Shades Of Mop Girl with Kitagawa Keiko in “Dokushin Kizoku”

Kitagawa Keiko in Doukushin Kizoku

  Whenever a drama begins and the first thing I see is Kitagwa Keiko playing her adorably introverted mousey girl persona, I already KNOW I’m going to enjoy the show, and with Keiko as would-be film screenwriter household maid Yuki Haruno in the new drama Dokushin Kizoku, I got all that and more, the whole package of the dorky glasses, the eccentric quirkiness and the goofy-guffawing I love so much that only Keiko Kitagawa can bring to life!

As amateur screenwriter Haruno Yuki

Kusanagi Tsuyoshi and Ito Hideaki

  “Dokushin Kizoku” tells the tale of two brothers named Hoshino Mamoru (Kusanagi Tsuyoshi) and Susumu (Ito Hideaki).  They are the heads of a Movie Production Company named Kinema Etoile and are in dire straights as their key scriptwriter has bailed on them right as the deadline is due. Enter amateur screenwriter Yuki Haruno whose recent employment as the Hoshino Brothers' maid brings her right at the heart of the situation! Will the three find a way to use each other to solve their problems?

Well, I’ve only just watched the first episode, and though it’s as modern as you can get, the feel of this show (and indeed, the soundtrack and BGM) seems to harken back to those old screwball romantic comedies of the 50’s with its jazzy music and colorful personalities with the three unlucky-in-love-and-sworn-off-romance characters!

Keiko really excels at these shy and homey kind of characters, and I immediately liked her right off the bat! Kusanagi Tsuyoshi and Ito Hideaki are hilarious as the forever-bickering bothers, and throw in a sexy Renbutsu Misako as a jealous foil, and you’ve got the makings of another fun drama, that, while maybe not so original, is definitely easy on the eyes and mind! 

Renbutsu Misako

  A perfect drama to casually watch and relax, especially after coming off Kusanagi’s fellow SMAP member Kimura Takuya’s slam-bang sci-fi smasheroo ANDO LLOYD, and speaking of SMAP, I’ve only just heard their latest single “Shareotsu”, and was wondering where the song came from- so funny to watch  this Doukushin Kizoku and realize it’s this show’s theme song! A Perfect fit!
Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com