The Journalist (2022) Side Story of Fox Volant (2022) Narco Saints (2022)
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The Journalist (2022) Completed Before I discovered K dramas, I devoured J dramas in quick succession most especially the crime-based ones. Occasionally there’s one that piques my interest and this one The Journalist came up on my Netflix feed just the other day. It had all the magic words in the synopsis: “journalist”, “government corruption”, “the truth” and “justice”. Mind you the first episode was dizzying in the extreme having to get my head around not only the neverending parade of cast members but also the various story threads that were being thrown about at the speed of a moving train. Apparently that didn’t deter me in the least because I finished all six episodes in about a day. While it turned out to be a good watch, it doesn’t exactly do anything original nor aims to. But I hasten to add that it probably won’t have widespread appeal because of political wrangling that goes on within the bureaucratic chain of command in the Japanese public service. Some will certainly find it slow moving at times but that can work in its favour as well because it allows for plenty of breathing space and room for emotionally charged moments to do their magic. Here too the atmosphere is often bleak even occasionally intense but there’s definitely light at the end of this seemingly long tunnel.
The Journalist (2022) Side Story of Fox Volant (2022) Narco Saints (2022)
The Journalist (2022) Side Story of Fox…
The Journalist (2022) Side Story of Fox Volant (2022) Narco Saints (2022)
The Journalist (2022) Completed Before I discovered K dramas, I devoured J dramas in quick succession most especially the crime-based ones. Occasionally there’s one that piques my interest and this one The Journalist came up on my Netflix feed just the other day. It had all the magic words in the synopsis: “journalist”, “government corruption”, “the truth” and “justice”. Mind you the first episode was dizzying in the extreme having to get my head around not only the neverending parade of cast members but also the various story threads that were being thrown about at the speed of a moving train. Apparently that didn’t deter me in the least because I finished all six episodes in about a day. While it turned out to be a good watch, it doesn’t exactly do anything original nor aims to. But I hasten to add that it probably won’t have widespread appeal because of political wrangling that goes on within the bureaucratic chain of command in the Japanese public service. Some will certainly find it slow moving at times but that can work in its favour as well because it allows for plenty of breathing space and room for emotionally charged moments to do their magic. Here too the atmosphere is often bleak even occasionally intense but there’s definitely light at the end of this seemingly long tunnel.