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He was insulting Japanese, actually. Maybe it wasn't enough from a Chinese POV. If only "did unthinkable things" isn't limited to Imperial Japan, but also what the average person suffers from any forces larger than themselves.

This. Sometani in a lead role is an Event!

Yoshio Harada's grandson!

It reminds me of "I just didn't do it" (2007) but is a harder watch.

RIP. If the cancer was cured in 2020 then returned, could he have gotten an experimental injection that made the issue worse?

Nino is already playing dads? Awww.

Most young people bought into the official narratives from "governments" throughout history. Anti-establishment are often seen as suspicious, since there's a fine line between groupthink and a societal unity based on an organic consensus (not manipulated by government/media.)

There's a scene in Ayano's Let's Go Karaoke that's played like a new version of The Lady Eve. He also packed more details than ever into Tokyo Swindlers. If this is even better, wow.

Wealth gap that impacts the younger generation adversely comes down to devaluation of currency (increase of money supply). It's government's monetary policy. It's why actor Kanata Hongo said savings in gold and precious metals is important because the yen is doomed.

Ayano is the perfect actor to play Osamu Dazai in No Longer Human. Instead, he got to play pinku film director or other assorted sleazeballs.

Vetting of the monk's identity was intense.

The source novel was published in 1994, the year Picnic was shot. Who knows?

Way more engaging than PICU. Go Ayano handles the ridiculous sensationalism of "mad pianist" to a believable human with his hands full. Dr. Storks > PICU, just as Let's Go Karaoke! > Babanbabanban Vampire:P

Babyfaced? It works!

A tricky role for Ayano to pull off as well as he did. The subtexts are more ambiguous than, say, Kikujiro's Summer.

Kotaro has to be one of the best fictional kids ever. The 2 series work a bit like reverse Dickens (no child exploitation), come to think about it.

Perfect role for Yoshizawa. The subtexts alone! An interesting exercise in imagination at times.

After EPS 2, if we keep the "possessed by Beat Takeshi" meme going -- Gannibal is basically Yagira's Violent Cop!

J subs are on Jimaku. Machine translation works OK.

I've never laughed harder. Enough of the gags have an alien's "Why?" about aspects of Japanese life. The reality of dorama shooting schedules...ANSHIN shite KUDASAI 7x. The Kaku/Kubota showdown is instant classic. In fact Kubota is the most spectacular villain in a Fukuda yet.