99 Days With the Superstar (2011)
Grade: C+
10 episodes, 50 minutes each
Viewing Platform: Amazon Prime Video
Namiki Kohei works as a security guard, but his lifelong aspiration is to discover and name a new star. (He was working in an observatory, but when he defended a coworker from a supervisor's attempt to take credit for the coworker's discovery, he was fired.) Han Yoo-na, a top Korean actress, comes to Japan for a project in a drama there, and that's when Kohei is assigned to protect her. Yoo-na keeps running off, a free-spirit that just wants to mingle and taste all kinds of Japanese cuisine. Kohei is always able to find her, though, and he soon realizes she isn't just running off for fun – Yoo-na is looking for someone! What happens when Kohei stumbles across the person Yoo-na is seeking? Will he be able to keep his job? And how will Yoo-na handle her developing romantic feelings?
*I haven't watched many Japanese dramas; this has a manga-type feel to it, with the support characters' stories, head-smacking/physical comedy, and vocalizations. It didn't have the same buildup of emotion of a K-drama, but it did have a fun comic-relief that didn't know he was the comic relief (he takes himself very seriously). It wasn't terrible, but I didn't love it, either.
