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JDorama review: Kamisama, Mou Sukoshi Dake

April 18th, 2012 / Tags: , , , , , / categories: JDorama Reviews /

Title: Kamisama, Mou Sukoshi Dake
Also known as: God, Please Give Me More Time
Broadcast dates: 7/7/98 – 9/22/98
Number of episodes: 12
Genre: Drama
Cast: Kaneshiro Takeshi, Fukada Kyoko
Plot: Kano Masako (Fukada) contracts HIV after prostituting herself in order to buy tickets for a concert featuring her favorite composer, Ishikawa Keigo (Kaneshiro). Keigo, who lost his previous lover to death, finds the will to live again when he meets the high school girl.
What is good: Some parts of the story bring out a deep emotional response.
What is bad: The writers couldn’t really decide whose story this was.
Letter rating: C

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JDorama review: Kamikaze Girls

June 22nd, 2009 / Tags: , , , , , , , , , / categories: JDorama Reviews /

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Title: Shimotsuma Monogatari
Also known as: Kamikaze Girls
Release date: 2004
Genre: Slice of life
Cast: Fukada Kyoko, Anna Tsuchiya
Plot: Momoko (Fukada) is a Lolita girl. Ichiko (Tsuchiya) is a delinquent. This is the story of their friendship.
What is good: The cinematography is beautiful.
What is bad: Tsuchicya’s acting seems very forced and fake.
Letter rating: C
Overall: As a general rule, I’m excited to see live action Japanese movies get licensed in the United States. Unfortunately, for every Death Note, there’s a Kamikaze Girls. The movie isn’t completely awful. I did manage to get through it entirely. However, it is dragged out and dull. While you would like the characters to better themselves, you don’t really care about them and, for the most part, you’d prefer if they just left each other alone for once. The ending is very sweet…it just seems to take forever to get there.

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J-Actor mini bio: Fukada Kyoko

August 30th, 2007 / Tags: , , / categories: Japanese actors /

Name: Fukada Kyoko
Nicknames: Fukakyon
Birthday: 11/2/82
Height: 5’3″ (164 cm)
Weight: 99 lbs (45 kg)

Where do I know her from? Five (Yodobashi Kanae), Strawberry on the Shortcake (Misawa Yui), To Heart (Miura Toko), Ringu 2 (Sawaguchi Kanae), Onmyoji 2 (Himiko/Amemiko)

Tell me some more! Fukada-san is a singer, as well as an actress. Her songs have been used as the theme song for Imagine and Soshite, tomodachi. She has released 4 albums and 10 singles.

What is your opinion of her? I’ve enjoyed watching her in various dramas. From what I’ve seen so far, she has the ability to bring innocence into a character, even if they may not actually be innocent. As for her singing career, I’ve tried to listen to a few of her songs. For the most part, they are too syrupy sweet for me. She hasn’t released an album for a couple of years. Maybe she’s left the pop behind for acting, where she really seems to belong.


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JDorama review: Strawberry on the Shortcake

August 4th, 2007 / Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , / categories: JDorama Reviews /

Title: Strawberry on the Shortcake
Also known as: SOS
Broadcast date: 1/12/01 – 3/16/01
Number of episodes: 10
Genre: drama
Cast: Takizawa Hideaki, Fukada Kyoko, Uchiyama Rina, Kubozuka Yosuke, Ishida Yuriko
Plot: Irie Manato (Takizawa Hideaki) has withdrawn into himself, creating a ‘false self’ that he displays to everyone around him. One day, he meets Misawa Yui (Fukada Kyoko) and his life is forever changed. Manato finds himself falling in love with Yui but she has fallen in love with Saeki Tetsuya (Kubozuka Yosuke), who is in love with his teacher Asami Mariko (Ishida Yuriko). Meanwhile, Manato is the target of the affections of Sawamura Haruka (Uchiyama Rina). Is it possible to find happiness with the person you love or should you settle for the second best?
What is good: Once you are drawn into the series, it is easy to stay emotionally wrapped up in it.
What is bad: It’s pretty depressing through a majority of the episodes.
Letter rating: B
Overall: I recently re-watched SOS with my friend, Cori. At the end of most of the episodes, she’s say how sad or depressing something was. I had to keep promising her that it would get better. This really is a good series. All of the actors do a wonderful job of pulling at your heartstrings and the writing makes this love pentagon easy to understand yet still complicated enough that it’s difficult to predict exactly how the series will end. It would be nice if there were a few more happy moments, though I understand why that wasn’t done. The writers intended to show a somewhat darker side of teenagers in love instead of the stereotypical love-at-first-sight-and-everything-is-wonderful side that a lot of shows highlight. It’s very difficult to say who I would recommend this show to. It would have to be someone who can handle watching absolute heartbreak while still believing that everything will be OK in the end. Or at least someone who can just watch the show for what it is – a really good drama.