What makes you actually watch a Japanese drama?  

I always go for the story or plot... I can't name one single Japanese actor or actress. However, the drama "1 liter of tears" was the first Japanese drama I've seen so far... I shed tears as the actress who portrayed the role of a girl who suffered from a disease that destroyed her body really played the part well. Even if I had liked this drama so much, I didn't bother to know the real names of the actors and actresses that were in this drama.

hi there, Well japanses dramas are really intersting to watch. Firstly the language itself is a class of its own. I love the language and it just makes me want to listen more of it. I am not a japanese but i think they really have a very nice accent and beautiful language. seccondly the entire plot of the drama seems to keep me at the edge of my seat. Its really interesting and dramatic. The whole suspense issue is just worth watching. Thirdly its the expression and the tones that are used that makes it really intersting to watch. On the whole to me its really good to watch them. I dont really matter much about the cast, i dont really have a favourite too, i just like japanese dramas on the whole. have a great day ahead. Happy myloting.

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alvingb

OMG!!! I didn't know that I will be able to find another NEWS fan in mylot!!

Hihi~~ Nice to meet you

I am more of a Kat-tun's fan than a NEWS one though. However I do like yamapi when he is together with Akanishi <33

Sorry that I went off track.

I will only watch J-dramas that had my idol acting in it because I don't understand their language and it is difficult to find videos that is subbed online with good quality. I do watch live action adaptations of animes or mangas every now and then too ^_^

Happy mylotting~

Well, I must admit that I had not watched 1 Japanese drama since a few years ago. The most recent one should be the Hero movie by Kimura Takuya (which was initially a TV series around the year 2000/2001). However, in the 1990s, I was quite fascinated about watching Japanese drama (J-doramas), and watched quite a fair bit from the local television as well as the VCDs we had bought. That was also the "golden" period for J-doramas in our country, before the Korean dramas came over, and "overtake" its place. Some of the J-doramas I had watched were GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka), Beach Boys, Hero, Beautiful Life, Love Generation, ... I'm not very sure how many here are familiar with these titles...

Well, I will say that there are a lot of things I look into when selecting the dramas to watch. However, at that time, I must admit that the Japanese actors and actresses did play a very important part in watching the dramas, especially those who were hot and popular during that time (such as Kimura Takuya, Matsu Takako, Yutaka Takenouchi, Takashi Sorimachi, Nanako Matsushima, and more). However, the story and characters will also play a big part in continuing my interest to watch the show.

Well, anyone did watched the above shows I mentioned...

I like their AV,do you like it?I totally don't know why they can advance it so great.So many many person join it and I think they all can have a very good future even if they don't join it.But in fact,they joined,how to understand their act.How to know their thinking.Whether is effected by their education?That is really hard to understand.this is Janpan,anyway I don't like it.They don't like a man,they afraid to face history and face to fact.

i watch japanese,korean,taiwan,and vietnamese drama for learn they culture and language
i lerned some vietnamese and korean also
you also can learn language of world
mahal kita...

Well i hope you'll consider Death Note, The Black Swindler, Battle Royale and Suspect X, japanese drama because they're the movies i have watched. I think some of them came from manga right? I've also watched Oneechanbara and Machine Girl. Devil Man too! I think those films are fantastic in a sense that they're so unbelievable. I think among the titles i mentioned, Suspect X has the most dramatic scenes. It's mind boggling too like Death Note. You should try to watch some of the films i mentioned.

hi nekonyata! ^^
for me its the same. i usually watch J-dramas of my favorite actors and actress. one example is mei-chan no shijutsu. i forced myself to finish it because of Mizushima Hiro. ^^ and also in Ace Wo Nerae. i didn't want to watch at first because i am not a fan of Ueto Aya. but i watched it because of Yoshizawa Yuu who i first saw and instantly liked in Bloody Monday. ^^ but i liked the tennis action there too.

but sometimes i do watch a drama based on the story. just like in... i forgot the title!!! its about a girl who has a shallow perspective in life. she just want to look pretty and aims to have a husband with a stable job. she doesn't think much of others and only herself until she met Ganesha, the god of fortune with an elephant nose and a small crown stuck in his head. oh! got the title, Yume wo Kanaeru Zo. of course at first i was curious to see the girl from Last Friends. i only wanted to read the synopsis and i didn't really want to watch it. but after i read it, i got curious and i wanted to see what will happen to her. and i'm glad i watched it because its really a good one. funny but with a lot of sense. i actually learned something from it. ^.~

and sometimes, its a combination of both. just like in Bloody Monday. i just had to watch it because of Haruma Miura and when i read the synopsis, i got interested right away coz he'd be playing like a geek here, a genius hacker which is in contrast with his roles in Gokusen and Koizora. ^^

I always go first with the story (taking into exception if the main cast include actors/actresses that I follow or ANYONE from Arashi XD).

If the drama is taken from a manga or anime, I'd also look into it ASAP. If it's from an anime/manga I haven't read/seen, I'd watch the drama first before reading the manga or watching the anime. I tend to get disappointed when I watch the original first before drama (unless i've seen/read the original first before they created the drama).

Lead actors/actresses only takes little interest from me but when the drama looks too boring, I'd definitely pass it (even if my fave personality's the main star)