[Movie Review] The Blood of Wolves 孤狼の血

A nitty gritty homage to yakuza films. While this genre is no longer as prevalent as it was in the old age of Japanese cinema, The Blood of Wolves captures the essence of the yakuza and police in Showa era Japan. This is my first yakuza film to date. Other content I've watched are usually focused on something else while the yakuza are side characters or pushing conflict in the story. I don't think I've mentioned on this blog (or maybe I did) that I am a big fan of the Yakuza game franchise. This series of games and spinoffs really furthered my interest in yakuza/gangster media and related entertainment. Naturally when I discovered a title like The Blood of Wolves, I knew I had to give it a try. I only heard about this film because there's a sequel planned for it and Saitoh Takumi was announced as one of the cast members. As a result, I decided to do some additional research which led me to this amazing movie. Japan sometimes creates some questionable movies, but then they come out with gems like these.

[Drama Review] BG: Personal Bodyguard S1&S2 + Original Soundtrack

Season 2 cast

Alternative Names:  BG: Shinpen Keigonin , BG～身辺警護人～, BG贴身保镖，BG-搏命保鑣

Having abandoned the jdrama world since 2016, I have been very out of touch with current actors and shows. In the year 2021, I have returned with an unrealistic goal of catching up with dramas that were produced during this time gap, both old and new. The one that resurrected my interest in dramas again was BG: Personal Bodyguard. Kimura Takuya has been my long time favorite actor so I really bet all my chips onto him for producing entertainment. I was not disappointed. There were some parts of the story that I didn't like, but overall I really enjoyed watching it. Since this is my first jdrama in a while, I was introduced a lot of new talent and also revisited by familiar faces, mainly Eguchi Yosuke. Today I will cover both season 1 and season 2, along with a bonus music review on the Original Soundtrack. Brace yourselves for a very long post.

[Drama Review] Roosevelt Game

I should have been done with this drama a long time ago, but my interest had slowly waned.

Drama Review: Dinner

On my search for Cantonese dubbed j-dramas, I came across Dinner. It was next on my to-watch list anyways after Higashino Keigo Mysteries, which I am almost finished with. It's a food related drama about the staff and chefs that work at an Italian restaurant named Roccabianca. They were one of the best in Japan except that now their head chef suddenly collapsed and the restaurant is falling into ruin. The manager, Tatsumi Saori, hires Ezaki Motomu, a former apprentice at the renowned restaurant, Tereza, in Italy as the new head chef. I kind of wish they named the drama something else because Dinner sounds extremely generic and only refers to the fact Roccabianca does dinner service.