Zeni Geba

銭ゲバ ‧ Drama ‧ 2009
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Naosuke
24 people found this review helpful
Jun 23, 2012
9 of 9 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
I started it on midday and ended it at night.
People who want to have action and an amazing story which is not really connected to the world where we live will be disappointed.

However I loved how realistic it was. From beginning to end I was excited, shocked and realised that just little things can change a whole matter, your whole life, your character and surrounding.

This drama has a really good ending.
The acting was amazing.
The music fits really good.
... and I will rewatch it to unterstand it better.

Money can drive people crazy and these nine episodes are the proof.

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shadowdancer
10 people found this review helpful
Mar 19, 2012
9 of 9 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
That is an interesting drama.This drama is basically about obsession, revenge, may be also exaggerated desire. If you are looking for an action oriented revenge tearjerker drama, you shall GIVE UP on this one. The story is acceptable and speaking of this drama I guess that is a good thing. I really liked it that they did not force the story to become something epic. Nothing new, nothing too complicated, simply ok. Many of you may even find it boring. But I did not, beacuse I really liked the acting. All the caracters were convincing and the actors also fit their role. You do not even notice their act, for what I always give a 10. Matsuyama on the other hand, was...? I do not know may be creepy? May be because he is a natural sulky person, or his acting talent is gorgeous, either way he is the main component. There is nothing to say about the music, I barely remember it, and I also think that rewatch value is probably lower than I rated. But I strangely liked this drama. It really shows how people can turn into slaves of their emotions, desires and ignorance. I also think that the drama is pretty succesfull because even there is nothing spectecular other than Matsuyama,when I think about the drama I have a depressive, suffocating, wrathful feeling. Well it may not work the same for you. I do NOT sorely recommend you this one. Give it a try and see your self.

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Timbone
4 people found this review helpful
Oct 14, 2017
9 of 9 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
Underrated and poignantly realistic
Sadly touching.
I prefer dramas like this.
Mimura drew me into the show but Kinami Haruka touched my heart.
This leaves an impression on you, a lasting one.
What is trust what is love?
Revenge? Is Revenge worth it?
Is it better to lose your shot at revenge: forgive and forget  and try to get gain happiness instead?
A story about priorities. And how we most of the time choose the wrong ones
Realizing too late that we made the wrong choices.
Hindsight is 20/20 after all...

I do not want to rewatch this but I probably should when in a midlife crisis and need to re-access my priorities  haha

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S Q
3 people found this review helpful
Jul 8, 2022
9 of 9 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0

excellent tragedy

too good for words... writing and acting are genius. modern tragedy that resembles no other drama. the ML is self-destructive in a painful way while going up the social ladder. no salvation. it's a sad story abt a young man unable to escape a traumatic childhood and enjoying his living hell. even when committing the most horrendous sins, he is still so humane, bearing pain and trying to do the right thing.
one objection though... the ML is too handsome for this to pass as realistic, and so are the other characters. not your average neighbour in any way.
the ML is breathtaking, and so is the child actor playing young ML. the honest poor family is too. every single character is worth the praise in this cathartic drama.
excellent to the last detail.

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claudya87
4 people found this review helpful
May 9, 2011
9 of 9 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
This series had such an psychological impact on me, it left me speechless at how much circumstances can change the life of people. I was never a fan of material things but after watching it I understood something important : people are capable of many things! The reality is much worse, ambition rules the world and if you enter the circle there is no way out.
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OnlyThelonely
2 people found this review helpful
Dec 5, 2023
9 of 9 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 8.5

Watch this drama without hesitation

First, my greetings to the Japanese drama, which is characterized by its short duration and the gravity of its events, after the most of Japanese drama I become
full of feelings to the point that I do not know to express what I feel, and this is what happened in this beautiful drama Crazy Money. Secondly, my greetings to the heroes of the drama, especially the hero, he gave me the feeling that he is not real from the abundance of creativity in performance. Third, the story, which showed the importance of money and that sometimes it becomes a curse that curses those who need it.In this drama, the hero almost lacks any feeling except the desire to take revenge and get money, and if in return for this he will kill or destroy, he destroyed his world and the points of light in it, starting with his girlfriend in childhood and then his wife, who loved him unconditionally until he destroyed the family that gave him some hope, but at the end he tried to save them. Unfortunately, he failed to save himself, and I am deeply saddened by the last episode, as it showed the contradiction between what happened and what would have happened if circumstances had been different. In the end I offer my greetings for this work and that I am hard to skip it.

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SOSLuluzeira
0 people found this review helpful
May 22, 2025
9 of 9 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 2.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

Marcante

Preciso de um minuto para me recuperar, porque esse último episódio me fez chorar a cota do ano inteiro.

Zeni Geba foi um verdadeiro misto de sentimentos, um drama que oscilou constantemente entre o muito bom e o mediano, quase ruim, ao longo de todos os episódios, com exceção do último que foi, sem exagero, uma obra-prima.

A história é forte e extremamente interessante: um homem que, desde a infância, aprendeu da forma mais cruel possível como pode ser desesperador viver sem dinheiro. Criado sozinho, moldado pela dureza das ruas, ele desenvolve uma obsessão doentia por dinheiro, algo que o leva a enganar e até matar pessoas, acreditando piamente que todos, no fundo, são tão obcecados quanto ele.

Todas as cenas do passado são impecáveis, com um elenco fenomenal e uma carga dramática que me pegou de jeito. O ator mirim que interpreta o protagonista merece todos os elogios: não só segurou o papel como BRILHOU, com uma entrega rara de se ver.

Já as cenas no presente mergulham em uma escuridão sufocante.

Acompanhamos um homem que vai se destruindo e destruindo todos ao seu redor, convencido de que dinheiro é sinônimo de felicidade, que todos têm um preço e que a sobrevivência está acima de qualquer moral. E mesmo sendo praticamente impossível torcer por ele, afinal, ele já não possui empatia ou qualquer traço de humanidade, eu ainda assim torci. E chorei. Muito.

O drama levanta reflexões poderosas sobre desigualdade de classe e sobre como o capitalismo é uma máquina cruel, que esmaga e esfola as pessoas até não restar mais nada. Mas, ao mesmo tempo, senti que vários diálogos e reflexões foram conduzidos com certo amadorismo, como se faltasse sutileza ou profundidade em alguns momentos.

O ator protagonista também oscilou: entregou cenas arrebatadoras, com uma atuação visceral e impressionante, mas, em outras, acabou beirando o caricato. De toda forma, vai ser difícil esquecer dele gritando. Aqueles gritos de dor e desespero ficaram marcados.

Zeni Geba é um drama profundamente triste. Não há felicidade em momento algum, só uma espiral descendente que culmina num final devastador, quando o protagonista chega ao fundo do próprio desespero e solidão. E então, ele imagina: como teria sido sua vida se o dinheiro não tivesse determinado o seu destino? Se o pai não fosse alcoólatra e violento? Se a mãe não tivesse morrido de uma doença que poderia ser tratada com dinheiro? Se ele tivesse tido uma infância normal, sem precisar entregar jornais para conseguir uma refeição?

Essa sequência me destruiu. Depois de acompanhar toda a trajetória dele, entender suas motivações e, paradoxalmente, se afeiçoar a ele, vê-lo imaginando uma vida feliz que jamais pôde ter doeu demais.

Eu gostei muito desse drama e acho que ele é bom, mas também acredito que poderia ter sido muito melhor se não ficasse preso a essa oscilação de cenas mal conduzidas.

Quem sabe um dia não ganhe um remake nas mãos de um roteirista e diretor mais experientes, seria incrível.

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