The triumph of “Shogun” was the pinnacle of a year in which Japanese television took big swings and revealed new creative ambitions at home and abroad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/12/07/tv-streaming/shogun-extremely-inappropriate-tokyo-swindlers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #tvstreaming #2024inreview #shogun #streaming #awards #japanesetv #netflix #tbs #extremelyinappropriate #emmys #tokyoswindlers #thequeenofvillains

The drama — which features a fish-out-of-water protagonist and satirizes social issues — is the most divisive Japanese TV show of the year so far. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/04/05/tv-streaming/extremely-inappropriate-series/ #culture #tvstreaming #netflix #tbs #extremelyinappropriate #1980s #politicalcorrectness

My wife is watching Netflix's #ExtremelyInappropriate and sighing "Natsukashī" every seven minutes.

The program "Extremely Inappropriate" uses a time-traveling protagonist to pit attitudes from the 1980s against those from the 2020s. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/03/29/tv-streaming/extremely-inappropriate-tv-netflix-japan-politically-correct/ #culture #tvstreaming #netflix #tbs #extremelyinappropriate #1980s #politicalcorrectness