[Jdrama] One Pound Gospel

Starring:
Kamenashi Kazuya as Hatanaka Kosaku
Kuroki Meisa as Sister Angela
Kobayashi Satomi as Mukoda Seiko
Okada Yoshinori as Ueda
Yamada Ryosuke as Mukoda Katsumi
Minamisawa Nao as Noriko
Takahashi Issei as Ishizaka
Mitsuishi Ken as Mitaka Hideo
Motai Masako as Osamu Incho
Ishiguro Hideo as Horiguchi
Namioka Kazuki as Kojima
Eguchi Noriko as Sister Milee

One Pound Gospel is a Japanese drama that aired in the winter of 2008. It’s based on the manga of the same name by famed manga-ka, (of Inuyasha) Takahashi Rumiko. It garnered pretty average ratings of 10.6%.

Winter 2008 Drama Preview

New season, new dramas, and a renewed spirit! This’ll be my first drama preview post as just my first impressions on the dramas I’m planning on watching and reviewing.

First Impressions

Shikaotoko Aoiniyoshi

A very unlucky man is forced to move his post at a university lab to a girl’s high school in Nara, where the deer roam around freely. Ogawa Takanobu moves into an apartment/inn of some sorts with a bunch of his co-workers. Life in Nara is quite different from Tokyo and Ogawa has probalem adjusting, including a student who seems to hate him. And not to mention that there seems to be someone tailing him and writing telltale notes on his classroom blackboard. So far, I’ve found Shikaotoko Aoiniyoshi to be quite interesting. Even though, it takes place in Nara that’s depicted as mostly slow-paced and not very exciting, the drama is full of life. I also love that the humor is very dry; there doesn’t seem to be any slapstick to be seen. I also have to mention that Tamaki Hiroshi and Ayase Haruka have pretty unflattering hair compared to their previous hairstyles. Maybe it’s supposed to be reflect on their location.

[Jmovie] Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru

Starring
Miyazaki Aoi as Satonaka Shizuru
Tamaki Hiroshi as Segawa Makoto
Kuroki Meisa as Toyama Miyuki
Aoki Munetaka as Shirohama Ryo
Koide Keisuke as Sekiguchi Kyohei
Oonishi Asae as Yaguchi Yuka
Uehara Misa as Inoue Saki

I watched Miyazaki Aoi in NANA; she was great and I was interested in her other works. And I do love Ai Otsuka’s ballads (the movie’s theme is Renai Shashin), so when I found subs for Tada, Kimi wo Ashiteru, I had to watch it.