Friday, June 12, 2009

Dorama

Dorama (ドラマ) or Japanese drama is television series in Japan. Word “Dorama” was absorbed from English, “Drama”. Dorama was very popular – like manga / comic.

Dorama has various story like school life, comedy, mystery, detective, etc. Dorama also has different story like another drama. Because of that, Dorama become very popular. Most of doramas story taken from manga. Like Zettai Kareshi, from manga with same name “Zettai Kareshi”

Dorama was turning during 3 months and according to four seasons in Japan, there are Winter (Januari-Maret), spring (April-June), summer (July-September), and autumn (Oktober-December). In beginning of a season, new title of dorama was turn. Therefore, dorama always up date every season.

Dorama – majority – in television from 21.00 until 23.00. Dorama which is in night, turning every week and usually the episodes number was among 9-12 every season. Dorama which is turn in morning (in NHK television) turning every day, called asadora.

Here some Dorama, include the synopsis.

Hana Yori Dango


Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, the school of the ridiculously rich and privileged that is ruled by Flower 4 or F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families: Domyoji Tsukasa, the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui, the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro, a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira, a madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the F4’s bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of school.

Makino hopes to pass her days quietly-- without drawing any attention to herself-- but one day, she stands up to Domyoji in defense of her friend. The next day, Makino gets the dreaded red notice. Even though she is harassed, Makino decides to keep going to school because she is a “tough weed”. She declares war right back on the F4. Her resolve gets the attention of her crush Hanazawa Rui and oddly enough, rouses romantic feelings in her worst enemy, Domyoji Tsukasa.

The series is based on the Japanese shoujo manga "Hana Yori Dango" (Boys Before Flowers) by Kamio Yoko.

Atashinchi no Danshi


Horikita Maki’s character is burdened with 100 million yen worth of debt after her gambling father disappears. Chased out of her home by collectors, she is forced to sleep in places like internet cafes. However, she meets the president of a major company who offers to pay off the debt if she marries him, and she soon finds herself moving in with a rather eccentric family.


Banbino


A drama adaptation of a popular comic written by Sekiya Tetsuji. After a year of working at a neighborhood Italian restaurant, Ban Shogo (Matsumoto Jun), an enthusiastic, cocky young college student from Fukuoka, comes to Tokyo to perfect his cooking skills as a chef in Italian cuisine. He discovers he has much to learn and has to continually prove himself to the very competitive, quick and efficient staff at the upscale Italian restaurant.


Kimi wa petto



Smart, successful and good-looking Sumire Iwaya works for a big newspaper. However she is dumped for being a “perfect woman” followed by degradation. Then she finds Takeshi Goda (Jun Matsumoto) in a box out the front of her home and takes him in. He looks like a dog she used to own called Momo. She dubs him Momo and decides to “keep him as a pet.’ It’s the start of an unexpected life together as they overcome obstacles and gradually deepen their feelings for each other.

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