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Good Luck] TBS Actors: Kimura Takuya, Tsutsumi Shinichi, Shibasaki Kou, Uchiyama Rina, Kuroki Hitomi, Kaname Jun etc
Kimu-taku fans should know this 2003 drama with an excellent plot. Besides having a nice OST, everything is just right for a good J dorama. KT acted as a 2nd pilot Shinkai Hajime who would have a romance with SK's Ogawa Ayumi. Also, he would have a gd dui shou xi with TS's Kouda Kazuki. Honestly, i like TS alot too..another excellent but very COOL actor. Hahaha! Plot mostly revolves at the airport, cant say much as the drama is short. Basically Shinkai would face ups & downs in his career lah. A must watch for all J dorama fans!
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Pride] FujiTV Actors: Kimura Takuya, Takeuchi Yuko, Sakaguchi Kenji, Nakagoshi Noriko, Sato Koichi etc
Actually i felt disappointed with KT's 2004 drama. The plot just went downhill, quite boring in the middle. This drama is about ice-hockey lah. KT's Haru is the soul person in the group and he would have romance with TY's Aki. Actually Haru this fella doesnt believe in love, and Aki was waiting for her bf to return. So they played a love game while she continues to wait lah. SK's character was average though, but i think he did well overall. The theme song is an old song from Queen..."born to love you". Overall, the drama is just above average, but KT fans shld not miss it lah.
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Hotman] TBS Actors: Sorimachi Takashi, Yamauchi Nana, Yada Akiko, Konishi Manami, Ichikawa Yui, Saito Shota & Keita etc
The 1st series had a higher rating, but personally i preferred the 2nd series more. A warm family drama; ST's Furiya Enzo had a daughter Nanami (YN) who had skin disease. Thus, he made everyone in the family to eat those healthy food prepared by him. But until now i dont know Nanami's mum is who leh. (think Nanami is not his own child lah) Enzo worked in Nanami's pri sch as an art teacher and YA's Misuzu Kaneko had a crush on him. The rest of the cast acted as Enzo's siblings with different fathers. Amazing right? Hahaha! Actually i dont like the scenes when the siblings quarrelled lah...it seems like Enzo always started it and took the blame in the end. Haiz~ Nanami is a very cute girl...love her so much in the dorama!
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Hotman II] TBS Actors: Sorimachi Takashi, Yamauchi Nana, Ito Misaki, Shiraishi Miho, Ichikawa Yui, Saito Shota & Keita etc
I watched this series first before catching the 1st part. It started off by saying Enzo and Nanami went to stay beside the sea. Enzo is still a teacher while Nanami has a small bf whom she always played with..haha! The other siblings all lead their own lives in the city lah. IM's Shima came to visit them, but actually her organic shop was closed down lah. Thus, the family lost their mum's house as it was mortaged to the bank i think. So, Enzo returned to the city with Nanami and started to save money to get their house back. One by one the siblings would come back and stay with Enzo lah...but again they would quarrell lah. Really hate those scenes man! As for Nanami, she had some trouble in school with the gal sitting beside her. Actually she backstabbed Nanami by saying she is country pumpkin etc and destroyed her textbook. But Nanami is a really good child and forgave her lah..so in the end they were 2 good buddies lah. So, what's the ending leh? Check it out yourself lah...
The Hotman series had themesongs sang by Exile..all very nice to hear k! Dont be too surprised to hear Nanami calling her dad by his name "Enzo~"..haha! Actually she did tried to call him daddy but Enzo found it weird himself. Hah! Also, love the family names hang outside their house gate. Initially only Enzo & Nanami's name, while the other siblings' names were covered. So one by one their names would be uncovered until the whole family is together again. So heartwarming sia~~recommend it to u guys!