Entering 2022, the winter Japanese dramas that symbolize the beginning of the year are also on display! Every season is a fierce love Japanese drama battlefield, from fresh and romantic daily love to a heart-stopping comic plot!
The Goldfish Wife
Genre: Romance Drama | Starring: Ryoko Shinohara, Tsuneori Iwata, Kyoko Hasegawa | Highlights: Enjoy late at night
Adapted from the manga of the same name, "The Goldfish Wife" quickly caused widespread discussion after broadcasting because of its large scale and the topic of affair discussed in the play.
"The Goldfish Wife" starts from the perspective of six wives and tells the very different marriage problems between six couples. These include an outsourced wife who wants children but is in a sexless marriage, a bento wife who struggles to endure her husband's sexual fetishes, a running wife who lives a husband-oriented life but loses herself, a headache wife who has memory impairment when it comes to cheating, a decorated wife who has a mother's husband who is not respected at home, and the goldfish wife with the same name in the series.
Ryoko Shinohara, who has performed well-known Japanese drama works such as "The Dispatch Queen" and "The Last Cinderella", starred in the role of Hiraga Sakura, the wife of the goldfish. Sakura, who has been deeply affected by her husband's long-term verbal and physical violence, develops an unrequited relationship with Harumi, the owner of the goldfish shop played by Iwata Tsuneyoshi, but also finds her own value. Ryoko Shinohara, who came from an idol group, also sang the theme song for the pseudonym sino R fine for "The Golden Fish Wife", which evoked everyone's familiar memories!
"Reasoning Without Words"
Genre: Suspense Mystery Drama | Starring: Shoko Sugata | Highlights: Topic comics plus super card division
Starring Shoki Sugata, who announced her marriage last year, "Reasoning Without Words" is adapted from Yumi Tamura's manga of the same name, telling the story of a college student with a natural curly haircut, no friends and no girlfriend, and a curry-loving college student who uses his memory and reasoning ability to understand the cause and effect behind crime and solve various cases.
In addition to Shoko Sugata, who showed his facial paralysis reasoning skills in the play, "Reasoning Without Words" also gathered powerful supporting characters such as Ito Sally, Kenichi Endo, Matsuya Ogami, Kosuke Suzuki, and Michitaka Tsutsui; With the development of different cases in the plot, there will also be luxurious cameo characters in each episode, so far the surprise lineup of Eita Nagayama, Mai Shiraishi, and Yu Tsujimoto has been released, and the mysterious female role that fans of the original manga have attracted attention to is determined to be performed by Mune Mai, which makes people look forward to what kind of new sparks the two who have cooperated in "Double Life" and "Fatal Kiss" will bring!
《DCU》
Genre: Criminal Investigation Drama | Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Yokohama Meteor, Apricot Nakamura | Highlights: A new divide in the King's Road Criminal Investigation Drama
In the past, TBS Nissho Theater, which has launched classic Japanese dramas such as "Ren Doctor" and "Naoki Hanzawa", this season' new Japanese drama "DCU", which can be said to be a water version of "Tears of the God of Fire", starring Hiroshi Abe, launches a bloody reconnaissance plot.
An overhead organization called the Deep Crime Unit, captain Masayoshi Shinmei, played by Hiroshi Abe, leads search team members performed by Yokohama Meteor, Nakamura Apricot and others to investigate water cases and water accidents in different waters. In order to shoot "DCU", the actors conducted diving training early, playing the team members Yoko Nobuo, Takako Narika, Yokohama Meteor, and Nakamura Apricot even obtained diving licenses for the play, making the underwater reconnaissance scene in the play more interesting.
"DCU" also joined hands with behind-the-scenes teams from Canada and Israel, and won the full cooperation of the Japan Coast Guard, most of the scenes in the drama such as patrol ships and disaster prevention bases were filmed in real-life, from special effects to scenes. The Japanese drama's Wang Dao criminal investigation theme coupled with a fresh story background has also made "DCU" attract much attention from before it was broadcast.
