| Last Christmas starring Yuji Oda & Akiko Yada; J-Drama with a throwback 80s soundtrack | |
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| Spin New Yasha | Mar 19 2009, 11:35 PM Post #1 |
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Started watching this Japanese drama fansubbed† some odd years after first seeing it un-subbed on my local international channel. It's a romantic light comedy about two coworkers, Kenji Haruki (Yuji Oda) & Yuki Aoi (Akiko Yada), betting against each other on who will find love first. The loser has to pay for the others' vacation trip to Yellowknife, Canada. They also happen to live in adjacent apartments, which used to be one larger, single apartment, so they share a door--raising rumors from their other coworkers. DramaWiki here. What got my attention was its use of 80s songs for its soundtrack, chiefly George Michael/WHAM songs as its themes. The opening theme (as well as the show's title) is a popular Christmas theme in Japan, WHAM's "Last Christmas" covered by Yuji Oda, and the ending theme is Yuji Oda's cover of WHAM's "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" (see flash embed‡). † Episodes/clips virtually non-existent on streaming sites, but I can disclose the fansub group's name if it's okay with the rules here… ‡ So far, this embed has not given me any glitches, especially with it playing by itself .
Edited by Spin New Yasha, Mar 27 2009, 10:44 PM.
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| Spin New Yasha | Mar 27 2009, 10:51 PM Post #2 |
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After seeing all eleven episodes, I realized that Yuji Oda's cover of "Last Christmas" is the actual opening theme. Although, the original WHAM! version is used as an insert song. Other songs I remember hearing include Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl", the Nolans' "Dancing Sister" (which is the Japanese version of "I'm in the Mood for Dancing"), and I think some Madonna thrown in there. There is one episode that had some Elvis Presley, but that's obviously not '80s music XD . A fan-made trailer for more exposure: |
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