J-Drama Recommendations?

[katwoo]

u saw Ringu??

[ifwan]

i love fullhouse!!!!!

song hye kyo's very cute......

aja aja fighting

[markbellows]

Bloody Monday and Midnight Rain.....cheers!!!

[hotarunu]

hi check "Kizarasu cat`s eye" is really hilarious!! and the movies too...
and also I can fully recommend "nodame cantabile" and " i`ve been married to hell"...

[arania]

i love to watch
hanakimi
hana yori dango 1&2
tantei gakuen Q
GTO
gokusen
makeover

[taiwanslinky]

So anyone here intrested in J-dramas
Well then this is you thread!!
I'm gonna introduce you to some excellent dramas which you will enjoy like:

Anego

Alternative Title: アネゴ
Genre: Romance
Film Date: April, 2005
Total Episodes: 10
Japan Casts:
Akanishi Jin, Ichikawa Miwako, Itaya Yuka, Kato Masaya, Masu Takeshi, Mizukawa Asami, Otsuka Nene, Shinohara Ryoko, Suzuki Anju, Takahashi Mitsuomi, Tayama Ryosei, Toda Naho, Tomosaka Rie, Yajima Kenichi, Yamaguchi Sayaka, Yuki Saori
Description:

Naoko Noda, who works in a trading company, is called “anego” by her younger co-workers. What is “anego”? It means “older sister,” but in this case it is given as a nickname to Naoko because she is like a big sister to her coworkers, who depend on her to give them advice about everything. This drama, based on a popular novel, depicts realistically how Naoko lives her everyday life, including her love life, the problems she faces, and her uneasiness about the future.

Hana Kimi

Alternative Title: Hanazakari no Kimitachi e / 花ざかりの君たちへ
Genre: Comedy, Romance , School
Film Date: July, 2007
Total Episodes: 12
Japan Casts:
Oguri Shun, Okada Yoshinori, Shirota Yu, Sugimoto Tetta, Tsutsui Mariko, Yamazaki Hajime
Description:

The drama is based on the popular manga of the same name by Nakajo Hisaya, which has already been dramatized in Taiwan. Horikita plays the protagonist Ashiya Mizuki, a Japanese girl in the U.S. who one day sees the young athlete Sano Izumi (Oguri) compete in the high jump on television. She begins to idolize him, and decides to move to Japan to attend the same school as him. However, Izumi goes to an all-boys school, so Mizuki disguises herself as a boy to achieve her dream of being with her idol.

Hana Yori Dango

Alternative Title: 花より男子 / Boys Before Flowers / Boys Over Flowers
Genre: Romance
Film Date: October, 2005
Total Episodes: 9
Japan Casts:
David Ito, Handa Kento, Igarashi Shunji, Ishino Mako, Matsumoto Jun, Matsushima Nanako, Seto Saki, Tomiura Satoshi
Description:

Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, the school of the ridiculously rich and privileged that is ruled by Flower 4 or F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families: Domyoji Tsukasa, the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui, the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro, a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira, a madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the F4’s bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of school.

Makino hopes to pass her days quietly-- without drawing any attention to herself-- but one day, she stands up to Domyoji in defense of her friend. The next day, Makino gets the dreaded red notice. Even though she is harassed, Makino decides to keep going to school because she is a “tough weed”. She declares war right back on the F4. Her resolve gets the attention of her crush Hanazawa Rui and oddly enough, rouses romantic feelings in her worst enemy, Domyoji Tsukasa.

The series is based on the Japanese shoujo manga "Hana Yori Dango" (Boys Before Flowers) by Kamio Yoko.

Kisarazu Cat's Eye

Alternative Title: 木更津キャッツアイ/Kisarazu Cat's Eye
Genre: Comedy
Film Date: November, 2008
Total Episodes: 9
Japan Casts:
Okada Junichi, Sakurai Sho
Description:

Twenty-one year old former high school baseball player, Kohei (nickname: Bussan), learns that he is dying from cancer. He is told that he only has six months to live, and decides that he wants to do something daring and risky. He proposes to five trusted members from his former baseball club that they form a ring of cat burglars that would steal from those who commit crimes. His friends think it odd, but feel they cannot turn down a dying man's request. With only six months, how much could they do anyway?


