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Same story, different actors, made a year later:
https://kisskh.at/26132-hana-s-miso-soup
WTF?

There are good English subtitles available now.

But the granddaughter, cute and persistent as she was, never got a dog.

Set of interlinked stories of various people, who suffering the cruelty and selfishness of the people in their lives, are given support and redemption by strangers they meet on the local suburban train, and then in turn give acts of kindness. Maybe these are too good to be true, but we need to be inspired.

A complex love triangle between a girl who loves a guy who loves another guy who loves the girl, played over a decade or so of the progression of Taiwan from military rule to liberal democracy, and framed by students energetically uniting in protest again authority. Kwai Lun Mei previously seen in Blue Gate Crossing; she has a strong and physical presence.

Still wanting it? It's available at http://alljpblog.com/

you can download it by torrent, if you're into that sort of thing

Looked this up to find out her obvious non-Han Chinese name. So she's Uyghur! I wonder what she knows and thinks about the government's persecution of them?

The setting is a suburban political light drama, the story line is about a young woman's growth and her romance. She's a wonderful role-model for girls and women, not worried about maintaining an image, but rather in being playful, daring, and true to herself. In that respect, a bit like Kim Sam Soon, but I much preferred this drama. The man is odd-looking, a bit obsessional, but a loyal and devoted lover, and has no insecurities about serving her and witnessing her rise.

Can hear them all here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYGkeKr16w0&list=PLlX40xRLrBThuPQKsXh9c7u7bnS1svkLk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYGkeKr16w0&list=PLlX40xRLrBThuPQKsXh9c7u7bnS1svkLk

Kim Min Jung was so good in Mr. Sunshine. Great to see her getting a lead role here.

I happen to find Ito Sairi's acting amazingly natural (unlike Sakuma Yui's). She never looks like an actor in a drama, it always seems like we're watching an ordinary person in real life (and there are very few actors I can say that about).

In fact all the rest of the incidental music and songs are from the Kenji Furuya album Everything Becomes the Music.

Presumably it's the Taiwanese version of Mandarin? e.g. they say "z" instead of "zh" etc.

I've only watched 6 episodes so far, but distinctly felt that he's using obedience and loyalty to his father as excuses to avoid making his own moral decisions (and thereby pass responsibility to them).

Thank you, I didn't know it, and now it bothers me even more. What do you think of the male-female roles and interactions in this movie?

Yes, it's a good article, sorry, I just threw in a tangential comment.

What does it mean that there seems to be a flood of boy love dramas and not a single girl love drama? I can't help but think in some roundabout way that this still represents the patriarchy rather than a liberalisation of values.

A slice-of-life ordinary family drama in which a funeral brings to the surface longstanding resentments and grudges, and in therefore provides space for some healing and repair. Some people find this sort of thing more boring than watching paint dry, some like me find it enthralling. But is it real life in Chinese/Taiwanese society that when parents separate, the sibling group is also split and siblings are even kept secret from each other?