Dance with me Jmovie review

I have been anticipating this movie since I read about it some time ago. After all, its not often you find a Japanese musical. The last one I remember seeing was Sono Sion's Tokyo Tribe which I hated.

Anyway, Miyoshi Ayaka is the main character in this movie who goes with her niece to see a hypnotist and is actually hynotised so that she must sing and dance whenever she hears any music.

Unfortunately for her, once she realises what had happened, the hypnotist has run away it basically turns into a road movie about finding oneself. 

There is one thing I don't like about Dance with Me and that is I don't think the movie makes full use of the concept. I expected it to go crazier and it felt like they could have made most of the movie with something else.

Its still a fun, feel good movie in the same vein as Swing Girls about being true to yourself and I had a fun time but keep your expectation low and don't expect too much from the concept. Watchable.

Cold Case Season 3 Episode 9

 

It is not often that the topic of race comes up in jdoramas. After all, Japan is a mostly homogeneous society. However racial issues are everywhere and its interesting whenever it comes to the forefront.

The murder victim in episode 9 of Cold Case is a Japanese war orphan. Left behind in China as a child, the victim was raised by a Chinese foster parent and discriminated by the Chinese for being Japanese.

The victim returns to Japan with his son and is discriminated by the Japanese for being Chinese and being able to work because he can't speak nor write.

It is the sad story of someone who is not accepted by both countries and does not have a place to belong.

Not a must watch episode but I found the war orphan thing interesting especially the Chinese foster parents who took the Japanese kids in the Japanese orphans going back to Japan even though they were culturally Chinese. 

Not must watch but I found the subject matter fascinating. I wonder what the story of the original series was about? I have to mention that I love the camaraderie between the characters.

Uchi no Musume wa, Kareshi ga Dekinai Episodes 1~3

Uchi no Musume wa, Kareshi ga Dekinai which translate to My Daughter can't get a Boyfriend is set in an alternate reality where Kanno Miho and Hamabe Minami are unlucky in love. 

Kanno Miho is a successful writer of love stories well past her heyday and Hamabe Minami is the daughter who is an otaku. 

Sawamura Ikki is Kanno Miho's childhood friend who runs a taiyaki shop and he looks like Toda Erika dangerous levels of skinny.

I did not find the three episodes funny, only slightly amusing but our two mains have decent chemistry.

Its not boring but its not exciting either as we watch the romance writer who is not good at romance fret over the romance problems of her otaku daughter.

I am watching because I like Kanno Miho and Sawamura Ikki. If you want an easy to watch mother daughter jdorama, this might be for you. Slightly watchable and thanks to aonousagi for the subs!

Kyouen NG Episode 1

 

Its a mystery how a show like Kyouen NG is not subbed Nakai Kiichi and Suzuki Kyoka in it as former lovers and famous actors who have never acted together since they broke up many years ago. Now they have to act together for the first time in ages in a new dorama and can the two actors who hate each other manage to work together?

I can watch Nakai Kiichi and Suzuki Kyoka fight all day. The question is will I be interested in all the other characters? The twist of the show is every other pair of actors in this new dorama are also kyouen NG aka hate each other and don't want to act together.

Looks like the hook of the show will be our main couple solving each pair's problems per episode. I am not super excited about the concept but I am willing to give it a shot. There is a version on Avistaz with Japanese subs so I recommend that one to make watching easier.