08 Jan 2010
by JustMeMikein TV Dramas
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- Title: 風のガーデン
- Title (romaji): Kaze no Garden
- Also known as: Garden Wind / Garden Breeze
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Human drama
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership ratings: 15.7 (Kanto)
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-09 to 2008-Dec-18
- Air time: Thursday 22:00
- Theme song: Nocturne by Hirahara Ayaka
Let’s begin with the premise of a rather successful and well-liked anesthesiologist whose personal life is a disaster. As an unreconstructed womanizer, he and women got along as famously as bees and flowers. Keep that in mind as it will become important later.
Eight years ago, his wife committed suicide after getting wind of his latest affair. His children turned against him, his father turned against him, and he was told to get out of town and never come back. He’s not seen any of them since.
Now in the present time, he’s been diagnosed to have pancreatic cancer, which has advanced to a level of 4b. What this means is that he has passed the point of having any kind of surgery or chemotherapy. He’s now on a countdown toward his own death.
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04 Aug 2009
by JustMeMikein Reviews, TV Dramas
August 4th
Star of Japanese TV Drama series, movies, and former gravure idol, Kyoko Hasegawa made a lot of news in the spring of 2008 after signing to appear in a spy-thriller movie called Rain Fall.
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12 Feb 2009
by JustMeMikein Reviews, TV Dramas
So here we are in the middle of February. The next occasion on everyone’s calendar is the annual St. Valentine’s Day festivities. This is a fitting holiday for mid February. While I know that not all of you are being subjected to sub-freezing temperatures on a daily basis, many of you are.This must be why the original calendars makers and holiday planners chose February for Valentine’s Day – to give you a specific reason to get close with your significant other – other than there’s not all that much to watch on TV.
Since I know that many of you may be confined to your igloos, apartments, villas, cabins, or homes for longer periods of time than you like because of the cold weather, I am here to offer up a warm Valentine’s gift to you. Hold that thought – we’ll get to it soon enough.
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03 Dec 2008
by JustMeMikein Reviews, TV Dramas, Travel
Hakei, Chichiue-Sama / Dear Father
TV Series broadcast on Fuji-TV from January 11 to March 22, 2007
now available on an All Regions DVD – 3 Discs – 11 Episodes
Kagurazaka is an intriguing word. I mean it has 4 A’s, a K, and a Z. It is made up with 5 vowels and 5 consonants. A word like this would be great on a Scrabble board except for the fact that it has 10 letters and in Scrabble you only get 7 letter tiles. So forget that. As for saying this word, it is not as hard to say as it looks if you break it into syllables. Ka-gu-ra-za-ka. Easy.
Megumi Kagurazaka
For those of you who have read my columns either regularly or infrequently; you should recognize the name Megumi Kagurazaka. Back in 2003 she was discovered while working in a department store by a sharp-eyed talent agent who signed her up for gravure modeling. She had the looks, and the body to delight both serious collectors of the gravure genre, like me, and most of you, as well as many otaku or fan-boys whose interest in something, even bikini idols, could edge into an obsession. In any event, her Idol career did take off and Megumi-chan became quite popular. Between 2004 and October 2007 she appeared in at least 18 DVD’s, most of which were reviewed by yours truly. You can find some of the more recent reviews on my pages by using the search feature on the homepage.
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