Awesome Article. I have watched "Mother", "Prison Playbook" and "Move to Heaven", and they all hit me the same as you stated (as well as "Start Up", I forgot about that scene with the father!). I have to watch "Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol" again because I honestly do not remember this happening! The drama's that had scenes that really got to me: in "Hospital Playlist (S1), there is a scene where the mother finds out her baby is stillborn and she only has a month left of her pregnancy. Her crying just set off a wave of emotions for me. And It's "Okay, That's Love", the car accident scene towards the end (I think you have a pic of it above) and the hospital scene right after that. I've watched this drama several times and these scenes still hit me (this is where I found out who D.O. was! Big EXO fan now!)
Thank you for giving J-Drama some love! I actually started my "foreign" (for me) drama watching with J-dramas. My very first was Hana Yori Dango, and I loved it. I still occasionally watch them. I will watch anything with Shun Oguri, Ikuta Toma and Takeru Sato in it. I think I have seen almost everything listed! I will say the only J-drama I hated with a passion was "Itazura na Kiss: Love in Tokyo" (the FL was horrible). I cannot get seem to finish "1 Litre no Namida", just way to heavy for me. Haruma Miura, you are missed.
Great Article. When I first heard about "Squid Game" I immediately thought of "Alice in Borderland" for some reason. I liked Squid Game (It was OK, but I hated the ending). I thought AIB was much better. Plus it had Kento freaking Yamazaki. Looking really gritty & grimy (it just made him hotter, dammit). I am really looking forward to the next season. I think I will go watch the first season again...Off I go...
I watched it as soon as it was added to Netflix. I enjoyed it, but one again I was disappointed by the ending of a K-drama (I had just finished Penthouse 3, everybody dies at the end of that also!). I would have liked for there to be more survivors (I mean they even killed the Cop off) but what are you going to do....I am staring to be a little weary when I start my Kdrama binges!
I liked "Run On", but I did not see that as a sports drama. It was more a love story to me. I started and dropped "Hot Stove League" and "Fight For My Way" (for some reason, I keep remembering a unrequited love thing happening...that always seems to happen to Park Seo Joon's characters!). But I will try them both again. They both seem to have pretty high ratings. I'm currented watching already have Racket Boys now and so far it pretty good!
"I would watch Shun open a bag of chips." LMAO... what a funny comment! Yeah, I think Jun is the best Male Lead…
Nino is another member of Arashi. He starred in "Letters to Iwo Jima" (Clint Eastwood movie) and was quite good. I also thought of some more of my favorites...Yamada Takayuki, Go Ayano and Ikuta Toma. I Love Ikuta. Oh, and Matsuzaka Tori. Again, great article (and thank you for mentioning Miura Haruma, he is surely missed). There are not enough articles/mentions of J-Dramas and Japanese actors on MDL in my opinion.
Awesome list! I love all these actors. You missed one of my fav's, Suda Masaki...He is in everything. Love him. Also, I would switch Kento Yamazaki and Shun Oguri. I would watch Shun open a bag of chips. From an Arashi angle, most of them are good actors (Hana Yori Dango was the first J, K, or C Drama I ever watched, it introduced me to this genre. Jun killed it in that), but also Nino(miya) Kazanari.
I liked this, it was not as bad as I though it would be. But the Mother character was absolutely horrible. She was the worst mother character since "Strong Girl Bong-soon"! Just violent and loud! ( I really felt bad for the father!) Just about everyone was violent!
I enjoyed this. Granted there were a few issues that still bother me. Yeo Joon's relationship with this parents is one. How was it resolved with the Mother? She was horrible! Also with the physical/Mental trauma Yeo Joon and Yeo Joon Wan, did the receive some sort of counseling? One last thing. I also did not find any chemistry between Yeo Joon and Kim So Bin. I thought they were a really boring couple.
Great topic! I came here to mention the "Mansion" from Cinderella in the Four Nights also...I don't know how many times I've seen it and thought, where did I see this? It was in V.I.P., Blademan. and Are you human too! The weird thing is it doesn't even look like a house/Mansion, it looks like a Museum!
Great article. I have not watched "Mouse" yet because I've been waiting for it to be complete so I'm about to binge. I have read a whole bunch of different opinions/reviews about it that seemed unfavorable, which is another reason why I avoided it. I think I will give it a try. Hopefully Lee Seung Gi is working on the completion of "Vanguard" next!
"Introverted Boss". - I thought I was the only person that did not like this. I dropped that in the middle of the FIRST episode. There was no need for that car chase with the annoying FL. He should have had her arrested! After that scene, I could tell where it was going. She completely pissed and turned me off.
"It's Okay to Not Be Okay" - I know I am in the minority, but this was another one I didn't like. I despised the female lead. Her character, her actions, everything. I would post more of my explanation why here, but when I posted a review after I watched it, I was harassed by another reviewer who did not agree with my review so badly, I deleted the review.
"The King: Eternal Monarch" - I could not understand all the hype. It was sooooooooooo boring. So, so so boring...(did I say it was boring?) And the lead actress. She ruined "Goblin" for me, and I hated her in this also.
"My ID Is Gangnam Beauty" - I complained to my sister after I finished this (She does not watch K-dramas, so she ignored me). This was a weird drama. And the fact that I laughed every time they implicated how "Ugly" she was before her surgery, I laughed. Hard. And I don't think this was meant to be a comedy!
There is original Japanese with English Subtitles. I am watching it right now. I had to change my setting within the movie. I'd rather watch K and J dramas subbed and not dubbed.
This was an OK drama. It helped me with my KDrama drought. But what kind of Looney Tune ending was that? It really took a left turn. I was really confused... Also, do managers really hit their employees like that in Korea? I see it all the time in workplace dramas... Alot of yelling, kicking, flicking heads... Even the females!
I loved My Unfamiliar Family! Sky Castle was also very well written and as another replier stated, "My Mister" was pretty good also. I want to watch "Jealousy Incarnate" but it is very hard to find. As for "My Father Is Strange (52 Ep)" and "A Family’s Secret" (103! Ep), I keep hearing good things about both of these dramas, but I have a threshold of 24-30 episodes. I cannot take anymore than that, hopefully one day I will try both.
From an Arashi angle, most of them are good actors (Hana Yori Dango was the first J, K, or C Drama I ever watched, it introduced me to this genre. Jun killed it in that), but also Nino(miya) Kazanari.
"It's Okay to Not Be Okay" - I know I am in the minority, but this was another one I didn't like. I despised the female lead. Her character, her actions, everything. I would post more of my explanation why here, but when I posted a review after I watched it, I was harassed by another reviewer who did not agree with my review so badly, I deleted the review.
"The King: Eternal Monarch" - I could not understand all the hype. It was sooooooooooo boring. So, so so boring...(did I say it was boring?) And the lead actress. She ruined "Goblin" for me, and I hated her in this also.
"My ID Is Gangnam Beauty" - I complained to my sister after I finished this (She does not watch K-dramas, so she ignored me). This was a weird drama. And the fact that I laughed every time they implicated how "Ugly" she was before her surgery, I laughed. Hard. And I don't think this was meant to be a comedy!