Is acting in Japanese easier?
Posted: Aug 9th, '07, 13:27
I've been watching Jdramas and movies for around 2 years and find the level of acting to be great. However, I feel that maybe this could be due to the fact I only have a limited comprehension of Japanese. I am Chinese who understands Mandarin and find that alot of the Taiwanese and Chinese dramas have horrible acting. Alot of the movies and TV series from the US also have somewhat poor acting - I have lived in Australia for 22 years.
So I'm wondering why to my eyes, the level of acting in Jdrams and Jmovies seems so high. Could it be that:
- acting in japanese is easier? More specifically, speaking in the Japanese language makes it easier to act. I know that English has alot of nuances and bad actors just can't seem to convey this right. With bad acting in English, the words just don't sound right. Does the Japanese language have these language subtleties? I know if I had a fluent understanding of Japanese, then I could figure this out. However, that's not going to happen. I'm hoping someone with Japanese fluency can help me out.
- I've only watched the "good stuff" and missed the crap stuff that gets aired?
- the actors/actresses are top notch with sound training. I tend to see the same ones quite often.
- I'm completely wrong and some of the Japanese acting is bad but because I don't have fluent comprehension of Japanese, I can't see this.
So I'm wondering why to my eyes, the level of acting in Jdrams and Jmovies seems so high. Could it be that:
- acting in japanese is easier? More specifically, speaking in the Japanese language makes it easier to act. I know that English has alot of nuances and bad actors just can't seem to convey this right. With bad acting in English, the words just don't sound right. Does the Japanese language have these language subtleties? I know if I had a fluent understanding of Japanese, then I could figure this out. However, that's not going to happen. I'm hoping someone with Japanese fluency can help me out.
- I've only watched the "good stuff" and missed the crap stuff that gets aired?
- the actors/actresses are top notch with sound training. I tend to see the same ones quite often.
- I'm completely wrong and some of the Japanese acting is bad but because I don't have fluent comprehension of Japanese, I can't see this.