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    terinhi  |  Posted July 24, 2011 at 12:43 am  |  Permalink

  There’s a lot of shadiness in third world countries, and those people who fail to understand this sometimes fail to garner any sympathy. Honestly, our main character, Keigo’s odd dependency on the police as a mean of justice turns out to just be him sticking his nose in something he should just leave alone. Hard truth, but deal with it.

  I think this drama points out a lot of naivety we have about so many things–the legal system, journalistic endeavors, even that sometimes the worst answer is the correct one. Nothing is a clean as you suppose it should be, and for as much as you want to scream it isn’t fair, a person should take a bit of responsibility for his own ignorance. That’s pretty much your feelings for Keigo. You want to scream at him, “Stupid move!” but in the same situation, who’s the say you don’t want to grab onto that thread of hope that there’s an order to madness.

  Honestly, rather than the back story which ties everything together, it is the transformation of men who find himself in an unexpected situation that take the most of your attention. Don’t trust everybody or everything completely. Don’t even trust your own instinct too much. Keigo learns slowly to become more wise, but with it comes distrust, hatred, and cunning. To survive you must do that much, right?

  It’s a story where not everyone is completely good and clean. The protagonist isn’t going to get out of this situation without getting sullen bit by bit, but does that make him anymore of a bad guy? A man who does what he needs in order to escape his circumstances should be forgiven as long as he is still a good guy inside, right? Or does playing the same game back takes always his rights to consider himself any better than these people?

  Prisoner brings to light a lot of these questions, and it’s a lot more daunting to know that it is based off a true story. It’s a strong piece of work. I give it a 9.

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    RainSprite  |  Posted April 4, 2010 at 9:08 pm  |  Permalink

  I can’t believe there’s no other review or rating for this drama. This Japanese drama is about 5 episodes long, (episodes are longer than usual though) and I can claim this to be one of my favorite drama ever. It was quite entertaining. But what surprises me the most is that this drama is actually based on a true story. This short series is based on the experience of a Japanese man was who wrongly arrested in Cambodia (however, in this drama the location was changed to Thailand). In a lot of the parts, it’s rather scary – but feels very realistic. On the land he’s on – you can bend the law, and even do heinous crimes and get away with it if you have money. In the first episode, it’s seen right away when the main character’s friend pays a policeman on the side to let him go.

  Many things happen, and the main character finds himself in prison with a 10 year sentence, after he had followed a man who conned his friend. For him, there’s no escape – and so he is a prisoner. I think it’s already a good story – but when you realize that it’s based on a true story.. you’re just like “whoa”. Because in reality, there are parts of the world where you can avoid being in prison because you have money. Where money and status speak, and justice doesn’t have anything to do with it.

  From what I’ve written, I’m guessing you can probably tell I love the story line the most. That’s true. But the acting was done really well, and it’s interesting, because I also think the person acting the main character kind of looks like Orlando Bloom (or to be more precise, Will from Pirates of the Caribbean). But there’s twists and turns in this drama, and you get drawn into it real quickly.