Tag Archives: Asian drama

Viki J-Drama Review: A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You

Fuji TV’s period drama A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days With You begins uniquely with a katsudo-benshi or silent film narrator who serves as guide for modern audiences to the Showa 11 (1936) setting throughout the series. The narrator introduces … Continue reading

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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”

Directed by Kentaro Takemura, the main character of Japanese teen romance movie Our Secret Diary, high schooler Nozomi Kuroda (Hiyori Sakurada), is your classic Japanese shy girl next door who also adorably happens to be a bit of a closet … Continue reading

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Review: Netflix’s “Let’s Get Divorced”

Sheltered third generation politician Taishi Shoji (Tori Matsuzaka) and wildly successful actress Yui Kurosawa (Riisa Naka) can no longer stand each other and want to get a divorce, but their high profile life makes it extremely difficult to do so … Continue reading

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