Kurosagi

Alternative Title: クロサギ / The Black Swindler / Kurosagi
Genre: Action, Crime , Romance
Film Date: April, 2006
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts:
Aikawa Sho, Horikita Maki, Kato Koji, Okunuki Kaoru, Reina, Sugimoto Tetta
Description:

Yamashita Tomohisa plays Kurosaki, a young man whose family was destroyed by swindlers. Despite that, Kurosaki grows up to become a con artist known as Kurosagi. As Kurosagi, he swindles other con artists and returns the money to the original victim. He works with the master swindler Katsuragi Toshio (Yamazaki Tsutomu) even though Toshio had a hand in the destruction of Kurosaki’s family.

Kurosaki's life begins to change when he meets Yoshikawa Tsurara (Horikita Maki), a young law student who disapproves of his disrespect of the law. Can she persuade Kurosaki to give up swindling and his quest for revenge?

LIFE

Alternative Title: ライフ
Genre: Drama, School
Film Date: June, 2007
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts:
Hojo Takahiro, Katsumura Masanobu, Maya Miki, Nakamura Tomoya, Ono Takehiko, Osawa Akane, Yajima Kenichi
Description:

Adapted from Keiko Suenobu's manga "LIFE," this drama delves into the dark side of high school life. The story focuses mainly on bullying, but the manga also touches on subjects such as self-mutilation, suicide, and rape. Kitano Kii stars as Ayumu Shiiba, one of the students bullied by a group of classmates led by Ayumu's former friend, Manami Anzai (Fukuda Saki).

Rookies

Rookies
Alternative Title: ルーキーズ
Genre: Sports
Film Date: April, 2008
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts:
Amano Hiroyuki, Asano Kazuyuki, Fukiishi Kazue, Ibu Masato , Ichihara Hayato, Igarashi Shunji, Kawamura Yosuke, Kiritani Kenta, Koide Keisuke, Murakawa Eri, Nakao Akiyoshi, Onoue Hiroyuki, Osugi Ren, Sato Ryuta, Sato Takeru, Shirota Yu, Takaoka Sousuke
Description:

The story revolves around a high school teacher and coach that tries to reform delinquents by having them join the baseball team.

Sapuri

Alternative Title: サプリ
Genre: Romance
Film Date: July, 2006
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts:
Aijima Kazuyuki, Asami Reina , Eita, Haraguchi Akimasa , Ito Misaki, Kamenashi Kazuya, Ryo, Sato Koichi , Sato Shigeyuki, Shida Mirai, Shiraishi Miho
Description:

Based on a popular manga, Minami (Ito Misaki) is a single 28-year-old office worker in an advertising office. She's very work-oriented and her love is doubted by her boyfriend. One day, she meets Yuya (Kamenashi Kazuya), who is a part-time worker at her company.

Seito Shokun!

Alternative Title: Attention Students! / Dear Students!
Genre: Drama, School
Film Date: April, 2007
Total Episodes: 10
Japan Casts:
Horikita Maki, Hoshino Natsuko, Masana Bokuzo, Shiga Kotaro, Shirota Yu, Uchiyama Rina
Description:

Students who do not trust teachers, teachers who give up faith in education, parents who blame schools for their children's misbehavior...

Naoko was at a loss when she was assigned as a new high school teacher. Times have changed and students are no longer easy to control, but she chose not to look away. Instead, Naoko reaches out to try and discover the various issues hidden in the modern education system.

Seigi no Mikata

Alternative Title: 正義の味方 / Seigi no Mikata 2008
Genre: Comedy
Film Date: July, 2008
Total Episodes: 10
Japan Casts:
Hongo Kanata, Irie Jingi, Mukai Osamu, Natsui Runa, Sano Shiro, Shida Mirai, Takizawa Saori, Tanaka Yoshiko, Tokui Yuu, Yamada Yu
Description:

15-year-old Yoko, a young girl who is constantly tormented by her self-centered and devilish older sister Makiko, who works for a government office after having graduated from a famous university. But despite her ill nature, Makiko's actions tend to somehow make things better for those around her, causing others to praise her as an "ally of justice."

[nine669]

I agree with everyone who posted on good movies!!

Check these out as well:
Ito Hideaki - First Kiss, Bengoshi no Kuzu, Umizaru, Yasha
Yamapi - Code Blue
Takuya - Pride, Hero, Million Stars from the Sky, Beautiful Life

[alfursan29]

rookies
story about some delinquent playing baseball