Lost Man Found is another Disney+ jdorama starring Nakano Taiga. This time he has former smap member Kusagangi Tsuyoshi and Higa Yui supporting him.
Lost Man Found is a story about supporting actor Matsuda Satoru. If you don't know who that is, he was the J-league fan in Densha Otoko. I would not say he was one of the most memorable supporting characters in Densha but I love stories about supporting actors like Tasogare Yusaku, Actor Kameoka Takuji, Samurai Time Slipper and of course Uzumasa Limelight though the last two are more about stuntmen but its the same thing.
Lost Man Found is the story about how a struggling actor got picked up by various people and slowly worked his way up the supporting actor food chain.
WHAT I LIKED
+ Arimura Kasumi cameo as herself. That got my undivided attention.
+ Igawa Haruka as herself. Matsuda Satoru was actually her driver and I love how the whole country pigeonholes her as this woman who heals Japan that she is not allowed to act any other way. I wished I was watching an Igawa Haruka dorama and loved everytime she was on the screen.
+ This is a show about someone who works hard instead of those shows where things just fall down from the sky and they succeed without sweating.
+ What sort of jdorama has Suzuki Anne, Kaho, Kita Kana and Kaname Jun in minor supporting roles?
+ I live all the characters who work in Tsutaya while trying to chase their dreams.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE
- I don't like Kusanagi Tsuyoshi acting as the nonchalant brother.
- I really dislike all the scenes set in the USA. It feels like the opposite when Western production tries to portray Japan and they end up with a Western idea of how Japanese should act ala Man in High Castle. Lost Man Found is how Japanese imagine Americans to act. Not that I know better but I just find the American scenes and dialogue cringy.
SUMMARY
I love the first half. I love everything set in Japan and wanted more. Then it gave me lots of things set in USA that I didn't want and I could not be bothered finishing. Ah, the first half is so good and the second half lost me. Meh.
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