Those old J-doramas broadcast in Indonesia

I don’t really remember if I’ve ever mentioned this…I have been watching dorama since I was only a student at Junior High. Before attached to dorama, I was a big fan of Chinese kung-fu series including Condor Heroes, the return of condor heroes, To Liong To.., twin heroes, and so on

My very first dorama was a long series called “OSHIN.” To be honest, I do not even remember the story except that it tells a life story of…OSHIN (who else?) from a little girl called Oshin, teenager Oshin, until Oshin obasama (read: grandma Oshin) :). Anyway, I was only six at that time.

The first dorama that I can still remember most of its story is Tokyo Love Story (Tokyo Rabu Sutori). As I remember that was broadcast right after the first airing of INDOSIAR channel on Indonesian television. When? don’t ask me about when was it because I am very bad with remembering date and time…that’s why my history’s grades could not go over 7. Briefly, the story is about four adults, two guys (Kenji and Mikami) and two ladies (Rika and Satomi) who are involved in polygon love story.

After the series finished airing, the channel followed it up by having “Just the way we are” aired. I remember it was the title of the dorama. Sounds like a famous song with similar title but it was really a dorama and not a song. Japanese title of it? never know it at all until I accidentally listened to the mp3 of the theme song at my friend’s home…..The song is called Kimi ga Irudakede from Kome Kome Club.

A triangle love story between two best (girl) friends who coincidentally fall in love with the same man. In the end, one of the girls chooses to give up her feeling and let the man marry her only bestfriend. Sadly, because of weak body, her bestfriend passes away while giving birth to her only daughter. Since then the girl promises to take care the daughter as if she is hers. Since

Then, again on the same channel, “Anything for you” was aired. The story? It is the Japanese style of Demi-Moore Ghost movie :p….very romantic and memorable just like the original movie only in a longer version.

And followed by “Ordinary People” which the theme song itself is one of the best all the times Japanese pop song ever…If you never listen to it before, you can try googling or youtubing for “True Love” by Fumiya Fuji.

Then…I came acrross various dorama with Indonesian subbed voice (that I won’t mention them here) until I met…eh…until I watch Kimura Takuya for the first time in Long Vacation. There he was, acting as Sena a 24 years old piano student who inevitable has to live with a woman in her thirty’s who appears to be the bride who has been left behind at the altar by his ex-roomate.Here, I also watched Hirosue Ryoko and Takenouchi Yutaka for the first time acting before their next appearance in Beach Boys.

Ok..I have to end this post here….because it is impossible to me to outline all other doramas that I had watched since then.

Adios..and until next time 🙂 🙂