tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post7699965056778257060..comments2024-03-27T13:55:03.912-04:00Comments on Kayo Kyoku Plus: Chage and Aska -- Say YesJ-Canuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-46013996520180334192015-09-23T11:09:45.792-04:002015-09-23T11:09:45.792-04:00Hi again.
A friend I used to know in Japan back i...Hi again.<br /><br />A friend I used to know in Japan back in early 1991 cottoned me onto "Tokyo Love Story" just when the show was in its last few episodes so I mostly saw the characters in Ehime Prefecture instead of Tokyo but then came the reruns so I got to see the big city in all its glamourous glory.<br /><br />Ahhh...the green pay phones. They're still around although far fewer in number. I never had a cellphone so I often relied on those with telephone cards.J-Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-15632103330946329562015-09-23T07:19:10.811-04:002015-09-23T07:19:10.811-04:00Hi J-Canuck.
Wanting to slap Kanji (and some othe...Hi J-Canuck.<br /><br />Wanting to slap Kanji (and some other characters, for that matter) for his indecisiveness doesn't even begin to cover it for me. But like I said, I'm determined to watch "Tokyo Love Story" to the end! It really does help that "Love Story wa Totsuzen ni" was its theme song. That aside, these shows give me a look into Japan circa 1990's, and one thing I noted was that there were green pay phones (they were always that colour it seemed) everywhere. Noelle Thamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869350840856391942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501670448657416824.post-34565371671008902562015-09-22T21:25:16.234-04:002015-09-22T21:25:16.234-04:00Hi, Noelle.
I have to admit that I think the them...Hi, Noelle.<br /><br />I have to admit that I think the theme songs have probably dated better than the actual dramas themselves. I actually have the DVD box for "Tokyo Love Story" and all these years I've only gone over a few of the episodes (the ones that don't have as much melodrama). For me, I just like listening to the soundtrack as the actors are doing their thing and reminiscing over the fashion and pop culture of those times such as those neo-Zoot suits. And there were quite a few of us who wanted to slap around Kanji for being so wishy-washy. :)<br /><br />I remember "The 101st Proposal" very well for that famous scene of "SHINIMASEN!" and for the fact that it was the final drama that I would see before heading back to Canada in 1991. I wouldn't catch the ending of the show for many years. As for the Utchan-Nanchan parody, Nanbara was hilarious. There was a blooper from it in which his Kaoru unexpectedly smashed his head through the window behind her bed; (s)he played dead while actress Ritsuko Tanaka absolutely lost herself in giggles.J-Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551828383307840403noreply@blogger.com