Does perception define existence? Curiously, two of the best thriller/crime dramas recently seen on TV and streaming are built around two similar metaphors that explore this very concept. The first is the South Korean drama “Frog”, which opens with the old adage, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?”, a provocative question that recurs throughout the unfolding of its mysterious plot. The second is the Japanese drama “Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?”, whose rhetorical question is also the title itself. Both dramas draw on the idea of unnoticed or hidden events, a theme that naturally fits the crime and mystery genre.
An adaptation of Asami Rito’s manga of the same name, “Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?” was written by Kanazawa Tomoki and directed by Kenta Tanaka, Takahiro Aoyama, Ryosuke Fukuda,...
An adaptation of Asami Rito’s manga of the same name, “Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?” was written by Kanazawa Tomoki and directed by Kenta Tanaka, Takahiro Aoyama, Ryosuke Fukuda,...
- 6/4/2025
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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