Are you guys ready for a Korean version of Chiaki and Nodame? Who could do justice to those two fascinating and eccentric characters? Ready or not Korea is preparing for a drama adaptation of the critically acclaimed manga Nodame Cantabile. I’m not a fan of the mangaka’s drawing or storytelling style so it was through the popular J-dorama adaptation that I got into the story. It’s going to be hard to top the almost perfect J-dorama starring Tamaki Hiroshi, Ueno Juri, Eita, Koide Keisuke, and Mizukawa Asami. The J-dorama garnered fantastic ratings and won tons of drama awards when it aired so it’s almost pointless to try and do a remake when there is already one version that found acting talent to perfectly bring to life the manga characters. If Korea wants to do it, it’s better off doing it with a twist or some updates in either character description or plot. I liked the way The Suspicious Housekeeper veered from Kaisefu no Mita, but that was just a drama remaking another drama but Nodame Cantabile is based on a manga source material so the Korean version may be hand-tied in trying to infuse it with a different flavor. I liked Nodame Cantabile but it’s not one of my favorite J-doramas for a few personal quirks. I’m exceedingly fastidious and I cannot stand messy heroines and I almost had a brain hernia in episode 1 when I saw Nodame’s room. Chiaki’s reaction would be mine, except I don’t think I could ever fall for her somewhere down the line. But once I got over Nodame’s cleanliness or lack thereof, the Nodame Cantabile story is wonderful for the music, the music college friendships and rivalries, and the way the drama actually showcased the music aspect of the story rather than keep it in the background. With episode 1 being titled “Rhapsody of the weird pianist vs. the self-centered conductor”, I think the quirks of the two leads could work in the bicker-friendly K-drama OTP setting but I’m curious how the manga over-the-top elements would be expressed in the K-version. This drama is still in pre-production mode so no casting yet and I’ll bring more news as it arrives. Whoever they find to play the leads will have big big shoes to step into – Hiroshi was magnetic as Chiaki and looked so damn fine in a coat and tails conducting and Juri was like Nodame leaping off the pages of the manga with her body language and animated facial expressions.
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Nooooo, we already have the dream team!!! And aren't the classical soundtrack going to be similar? I just wish the original japanese team keep making specials /:
Noooooooooo! Please, don't remake this. They'll just add a love triangle and make Nodame into a super beautiful girl whom gets bullied by the other girls who are jealous. The remake wont have the heart that the jdorama had. Juri and Tamaki were wonderful as was the rest of the cast (Takenaka Naoto, made me laugh so hard in every ep)
Apparently 1 litre of tears is rumored to also be remade, do they know that Aya even was a real person.
1LOT? No way....
Oh god, a love triangle. I'm scared. I could totally see it.
Yeah! I agree with you.
Agreed about your point regarding the bicker-friendly Kdrama OTP setting, it'll fit right into Kdramaland. It reminds me of Beethoven Virus, actually...
Nooooo. I can't think of any Korean celebrities that could do justice to play the parts. Juri and Hiroshi are just perfect and my all time Jdorama favorite.
No! :(
The Jdrama adaptation was PERFECT! No matter what they do, they can't match it!
They should have looked for other mangas to adapt. I would love a Kdrama adaptation of "Marmalade Boy", for example.
actress that could be good...
1.Go Ara(she is natural and flawless as Na Jung in reply 1994)
2.IU(but maybe too similar with her role in pretty man?)
3.Jung Eun Ji(she is hilarious)
4.kim ji won(she is bubbly and lovable in what's up compare to arrogant-cold in heirs)
actors:
1.joo won(he is talented and busy....)
2. jung il woo(he got comedic timing in Flower boy ramyun shop)
3.Kim woo bin?( never found him in comedy but he got a charisma)
4.Lee min ki(man...he is talented..who can bring him back to dramaland?he is awesome as cameo in shut up flower boy band)
5.choi daniel(he is hilarious and unique!)
i'm hoping the PD will be great too! it should be well-executed and got a good soundtrack like what original version has done! PD master's sun,city could be good or Five fingers,Painter of the wind PD...they should select a good cast and then it all depend on PD to how make this korean version to be top notch... please don't ruin my japanese drama all time nodame cantabile..n no park shin hye please...she always overacting(she is the only flaw in YAB)
As long as the main actress is not Goo Hye Sun. Her adaptation of Makino Tsukushi (Geum Jan Di) in "Boys over flowers" was so horrible that... I can't even speak out the abomination!!!
I loved Nodame Cantabile, I hope the Korean version would be as good when not better (almost impossible).
i think it will be good if Goo Hye Sun will play as Nodame
God forbid. shudders
Wow....I hope this idea will be shelved because no one can make a better chiaki than hiroshi and nodame, ueno juri nailed the nodame character. Just sub the freakin drama and replay it, its as easy as that!! Kdramaland already ruined hana yori dango, hana kimi and it started with a kiss. Why nodame??!!!
I'm not too sure about this. I wasn't too happy with Korean remakes of Hana Yori Dango and Hana Kimi so this might not be a good idea, too. Tamaki Hiroshi and Ueno Juri were just too perfect in their roles that it'll be hard imagining somebody else in them.
Nooooooooooooo!