This 2001 film made in celebration of the 50th anniversary of 東映 (Toei Films) is perhaps more accurately described as Lady Murasaki talking about the story th...

I finished "Boss" through some intensive watching over the long weekend and am reminded of "Divorce Lawyer 1 & 2" (2004, 2005).  Both star Y...

Touching drama!  The synopsis is in my other post: Oct Reading Listhttp://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/yung-guitarlesson/article?mid=2789Last Present: Trailers for all 11 episo...

I had little spare time in October and only managed to read two fairly easy-to-read books and started a little bit on the third.女王の教室 The Book (Queen's C...

This is one of the classic Japanese dramas in the late 1990s and one of my favourites at that time.  Actually I cannot remember much of the details of t...

New film of 天海祐希 Yuki Amami with 織田裕二 Yuji Oda will hit the screens here on 22 Oct.  It was made in celebration of Fuji Television's 50th anniversar...

I have to say that this is a great drama!  It was on air in Japan several years ago but I did not actually know what it was really about when I bought the se...

Yup, here is a second part.  The CD is great for listening to the songs and practising my kikitori (listening skills), and after a hard day's work I like to l...

Only managed to read three out of the four books from the Aug list so I reduced this month's selection to three.A Spot of Bother by Mark HaddonBought it becau...

"Around 40" is a 2008 drama starring Yuki Amami as Satoko Ogata, a 39-year-old psychiatrist, happily (?) single and financially well-off.  She does...