There is a new Japanese drama, on Sunday's at 9:30, which
unfortunately is not subtitled .
From what I can tell it seems to be about a Japanese
music student. When he was a little boy, he visited
Prague. Interestingly enough the boy uses English
in Prague.
In one scene he is found drunk outside his room. A
lady runs across him. Since she calls him "senpai."
He must be an upperclassman and she a lower classman.
He wakes up sitting in her room. He finds her playing the piano.
Her room is a mess.
Later I think a music teacher has him coach this female student on
Mozart on the piano, which he does not really want to do. In one
instance he throws some music at her. Another time, he whacks her on
the head.
I also recognize a vocal piece song by another female character which,
I'm sure was in the film Amadeus.
I understand that there was a Bach fad in Japan and some Japanese
have become Christians as a result of his work. Cal told me that he
met a Japanese man in Scotland, who became a Christian due to Bach's
work. But some will try to say Bach was a secularist and did not write
religious music in the last 20 years of his life. (of course that
claim could be bogus). It is a bit interesting or puzzling, because if
Bach, was a secularist and not a Christian, why have people become
Christians? Was it accidental? (o.k. I admit if people become Roman
Catholic because of Ayumi Hamasaki's "M" or "Free and Easy" it would
be accidental, but Bach is probably a different matter). Fads last for
only so long. I don't know if Mozart is the next fad. I wonder if a
number of Japanese will decided to become freemasons because of
Mozart? Would they wax nostalgic for WW II if Wagner becomes the fad?
Well, I hope Bach's influence will still have an impact on Japan.
Perhaps the musical work of the "Song of Survival" people may have
an impact on Japan. The book "Song of Survival" is about how
some Dutch, British and Asian ladies in a Japanese prison camp formed
a vocal orchestra and recreated works of classical music with their
voices. It is a bit ironic that Sony, a Japanese company has promoted
their musical work. I suppose one of the purposes of "Song of
Survival" was to build bridges of across culture.
Even though I don't understand Japanese, I think I can get some
understanding by watching the action. I guess knowing a few words
does help. I wish they had subtitled this program.
Guy
P.S. This may turn out to be the second non subtitled Japanese drama
I watch. The first one, I saw was TO HEART. It was interesting to see
what information one can glean just by looking at the action. But
believe me I wish it was subtitled
# posted by GuyTak @ 11:07 PM
