Which Japanese dramas/movies do you really want to watch on Viki? 🇯🇵 🏯

frustratedwriter · November 16, 2018, 1:24pm

the ones that haven’t been shown, that detective oh yeah! Detective Dee and the other ones , so many I would love to see, I couldn’t tell you the titles, but I have seen on other links,

which I’d love Viki to get licenses for, the detective ones, mysteries, sci fi ones, the whole bunch, the new ones and the older ones

so sorry! I think Detective Dee is chinese?

biaaffontes_462 · March 1, 2019, 4:30am

I would really like to see 99.9 Criminal Lawyer here

angelight313_941 · March 1, 2019, 8:44pm

I would love, love to see again here at Rviki, is a Japanese short drama that I did spanish subs and edited the english subs when it was a little off (i guess they used a translator sometimes).

Anyway, it was about an almost 30 year old housewife, with a cheating husband and 2 gorgeous intelligent kids. The little girl was amazingly intelligent, the way she talked to her mommy and console her.

I remember she wanted to be a model and terrible things happens to her along the way but in the end she triumphs and become a role model for women…

The only thing I remember about the title right now is Colour de rose. I’ve tried to find it elsewhere with no luck. It was inspirational and I loved the ending more than anything. I always thought it would have a second part but sadly it never happened (as far as I know).

tuckerosborne37zm · March 11, 2019, 8:55am

interested films, on weekend i definitely download this, thanks

lllford2000_668 · March 27, 2019, 4:13pm

I love Japanese dramas/movies and I am constantly looking for new ones. For people new to watching these here are some of my favorites I have found.

Last Cinderella
Love for Beginners
Ookami Shoujo To Kuro Ouji
My Teacher
The Assassin’s Blade. (this is really sad)

I am interested in watching any that are put on this site. I love mainly romance/comedies. So any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

lutra · March 27, 2019, 4:49pm

Oh, I didn’t post here before? How could this happen?

I think I would want to watch 5 Ji Kara 9 Ji, I don’t know how it is but still.
One I have seen, several times probably my first real J-Drama love is Pride, so even it is a bit aged now. This one is still present in my mind.

Rich Man Poor Woman … Japanese version is better, if I may say so.

I still think there are many more, but will leave it at 3.

sheishun · March 27, 2019, 8:36pm

Hello all! I would love to suggest J-dramas for Viki to license. Here are a select few of my old favorites that I’d love to recommend and watch with you on Viki. I listed in (sorta) alphabetical order and tried to stop before including too many. (>_<) I do have more suggestions if you need them! Thanks for considering. sheishun

Ataru
At Home Dad
Densha Otoko
Egao no Hosoku
Engine
Gokusen (all of ‘em!)
Haikei, Chichiue-sama
Haken no Hinkaku
Hero
Hotaru no Hikari
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Kizarazu Cats Eye
Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
Keizoku 2 Spec
Long Love Letter
Lunch Queen
Last Friends
Lost:Time:Life
Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi
Osozaki no Himawari
Tiger & Dragon
Utahime
Water Boys
Yasashii Jikan

angelight313_941 · March 28, 2019, 12:39am

I really wish we had here at RAKUTENVIKI the japanese dramas; MY HUSBAND WON’T FIT (adult theme) and GREEN DOOR really, really good.

persianparisan_151 · March 28, 2019, 1:20pm

Nagareboshi 2010
Mukodono 2013
Hanayome wa Yakudoshi
Seigi No Mikata
Nodame Cantabile
Iguana No Musume
Hana Kimi

katschoo · May 6, 2019, 7:25pm

i watched iguana no musume a long time ago, (2008 i think??) and the whole time i could not decide if i loved it, or disliked it. It is so … different. But i watched the whole drama with very much anticipation. I’d really like to rewatch it, to see if it still has the same confusing impact on me.

frustratedwriter · May 21, 2019, 7:16pm

I finished watching that japanese detective, hae almost acted like shurlock, criminologist etc. sorry. but this was funny entertaining too and also good mysteries.

angelight313_941 · May 22, 2019, 4:17am

I would love for everyone to enjoy watching here the Japanese movie: HITOKOWA- Thee killing hours. They are short horror stories.

