Japanese Drama Review: Uta no Onii-san

uta no onii-san

I’ve been wanting to go through all the Arashi members’ dramas to determine who is the best actor of them all (my money’s still on Ohno), so my next reviews will most likely all be Japanese and most likely all have at least one Arashi member in it. Also, I thought it necessary to add a new category since the ending can ruin a whole drama, and Asian dramas don’t have a good track record with endings.

Ratings out of 10:

Acting: 7

Storyline/plot: 4

Plot Development 10

Characters: 5

Music: 6

Ending: 6

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Acting:

Ohno Satoshi played the lead character, Yano Kenta. He played a character who started out having no motivation for anything (very much like Shikamaru from Naruto) and then grew into a character who wanted to give it his all on the children’s show, and, as usual, Ohno acted his part well. Knowing that this was the drama he did after Maou, I was rather impressed that he was able to so naturally transition into this much different role. The great thing about Ohno is Continue reading