Drama Review : Tokyo Dogs

Hello! Today I'm in the mood of doing drama review. I just finished watching Japanese Drama - Tokyo Dogs. Have you watched it. This drama has been broadcast in 2009. And I'm watching it in 2013. Huhu. It was a story about an elite cop and a detective that been paired together to solve criminal cases.

Cast :

Shun Oguri as Takakura So

Hiro Mizushima as Kudo Maruo

Yuriko Yoshitaka - Matsunaga Yuki

Synopsis :

Takakura So witnessed his father's murder at a young age. Pledging to catch the killer, he grows up to become an elite cop in New York City, where the criminal lives. His character is cool-headed and disciplined, yet adapts well. Because of major drug dealings, he gets sent to Tokyo to conduct a joint investigation with the Japanese police. There, he gets teamed up with, Kudo Maruo, a detective from a special investigative division. Kudo is a hot-blooded fighting expert due to his earlier days as a delinquent, but he makes a strong impression with his stylish appearance and is always interested in going on group dates. His personality, interests, and investigation methods are completely mismatched with Takakura's, but the two somehow work together to crack the case they've been given. Tokyo_DOGS

There's one thing that I really like about Oguri Shun (Takakura So) characters in this drama. That is, he never ignore his mom's phone call. His mom always called him whenever he's at the crime scene or when he chase after the criminals. But, he still answered the phone call and listened to what his mom would like to say. Even his mom just want to ask about small things and not important at all. For example, his mom would like to buy a fish and call him just to ask about what types or kind of fish she should buy. Or what they should eat when they have dinner together. He will still listen even though he can't give her an answer and just tell her that he will call back after ten minutes.

His mom, sister and his sister's boyfriend.

Answering his mom phone call

Kudo Maruo and Takakura So

I think that we should never ever ignore our parents when they call us. Because we never know that it may be their last phone call to us.  And we should listen to what they want to say even though it just 'hello' and not important. Sometimes, they just want to hear our voice. Never ignore them no matter how busy we are.

 

That's all for now. Hey, you should watch this drama. ^_^ 

Hachi : A Dog's Tale

Have you watch this movie? This movie was released in 2009 and I never thought that I'm watching it in 2013. Well, this movie was in my lappy for some time but I didn't watch it. And I'm watching it today because sensei in my Japanese Class just told me about the story. And guess what? I'm crying over this story. It has been so long since my last 'crying' over a movie. Huhu..This film is about a college professor and the abandoned dog he takes into his home. It was based on true story of a faithful Akita Inu, the titular Hachiko.

Synopsis

     An Akita puppy is sent from Japan to the United States, but his cage falls off the baggage cart at an American train station, where he found by college professor Parker Wilson. Parker is instantly captivated by the dog and takes the puppy home overnight.
     The next day, Parkers expects that someone will have contacted the train station, but no one has. A few years later, Hachi and Parker are as close as ever. Every morning Parker and Hachi walks to the train station, where he leaves on the train to go to his work as a professor. Hachi leaves after Parker's safe departure, but comes back in the afternoon to see Parker arrive and walk with him home again. This continues for some time, Hachi doing this everyday, until one afternoon Parker attempts to leave, but Hachi barks and refuses to go with him. Parker eventually leaves without him, but Hachi chases him. Worried that he will be late for the college, Professor Parker leaves on the train despite Hachi barking at him. At work that day, Parker suddenly suffers a fatal heart attack and dies.
     At the train station, Hachi waits patiently as the train arrives, but there is no sign of Parker. He remains, lying in the snow, for several hours, until Parker's son-in-law comes to pick him up. The next day, Hachi returns to the station and waits, remaining all day and all night. As time passes, Cate (Parker's wife) sells the house and Hachi is sent to live with her daughter. However, he escapes and eventually finds his way back to his old house and then to the train station, where he sits at his usual pot.
     For the next nine years, Hachi waits for Parker. Hachi went to the train station late at night and closes his eyes for the last time while remembering his time with Parker.

 The real Hachiko was born in Odate in 1923. After the death of his owner, Hidesaburo Ueno, in 1925, Hachiko returned to the Shibuya train station the next day and every day after that for the next nine years. The real Hachiko died in 1934. There his statue in the Shibuya train station.

p/s : I do not own the pictures. Hachiko  Hachi : A Dog's Tale