Tiger & Dragon (2005)

japanese boy gang type friendship themes in both. both shows are made my same author, similar humour. delinquents, yakuza, street life etc.

Both are about Rakugo
both drama have Johnny's Talent on main role

The tale of Tiger & Dragon revolves around Rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comedy that can look back on an impressive 400 year long history. Nagase portrays the Yakuza follower Toraji who goes to a Rakugo performer to collect debts, while Okada plays Ryuji a talented Rakugo player who wants to leave behind the old fashioned world of Rakugo for good. Shortly afterwards these two very different characters happen to cross paths through a girl named Megumi and that's when all the real trouble starts igniting...

The tale of Tiger & Dragon revolves around Rakugo, a traditional form of Japanese comedy that can look back on an impressive 400 year long history. Nagase portrays the Yakuza follower Toraji who goes to a Rakugo performer to collect debts, while Okada plays Ryuji a talented Rakugo player who wants to leave behind the old fashioned world of Rakugo for good. Shortly afterwards these two very different characters happen to cross paths through a girl named Megumi and that's when all the real trouble starts igniting...

They have a similar feel to them, even in the theme song. They are both funny and have yakuza members doing things yakuza don't normally do. They both put you in a good mood.

both written by Kudo Kankuro, both involving traditional Japanese forms of entertainment (noh, rakugo) and featuring same actors (Nagase Tomoya, Nishida Toshiyuki and Kiritani Kenta)

I like watching about other cultures.
Tiger and dragon is another drama about Japanese traditional culture. It's about rakugo, an art of storytelling. It's nothing dark or mysterious like WwDS, T&D in comedy genre, relationship.. but I really love the way it sarcastically teach life lesson in each story