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Points for the interesting premise… but the writing was very sloppy at times, with a lot of loose ends. Both Myung Ha’s mothering and Yeo Woon’s puppy behavior resulted in an imbalance between them, the latter even being a little annoying. And Sang Won (by far the most interesting character) and Kyung Hoon were there for what?... they were criminally underused.
Two or three years ago this would have been a step forward, but we’re used to much better now. It’s being compared with Semantic Error, but it’s nowhere near as good!

Where were you when they were writing the last two episodes?!! This will be my imagined ending too.

Hi again... The Dry Spell is now streaming on dramanice... with English subs. Yay!

Read here about ALL the nominations: https://www.afa-academy.com/20240112_en

That's it for Japan? Just One Piece? Where is Brush up Life? Where is Bokura no Shokutaku? Where is The Makanai?... Pfff.

Yes, it's a great film, so I was happy to see it on the big screen. It's a pretty recent movie, so maybe this coming year it'll apear somewhere online...;)
They also showed Toma's movie 'Yudo' at the festival, about two brothers running a bath house. One of my favorite films of the year! If you haven't seen that one: you can catch it on dramanice... :))
https://youtu.be/1lGklDO-kMY?si=RwPNU2nZzF_CjB5j

At the Camera Japan Festival in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) last September. I haven't found it anywhere else yet, unfortunately.

Noooooooooooooooo, we have to wait a whole week !!

They sounded pretty grumpy to me too. It’s the double “obvious” that did it… ;)

I did watch the anime. And I agree... Kudou was served a pour hand in the movie. He just hands Miyo over to her grandpa, without that fight scene with Tsuruki, and that's just one example. Don't get me wrong (as someone else did) I still liked it, because it looks great. But that's why it's such a shame. It could have been fantastic!

Yes!!! :)

Excuse me? Maybe you've got muscle cramps from typing so much... but my smile's just fine... just like the movie.

I think it would have been better as a 10 part dorama.

Execrable? I'd say that would be a 3... a 6 means fine... it was fine.
"Budgets and other circumstances" are no reason to tell a rushed and sloppy story. Miyo's abuse, her slow but steady recovery in Kudou's household, her relationship with Yurie, her growing love and self-esteem... none of that was explored for more than a few seconds. And where was Kudou's sister?
And although the film looked pretty it missed out on some great fight scenes and locations. Shame.
And you're right... that's my opinion.

Kimono's, cool fights and a love story. Check out the Rurouni Kenshin movies. There are five. And even though this was fine, they are a 100 times better.

I liked the actors, and it looked great, but they left so much out of the story. It was way too rushed… can’t give it more than a 6.

The anime is on Netflix

I've loved Ikuta Toma for years. Great to see him getting new and interesting characters to play. This film was very sad, but heartwarming at the same time. A very human story. Go see it if you can.

What a lovely, lovely film !