More Serious and/or Mature Dramas

Gotta add another masterpiece to this list Bara No Nai Hanaya It's sooo good! I loved it!

ICE WORLD VESSEL OF SAND << i think no one still mention coz both are hyper dooper unpopular....but both super dooper High Tier Drama

Since almost all the dramas I have in mind have been mentioned. I want to point them out too, but will quote:

I think these have been mentioned but I dont know by whom... cant read all the posts sorry:
-Nagareboshi
-Ending Planner
-Nankyoku Tairiku

Juniko wrote: Some serious dramas I love :
(that's 4 of my top 5 lol)
Soredemo, Ikite Yuku
Orthros no Inu
MARS
Time Between Wolf and Dog

Agree with all these dramas. Soredemo and MARS are darker stories, but very interesting.

Kawaikochan wrote: I just realized that three of my top five dramas fall into this category and all of my favorite movies. Idk what this says about me, hehe. Some have already been mentioned, but i wanna vote for them too :)
Movies:[list]

[*]Ikigami
[*]Shinigami no Seido
[*]Confessions
[*]Nobody Knows
[*]Curse of the Golden Flower
[*]The Chaser[/list]

Kawaiko :) ... I have to agree with the movies, and Im so happy to see a particular one added to the bunch of favorites :p
Definitely: Ikigami; Curse of the Golden Flower; and The Chaser.

bokami wrote: ICE WORLD
VESSEL OF SAND

<< i think no one still mention coz both are hyper dooper unpopular....but both super dooper High Tier Drama

Bokami I would have mentioned Ice World if I would have come here before, because I have to agree with you: Super underrated, but one of the best crime/romance dramas I have seen. I loved it. I have re-watched it several times.
And thanks to your good taste lol... I will now add to my list Vessel of Sand. ;)

May I add to the bunch (only rated 9-10 on my list):

-Thank You
-The Devil (someone mentioned Maou I think, which is the Japanese version. I havent seen that one.)
-Once Upon a Time in Saengchori <-- comedy, total comedy, but not typical at all. Very interesting happenings in it ^^
-Que Sera, Sera
-Royal Family
-Deep Rooted Tree (A Tree With Deep Roots)
-Bad Family <--- also another comedy, but very different than most.
-Beautiful Days
-Crazy For You
-Friend Our Legend
-Gourmet
-It's Okay Daddy's Girl
-Juunen Saki mo Kimi ni Koishite <-- long title, but dont let that stop you. Very unique story.
-Liar Game
-Money's Warfare
-Padam Padam
-Who Are You?
-With Love

Dramas; - Deep Love - Deep Love; Host - MARS - Summer's Desire - Autumn's Concerto Movies; - Our Happy Time - Koizora - Zhou Yu's Train - Daisy - Curse of the Golden Flower - Love Me Not - Norwegian Wood - Air Doll

I just ran quickly through this thread but I don't think this has been already posted, if it has, sorry for my not noticing.

Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta (yeah, long title :D ) It's very dramatic, heavy and I cried a lot. A lot. Basically a female student falling in love with her teacher but there are many circumstance which make the story go much deeper. One of my favourite dramas.

I'd recommend Byakuyakou, perhaps the most depressing drama I've ever watched (and I watch many depressing dramas lol).

http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-drama/midnight-sun-journey/

wrote: Loving you was the crime, and not being able to meet you is the punishment . . . A young boy kills the father in order to protect the first girl he's ever loved, causing the girl to kill the mother in order to protect the boy. It's been 14 years since then and the boy that gave up everything and the girl that waged her life on the boy are struggling to continue to love each other. If you can't call that love, then what can you call it? The cruel, lonely, and pure tale of two spirits. Stars Yamada Takayuki and Ayase Haruka.

Korean dramas
Giant, The sandglass, it's okay that's love