The Banana Guide to Asian Entertainment: It’s All About Japan: Part III
Greetings, YAMMies! We are on the third part of my Japanese entertainment journey of a series on the Banana views on Asian entertainment.
Greetings, YAMMies! We are on the third part of my Japanese entertainment journey of a series on the Banana views on Asian entertainment.
The part in which we explore the Japanese drama format.
The part in which we talk about that one Jdrama, that one movie and that one actress.
I get my head turned around by the amount of Asian media the ladies from ACIEPA consume.
Last Friends is a Japanese drama chronicling the friendship between Ruka and Michiru.
Hi, my name is Amy. I’m addicted to the Japanese drama — commonly known as Jdrama — format.
Otherwise known as Hard to Say I Love You, SuNare tells the story of the blossoming friendship between five young people who were brought together by Twitter, and their journey to find honesty with each other and with themselves.
On this issue we’ve got reviews for most of the summer blockbuster films, Prince of Persia, Robin Hood, Iron Man 2, Kick-Ass, and the likes. We also talk a LOT about music, including Julz Kpop adventures, and a variety of music, including Yuguo and Zhonguo Feng idol Jay Chou. We also talk about television shows beginning with American shows, South Korea’s, Japan’s, and Peru’s.
Ueno Juri to Itsutsu no Kaban (上野樹里と5つの鞄) is the 5-episode mini-series produced by WOWOW, in which Japanese actress Juri Ueno alongside directors Hideta Takahata, Michael Arias, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Takuma Takasaki, and Koji Hagiuda tell five different stories surrounding five different bags.
On this YAM, we’ve got reviews on Inglourious Basterds, Mother, Treeless Mountain, Luck, Honookaa Boy. We also comment on a lot of albums, including G-Dragon, Arashi, Big Bang, Imogen Heap, BackStreet Boys, Olafur Arnalds… and Chang Shilei. Alongside playlist suggestions by more c_music!!!