Medley024～"My Family's Story" locks in the best of 2021 in advance, mid-season inventory in winter, and release of Hikaru Utada's new song [Japanese Drama World]

Today is March 12th, good Friday everyone.
In a blink of an eye, 10 years have passed since the "311 Great East Japan Earthquake", and the scars left by the tsunami have not yet faded away. I noticed that at the time point of the "tenth anniversary", Japan did not commemorate it, let alone praise its virtues or great victories. People just silently faced the pain, that's all. Or maybe, because it is engraved in the heart, the same memory will be played back once in each "311", and there is no need for another, broader and grander scale to measure people's grief.

Best "My Family Story" of the Season

The winter series "Story of My Family" written by Kankuro Miyato is locked in ahead of schedule for this season (or even the whole year of 2021), and it is estimated that the "Mutoda Award", "Hashida Award", "Galaxy Award" and other awards have even their names engraved on them . Before the start of the broadcast, due to the good reputation accumulated by "Ikebukuro West Exit Park" and "Narcissist Detective", I am also looking forward to the re-cooperation of "Miyajiu" Nagase Tomoe. Seeing this, I have to say that this is the only winter season that has never been disappointing. s work.

The main line of the story is that the national treasure-level master of the traditional Japanese art of "no" is getting old. In the middle of the game, when the misunderstandings and grievances between family members are gradually eliminated, the "family trip" with laughter and tears draws a perfect ending for the first half: the three brothers unexpectedly appeared on stage and sang and danced (the drama must have dance and singing) The bridge section), the old father even pushed his emotions to a climax with the Japanese version of "My Way" of the "Pocket Playlist"...

The great thing about "Gong Jiu" is that it can seemingly effortlessly make each character so amiable and lovely, with motivation and highlights, using every minute well, there is no idle pen, and everyone twists into one On the ropes, even the roles of the nurse (Erika Toda) and the consultant (Yorang Arakawa) who did not participate in the "family trip" were just right. Not to mention the word scrutiny, sense of humor, and observational eyes scattered throughout the script of "Gong Jiu", which is similar to another comedian screenwriter bakarhythm, but is obviously better in terms of dramatic tension, scheduling, and narration.

After the whole drama is over, there will be a special article for in-depth analysis, which will continue to be locked.

Mid-term inventory of winter Japanese dramas

There are also several winter episodes that continue to be watched, such as:

The big river drama "Rush to the Blue Sky" continues to pave the way for the protagonist's business genes and class consciousness. Eiichi (Ryo Yoshizawa) had been fascinated by how his father ran the "blue dyeing" business since he was a child. With the support of his mother, he went out to purchase "leaf dyeing raw materials" by himself, made "investments" on his own initiative, and even used a ranking system to stimulate the enthusiasm of farmers; at the same time, limited by his background The injustice and oppression of the peasants and merchants by the class and the warriors made him more and more breathless. On the other hand, the "invisible protagonist" Tokugawa Keiki (Kusojian Gang) has not yet taken over the power. As a contrast to Rong, his fate may be more curious and embarrassing. The ignorant and youthful multi-angle love is also slowly unfolding~

Ayase Haruka's "Heaven and Hell" with Takahashi's life focuses on "soul exchange", which is undoubtedly disappointing. There was a heated discussion and speculation about who the real culprit was on Japanese Twitter. A number of supporting roles such as Mizoda Junpei and Nina Benyou were on the list. It turns out that everyone is wrong. The screenwriter Morishita Yoshiko has always been (only) good at showing warmth, allowing her to break through and open up. The brain hole is really difficult for a strong person, let alone which "Benevolent Reasoning" and "Vicious Crime" dramas will be accompanied by such a soft and soothing background music and theme song? Of course, the audiences who have been supported to the present by Haruka Ayase's weird smile and Takahashi's life-long BL drama don't mind seeing the end.

Koki Mitani continues to remake Agatha Christie's classic works. The special drama "A Promise with Death" starring Nomura Mansai is much more orthodox in terms of suspense and reasoning. I had a similar feeling when I watched the movie "Knives Out" starring Daniel Craig. I remember that some translators praised Sangu's remake and transplant as a typical case of cultural translation.

Another "311 10th Anniversary Drama" "Tomorrow will be better by your side" tells a story of rebirth in the disaster-stricken Ishinomaki City. Lost rings, disappeared relatives, reopened bookstores, restarted love... Ayase Haruka and Ikematsu Soryo have stable performances. One plays the role of a local who is surrounded by pain and can't come out, and the other plays an outsider. Learn about integrating into the local community.

April New Drama Newsletter

Two more spring new dramas have announced the latest news:

• Taiwan Asahi announced that Hiroshi Tamaki will star in the workplace battle "Sakura Tower", with Ryoko Hirosue, Yisa Nakari and others joining, which looks like a "big Austria" or "white giant tower" of the police system;
• Oishi Jing also came to write about soul exchange, and Matsusaka Toli "falls in love" with Iura Shin (Kumiko Aso).

2021 Art Choice Awards Announced

In 2021, the 71st "Arts Selection Award" Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award and Newcomer Award were recently awarded. This is an award sponsored by the Japanese government department to recognize outstanding practitioners in the literary and art circles. This year, Kenichi Okamoto and Xing Suzuki won the performance category; Suwa Atsuthiko and Oda Xiang won the film category; the popular musician Yonezu Genshi, the comic "Ghost" The author of "Blade of Destruction" Hu Shiqing also made some achievements.

Hikaru Utada's new song debut

The new song "One Lass Kiss" created by Hikaru Utada for the finale of the animated film "Neon Genesis Evangelion EVA" premiered on YouTube. The MV was directed by Hideaki Anno, and edited some life-like "mouth-to-mouth" scenes, in line with the special period. "New Normal". The melody of the song is catchy, the rhythm is clear, the lyrics are completely poetic, and the ending is rich in rhythm. Sometime I want to translate the lyrics.

Love Tibetan Japan

Finally, let’s be concerned about the current situation of Japan’s “third wave”: Yoshihide Suga announced that the “declaration of emergency” in the “one capital and three prefectures” around Tokyo will be extended for two weeks, which has attracted criticism from leftists and the media.

People's main rhetoric is: At that time, the various conditions for unblocking were formulated, and almost all of them have been met now. Why should it be extended? Isn't Kansai unblocked? But if everything goes according to the rules, what should politicians do? Direct AI to govern the country.

In fact, the number of new infections in Tokyo has rebounded in the past few days, and the unblocking is bound to face greater risks. We need more time to wait for the weather to warm up and the vaccine to be in place. We can't pin our hopes on 5 people and a bottle of vaccine to 7 people. Personal fight?

The above is the entire content of this issue of "Newsletter Weekly", we will see you at the same time next week.