15 June 2011

Dorama - Great Techer Onizuka (GTO) / グレート ティーチャー オニヅカ (rate : 28,3%)

  • Title: グレート ティーチャー オニヅカ
  • Title (English): Great Teacher Onizuka
  • Also known as: GTO (ジーティーオー)
  • Genre: School, human drama
  • Broadcast network: Fuji TV 
  • Episodes: 12
  • Viewership ratings: 28.3%
  • Broadcast period: 1998-Jul-07 to 1998-Sep-22
  • Air time: Tuesday 22:00
  • Theme song: Poison by Sorimachi Takashi
The drama series is based on the manga and anime of the same name, both created by Fujisawa Tohru. The story is a sequel of lesser known series Shounan Jun'ai-gumi (Shounan Love Gang) where Onizuka Eikichi's rogue high school days are depicted.
Sorimachi Takashi plays Onizuka Eikichi, a graduate of a third-rate University and the leader of a motorcycle gang, whose lifelong dream is to become a teacher. After being hired by a seemingly eccentric director, Onizuka begins his unconventional way of teaching a hopeless group of troublemakers. Although he meets much opposition from the students and teachers themselves, his passion for teaching, and more importantly, his students, eventually convinces everyone that Onizuka truly has the makings of a great teacher.

Dorama - Bara no nai Hanaya / 薔薇のない花屋 (rate : 18,6%)

  • Title: 薔薇のない花屋
  • Title (romaji): Bara no nai Hanaya
  • Title (English): The Flower Shop Without Roses
  • Format: Renzoku
  • Genre: Human drama, romance
  • Episodes: 11
  • Viewership ratings: 18.6 (Kanto)
  • Broadcast network: Fuji TV
  • Broadcast period: 2008-Jan-14 to 2008-Mar-24
  • Air time: Monday 21:00
  • Theme song: Zutto Issho sa by Yamashita Tatsuro

Shiomi Eiji is forced to become a single father when his girlfriend passes away while giving birth to their daughter, Shizuku. Desolate after the loss of the woman he loved, Eiji has little time or desire to even consider remarrying, working part-time jobs just to make ends meet. The one thing that gives meaning and joy to his life is Shizuku, but even that begins to trouble him when Shizuku begins acting strange, hiding her face by putting a cloth over her head when around other people.
One day after opening his flower shop, Eiji comes across a blind woman standing by the door, taking shelter from the rain. When he invites her to come inside the shop, she at first refuses, but later gives in to Eiji's kindness. They become intimate friends and she slowly grows to depend on Eiji's sincerity and goodheartedness. After rescuing her a following evening when she walks into the street and is nearly struck by traffic, Eiji himself inexplicably discovers the cold of winter that has saddled his heart all these years slowly melting away...