The HK Phiharmonic really response to the call and set up a concert for J drama fans...! Hopefully they will start loving classic music and enjoy songs from others..!
What a world..! I wish I can be in the concert... T_T
An interesting Japanese drama full of classical music.
Originally adopted from manga and then being turned into TV drama and animation (it seems to be the golden rule of any popular Japanese comic for sell).
What is the selling point?
1. Love story For sure, there are lots of possibilities, directions, dynamics, climax, resonances that were blended into the show which audience are greatly entertained. The 2 main characters (Nodame & Chiaki) with 2 extreme characters but shared a single common point: music. Things started to develop from admirer-idol relationship to an equivalent supporters, inspirers. All romantic elements were presented into dramatic settings. An other pair of lovers (the violinists) later became a supportive friendship which the show has been made to all age group viewers.
2. Classic music Dramas with themes often bring things popular for a certain period of time. Would classic music be appreciated by more HK people? Here's a link that people would like to make a difference: http://www.petitiononline.com/nodamehk/petition.html
The HK current drama has a theme about ballroom dance, let's see if that works as well..
Is there some other formulas that you have seen in the show? The disappear actor/actress would be such an coincidence as in classic dramas like "Love Generation" or "Hero". The actor and the actress found each others back in the hometown. The old trick always works...!?
That's actually the spell casted by the main character every time he went back to the past in the Japanese Drama: プロポーズ大作戦 - Operation Love (求婚大作戰)
11 episodes is the standard of Japanese TV drama. I get used to this length as you just get enough and fed-up possibly, especially if you watch them continuously, you still have 1/2 a day to sleep! ;p
The story, about a pair of 'green bamboo horse' couple (Ken & Rei) who never claimed their love until the girl get married to someone. Such an old fashion setting must say, but the old tricks still work... especially to audience who want to know what's the difference between them, or they might have similar experience..?!
Alright...! I must admit that without the pretty actress, the show would not be attractive at all. She is 長澤 まさみ (as Rei), the one who played he movie Touch as 淺倉南 (which looks quite match the comic..!)
The story was something like back to the future. The leading actor went to the past and tried to rectify what currently happened.
1. Regret of the past (further points in pt. 2) The thing that would stir up most of the audience's resonance as everyone got something in the past which might like to change so to have a better life?! Would that be related to their dissatisfaction of what happen in their current life? The demon did speak something wisdom,' If you hate what the past did to now, why not think of changing now for the future.' (please bear my poor translation >_<). 2. Memory It is one of the thing that could help or could kill a person. It really depends how you treat. interpret it. Rei did treated it precious while her husband just thought of the future which showed out the difference between their thought. Ken just kept blaming himself of not doing things at the right time and was being challenged by the demon that the right time should be now..! 3. Chance Who made it? Fate? Own's character? Timing? 'Do things at the right time in the right place.' is never been easy. I just wondered, for a Japanese hi-school background drama, would there be out of chance that Ken missed to show his love to Rei during the whole school days and up to the point of marriage? Where is the Valentine's Day? How about the Christmas Day? How about the Birthday other than the one with Ken had the baseball player figure and the 20 y.o. of Rei... One can argue that Ken could only went back to the photos shown in the wedding, the other days would make no difference for the situation even he did all things include confession?! Well, I better accept the fact other than argue with the story..! >_< href="http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/nodame/index.html">Nodame Cantabile would be more fun to watch.... though it is a purely a comedy originally from the manga.. and it's musical too! (bias ;p)
Director - General of the World Health Organization.....
Firstly I want to say I am not interested in politics...
She was a civil servant for 25 years, leading the team to fight against AI and SARS.
I am not sure how the WHO appointed her as an assistant director of WHO when she was still under the investigation by LEGCO in Hong Kong... I got an impression that she was jumping out of the trouble after all.
Surely such a natural disaster (SARS) that no one has ever encountered or experienced before would make controlling or leading such a difficult job to do and errors and difficulties are expected and acceptable. But leaving without a word, really doesn't make sense as well..
It is a win-win decision which the WHO is led by a Chinese, a great chance to open up the forbidden city and on the other way, pleasing the country that one of his people sitting in one of the top positions in a world organization.
The hardest job, for sure is she who would be under the pressure between the world health and the forbidden city...
" Science becomes a weapon under the pressure of politics".... That is something I wish that will not happen to more parts of the world...
