Lucky Seven : spoiler alert

MORE than Japanese music, I love the way the Japanese television industry filmed their dramas. Nothing overly dramatic and succinct in conveying the story (usually adapted from novels, mangas or animes) in between 8 to 12 episodes. If it's a majorly popular series with an average of at least 10%-16% rating per episode, it'll span 3 seasons at most. The exception where a drama series is more than 12 episodes are mostly period / historical-fiction dramas known as Taiga, usually broadcast by NHK. These dramas are at least 40 to 50 episodes. The only such drama I had patience to watch was Atsu-Hime (Princess Atsu) featuring Aoi Miyazaki. I think it was THE best.

Aoi Yu

I wanted to write about two 2008 drama series I watched recently. Coincidentally, both starred Aoi Yu... but after watching episodes 1 and 2 of Fuji Network's latest Monday night drama, Lucky Seven, this one should take precedence since it's ongoing.

Lucky Seven

Anyways, I had no idea this latest detective drama with a good dose of comedic cast like Naka Riisa and Eita, had Arashi's Matsumoto Jun and one of the guys from NEWS as MatsuJun's brother. I was surprised because I don't respond well to MatsuJun's acting, so when I read the synopsis without reading the cast list, I thought it'll be an interesting series.

What really wowed me in this drama-comedy was the fight scene between Eita & MatsuJun in the first episode. I think the style of fighting was nothing special, but the way it was filmed made all the difference.

Private Detective: Ryu Makabe

The plot looks promising thus far and I'm looking forward to tomorrow's 3rd episode and hopefully someone is available within the week to sub it. I love how this story incorporated a 4 episode old-school style ala Dick Tracy spin, Private Detective: Ryu Makabe, starring Tanihara Shosuke, in some scenes of Lucky Seven.

*Pictures from official sites and Google Images.

Synopsis: Asian Media Wiki

Official Site: Lucky Seven