Jap Dramas

It has been a very long time since I've watched a jap drama. One of the more memorable jdrama would be Under One Roof featuring kawaii Noriko Sakai. The last one that I've watched was GTO, but only bits and pieces of it. Since then, I stopped watching them 'cos I felt they were too egoistic and the plot always centers around a particular person (always male) creating miracles to everyone around him. I didnt watch Long Vacation (quite a hot drama at that time) becos' too many idols were involved. I didnt think jap drama has much of a future, which is why the switch to korean drama, one of the first being Full House, recommended to me by my kawaii JC junior. The only actress I recognised was Song Hye Gyo. Rain wasn't popular at that time (well... to me, he wasn't popular). Then comes a series of nice kdramas, Winter Sonata, My Name is Samsoon, Princess Hours.. on and on. Jdrama has made way for Kdrama. As with Jdrama, Korean dramas started to become stale and repetitive. There's no breakthrough watsoever. It takes one two episodes for you to figure out the entire plot. What next?

For me, I'll like jap dramas to capture the viewers once again. Recently, I come across two jdramas, Heaven's Coins and Summer Snow.

Heaven's Coins was produced 12 yrs ago, starring kawaii Noriko Sakai (you can see she's my fav). Maybe there are alot of good jap productions (good in your opinion), but I dare say Heaven's Coins is good enough to last for many many years to come. Romance, deceit, happiness all told in a short 12 ep story.

Summer Snow was produced 7 yrs ago, starring Ryoko Hirosue and Domoto Tsuyoshi. You feel romance in the air throughout the whole story. You feel happy and good when the story conveys the happy part. You feel sad (really sad) when the story tells the sad part.

A good drama has the power to influence the audience's emotions.. to make them happy when the story narrates the happy part.. to make them feel sad and cry when it tells the sad part. Jap dramas have this kind of power a few yrs ago. If the producers can bring back the kind of quality they previously had, I'm very sure they can dominate the "drama" scene for many many more yrs.