‘Love Village’ and ‘Last One Standing’ Add new Seasons as Romance, Comedy and Fantasy Lead Netflix’s Japanese Live-Action Slate
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Did it occur to no one at #Netflix that Atsushi Tamura should be dubbed by Mike Judge? #LoveVillage
So I guess this is a side of Atsushi Tamura that maybe Japanese audiences don't see a lot of? Sharing his own life experiences, sympathizing with the #LoveVillage housemates. There's one person he and Becky both like to pile on, but it's hard not to agree with their assessment.
As the hosts point out, this show is unexpectedly thought-provoking, touching on issues of cultural difference, age gaps, talking honestly about loss.
Dating show “Love Village” and its cast of singles 35 years old and above offer the perfect bait to millennial audiences and show that entertainment can age up without losing its edge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/05/27/tv/love-village-dating/?utm_content=bufferda605&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #culture #tv #netflix #dating #lovevillage
According to Wikipedia, one of the #LoveVillage co-hosts, Atsushi Tamura, has built a comedy career out of humiliating people, whether it's his onstage partner, public figures, people captured on hidden camera, etc. Which suggests that his commentary here is more deeply sarcastic than it might sound on the English track. And why Becky acts so surprised when he cries over romantic plot twists.
Fun fact: he plays "Butthead" in the Japanese dub of "Beavis and Butthead"
Thanks to the show #LoveVillage, I now have "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" stuck in my head, which is a welcome change from "And Your Bird Can Sing" ... I like that song, especially the bridge, but not days-at-a-time like
#LoveVillage has been out for more than a week on Netflix and nobody's bothered to create Wikipedia pages (English or Japanese) so I cannot even defend this guilty pleasure
After a day in the office followed by 2 hours of Japanese evening class, my brain is usually quite fried when I get home on Wednesday nights. So when Netflix suggested a new Japanese reality/dating show tonight, it seemed a perfect choice. 
あいの里 (Love Village) is a sort of grown-up Terrace House, with the twist being that contestants' ages range from 35 to 60. They live together in an old traditional Japanese house in the middle of nowhere, that they have to make liveable, and there's a thing about ringing a love bell behind the house when one of them wants to confess their love.
This seems good fun after one episode, so I'll probably get hooked on yet another silly Japanese dating show. 
Oh what's this? A new Japanese love reality tv show on Netflix? Immediate binge! 
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