Okada Masaki Monogatari

In which Seorri & I discussed a potential story of a medical drama that hypothetically stars Okada Masaki... Nakatani Miki (left) & Okada Masaki ( Seinaru Kaibutsutachi 2012 ) I caught ARJ’s tweet today about the scandal involving Tokyo Medical University ’s policy in systematically reducing female candidates’ entrance exam scores by 20% and increasing male candidates’ scores by 20% to accommodate more male medical students in the university. The goal is to have more male doctors in Japan, and they argued that it was done because females would take maternity leave, or perhaps leave the career altogether, to be with their family.

The followings are the translation of Hirai Ken’s ‘Non-fiction’, the OST of Chiisana Kyojin. I translated it myself using my limited knowledge of Japanese language, so do give me suggestions for improvement. The Kanji and kana lyrics are from iLyricsBuzz . I love this song so much, that I hope that I translate it (mostly) correctly. Thanks to R-chan for correcting my translation for the "kaban/bag" part. If you use this translation, please acknowledge me? どもありがとうございます! Hirai Ken's 'Non-fiction' 平井堅 – ノンフィクション 描いた夢は叶わないことの方が多い Egaita yume wa kanawanai koto no hō ga ōi There are many ways that prevent dreams from coming true 優れた人を羨んでは自分が嫌になる sugureta hito o urayan de wa jibun ga iya ni naru I hate myself when I envy successful people 浅い眠りに押しつぶされそうな夜もある asai nemuri ni oshitsubusare sō na yoru mo aru There are even nights where my light sleeps are crushed 優しい隣人が陰で牙を剥いていたり yasashii rinjin ga kage de kiba o muiteitari Gentle neighbours are b...

I agree with Twitter Biker Nagase who said that Yamada Haruhiko was the most gorgeous visual Okada Masaki has to-date. Masaki's Yamada Haruhiko surpassed all my expectations for him, both in terms of acting and appearance. Yamada is beautiful although imperfect. Sorting through Chiisana Kyojin for Yamada-related scenes is such a pleasing experience, that I'm very happy to produce yet another MV of Chiisana Kyojin here. I also included many Kosaka-san (Hasegawa Hiroki) scenes, hence I hope Kosaka Shinichiro fans will be happy too. This time, I'm using Duran-Duran's "Notorious", for its lyrics seem to hit right on the spot of political and criminal justice corruption that is the core of "Little Giants". Twitter feed and Duran-Duran's lyrics are below the break. Oh yeah, as I am now re-watching Seinaru Kaibutsutachi (2012), I just realised how cute Hasegawa-san was back then (he's more mature now, cos he's already 40 years old). The ...

This MV is the second I made about Yamada Haruhiko’s hypothetical love story. I made this MV because I wonder how Yamada’s love story could be. Given that Yamada is a very career-oriented person, I imagine he would have broken the hearts of some women… or he himself was broken-hearted because of his decision to leave his love behind. I found that Matataki (with Kitagawa Keiko) could fit the story if I altered it (big time – chronologically). Hence this MV, featuring Kitagawa Keiko’s character as a past love that Yamada left behind to pursue his career, yet she was also the one who never left his heart. The black and white scenes refer to Yamada's wish of what he should have done, and the last scene refers to him watching the grown up Izumi (Keiko's character) suddenly walking into the building. I didn't have time to find a scene with Keiko's grown up character in another movie to use, so I leave the ending with Yamada's surprised expression. 最後のシーン ,...

The brooding Yamada Haruhiko I made this MV because I wonder how Yamada Haruhiko’s love story could be. Chiisana Kyojin wasn’t a series about love, hence we only had Kosaka-Misa’s relationship there. Given that Yamada is a very career-oriented person, I imagine he would have broken the hearts of some women… or he himself was broken-hearted because of his decision. When I was shifting through Okada Masaki’s old movies, I found that Matataki (with Kitagawa Keiko) could fit the story if I altered it (big time – chronologically). Hence this MV, featuring Kitagawa Keiko’s character as a past love that Yamada left behind to pursue his career, yet she was also the one who never left his heart. Midsummer Showery Rain from Icha74 on Vimeo . YouTube and Daiymotion rejected this MV (because of Utada Hikaru’s beautiful song I think). Thus I could only post it in Vimeo, and partly (140 sec) in Twitter as well. I adapted the lyrics translation by Nakari Amane (beautiful, beautiful trans...

If by now it's not yet clear that I love Chiisana Kyojin  小さな巨人 (TBS 2017), well here I say it again: I LOVE the series. I have summarised all episodes and gave a review. I love the series, very much. I love that Okada Masaki got that role, as I said here , it diversified his portfolio big time. It's not that Masaki has never played detectives before, but this is the first time he played a detective with such a jagged, shaded character, that it definitely is a breath of fresh air for me! Hence this MV, using Queen's classic 'Under Pressure' (feat. David Bowie). Okada-san himself has apparently been waiting for a long time for such a role that he got very excited when he was chosen to play Yamada Haruhiko. He also had to shoot at crazy hours, including up to 3 am in the morning (poor baby... no wonder he was often angry in the series, LOL!). The snippet of his interview is after the break, as well as the lyrics for 'Under Pressure'. 岡田将生「久々にこんなに胸が...

Okada Masaki as the hot, secretive Yamada Haruhiko (山田春彦)  ( Update 27 Oct 2018: Thanks to RF, I have uploaded the English subtitles of Chiisana Kyojin here . Subtitles not mine; my eternal gratitude is for the very diligent subbers).  I finally finished Chiisana Kyojin (小さな巨人 , literally translated as "Little Giants"), albeit it's not yet subtitled, hence following it is rather difficult. The series is so good that I watched it twice, partly to get a better understanding of the story, and partly just to have a Masaki-festa. Okada Masaki played as another detective, but unlike when he was at the Scientific Investigation Squad (as Inspector Yurine Tomohisa), this time Yamada Haruhiko (山田春彦) was a serious detective at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Trivia: 春彦 Haruhiko means “the lad of spring time”, hence Yamada’s name can be interpreted as “the lad of spring time that wanders around the mountains and paddy fields”. Nice, eh? I’m VERY happy that Masaki ...