Good Asian Drama recommendations
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Good Asian Drama recommendations
i'm looking for some recommendations for some good asian dramas. i'm looking more for comedy or action/adventure genre, but any suggestions are fine. it'd be good if you could note any objectionable content featured in the series. thanks.
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"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
- J.I. Packer[/SIZE]
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"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
- J.I. Packer[/SIZE]
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jon_jinn - Posts: 3261
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15 year old male in search of Asian Dramas...
I think I've seen it all. XD Kidding kidding.
I hear Full House is really good. (Not the Bob Saget one) Never seen it, however.
15 year old male in search of Asian Dramas...
I think I've seen it all. XD Kidding kidding.
I hear Full House is really good. (Not the Bob Saget one) Never seen it, however.
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Mr. SmartyPants - Posts: 12541
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Mr. SmartyPants wrote:...
I hear Full House is really good. (Not the Bob Saget one) Never seen it, however.
My mom watched it...it was like out of some shoujo manga, from what she described to me. Dramas that I liked were some old ones, like Yun-een-dul, or Lovers, which is like a Korean equivalent to Friends. I still liked it a lot. I'm not sure where you would find it.
If you want action/adventure, Korean history dramas are pretty popular. Dae Jang Geum is like the poster child of awesome history dramas. I can't really summarize it, but it's about this woman named Jang Geum who is brilliant AND revered, which is near impossible in Korean antiquity. She was first a cook for the royal house and then a doctor, eventually healing the king himself. You follow her childhood to adulthood, but it's so good. It was popular all over Asia.
Dae Jo-young and Jumong are also supposed to be excellent Korean history dramas, which are more action-oriented than Dae Jang Geum. Here's a link about Jo-young: http://kbs-america.com/bbs/view.php?id=eng_pr&category=1&no=37
There's just violence in the history dramas above, like people getting arrowed in the back sometimes. There's no nudity or offensive sexual material, unless concubines offend you. All the women are VERY fully clothed, lol.
In Yun-Een-dul, if you ever find it, there's a couple who has premartial sex. They never say anything about it, and the only reason you know that it happened is that the girl says she's pregnant. And...that's it.
You can find these at YesAsia, if you are interested.
Then there was this...Korean historical drama that was CSI-esque. It was interesting, but I only saw one episode. I forget the name too.
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Puguni - Posts: 1323
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Mr. SmartyPants wrote:...
15 year old male in search of Asian Dramas...
I think I've seen it all. XD Kidding kidding.
ha ha! sorry, sorry. my sister's been going crazy w/ asian dramas (she's a sophomore in collage) so i'm considering checking it out...
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"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
- J.I. Packer[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]
"Sometimes we don't present the Gospel well enough for the non-elect to reject it."
- John MacArthur
"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
- Westminister Confession of Faith (Chapter 5, Section 1)
"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
- John Piper
"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
-John Piper
"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
- R.C. Sproul
"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
- Mark Driscoll
"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
- Martin Luther
"I have to tell you first that I am ready to die. I have put my affairs in order. Your supreme weapon is killing. My supreme weapon is dying, because when you kill me, people all over Romania will read my books and believe on the God that I preach - even more than they do now."
- Dr. Joseph Ton, the exiled Romanian pastor (quoted by James Montgomery Boice)
"The best prayer I ever prayed had enough sin in it to condemn the whole world."
- John Bunyan
"If the Christian has lost sight of Calvary, that shows that he has lost his way."
- J.I. Packer[/SIZE]
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jon_jinn - Posts: 3261
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I watched an amazing show a few years ago called Jyoou no Kyoushitsu (The Queen's Classroom). It was tremendous. It's about a classroom's (and particularly, a strudent's) struggle against a dictator-like teacher who takes over the classroom...way more interesting than I thought it would be when I started the series. One of the better live-action shows I've seen, asian or otherwise. Fur reals.
I don't think there was any objectionable content whatsoever.
I don't think there was any objectionable content whatsoever.
Hooray for zero-G.
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Best Asian drama I've ever seen.
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Mr. SmartyPants - Posts: 12541
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I'm more of a Japanese drama fan, and I cannot pimp LIAR GAME enough. It's more of a logic- suspense- mystery drama than anything else. It's got a lot of suspension of disbelief, but it's a great story.
Essentially, the story is about a very naively honest young woman named Kanzaki Nao who receives a package in the mail containing 100 million yen and an invitation to participate in the Liar Game Tournament, a competition with selected individuals who will try to steal money from each other through deception. If one wins, s/he returns the starting money to the LGT office and keeps the rest; if s/he loses, s/he has to go into debt to return the starting money, and the mysterious LGT office will use all means necessary to get the money back. Nao accidentally is forced to enter, honestly and foolishly loses her money, and has to ask a former swindler named Akiyama Shinichi, who just got out of jail, for help.
Like I said, a little out there, but the logic puzzles keep you thinking and the plot keeps you in suspense. And it's not girly in the least. The female lead is played by Toda Erika (Misa in the Death Note films) and the male lead is Matsuda Shouta (Nishikado Soujiro in Hana Yori Dango).
Essentially, the story is about a very naively honest young woman named Kanzaki Nao who receives a package in the mail containing 100 million yen and an invitation to participate in the Liar Game Tournament, a competition with selected individuals who will try to steal money from each other through deception. If one wins, s/he returns the starting money to the LGT office and keeps the rest; if s/he loses, s/he has to go into debt to return the starting money, and the mysterious LGT office will use all means necessary to get the money back. Nao accidentally is forced to enter, honestly and foolishly loses her money, and has to ask a former swindler named Akiyama Shinichi, who just got out of jail, for help.
Like I said, a little out there, but the logic puzzles keep you thinking and the plot keeps you in suspense. And it's not girly in the least. The female lead is played by Toda Erika (Misa in the Death Note films) and the male lead is Matsuda Shouta (Nishikado Soujiro in Hana Yori Dango).
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minakichan - Posts: 1547
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A new J-Drama based on the series Honey and Clover just aired in Japan today, so you might want to check it out! I haven't actually watched the first episode yet, but I've read the manga and seen the anime, and it's definitely one of my favorite series. It's got a great plot, characters, humor... I like everything about it. And I really doubt that the TV drama will have a lot of offensive content in it, if any at all, so that's good.
Here's a trailer if you want to get an idea of what it's like! :D
Here's a trailer if you want to get an idea of what it's like! :D
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