Also a documentary about homeless people. in Japan. You{ll be amazed how they always overcome any hardships in their life.

A home with a view from Hong Kong is funny and many more things all in one. A must see!

rose_shn · May 22, 2019, 10:55pm

I loved the film so much that i have bought the whole series (3 CD’s)

irmar · May 25, 2019, 5:25pm

angelight313_168:

I would love, love to see again here at Rviki, is a Japanese short drama that I did spanish subs and edited the english subs when it was a little off (i guess they used a translator sometimes).

Anyway, it was about an almost 30 year old housewife, with a cheating husband and 2 gorgeous intelligent kids. The little girl was amazingly intelligent, the way she talked to her mommy and console her.

I remember she wanted to be a model and terrible things happens to her along the way but in the end she triumphs and become a role model for women…
The only thing I remember about the title right now is Colour de rose. I’ve tried to find it elsewhere with no luck. It was inspirational and I loved the ending more than anything. I always thought it would have a second part but sadly it never happened (as far as I know).

Drama: Holy Battle in Couleur de Rose -the future is in our hands-
Romaji: Barairo no Seisen
Japanese: バラ色の聖戦
Director: Manabu Aso, Naomi Kinoshita
Writer: Yukari Koyama (manga), Shizuka Ouki
Network: TV Asahi
Episodes: 6
Release Date: September 4 - October 9, 2011

Yes, it used to be here, but now only the episode pages are left (with no actual videos), not the main page.
https://www.viki.com/videos/225559v-holy-battle-in-couleur-de-rose-the-future-is-in-our-hands-episode-1?locale=en

http://asianwiki.com/Holy_Battle_in_Couleur_de_Rose_-the_future_is_in_our_hands-_(Barairo_no_Seisen)

Yeah, after a bit of searching, I found it. On a site I cannot mention here.
Look for “Holy Battle in Couleur de Rose - The Future Is …” and you will eventually find it. All six episodes, fully subbed in English.

angelight313_941 · May 26, 2019, 2:40am

@irmar

Thanks a lot. I’m going to fill out the request form to see if we can have it here at viki again, and hopefully done with a better translation. I’m checking to see if I can find it to watch it again. If I can’t find it, I’ll PM you bc I really would love to see this drama again.

Got to watch the drama again. Thank you, irmar.

onimpulseowo_560 · May 31, 2019, 1:46am

Yes!

I really want to see Hana Yori Dango, Hana Kimi, Gokusen, and all the oldies!

frustratedwriter · July 9, 2019, 10:33am

a few months ago on an unnamed link I watched a young detective and his side kick, good mystery, this was not an aneme. the guy acted like a sherlock holmes, another was about a guy with a red eye, think he had powers, and this one was an aneme
another one was a psychic that teamed with a detctive, what about young sherlock, cant find it anywhere! course dont have titles. oh! and one I thought was interesting, beautiful bones.

marykarmelina · August 30, 2019, 4:40pm

Good luck!

angelight313_941 · August 30, 2019, 6:44pm

None of the ones I requested so far. Will see if later on…sigh

One of them…
https://www.viki.com/videos/225559v-holy-battle-in-couleur-de-rose-the-future-is-in-our-hands-episode-1?locale=en

http://asianwiki.com/Holy_Battle_in_Couleur_de_Rose_-the_future_is_in_our_hands-

shakalabbit · February 15, 2020, 4:11am

I’ll copy-paste my list from another thread here. A textwall, but I think in this context more info is better than not enough, and I don’t plan on posting one of these every day. (“Thanks!” they say.
)

