Kami no Shizuku 神の雫

The translation of Kami no Shizuku - God's drops.

Synopsis
The story revolves around Kanzuki Shizuku, a young man who was estranged from his father, a world-famous wine critic with assets worth billions of dollars. When his father passed away, he left behind a wine collection worth a fortune, but in order to inherit it, Shizuku must solve a series of puzzles left by his father to identify 6 wines. His competitor was Tomine Issei, a prominent wine critic, whom his father adopted before his death.

In the father's house, the competition begins!

This show has won Best Drama, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Actress at Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix - magazine readers of which the majority of voters are women in their twenties.

Reveal under the cut....

Cast
Kamenashi Kazuya as Kanzaki Shizuku
Tanabe Seiichi as Tomine Issei
Naka Riisa as Shinohara Miyabi
Toda Naho as Kiryu Ryoko
Masu Takeshi as Kawarage
Uchida Yuki as Saionji Maki
Takenaka Naoto as Doi Robert
Furuya Ikko as Kanzaki Yutaka

Source: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kami_no_Shizuku

Both the wine critic/adoptive son Tomnie Issei is out to get the father's inheritance (billions of dollars) and the most expensive and luxurious wine. He is determined to beat Kanzaki. Kanzaki has only started to taste wine again and will make absolute certainty that he will not lose to the challenge his father has laid out for him. Through the process, Kanzaki discovers more about himself and wine that his father is trying to communicate through that he could not do while he was alive.

The drama relies heavily on imagery as part of the description of wines. There are different wines that also compliments well with different types of food at different times of the day and it can also depend on the year or soil to which the wine was cultivated that will determine whether it tastes good or not.


I really like the way that this drama describes the wine. I had some difficulty understanding it. This is why I think that the ratings are so low in Japan because there are tons of wine terminology and historic context that you just wouldn't be able to grasp it fully unless you are studying to become a sommelier. Sommelier is a person specialising in wine products (including knowledge of soils, lands, cultivations, process etc) and vintage. It is a much higher rank than a mere bartender. A lot of the footage also includes people harvesting grapes; especially foreign buildings and people...I wonder where they get such footage from.

The closing theme - KAT TUN's One Drop is available to listen under music soundtracks on the right. This song is pretty cool!!!

One Drop


Japanese Lyrics
Love, Dreamin', Eternity, Hope and... BYE-BYE


BYE-BYE孤独な日々よ
BYE-BYE遠く過ぎた日よ
守りたい 一雫 Only lonely your tear drop


冷たい　なんでこんなに冷たい？
胸の一雫　誰にもそっと流れてる
失うときまで　気づけない優しさ
この瞳（め）に映るよ


BYE-BYE絡んだ糸を
BYE-BYE過去の悲しみを
寂しさ どんな小さなキズにも涙の訳（わけ）
BYE-BYE孤独な日々よ
BYE-BYE遠く過ぎた日よ
守りたい 一雫 Only lonely your tear drop


時のいたずら　振りまわされたね
残る言葉さえ ずっと君を迷わせた
諦めていいよ 強がらなくていい
君のせいじゃない


BYE-BYEもつれた糸を
BYE-BYE過去の過ちを
許して こんな小さな今日に永遠の希望
BYE-BYE一人の日々よ
BYE-BYE日々の憂鬱よ
大切な 一雫 Only lonely your tear drop


Drop it, Love, Dreamin', Eternity, Hope
Teardrop, so everything and Bye-Bye


飢えたカラダのこの真ん中を
一筋にかける君の匂い
その夢を その涙で 消せぬ想いを
揺れながら 迷いながら まだ信じ続けてる


Bye-bye 絡んだ糸を
Bye-bye 過去の悲しみを
寂しさ どんな小さなキズにも涙の訳（わけ）
BYE-BYE孤独な日々よ
BYE-BYE遠く過ぎた日よ
守りたい 一雫 Only lonely your tear drop




Romaji

Love, dream, eternity, hope and… Bye-bye

Bye-bye kodoku na hibi yo
Bye-bye tooku sugita hi yo
Mamoritai hitoshizuku
Only lonely your tear drop

Tsumetai EYE de kimi wo mitsumeta ne
Mune no hitoshizuku ja namida sotto nagareteru
Ushinau toki made kizukenai yasashisa
Kono me ni utsuru yo

Bye-bye karanda ito wo
Bye-bye kako no kanashimi wo
Sabishisa donna chiisana kizu ni mo namida no wake
Bye-bye kodoku na hibi yo
Bye-bye tooku sugita hi yo
Mamoritai hitoshizuku
Only lonely your tear drop

Toki no itazura furimawasareta ne
Nokoru kotoba sae zutto kimi wo mayowaseta
Akiramete ii yo tsuyogaranakute ii
Kimi no sei ja nai

Bye-bye motsureta ito wo
Bye-bye kako no ayamachi wo
Yurushite donna chiisana kyou ni eien no kibou
Bye-bye hitori no hibi yo
Bye-bye hibi no yuuutsu yo
Taisetsu na hitoshizuku
Only lonely your tear drop

Ueta karada no kono mannaka wo
Hitosuji ni kakeru kimi no nioi
Sono yume wo sono namida de kesenu omoi wo
Yurenagara mayoinagara mada shinjitsuzukeru

Bye-bye karanda ito wo
Bye-bye kako no kanashimi wo
Sabishisa donna chiisana kizu ni mo namida no wake
Bye-bye kodoku na hibi yo
Bye-bye tooku sugita hi yo
Mamoritai hitoshizuku
Only lonely your tear drop

Translation
Love, dream, eternity, hope and… Bye-bye

Bye-bye, days of solitude
Bye-bye, days long gone
I want to protect that one drop
Only lonely your tear drop

I looked at you with cold eyes
In the one drop of your heart, tears are softly falling
In these eyes are reflected
A kindness that I’d never noticed until I’d lost it

Bye-bye, entwining thread
Bye-bye, sadness of the past
Loneliness, even the tiniest wound is a reason for tears
Bye-bye, days of solitude
Bye-bye, days long gone
I want to protect that one drop
Only lonely your tear drop

We were shaken around in a prank played on us by time
Even the words left behind always made you hesitate
It’s okay to give up, it’s okay to drop the strong facade
It’s not your fault

Bye-bye, tangled thread
Bye-bye, mistakes of the past
Forgive me, even in the tiniest today there is hope for eternity
Bye-bye, lonely days
Bye-bye, the melancholy of those days
That one important drop
Only lonely your tear drop

Right in the center of this starved body
Only your scent is suspended
Whilst swaying, whilst hesitating, I still continue to believe
In that dream, and the indelible feelings in those tears

Lyrics + Translation credits to: Goro chan
Official site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/shizuku/