I’m triply stoked for the summer 2018 J-dorama season, and in general have enjoyed the last three dorama seasons with always one show I get hooked on to watch. Summer ’18 has three high profile top actresses with anticipated series coming – Ishihara Satomi gets to play the cultured straight woman in Takane no Hana as the refined ikebana (flower arranging) heiress who falls for a schlumpy ordinary guy, Ueno Juri makes her first post-marriage dorama return in the J-version of Good Doctor opposite It Boy Yamazaki Kento and Fujiki Naohito, and Ayase Haruka gets to play the mom, or more specifically the step mom, with Takenouchi Yutaka with a side of Sato Takeru in Gibo to Musume no Blues (Stepmother and daughter blues). Eeep, I’m so excited for all this fun summer goodness to arrive!
If Kento gives a performance that matches up to the level of Joo won he will definitely have the right to join the big boys table
I actually didn’t like Joo Won’s interpretation of the character. I know playing an autistic is difficult. But I feel like his is bordering caricature. And he do have a tendency to overact based on his other portrayals. Of course this is a personal opinion, hence, subjective.
Oh the 3 looks nice ! Between the koreans dramas and the japanese ones, the summer will be very busy :p
I love all these three posters. It’s witty, looks fun and different.
I really enjoyed watching Satomi’s dramas these recent years such as Unnatural, From 5 to 9 and Dear Sister so I’ll definitely give her newest drama a try. As for Ayase Haruka, I like her too and the little girl who plays her step-daughter was cute in “My Brother Loves Me Too Much” so I’ll check that one out too. However, I’m not too interested in Kento’s dramas so I don’t know if I’ll watch “The Good Doctor”. Except for the ones you listed there’s also another rising actress who will have a new drama out and it is Tsuchiya Tao. It will be about cheerleading. Counting that one in, I’ll have at least three dramas to follow.
Tao Tsuchiya is a good actress, I have watched several of her movies. I like all 3 of Ms Koala’s recommendations and now adding this one, I have a total of 4 to watch this summer. K-dramas have been boring, so J-doromas will be a win for me 🙂
Tsuchiya Tao is indeed a good actress. I see a lot of potential in her so I’m glad she is getting more recognition now.
Loved Ishihara’s last drama Unnatural. I am interested in this next drama. It seems like it has a good setup to be rom com from the poster. Interested in the remake of Good Doctor too. I don’t care so much for the storyline, but would definitely like to see how the acting goes in compared to both the Korean and American versions.
no matter how great that drama if there are no subtitles,not good.
for j drama you need dig deeper to find subtittle. definitely cant rely on d addict or subscenes. as jdrama fans for years I think, jdrama sub are easier to get these days. But yeah, some good jdrama still unsubbed