"Two People Who Can't Fall in Love"
Genre: Romance Drama | Starring: Issei Takahashi, Yuki Kishii | Highlights: The healing that resonates with love
Starring Issei Takahashi and Yukino Kishii, the story of asexual male and female protagonists Yu Takahashi (Played by Issei Takahashi) and Kodama Takako (Kishii Yukino), who are asexual without romantic tendencies, and for various reasons, they begin their atypical cohabitation.
Starting from the question of whether it is unhappy to never fall in love, through the intervention of the two people's surrounding family, bosses, ex-boyfriends and even neighbors, the traditional love and family relationship are questioned, and the diversified love and family appearance are brought out.
Yuki Takahashi and Kishii Yukino, who played brothers and sisters in the 2021 topic Japanese drama "Heaven and Hell", have become each other's most valuable confidants and supporters this time. Takahashi's life has also once again shown the charm of circle fans, and many gentle speeches in the play that jump out of the straight man's thinking make people feel full of healing in the process of watching the play!
《Fight Song》
Genre: Romantic Comedy | Starring: Kiyohara Goya, Shotaro Mamiya, Kikuchi Kazema | Highlights: Fire Nine word-of-mouth love drama strong file again
Written by Keikazu Okada, who wrote Japanese dramas such as "Western Antique Yoko Shop" and "In This Corner of the World", it tells the story of Kiyoshi Hanae (Kiyohara Goya), who wants to become a representative player of Japanese karate but has to give up his dream, and accidentally meets Haruki Ashida (Shotaro Mamiya), who writes a must-hear tiebreaker song before the Hanagi competition, but is now equally frustrated. Two people who are also at a low ebb, combined with the flower branch of the green plum bamboo horse Natsukawa Shingo (Kikuchi Wind Mill), develop a triangular relationship that grows together.
Kiyohara Goye, a highly favorable actor who played the heroine in last year's topic morning drama "Welcome Back To Baiyin", this time in order to challenge the setbacks, but still uphold the optimistic nature and sportsman spirit to face the problems of life, the role of the karate player, before the start of filming, he practiced karate hard to figure out the mood of the characters. Shotaro Mamiya, who plays a singer, also sang for the play, and sang Perfume's "Star Train" in the play, adding a surprise to the series.
"Wife Becomes Elementary School Student"
Genre: Family Comedy | Starring: Shinichi Toki, Natsuno Hatta, Yuriko Ishida, Sakuzu Uchida | Highlights: A touching family drama cloaked in fantasy themes
Shinichi Tsui, who starred in the TBS Japanese drama again in 16 years, starred in the adaptation of the manga of the same name this season, "The Wife Becomes a SchoolBoy", challenging the warm and touching fantasy theme! Keisuke Shinjima (Shinichi Toi), an office worker who lost his wife 10 years ago, not only has always been estranged from his daughter, but also ushered in a workplace change at the age of 50. When both family and work are not going well, Keisuke Niillajima accidentally meets a 10-year-old elementary school student who claims to be his deceased wife, Takae, and begins a miraculous reunion story.
In the morning drama "Little Maid", Each Tian Nuan Nai, a 50-year-old elementary school student with an appearance of 10 years old, not only accurately guessed the various small actions of his deceased wife Takae played by Yuriko Ishida, but also had wonderful opponents with senior powerful actors such as Shinichi Tsui and Yoshida Yotsu, as well as Saizuku Ogata, who is known as the "monster newcomer", showing amazing acting skills.
Acting Pai Kashi, coupled with the screenwriter Rimi Oshima who has written "A Liter of Tears" and "Kai's New Life", adapted the script, although it seems to be a fantasy theme work, it is actually a warm and touching family drama, with strong plot tension, so that this drama has jumped to the big dark horse of the 2022 winter Japanese drama.