There is never enough of Japanese Drama

Well, to contradict what I said earlier, here's introducing you a drama that chills your bones right from the very start. Kaseifu no Mita-san. I guess no matter how much ranting I do about the lack of a good romance script (Kitagawa Eriko-san onegai!)
I still do love a good thriller and a mystery. Matsushima Nanako won me over years ago with her brilliant acting in GTO as the 'gentle natured' 'air stewardess' aspiring teacher and as the mysterious Toko in Koori no Sekai.

She has won me over yet again, I have to take my hats off to this woman, she has the acting chops in her. Her status as one of Japan's top actress is as sure as the fall of the European Banks. Right from the start, she has me on the edge. Is she going to kill them? What the f****** hell is wrong with this family? No make up or glamourous outfits here, only knives, apron and a cold and DEADLY stare for our Nanny Mita-san.


The kids in this show deserve a nod too, what a talented young cast, things started out creepy and morbid, but as what Japanese dramas are amazing for, there will be a slow and subtle twist to becoming heartwarming and funny. Oh mita-san I would just want to see you smile again. Pretty please????

Japanese Drama watch list

I am at this point in time where I need to re-watch Japanese dramas as none of the current season's ones struck my interest. While I am still following Nazotoki wa Dinner no atode, I can't seem to find any romantic drama which suits my taste. The very last drama of that genre which I watched was Buzzer Beat, satisfying as it may be it still couldn't tug my heart strings like the older dramas which I watched. What happen to the good old shows like Beautiful Life, Long Vacation, Love Generation and Last Love?
If you look at the common points these dramas have, it is that they belong to the 1990s-2000, let's throw in the awesome Kimura Takuya just for my sake <3

While I love a dark mystery and police drama (I really honestly do) I feel that there are too many of that coming out, one after the other. Kao, Unfair, Boss, Boss 2 (I love all these by the way), Tokyo Dogs, Lady Boss,Utsukushi Rinjin and the list goes on and on. Maybe it is a phase thing? Japan in the early 1990s-2000 is more pure and innocent? And now they are moving to show the criminal side of Japan? All these interesting cases sort of makes Japan really creepy doesn't it? Your neighbour is not who she seems, your best friend may betray at any point in time by attempting to kill your daughter? A dark force waiting to be unleashed in Japan.

As such, I am now turning to watching old shows that are worth watching twice/ thrice, these shows are funny, heartwarming, meaningful and downright heart wrenching at certain point in time (AND PEOPLE SAY THAT KOREA IS THE START OF TEAR JERKING DRAMAS -OH PLEASE-)

Beautiful Life (2000) (I can kill the writer for coming up with the most realistic, apt and yet heart wrenching ending ever in the television history, it didn't get 41.3% ratings for nothing)

Last Love (1996)
Heaven's Coin (1996)
Hitotsu Yane no Shita (1991 and 1997)
Hikari To tomo Ni (2004)
Long Love Letter (2002)
Meguri Ai (1997)
Long Vacation(1997)
Kabachitare (2001) (I need to praise Fukatsu Eri and Tokiwa Takako's acting here, AWESOME CHEMISTRY, you hardly get that from 2 top stars. Well played!)

If you have the time, catch these shows. Prepare a tissue box and get some sports cream for your abdomen pain and aspirin because your stomach is going to ache from laughter and your brain will go haywire from sudden laughter to sobbing hysterically.