More Serious and/or Mature Dramas

Apr 25, 2012 03:02 pm

MonikaB wrote: Long Love Letter was amazing!

Long Love Letter was, with no doubt, the weirdest drama I've ever watched. Just how did they come up with the plot I don't know. But it's insane.But I actually liked it :)

Sleepninja MOD

Apr 25, 2012 03:24 pm

Here's a list of the ones mentioned so far.

Japanese

14 sai no haha
Aishiteru
Ai no Uta
Battle Royale
Beautiful Life
Code Blue
Confessions
Crying out love in, the center of the earth
Deep Love
Freeter Ie o Kau
Fuyu no Sakura
Go
Good Life~Arigatou Papa Sayonara
Himitsu no Hanazono
Ikigami-The Ultimate Limit
Innocent Love
Jin
Kaseifu no Mita
Kiken na Ankei
Kingyo Club
Koizora
Last Christmas
Last Friends
LIFE
Long Love Letter
Love Shuffle
Majo no Jouken
Mother
Nagareboshi
Nankyoku Tairiku
Ninkyo Helper
Nobody Knows
One Million Stars Falling from the Sky
Orange Days
Pride
Shiroi Haru
S- otoko demo onna demo nai sei
Soredemo, Ikite Yuku
Orthros no Inu
Sunao Ni Narenakute
Tokyo Wankei
Watashi ga renai dekinai ryuu
Zeni Geba
Zenkai Girl

Korean

Freeze
Time Between Dog and Wolf
The Crucible
White Christmas

Taiwanese

Gloomy Salad Days
MARS

Thai

Jam Loey Rak (Defendant of Love)
Kaew Tah Pee (Apple of my Eye)
Namtan Mai (Burnt Sugar)

SayItAintSoJoe Author

Apr 25, 2012 04:14 pm

^Nice! Thanks! Yeah, the next serious drama I'm going to watch will probably be Mars.

SayItAintSoJoe Author

May 24, 2012 01:54 am

Ok Strawberry on the Shortcake is going on the list, and it should be on top. So freaking gooood!!!!!!!

Jeaniessi

May 24, 2012 01:16 pm

Long Love Letter is pretty darn good too!

soracantabile

May 24, 2012 01:24 pm

long love letter is good..but i don't like the ending.. :( i like IS, LIFE, nagareboshi, and love shuffle the most.. :D daisuki! also great, i think..it's about a mentally disabled woman, having a child... it's a family drama..

Szasha

May 24, 2012 01:38 pm

I think these also fit into the category of more serious dramas: Ending Planner Cat Street MARS (White Christmas)

autumnsoliloquy

May 24, 2012 02:46 pm

I can't recommend Soredemo Ikite Yuku enough. It's been mentioned, but just in case anyone reading this is still not convinced by its awesomeness despite repetitive recommendations. I'd also recommend "I came in search of a flower" a 2007 Korean drama which was quite quirky at the beginning and slowly got more serious and mature towards the end.

autumnsoliloquy

May 24, 2012 02:49 pm

Is there an edit function here? I forgot to mention my favourite Korean drama "Capital Scandal" which is a historical drama set in 1930s while Korea was still under Japanese colonial rule. Again it seems very quirky and hilarious at first glance, with pretty costumes and some lame jokes, but the main plot deals with serious stuff (death, nationalism, etc.) with suspense, lots of tearjerkers and some romance.

bokami

May 24, 2012 02:55 pm

Ice World The Queen's Classroom

ladyfaile

May 25, 2012 12:56 am

a couple of people mentioned Nobody Knows.. omg I bawled during this movie

ali101234

May 25, 2012 01:22 am

Hmm haven't seen to many but I think these qualify -Alone in Love -Thank You -I am Legend Edit: I just noticed this was for jdramas :p lol then I really haven't seen many of those -Liar Game (was more on the mature side) -Love shuffle(only have seen a few eps but it qualifys)

Kawaikochan

May 25, 2012 01:42 am

I just realized that three of my top five dramas fall into this category and all of my favorite movies. Idk what this says about me, hehe. Some have already been mentioned, but i wanna vote for them too :)

Dramas:[list]
[*] Love Shuffle[/URL] (one of my top two dramas ever)
[*]Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi
[*]Shinya Shokudou
[*]Sunao ni Narenakute
[*]The Queen's Classroom
[*]Aishiteru
[*]The Quiz Show (Completely different overall vibe when compared to The Quiz Show 2)[/list]

[u]Movies:[list]

[*]Ikigami
[*]Shinigami no Seido
[*]Confessions
[*]Nobody Knows
[*]Curse of the Golden Flower
[*]The Chaser[/list]