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Post by BunnyWhit on Dec 9, 2022 16:24:56 GMT
I have dabbled just a tiny bit in foreign language television -- "foreign" for the purpose here being not an American, Canadian, British, Australian, or any other program in English.   The one that I really love is Midnight Diner (2009-2014) Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016-2019), Japanese anthology series. These are Japanese productions. The Tokyo Stories seasons are not a reboot; rather they are a continuation of the series after Netflix failed to acquire the license for the first three seasons. I did view all seasons on Netflix (to which I no longer subscribe). Midnight Diner is the story of Master, the owner/operator of a shinya shokudō, a 12-seat diner open from midnight to 7:00am -- the midnight diner. The menu consists only of pork miso and beer/sake/ shochu, but the Master will make anything a customer wants as long as he has the ingredients. Various regulars come and go, they discuss the problems and triumphs of their lives, and this odd group of people become a family. The stories are heartwarming, and sometimes heart wrenching, and Master is a sounding board and advisor to his customers, often facilitating resolution to problems and possessing the wisdom to know when things should just be left alone. The series spawned two movies, one in 2014 and another in 2016, plus a third that is set in China in 2019. I've not seen any of these films. Do you have a foreign language television favorite? |
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Post by sepiatone on Dec 11, 2022 17:33:36 GMT
Not really. The only time I've seen any non-English television was when my wife and I would visit her older sister and she had on one of those soaps seen on Telemundo.
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Post by BunnyWhit on Dec 12, 2022 16:25:01 GMT
Not really. The only time I've seen any non-English television was when my wife and I would visit her older sister and she had on one of those soaps seen on Telemundo. Sepiatone |
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Dec 15, 2022 5:25:40 GMT
I have dabbled just a tiny bit in foreign language television -- "foreign" for the purpose here being not an American, Canadian, British, Australian, or any other program in English. The one that I really love is Midnight Diner (2009-2014) Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories (2016-2019), Japanese anthology series. These are Japanese productions. The Tokyo Stories seasons are not a reboot; rather they are a continuation of the series after Netflix failed to acquire the license for the first three seasons. I did view all seasons on Netflix (to which I no longer subscribe). Do you have a foreign language television favorite? This looks really good. I'm glad you posted. It reminds me I also need to track down a lovely little documentary I saw recently called Come Back Anytime. I was quite surprised how touching it was and I immediately wanted to go to his shop. in Japan. It is well worth watching if you come across it. Come Back AnytimeThe story of a master who created a community in Tokyo, one bowl of ramen at a timewww.comebackanytime.com/Come Back Anytime follows a year in the life of chef Masamoto Ueda, lovingly nicknamed the Master for his ramen prowess, and his wife, Kazuko Ueda, the owners of Bizentei, a quaint ramen shop in Tokyo. The film is an intimate portrait of one man’s passion for life and his delicious bowls of hot soup noodles and chasu that grew a community. A couple of shows I have watched recently: I am cheating when I say I watched Un Bore Mercher from Wales [aka Keeping Faith (2017–2021)] Faith, a small-town Welsh lawyer, is forced to cut short her extended maternity leave when her husband and business partner, Evan, goes missing. As the truth of his actions surface, Faith must fight to protect her family and her sanity.The reviews on the imdb are some of the most brutal I have ever read so probably not something I would recommend. I did watch all 3 seasons. I found it really interesting that they filmed the whole program twice - once in English and once in Welsh. I've never come across a Welsh tv show but I did mostly watch it in English. For me it was on par with The Affair with Dominic West - but I didn't even make it through that one all the way. One German program I did really enjoy was Deutschland 83.A cold war spy drama: Martin Rauch is recruited by the HVA to infiltrate the West Germany army. As a rookie spy, his decisions constantly put his cover at risk and force his agency to take extreme measures.They have gone on to do Deutschland 86 and Deutschland 89 but I haven't watched them yet. A suburb in east Berlin was used to portray period East Germany. For some scenes the Stasi headquarters was used as a location and the production was able to film at the Stasi Museum, which is the actual site of the original headquarters which made it extra chilling. And of course the great theme song: |
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Dec 15, 2022 5:36:29 GMT
I forgot to mention another pretty good show which is also a bit of a cheat (English and Norwegian). Masterpiece Theatre on PBS aired it in 2021.
Atlantic Crossing is a historical drama in the form of a television miniseries set in Norway and the United States during World War II. The series is wide-ranging but pays special attention to interactions between Crown Princess Martha of Norway and President Franklin Roosevelt during the period when Martha was a war refugee in the United States after fleeing the 1940 Nazi Invasion of Norway.
I didn't know anything much about the situation in Norway during WWII so it was an interesting dabble. Of course some seem to have taken umbrage:
The series created controversy in Norway by repeatedly portraying the President and the Crown Princess as romantically involved, a claim that is not supported by historical evidence.
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Post by BunnyWhit on Dec 15, 2022 6:15:55 GMT
I forgot to mention another pretty good show which is also a bit of a cheat (English and Norwegian). Masterpiece Theatre on PBS aired it in 2021. Atlantic Crossing is a historical drama in the form of a television miniseries set in Norway and the United States during World War II. The series is wide-ranging but pays special attention to interactions between Crown Princess Martha of Norway and President Franklin Roosevelt during the period when Martha was a war refugee in the United States after fleeing the 1940 Nazi Invasion of Norway.I didn't know anything much about the situation in Norway during WWII so it was an interesting dabble. Of course some seem to have taken umbrage: The series created controversy in Norway by repeatedly portraying the President and the Crown Princess as romantically involved, a claim that is not supported by historical evidence.This one has been on my list, just haven't got to it yet. I think it's great that you still call it Masterpiece Theatre -- I do the same thing! They just call it Masterpiece now, which I try very hard to remember to do, but at which I fail regularly. To make matters worse, they split the thing into three: Masterpiece Classic, Masterpiece Mystery!, and Masterpiece Contemporary. I think that's all just confusing as all get out. It will always be Masterpiece Theatre to me, and I'll always miss Alistair Cooke. |
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Dec 16, 2022 3:21:30 GMT
I think it's great that you still call it Masterpiece Theatre -- I do the same thing! They just call it Masterpiece now, which I try very hard to remember to do, but at which I fail regularly. To make matters worse, they split the thing into three: Masterpiece Classic, Masterpiece Mystery!, and Masterpiece Contemporary. I think that's all just confusing as all get out. It will always be Masterpiece Theatre to me, and I'll always miss Alistair Cooke. Hah! I didn’t even notice I did that it was so automatic (sounds like the kind of trip up that would expose my hidden identity in a spy movie). I still flinch slightly when they call it Masterpiece even now. I can’t even understand the three bits I am so firmly stuck in the Alistair Cooke times. British bric-a-brac never looked so good as it did in this traveling shot with the music of Mouret... The famous Masterpiece Theatre opening fanfare. |
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