Well there are video game series like she ran kagura and generally speaking ninja trope is alive, but past it's glory times which was the later 20th century thanks to the novel Basilisk and its countless sequels, spin offs, and movie, manga and anime adaptations which popularized the idea of ninja in Japan as a guy with superhuman powers wielding multiple swords and red scarf rather then guy in black sneaking around
I really wanted to like this drama because the acting was decent and the actors had great chemistry but the foundation…
As a teenager it's common to fantasize about romancing charming teachers, but as an adult i find it literally impossible to love or date a teenager like what would we even talk about? Thus I think most teacher student romances are aimed at teens, a wish fulfilment fantasy of sorts
politics have no place in entertainment, said you about episodical series set during the time of one of the greatest political upheavals of japanese history
the guy has no idea what the fuck he's talking about, one of the highest rated japanese drama is 1 litre no namida, about disability looool. japan is world famous for yuri and yaoi among other things and it pretty much invented shemale and gender bending in porn
I am actually not surprised to learn he was born in usa and spent "several decades" there, no actually japanese person talks bullshit like that.... he's like one of these americans who move to russia during mid life crisis without understanding the culture or society because they think it's some kind of conservative paradise lol
I'd rather worry about many other things that are destroying japanese film and tv such as shitty camera lenses, bad acting, an industry averse to innovation, kabuki actors and idols cast for being popular and obedient and not talented, low budget, lack of marketing abroad, failure to rise above tropes and archetypes, trying to be anime irl, johnny's scandal and related.....
there is a reason why aside from anime not a single japanese production is on the list of highest grossing movies released in japan. most japanese prefer watching american films and k-drama lol
As a relative newcomer to kdramas (2019/2020) in my eyes it's kinda like there are two kdrama eras: pre ca. 2016-2017…
it really is weird, must have something to do with rapid development of k-drama industry. for example if you compare 2015 j-dramas or c-dramas or japanese anime with 2024 you won't see that much difference in content, style or quality. but k-drama did some kind of flip, not just in budget but also in storylines and acting.
but if I am to look for flips in other cultures, lets see....
c-dramas had a "flip" in like late 2000's, anime had a flip in 1990's (the 1980's era anime vs 2000's era anime are like two different worlds) western shows....well the west is a board category, isn't it? as far as american and british tv shows are concerned I can't pin point any time period that would be revolutionary, it was a steady progress. maybe 1980's but it had to do more with development of better cameras and cgi then industry itself.
well said, I agree with everything except the soundtrack they really overused the insert songs and sometimes played stuff too obnoxiously at inappropriate moments
I am actually not surprised to learn he was born in usa and spent "several decades" there, no actually japanese person talks bullshit like that.... he's like one of these americans who move to russia during mid life crisis without understanding the culture or society because they think it's some kind of conservative paradise lol
there is a reason why aside from anime not a single japanese production is on the list of highest grossing movies released in japan. most japanese prefer watching american films and k-drama lol
but if I am to look for flips in other cultures, lets see....
c-dramas had a "flip" in like late 2000's, anime had a flip in 1990's (the 1980's era anime vs 2000's era anime are like two different worlds) western shows....well the west is a board category, isn't it? as far as american and british tv shows are concerned I can't pin point any time period that would be revolutionary, it was a steady progress. maybe 1980's but it had to do more with development of better cameras and cgi then industry itself.
give me 1915 and then we'll talk!
And then AI did it in 5 minutes