So, I was
watching the K-drama Hwang Jin Yi (again) when my cousin told me about this new
J-drama she downloaded. I asked her what's the title, I thought she was
rambling nonsense..seriously. That was until I 'googled' about the drama, I
finally can comprehend what she was saying. (Seriously, her nihongo
pronunciation needs to improve, her accent makes her sound ridiculous...haha)
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| This reminds me of the One Final Call movie. |
So the
title of the drama is Jiu: Keishichou Tokushuhan Sousakei. (No wonder my cousin
screwed her pronounciation, look at the title...it's like a tongue twister for
her). The show is based on a suspense novel series “Jiu” written by Honda
Tetsuya. The main characters of this drama are Motoko, who is played by Meisa
Kuroki (I'm her fan!) and the other is Misaki played by Mikako Tabe. Motoko is the fierce, physically capable investigator with a strong battle instinct,
while Misaki is more of the intellectual, kind-hearted, and naive type.
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| Left - Meisa Kuroki, right - Makiko Tabe |
After
watching three episodes (I’m watching episode 4 after finishing this post) I
have conclude that having a blonde haired guy in a suspense drama is not going to be
that suspense at all. I mean, really??!!! A BLONDE guy? Come one, it’s like holding a big banner
above the guy’s head that is obviously saying “Look at me!! I’m the mastermind of all this killings. And I have blonde hair! Mwahaha!!” And it seems this blonde so called
crime-mastermind isn’t a mastermind either. Why the heck do you want to be
among the crowd at the crime scene when you are the suspect? Why make yourself a target? But luckily, in
the drama the police have no hard evidence to support that theory….yet. Hmm...maybe evil-blond-guy wants to play Death Note with the police.
Kuroki’s
portrayal of a tough bad-ass woman is quite cool as first but as the show progress I
came to a conclusion that she is just trying too hard, it is just not working. Especially the muscles size on her body, trust me, she is no match for Michelle Rodriguez. I find that fact a massive let-down as I’m not so convinced of her acting like a no monkey business bad-ass character. And her
hairstyle, ohmigosh, it looks like her hairstyle hasn’t even change since the first time I saw her in Tada
Kimi no Aishiteru. But man, she looks damn fit in the drama, but doesn’t look
so tough. Oh well, at least she can do sit ups and push ups, but still...
Mikako
Tabe, haven’t heard about her before I watched Jiu. When she first appeared in
the drama, the first thought that came to my mind was, “What an ugly
character!” I hate the hairstyle. But then I ‘googled’ her, and she turns out
to be quite a cutie in real life, why oh WHY the show made her look like Misery (remember
Kathy Bates) in a lame way. But on the other hand, her acting in 'Jiu' looks somewhat more natural and better than Kuroki.
All in
all, the series is quite enjoying to be watched. Once you can get pass those not
so convincing tough character and the typical naïve character we’ve always seen
in j-drama formula and also anime.
Here
are some random pictures of Mikako Tabe, she is such a cutie! Apparently she also acted in the
live-action series of the manga Kimi ni Todoke.
Here are
random pictures of Meisa Kuroki, for some reason I can’t help staring into
those eyes.
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| The eyes....exotic. The smile...beautiful. |
Here’s
some freebies of both actress.
(If only I can get myself those novels by Honda Tetsuya.)
