Nice article! You're a great writer! The synopses are very well written. I loved Air Doll so much. It is a beautiful film. You're right, Bae Doo Na does an amazing job in it, Arata too. I'm glad you let us know who this director is. I already had 'Like Father, Like Son' on my radar. Now I definitely need to watch it soon. After Life looks interesting too. If I like those two, then I'll have to check out some more of his films.
Another great drama by Nojima Shinji! Even when he takes on teen dramas like this he makes them good! I enjoyed 49. The short episodes made it easy to watch. The concept was interesting and well done. And it was fun to watch. I would recommend it to someone who needs a short light watch that has some warmth to it.
This was such a great show! It has a great message about how striving to live up to ideals can destroy your life and the lives of your family members. It's better to be grateful and content.
It also has a great message about casting away judgement because we're not as different as we may think. We're all capable of great good and great evil.
The other message is for families and how we often try to sweep our problems under the rug and then they end up surfacing in irrational behaviors. We should confront them and try to listen and understand things from others perspective. Also we should not childishly wallow in self pity, or live in unnecessary fear of not being accepted by others or living up to other's ideals.
And the cool thing about Japan is that they have a way of working all this in in a really poetic and artistic way without being too preachy. That's good cinema.
The drama in the show is intense. The acting is good. The music is good too. I don't think I've completed a drama this fast in a while. I pretty much marathoned the 2nd half and I haven't marathoned anything in a while.
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It also has a great message about casting away judgement because we're not as different as we may think. We're all capable of great good and great evil.
The other message is for families and how we often try to sweep our problems under the rug and then they end up surfacing in irrational behaviors. We should confront them and try to listen and understand things from others perspective. Also we should not childishly wallow in self pity, or live in unnecessary fear of not being accepted by others or living up to other's ideals.
And the cool thing about Japan is that they have a way of working all this in in a really poetic and artistic way without being too preachy. That's good cinema.
The drama in the show is intense. The acting is good. The music is good too. I don't think I've completed a drama this fast in a while. I pretty much marathoned the 2nd half and I haven't marathoned anything in a while.