“Life” (2007) - based on Keiko Suenobu’s manga about brutal school bullying, is easily the best, most ethically spectacular drama I’ve ever seen. I’d die to see it again and I would dearly like to introduce a whole bunch of friends to it, but… there’s no longer any place to see it. I describe “Life” as being “Like ‘Alien,’ but with scarier monsters.” Every single scene in this is electrifying, and every single scene has that rarity of rarities, the either-or moral choice . In virtually every scene someone has to choose between loyalty to a friend vs. fitting in with the crowd; giving up vs. fighting; standing up for oneself vs. caving in and living as a beaten dog; trashing an enemy in vengeance vs. elegantly stepping aside and allowing them to destroy themselves via their own embarrassing actions; stepping in and saving the day for someone else vs. indirectly guiding them and letting them triumph via their own effort. Viki really needs to get a “Life,” hahaha. Anyone who’s ever had to endure being bullied will find this drama to be jaw-dropping and flat-out magnificent in its inspiration;
“Joker Yurusarezaru Sosakan” (2010) - a brilliant show about the ethical questions in vigilantism, with some incredible twists and some of the best acting I’ve seen in ages (Sakai Masato is a Japanese Gary Sinese, with an inscrutable face that’s always smiling but with heavy-duty conflict going on in his head.) I know at least two friends, one of them a bestselling writer of vigilante novels, who’d really dig this show and would likely become long-term subscibers if the show were here;
“Voice” (2009) - about forensic science students turned detectives, with a classic “morality play” in every episode, like vintage Star Trek and Twilight Zone used to be, IOW, food-for-thought long after it’s done, and with excellent acting and writing;
“Iryu: Team Medical Dragon” (2006) - one of the best and most realistic doctor shows I’ve ever seen, also with great writing, acting and effects;
“Kiina: Fukano Hanzai Sosakan” (2009) - about a police woman assigned to an X-Files-type division that deals with weird supernatural cases, much like the classic “Galileo” but even weirder;
“Ushi ni Negai wo” (a.k.a. “Wish Upon A Cow” or “Love & Farm” - 2007) - a group of pampered Tokyo college students sign up for a semester in Hokkaido to intern as farm workers, where they instantly regret it but can’t back out, so they have to learn to get serious about life and basically to grow up. I remember in the opening episode two of them birth an actual calf, live, with no effects and no help (nothing is done half-hearted in Japan, including acting.) The calf, which they name “Green,” basically becomes another cast member as he grows older. Just a cool and totally unique show;
“Yasashii Jikan” (2005) - about a father and son living a few miles apart on Hokkaido without knowing it, who’d become estranged after the son crashed the family car, killing his mother. The father runs the Forest Clock, a coffee bar with a huge picture window that looks out on the forest beyond - an actual place you can visit in Furano. A really intense, emotional melodrama that will stick with you forever, and has Ayaka Hirahara’s “Ashita” as its theme song(!)
Dr. X (2012) - This was on Amazon Prime but got deleted before I had the time to see it (they’ve ditched a ton of their J-dramas too, which means there has to be a bunch of J-drama addicts just as frustrated as me, wanting somewhere else to see them.) This one has gone to six seasons, so it must be good.
Asakusa Fukumaru Ryokan (2007) - about a nosy and hilarious inn owner in Tokyo’s Asakusa district, starring Nishida Toshiyuki, who played the grumpy noodle chef opposite the late, great Brittany Murphy in “Ramen Girl.” This had a second season but I’ve only seen the first - a great comedy with some heavy tear-jerker action too. By the end of this the actors will feel like they’re your family, and you’ll be sad to have to say goodbye to them.
Midnight Diner (a.k.a. Shinya Shokudo - 2009 onward) - About a diner that opens at midnight and closes in the morning, and the weird regulars and non-regulars who show up there. This is mondo cool and has gone to something like five seasons, but Netflix only has one. So a great opportunity to pick up their slack and basically pull fans of the show away from the “flix” Borg.

Prolly others I’m forgetting - well “With Love” from 1998, which is basically the same story as the movie “You’ve Got Mail” but came out several months earlier - people might be put off by the now ancient-looking computers that are the focus of the story, but it’s a great story (with some flaws,) with phenomenal music that’s woven throughout the plot.

Ok, now I’m done. Again, sorry for the textwall but better to be thorough.