Kaede is an ordinary looking 23-year-old girl who is a contract employee working at a Japanese company. She studies hard and miraculously passes the bar exam on her very first attempt. After a day at the Legal Research and Training Institute, Kaede becomes acquainted with seven other people who have also just passed the bar exam—all who have very distinct personalities.
Kaede's new group of friends include a dropout from society who barely attended school, a housewife that is busy raising a child, a former businessman who was about to be laid off, a former politician that has fallen from grace, and a guy who worked as a security guard for 10 years before passing the bar.
"Beginner" will follow the lives of these eight characters—each who have different ambitions, backgrounds, and dreams, as they work their way towards becoming lawyers, prosecutors, and judges.
Hear what other Jdrama lovers said about the series! Source : Jdorama.com
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Comments by atheon [Rating: 8/10]
Jan 2004: I will give this 8.5 marks. I think that yasuko and shinichi could make a great couple, their acting is superb!! Ppl who will watch this in bm sub, i think they will have a hard time....i really enjoyed this show, learned a lot about law. |
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Comments by Golgo_13 [Rating: 7/10]
Very good looking female cast, but unless it's subtitled in English, the legal terms in Japanese are much too difficult to follow. I like it because I'm in the legal field. |
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Comments by maguro666 [Rating: 8/10]
Nice.. remind me of Hero. some may find it too overloaded with legal stuff though.. but I don't mind that and really like it. |
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Comments by vash_donutangel [Rating: 9/10]
:} I laughed my ass off. |
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Comments by wai [Rating: 10/10]
Very good~! One of the better law dramas i've watched. :) |
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Comments by emiko [Rating: 9/10]
Uhh..the ending fits well with the title.Nice story about the friendship between 8 people trying to pursue their dreams.I especially love every scenes when all 8 of them were together and discuss about their homeworks/cases; most of the funniest scenes in this serial come from there ~ Although some terms are rather hard to understand/follow but it didn't kill my interest to keep watching Beginner through the end.Very motivating~! |
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Comments by freeze [Rating: 8/10]
Make me remember our group study when at University years ago (?????) |
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Comments by natni [Rating: 8/10]
joe is so sweet......love him....ok drama..... |
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Comments by iluvhyde [Rating: 8/10]
Saikou deshita. I think this show is too funny. However, I didn't really enjoy the first disc and the ending, so it only got 8/10. But i love the Tsutsumi-Matsuyuki pairing, because it is like never seen before. Tsutsumi and Matsuyuki are so comical inside despite the fact they both gave such cold attitude toward others. The cases are really interesting but a little hard to catch sometimes (due to the many technical terms). Highlight of the show is the relationship that developed when the 8 of them got together. |
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