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Father Actors, continued
It’s father’s month on our blog so in keeping with this spirit, we continue to celebrate Dads. In this post I will present some more typecasted, or potentially typecasted father actors. It does not seem to happen in Japan as … Continue reading
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Tagged chase, choi min soo, eguchi yosuke, father's day, fathers, fathers in film, fathers in TV, good luck, ikaryia chosuke, kimutaku, kodama kyioshi, kohihata fumiyo, konkatsu, matsumoto koshiro IX, nakai kiichi, oda yuji, orange days, oyako daka, takashi katsumo, takeda tetsuya, watanabe tetsu
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We are family: Supportive Family Members
These dramas focus on the good, supportive family relationships, where the family members are willing to go to any lengths to support their family and or individual members of their family. More to come in future installments of the theme. … Continue reading
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We are Family: Looking for Lost Family Members
Theme showing the struggles of finding and trying to reconnect with family members who were lost to us, orphaned children, children abandoned who want to find the truth about their origins. INDEX:
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Imposing Family Members
Slightly related to the theme of evil relative inasmuch as imposing family members tend to be seen as meddlesome and ununderstanding, wanting to force their own mind on the young ones. However, their intentions are not always bad, they often … Continue reading
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We are family: That Evil Bastard
One of the frequent themes in these tv series is a thoroughly exaggerated presentation of family members. They are portrayed as excessively greedy, rotten to the core, even bent on doing harm, stopping at nothing out of jealousy, greediness and … Continue reading
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We Are Family: Dealing with the Death of a Family Member
When they are good, they often do not last long enough. We may not always meet them on screen, sometimes they remain in the background, but they often serve as a plot device for changing the characters or their priorities … Continue reading
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Tagged brother, cliches, drama, drama themes, family, parents, themes
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