Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:52 pm Post subject: [Discussion] Ashita no Kita Yoshio Post Rating: 0
I didn't see a thread for this in the first 3 pages of the jDrama forum, so I thought I should start one. Please merge if it already exists
Just watched a bunch of the first episodes for Winter 2008 season. This is the one that really caught my eye. Aside from the generous use of young flesh. The story is quite interesting.
This is based on a book Jiyuu Shikei. About a guy who's been mistreated by life and decided to end his life in 11 days. Although I think that this reminds me more of a movie where a guy was about to end his life but ends up meeting this gangster who shows him things life has to offer (anyone remember the title?)
I thought that this is an interesting parallel that we just had papa to musume no nanatokan and now we have the last 11 days of Yoshio.
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:29 am Post subject: ashita Post Rating: 0
* Kohinata Fumiyo as Kita Yoshio
* Matsuda Ryuhei as Yashiro Heita
* Konishi Manami as Washizu Mizuho
* Kuriyama Chiaki as Hasegawa Rika
* Namase Katsuhisa as Sugimoto Masaru
* Kaname Jun as Moriwaki Daisuke
* Yoshitaka Yuriko as Yoimachi Shinobu
* Imai Masayuki as Minami Takao
* Iwamatsu Ryo as Ebata Eiji
Story: Yoshio Kita is a debt-laden man whose wife has left him. With his close friend's death anniversary only 11 days away, Yoshio chooses that date for his own death. However, a string of encounters and incidents makes those 11 days far from peaceful. But can those events save him from his death and show him how to live again?
I was anticipating this drama for the sake of this couple *_*
Episode one was unbelievably good and interesting... I'm looking forward to it, hopes the subber continue this project.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject: sub Post Rating: 0
yeah, NBZK and furransu (did I get the name wrong?) subbed the first episode of this drama already, you can get the soft sub from ashita no kita yoshio ep 01 download thread.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:56 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
quote from "nbkz" on the torrent page of ashita no kita yoshio:
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Just to let you guys know, I only did this translation for pratical reason. I simply wanted to know how far I could go~ This was my first project, and probably my last for Ashita no Yoshio. Hopefully Querbeet Fansubs or other groups will pick up the project >___<
from what i understand, there will be no more english subs for this series. i checked the fansub wiki and no announcement has been made if Querbeet or other english subbing groups will be picking up this title. on the wiki, there is a french subtitling group picking it up " KnD na Sekai" (announced dec 27 2007).
it's quite unfortunate no english subbing group will be picking up this title. amongst the rampant idol dramas aired on television, this one showed potential and the only drama of this year that caught my eye (last year was a disaster but that's another story).
i'm excited to wait for the french subs so i can continue to watch this drama. at least then, i'd understand about 60-70% of it.
congrats and good luck to KnD na Sekai for choosing this project!
and good luck to nbkz & furransu for their other two projects.
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:01 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
Ashita no, Kita Yoshio is one of the brighter spots in a generally poor season for me so far. Most of the credit has to go to Kohinata Fumiyo. He rarely gets big roles in dramas, but here he shows he can handle it very well indeed. So I'm glad to see that furransu has found someone to translate it. I considered doing it myself, if no one else is available
"The miraculous 11 days of the unluckiest man in the world": Call me a cynic, but the obvious reason why it's 11 days is that it fits the TV station's schedule (11 episodes). Heh.
Some comments and speculation (up to ep2):
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The part where Sugimoto insists on using Japanese names for English shows - Nijuuyon for 24, Kumo-otoko for Spiderman etc. - was pretty funny. And I can't help thinking of him as Yabe from Trick.
Is it just me or does the "negative Yoshio" that pops up every night to terrorize Yoshio seem like some kind of split personality within him, like the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde story? That may explain why he doesn't appear to have any bad memories of his first night, while Mizuho is having nightmares about it. Maybe not the most original resolution of this psychological thriller, but it works. That's how it looks for now.
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:51 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0
I quite like the first episode. I downloaded it because i was bored but it turned out to be a nice little surprise. Considering that i don't really know the cast, i was thinking this would be a flop. But its a great. The actor who plays the suicidal main character is very good. He's great as a pushover with that soft voice and his wimpy way of saying things. Even the way he holds himself makes him look like a wuss but
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when we are shown the nega version of him his acting is awesome. He's so convincing despite making me completely believe that he was a complete and utter wimp
So far the cast match their given roles and i like watching this thinking that they chose the right people for these roles instead of trying to squeeze some johnnys into them just for the sake of eye candy. I love eye candy but i prefer good solid acting for a series like this, where acting will make or break the show. Put the wrong actor in there and the whole atmosphere would be ruined.
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0
lzydata wrote:
"The miraculous 11 days of the unluckiest man in the world": Call me a cynic, but the obvious reason why it's 11 days is that it fits the TV station's schedule (11 episodes). Heh.
Haha yeah spot on!
lzydata wrote:
Some comments and speculation (up to ep2):
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Is it just me or does the "negative Yoshio" that pops up every night to terrorize Yoshio seem like some kind of split personality within him, like the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde story? That may explain why he doesn't appear to have any bad memories of his first night, while Mizuho is having nightmares about it. Maybe not the most original resolution of this psychological thriller, but it works. That's how it looks for now.
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I haven't seen Ep 2 but watching Ep 1, I was convinced that he had a split personality when the other Yoshio appeared. That explained Mizuho's comments about Yoshio when she was with the counsellor and also a "cryptic" line in introduction on the official website.
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