Kyoko Odagiri is known as a showy, charismatic and popular psychic, though in reality she has no special powers. Instead, the unusual heroine gathers information through her own effort, then plays up the role of the psychic, willing to create any kind of lie if it will help save someone. Shosuke Tanihara (38) will play the mysterious Ichiro Taniguchi, who becomes Kyoko’s accomplice. (tokyograph)
Author: astromantic
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“Daijoubu desu kaaaaaaa…”
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A dangerous lady, corrupt men and … puppies.
The fall season has officially begun! Yessss!
Meiko Nogami (Miho Kanno) was a popular pet beauty expert, but at the age of 19 she was imprisoned falsely for the murders of her brother-in-law and nephew. 12 years later she is finally released from prison.
Meiko Nogami now brings unhappiness to those around her as she searches for the truth behind the murders. She reveals false accusations, shakes the foundations of their minds and eventually brings them to commit suicide as Meiko seeks out revenge.
A former detective (Hiroshi Tamaki), who had a bright future before accidentally causing the death of a fellow detective, crosses paths with Meiko. He senses something dangerous about the woman but also feels an attraction to her…
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Mother
I cannot begin to put into words how amazing Mother is. The story, cinematography, and performances were all on a level I haven’t fully seen in dramas before, and my heartstrings snapped every episode. It isn’t a faced paced drama by any means, and it’s a slow burn drama of the highest degree, but it WORKED.
I thought I would lose the emotional connection I felt since I took a large break before watching the final episode (marathoned the first 10 episodes and waited for the last to get subbed), but that wasn’t the case. I was fine throughout most of the finale, but the last scene had me CRYING. And then deep down I knew this was the best drama I’d ever watched.
I have to give a special mention to Mana Ashida — she’s only six years old (five at the time of filming), but her acting was exceptional! She did win an award for her work, and for that I’m very glad. Hopefully she’ll do some great things in the future.
As if it wasn’t already obvious, I really do recommend this as a must watch. Even if you didn’t cry like I did, it’s a touching and hopefully drama that is ultimately about the relationship between mothers, sisters, daughters… and one that is INCREDIBLY well written. I’m sure you’ll feel something in there! If not, you’ve got a cold, cold heart (just kidding).
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Tsuki no Koibito (fin.)
I finished it.
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Scenery is everything.
The (primary) reason I want to visit Japan… is because of places like these:
Nobody To Watch Over Me (2009)
Dear Doctor (2009)
700 Days of Battle: Us versus the Police (2008)
Gorgeous, right? I obviously want to go there and stuff my face, cross another continent off my list, shop, and do touristy things too, but… it’s kind of impressive to think that in a place where cityscapes come to mind, there’s so much of that. Green. Hopefully I can visit a couple people there and experience something like this soon. However, I
- need a big kid job.
- need to learn (more) Japanese.
- NEED $$$$
Until then!!
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“Let’s be happy.”
You may or may not have noticed that my “watch list” has disappeared! I’ve moved it to —; pretty fancy, huh? I’m also, slowly but surely, chiseling away at the 50 movies challenge in this year… hopefully I can at least break 30 by the end of this summer. Anyhoo…
Linda/Tamayama Tetsuji was EXCELLENT in the fifth episode (and this isn’t me being a biased fan, ha ha ha).
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ALRIGHT!!
(Long time no see?) Finished BOSS early this morning… I don’t know what I’m going to watch now! I wanted to start Byakuyako, but something tells me I need to watch PRIDE very soon. Yeaaaaaahhh!
Major spoilers. This is more like an unnecessarily long recap of the last two episodes than anything…
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JIN (Episode 2-3)
I LOVE THIS PART (very end, episode three). Osawa Takao actually has really nice teeth haha. And can you believe this is his first drama in three years? He’s been doing movies, sure, but what a way to make a comeback. In a great drama such as this (so far, so far).
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JIN (Episode 1)
I don’t consider this a recap because it sucks and I didn’t discuss a lot of dialogue. I’m not sure where I went with this post, but the point of it all is: WATCH THIS DRAMA. It is probably the best drama to have come out of Japan all year. I dabbled in a couple dramas each season & none of them, except for Meintantei no Okite, were as enjoyable as this one turned out to be. Solid acting all around, good story from what I can tell so far …
It’s obvious that I got very lazy towards the end here … I’m definitely doing brief brief summaries from now on
