and truly a remake of one of my favorite shows from the distant past, Bewitched with the late Elizabeth Montgomery.

Movie Monday (Late Once More) – Baahubali: The Conclusion (2017)

Starring: Prabhas as Baahubali, Anushka Shetty as Devasena, Rana Daggubati as Bhallala Deva, Tamannaah as Avanthika, Ramya Krishnan as Sivagami, Sathyaraj as Kattappa, and Nassar as Bijjaladeva

Rating: R, subject matter and some violence

Running Time: 171 min

Twinkies: 4 1/2 stars

Movie Monday – Baahubali: The Beginning (2015)

Starring: Prabhas as Shivudu/Baahubali, Rana Daggubati as Bhallaladeva, Anushka Shetty as Devasena, Tamannaah Bhatia as Avanthika, Sathyaraj as Kattappa, Nassar as Bijjaladeva, Ramya Krishnan as Shivagami, and Kichcha Sudeep as Aslaam Khan

Rating: PG-13, subject matter and some violence

Running Time: 159 min

Twinkies: 4 3/4 stars

Year in Review – My Best Dramas for 2016

Best 2016 Dramas I Watched!

I always enjoy doing these end of the year posts. Why? My list never looks the same as everyone else. As I watch so many different genres and dramas from all the Asian countries, my list never looks the same. Another thing I notice is that I rarely like the popular ones. I think at my age, I get bored very easily with some of the drama tropes and romances. It’s a rarity that they even make it to my list! This year, for the first time ever, I watched more than double the number of Japanese dramas than Korean, I hardly watched any Thai lakorns and the Chinese dramas this year (that I’ve watched), didn’t bubble to the top!

Movie Monday – Thanksgiving Movies ~ Kid’s Edition

Starring: See Cast List

Rating: G to PG

Running Time: Varies

Twinkies: 4 stars and up!

Japanese Drama Spring Season 2016 – What I Watched! Or What I Had Time To Watch!

Japanese Spring 2016 Dramas

As I sit here watching a movie that is making me jump left and right, I will try to write my Spring 2016 thoughts for the Japanese Spring season for 2016. This is one of those rare seasons where I truly watched one drama from each of the genres that I like. The thing I like about Japanese dramas is that they are short and sweet! There is no dragging of plot lines and non-sensical stories that normally have me complaining profusely.

The Spring represented some of my favorites coming back to the scene: Jun, Shota, Charlotte, and even Haruka! Another thing that the Spring brought to me was the boys! All the lovely idols boys! Before this spring, I only knew EXILE but now I know J Soul Brothers, DOBERMAN INFINITY, and Kozmic Blue. Here we go!

Sunday Movie – Monster Hunt (2015)

Monster Hunt (2015)

Enjoy this rare and infrequent recommendation to a movie that is so totally different than what I usually talk about here. A movie that not only you will enjoy but truthfully, your entire family can watch together!