Mar. 11th, 2013 05:18 pm
MahoEkiBan Ep 8: Drama Notes
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earth_colorsEp. 8: "Hiding the engagement ring of a rival lover"
Episode Synopsis. A bespectacled emotional young lady arrives at the office of Tada and Gyoten with a preposterous job request. She first asks if they will clean the apartment of a certain female client on a coming Saturday... "That woman's fiancé is my ex-boyfriend..." she explains. "When you clean her apartment, I want you to take her engagement ring and give it to me." Tada is confused. "Isn't that stealing?" he asks. The lady bursts out, frenziedly, "But it is MY ring! I loaned my ex-fiancé money to buy it for me before we broke up!" Tada still refuses to accept the job request. On Saturday, he and Gyoten show up for the said clean-up. However, little do they know, they apparently have a new member in their team...
(info and pic: tvtokyo)
Drama Notes:
Hissatsu Shigotonin. A period drama that started airing in 1979. As crystalluvshun explains "it's basically about a secret underground business that consists of a group of 4 highly skilled assassins called the 'Hissatsu Shigotonin' during the Edo period. These assassins all have normal jobs during the day, but by night they assassinate criminals & murderers upon request from others who are seeking revenge in exchange for money. They also do some investigating on their targets before they kill them..."
(info: d-addicts, crystalluvshun) (pic: asahitv)
Engagement rings in Japan. The old "three months' salary rule" is said to be a marketing scheme made up by jewelry manufacturer, De Beers. Nowadays, many Japanese couples consider it a "Showa era" rule. According to a latest survey of some 900 couples married from 2011 to 2012, the average price of their engagement rings was ¥330,300 which is lower than the average three month salary (around 8% of one's annual salary). The article also says wedding costs went down in 2012 "may be due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake/tsunami." It also shows that the prices of rings bought by couples have been dropping since 2009.
(info/pic: gemnation, allabout)
Laughing mushrooms. Petticoat mottlegill. In Japan, it is called "waraitake" or the laughing mushroom because it is said to contain psilocybin which can "induce wild laughter for 30 minutes to 1 hour".
(info: wiki) (pic: public.asu)
Episode Synopsis. A bespectacled emotional young lady arrives at the office of Tada and Gyoten with a preposterous job request. She first asks if they will clean the apartment of a certain female client on a coming Saturday... "That woman's fiancé is my ex-boyfriend..." she explains. "When you clean her apartment, I want you to take her engagement ring and give it to me." Tada is confused. "Isn't that stealing?" he asks. The lady bursts out, frenziedly, "But it is MY ring! I loaned my ex-fiancé money to buy it for me before we broke up!" Tada still refuses to accept the job request. On Saturday, he and Gyoten show up for the said clean-up. However, little do they know, they apparently have a new member in their team...
(info and pic: tvtokyo)
Drama Notes:
Hissatsu Shigotonin. A period drama that started airing in 1979. As crystalluvshun explains "it's basically about a secret underground business that consists of a group of 4 highly skilled assassins called the 'Hissatsu Shigotonin' during the Edo period. These assassins all have normal jobs during the day, but by night they assassinate criminals & murderers upon request from others who are seeking revenge in exchange for money. They also do some investigating on their targets before they kill them..."
(info: d-addicts, crystalluvshun) (pic: asahitv)
Engagement rings in Japan. The old "three months' salary rule" is said to be a marketing scheme made up by jewelry manufacturer, De Beers. Nowadays, many Japanese couples consider it a "Showa era" rule. According to a latest survey of some 900 couples married from 2011 to 2012, the average price of their engagement rings was ¥330,300 which is lower than the average three month salary (around 8% of one's annual salary). The article also says wedding costs went down in 2012 "may be due to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake/tsunami." It also shows that the prices of rings bought by couples have been dropping since 2009.
(info/pic: gemnation, allabout)
Laughing mushrooms. Petticoat mottlegill. In Japan, it is called "waraitake" or the laughing mushroom because it is said to contain psilocybin which can "induce wild laughter for 30 minutes to 1 hour".
(info: wiki) (pic: public.asu)
Opening title sequence. Regarding the drama's title back, director One Hitoshi wrote, "Some part of filming, I left it to other people's care. Such as in the opening sequence. It was filmed by Shibata Go-kun... Only Tada and Gyoten are walking in the town of Mahoro in a backwards manner. Then we'll replay it backwards. It's like 'We are not going against the world but looking at it with a little tilt…' which matches this drama. This idea was from Shibata-kun’s old PV he filmed for a band called “Arakajime kimerareta koibito tachi e – To the lovers who are fated to be together” for their song "Back" (2011)... (In the PV) a little boy and a girl are walking in a little town and everything else is moving backwards (To watch the PV, click HERE). It was so wonderful, I wanted to steal the idea someday (lol). But if he films it, it won't be stealing the idea. So I asked him to do it."
(info: trendy) (gif: glueck) (translation: danburi)
(info: trendy) (gif: glueck) (translation: danburi)
