Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Review of Women's Island - Kanojotachi no Sentaku

Ratings: 10.7%

Cast
Takase Yuki (31) - Shinohara Ryoko
Fujishima Rei (24) - Kuriyama Chiaki
Komori Hazuki (28) - Nakagoshi Noriko
Ishikawa Eriko (30) - Igawa Haruka
Sugishita Kazuya (32) - Nakamura Shunsuke
Shinoda Yosuke (33) - Yamazaki Kinori
Yuri - Ebihara Yuri
Fukasawa Yuto (33) - Tanihara Shosuke
Kagami Makoto - Kazama Tooru
Kuga Santaichi - Nishimura Masahiko

Well...I must say that this drama failed to impress me. The story did provide a new viewpoint about modern women issues i.e. when is the peak period of a woman's life but I felt that this was not discussed in depth. It was a waste of this seemingly interesting topic by going back to the old format of discussing problems where many dramas have done before so there's no new perspective to really speak of.

Besides that, the cast were relatively lacklustre in their performances because of the restraint in the script. Even Shinohara Ryoko failed to shine this time as her role didn't have the same amount of shine and confidence like what she had in anego. However, Kuriyama Chiaki has provided a new side to herself with her bubbly character Rei because she has been playing rather dark and cool characters in the past. My only grouse is that I don't really like her image and her fringe gets on my nerves. Given that this is part of her trademark, I doubt she will make any changes to that.

Out of a score of 10, I will only give this 5 points.

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