Wednesday, February 14, 2018

The 95th Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2017) - Best Leading Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Yakusho Koji - Rikuou
2) Sakurai Sho - Saki ni umaretadake no boku
3) Asano Tadanobu - Keiji Yugami

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Sakurai Sho - Saki ni umaretadake no boku
2) Ayano Go - Kounodori 2
3) Yakusho Koji - Rikuou
4) Takenouchi Yutaka - Kono koe wo kimi ni
5) Asano Tadanobu - Keiji Yugami

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Yakusho Koji - Rikuou
2) Ayano Go - Kounodori 2
3) Asano Tadanobu - Keiji Yugami
4) Miura Haruma - Otona Koukou
5) Takenouchi Yutaka - Kono koe wo kimi ni / Sakurai Sho - Saki ni umaretadake no boku

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Yakusho Koji - Rikuou
2) Asano Tadanobu - Keiji Yugami
3) Ayano Go - Kounodori 2
4) Sakurai Sho - Saki ni umaretadake no boku
5) Takenouchi Yutaka - Kono koe wo kimi ni

Source: The Televison

3 comments:

junny said...

In which world does Sakurai Sho beat out Yakusho Koji in the acting department? Oh, in the fangirls' world. Jeez.

Glad common sense won out.

Anonymous said...

^It's always been like that.
The only thing that made Rikuoh worth watching is Yakusho Koji's great acting imo. The story itself feels dragged.

Chiaki said...

Hi junny, the thing I find about Sakurai is that whether his acting is good or not tends to be largely dependent on the script. If he has a strong script to work on, he tends to do much better. As much as I like him, I cannot bring myself to say that he is consistently good although he had some great performances in the past such as "Kazoku Game". As for this drama which I haven't finished watching, I thought that he was good in terms of making this unlikely principal appear rather convincing and realistic and not like the usual preaching and passionate-type of teachers in most school dramas. Of course, I think the script did help to a certain extent although I can't ignore the possibility that the votes for him could most likely come from the fans rather than those who truly appreciated him for his acting.

As for Rikuou, I have to say that the story is somewhat cringe-inducing at certain points because it seems to be too idealistic when depicting this battle where the weak overcomes the strong. Frankly speaking, I thought that Yakusho was so fantastic with his acting that I kept watching the drama for him and some of the other cast members rather than the story itself.