Dorama 2013
Dokushin Kizoku (A Swinging Single) Japanese Drama Review
Noble Bachelor
- Genre: Romance, Comedy
- Release Date: 2013
- Origin: Japan
- Dorama: 11 Episodes
Cast
- Kusanagi Tsuyoshi as Hoshino Mamoru
- Kitagawa Keiko as Haruno Yuki
- Ito Hideaki as Hoshino Susumu
- Fujigaya Taisuke as Kawagoe Yuta
- Miura Maya as Hosoi Megumi
- Renbutsu Misako as Ogata Sumika
- Dewi Soekarno as Hoshino Akiko
- Hiraiwa Kami as Genozono Reiko
- Nishihara Aki as Obara Saori
- Sasai Eisuke as Kobayashi Seiji
- Kajihara Zen as Mizushima Koichi
- Momona as Fukuhara Natsumi
As a Sunday treat, I am watching a Japanese romantic drama called Dokusjin Kizoku, I am not really sure what is the exact translation in English but this drama is also called A Swinging Single as well as Noble Bachelor.
This drama is really quirky. I love it. The noble bachelor is Mamoru Hoshino (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), the president of a film company. He is a confirmed bachelor as he can’t abide living with a woman. He said that if he does get married, they have to live in connecting apartment of even better separate buildings. 🙂 He is eccentric with a fetish for polishing his many pairs of leather shoes.
He was currently living with his ‘homeless’ brother, Hoshino Susumo (Hideaki Ito) who is undergoing a divorce proceeding. He is a bit of a womaniser, thus, his wife is taking him to the cleaners. She got the house, the car, the savings and asking for more compensation. Susumo works in the same company as his brother and is in charge of the business side, in which he excels.
The woman that these brothers are attracted to is Yuki Haruno (Keiko Kitagawa), who is a young scriptwriter. She too is wary of marriage. She is a modern woman who does not want to be tied to doing housework. She wanted to pursue her ambition.
Having said that, she still believe in romance. She was surprised to hear Mamoru saying that being in love is like having a temperature of 40 degrees centigrade, which is being out of your mind, mentally incompetent and must not make decisions like buying a house and getting married. LOL
Susumo is a bit jealous of his brother. He aspires to be the president of the company but deep down he thinks his brother is really better suited.
Audrey Hepburn singing the background music, Moon River, adds poignancy to the film. Love it.
The only thing about this film that makes me uncomfortable is that both brothers, who are both adorable, are attracted to the same woman.
During Yuki’s birthday both brothers tried their best for her. The look on Momoru’s face seeing Yuki being snogged by Susumo is just heartbreaking. 🙁 Finally Momoru’s fallen in love and it was so sad.
Yuki ended up dating Susumo but she remained rather attached with Momoru.
Momoru felt that to forget his feelings for Yuki, he needed to do something drastic. That is he allowed himself to be persuaded by his aunt to go on a blind date and get married.
The last 10 minutes of the whole series shows that Momoru and Yuki are meant to be. At last they finally shared a tight embrace and a kiss among drying fish! 🙂
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