Karei-naru Ichizoku ep 1+2

Can't believe I nearly missed out on this show. Noticed the1st ep sitting in my dorama folder without subs and wondering why I downloaded in the first place. Then I remembered it was a KimuTaku show. Figuring it was weird that a KimuTaku show's not subbed, I looked around and found out that its being subbed by S-Project, the same ppl who did Nadame.

I can't believe this guy gets to be the last act on Kouhaku every year, and they can't even sing that well!

And I must say, Karei-naru Ichizoku has become my best dorama of the season (which still isn't saying much). 1st thing I gotta say is, holy fuck, there are a shit lot of good actors on this show. No wonder there were no big names for this season. And some of them are just playing bit parts in this show.


Anyway, KimuTaku plays Manpyo Teppei, the son of a super rich family who's doing steel and destined to be some bigshot blah blah blah. The interesting part is that Teppei's dad run a bank and the finance ministry is trying to force the banks to merge. I love anything with politics and money and power.

The mistress and the wife...

The other interesting aspect of the show is that Teppei's dad has a mistress played by the MILF Suzuki Kyoko who literally runs the house. I just love her performance as the very sexy and scheming mistress. And the scene where they try to get Teppei's mom into a threesome....

MILF alert!

Yes, your eyes did not deceive you. Ok, you don't get to see anything but the interesting thing is about how the mistress wields her power. Teppei himself is not an interesting character. KimiTaku IMO, is less suited for intellectual type of people. Hiroyuki Sanada would be perfect for Teppei. Or even Yamamoto Koji, who plays Teppei's bro Ginpei. His role as Hijikata in Shinsengumi is one of the best acting jobs I've ever seen.


Chick wise, this show is loaded. Besides Suzuki Kyoka, you've got Hasegawa Kyoko, Inamori Izumi (doc from Iryu) and Aibu Saiki (Attention Please). Of course it suffers from your typical 'historical show' type problems, namely generic, boring dialogue, lots of characters who hardly do anything. But it makes up for it with the dysfunctional family thing. Still 2 eps is too early to judge. But I'd watch it all the way for Suzuki Kyoka. :)