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Even the team that picked Kurokouchi is being late; I hope they won't drop. I am loosing confidence in Jdramas subbing teams.

Yes, he was really cute when he was playing video games and when the female lead was beating him in those games LOL! I liked those parts where he seemed a little clumsy. I have yet to find another project of Lau Hawick that may grab my intetion.

Thanks! I was actually truing to attract more people to Japanese classics by explaining some facts because I know many of my friends love history and I was somewhat sucessful since many of them decided to give it a go.

Btw, I started my first taiga drama today. It feels so good!

I am actually watching the second season Reply 1994. The first season Reply 1997 was last year.

By old dramas you mean very old ones? As prior to 2005?

I wish you luck with whatever you're busy with Bladey!

Yes, I always watch my movies on the big screen at home, it's a great pleasure of mine so the high quality is a must for me unless it doesn't exist.

I am also frustrated about changing the female lead even if I like the actress that plays the new role. I will watch it eventually but not now, I just started my first taiga drama and I have to watch some other dramas first.

Are you still in movies' phase?

I am not in the last season of HIMYM; I am a bit late, I am still in the season before the last :D

The drama's title is Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi. Only watch it if you like Japanese sense of comedy; if not, I am not sure if you will appreciate it.

I always ran into those while watching Samurai and even kung fu movies but the ones that focus on that culture aren't something I want to watch.

You and your variety shows are making me nuts :p

Aww, I wish your problem will get solved soon DA!
What do you think of Soul? Is it good? I like Lee Soo Jin ever since I saw him in Freeze.

The way one of the three strong retainers of Iyi committed Harakiri out of shame on the spot was appreciated since it didn't exist in the original.

The final fighting scene in the original was way better than in the remake. I can understand the irony of using a wooden sword to hurt the best Samurai in the Iyi clan but the killing that Hanshiro did in the original was way more appealing.

The final scene in Kobayashi’s version when the retainer of the house of Iyi said: “The ronin from Hiroshima, Tsugumo Hanshiro, committed harakiri. All our own men died of illness. The house of Iyi has no retainers who could be felled or wounded by some half-starved ronin.” is way too fascinating than in the remake where the lord of the Iyi clan returned and noticed that the Samurai’s armor was polished (after it was knocked down by Hanshiro) then he said “It’s the house of Iyi’s honor after all”.

The original didn’t focus much on the relationship between Miho, her father and Motome and the way they lived their lives after they came to Edo but the remake did.

Eita’s Motome and his suicide scene were more touching than in the original.

The scene where Motome sold his sword was absent from the original but Kobayashi filmed it without including it.

The action scenes in the original Harakiri were more gory and intense; and the absence of the duals that Hanshiro had with the house of Iyi’s Samurai’s from the remake is somewhat unforgivable.

The red color of the Samurai figure’s armor in the house of Iyi is remarkably attractive considering the way it was used to express the Samurai honor of that clan and the irony of their lack of nobility (samurai sense of honor) compared to Hanshiro.

In comments below, I will enumerate the differences between the original and the remake; it’s complementary to the comparison I made in the review but in here, there are spoilers. You’ve been warned.

Pien already answered you genger.
@Juniko I will submit my review about Miike's remake soon. I also liked that one.

Yes, but as you said a movie or a special are cool.

Do you plan to watch anything else at the moment?

Yes, I think you haven't even finished Capital Scandal.

My interest Matsuda is due to the latest drama I saw him in with Eita; he was so fine that he suprassed Eita in tha drama. I rather not watch films that are about Budhism and Shinto but I may give it a try at some point if I am in the right mood.

I did watch it back in August I think and I really liked it.
What are you watching? And is your laptop problem solved?

I see, I hope it will get subbed then.

I watch How I Met Your Mother (although I am not up to date), NCIS, CSI, Bones, The Vampire Diaries, Dracula and Game of Thrones (although it's actually British).

You're welcome (:

Is Taira no Kiyomori currently airing?

I watch some Hollywood series but I am not committed to them like Japanese dramas. I usually need to take a little break of Asian dramas to catch up to them.

I also don't like the fuss that's going around Secret Love but I enjoyed some small parts of it. Ji Sung was amazingly attractive in this drama! You should check the fuss that's going around Heirs, my head hurts LOL!
I wouldn't mind a special or a movie but a second season would make things feel repetitive; that's what I am worried about.

Nope, not really.

I already saw Going By The Book a long time ago DA! I haven't told you?

It's from the Japanese drama Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi (: