Just two things

[maggie33]

Life in Smokey Blue

It’s a new Japanese BL drama, and one of the leads is played by Takeda Kouhei (Nozue from Old Fashioned Cupcake). It started airing on Gaga, the 1st episode is free and I watched it yesterday. And I loved it.

Takeda Kouhei plays Azuma Sakutaro, who’s 38 years old. He was an ace pharmaceutical sales representative, but now he’s unemployed and living at his sister’s house. One night when he’s drinking at the bar he chances upon Kuji Shizuka, his former coworker and rival from his pharmaceutical company days. Eight years earlier on the day Kuji left the company, they spend one memorable night together, but in the morning Azuma found out that Kuji disappeared without a word. And they haven’t seen each other since.

Two lead actors are 37 and 40 years old, and it feels so nice to watch BL with mature leads. And they look good together (see below) and have great chemistry.

Gohan

This is a Thai movie about a life of a white stray dog and his three different owners, and I really want to watch it. Even though I know it will make me cry buckets, because just this short trailer already made me teary-eyed.

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Comments

[china_shop]

That's a lovely photo! Totally agree about the appeal of more mature leads. :-)

[maggie33]

The age of the leads was the main reason I started watching this drama. I'm so glad it's good. :)

[sakana17]

Oh! Life in Smokey Blue sounds very relevant to my interests. Yay for mature leads! <3

[maggie33]

Yay for mature leads!

My reaction exactly, heh. I hope there will be more dramas with leads that are around 40 years old.

[tinny]

Ooooh, middle-aged characters in BL! I'll check that out! Also, Japanese BL is always different in an interesting way, so I am really looking forward to that.

[maggie33]

I've just finished watching the 2nd episode, and it was also very good and I loved it. Here is hoping the rest is just as good.

[bluapapilio]

If you're still enjoying Life in Smokey Blue I'll definitely check it out!

[maggie33]

The 2nd episode was excellent, too. And I'm optimistic that the rest will be just as good. :)