Masterfully filmed and written by Iwai Shunji, with fantastic performances by Chara and Asano Tadanobu, this was a tragic, heavy and hypnotic piece of art depicting the journey of 3 mentally disturbed inmates who set out on a path to what they believe as the end of the world, with a bible and picnic basket.
WARNING: It's a rather disturbing film that clearly isn't for everybody. Please watch with caution, and read the tags beforehand.
Set in the entertainment industry, this was a decent romcom that tackled the difficulties in differentiating between truth and lies, with sincere leads who learnt to be honest about their feelings and just the right amount of angst. While it was no masterpiece, I don't understand the hate for this lovely drama. Give it a try :)
I literally just saw Koseki Yuta play a cute trans woman and now to see him play a creepy stalker dude LMAO I was caught off-guard. Also, everybody in this drama is creepy AF. The FL seems to be the only sane person.
A mellow, and sad love story filled with cliches, but worth the watch for Michieda Shunsuke and Fukumoto Riko's…
I do wish Izumi never revealed the truth to Maori. That would have been more impactful and powerful.
This reminded me a little of this old Hindi film called 'Sadma'. That's even more heartbreaking. This teacher takes in a woman who has lost her memory and become a kid. He takes care of her and falls in love, and I can't remember how but towards the end, something happens, causing her to forget the time she had with him. In the end, she leaves and returns to her hometown. The man watches her leave and she never gets to know that she was loved so unconditionally by this man.
A mellow, and sad love story filled with cliches, but worth the watch for Michieda Shunsuke and Fukumoto Riko's beautiful chemistry. You can't finish this without feeling moved by the love Izumi, Tooru, and her family had for Maori.
The storyline definitely tested my patience as there were too many characters that I didn't care about, with plot inconsistencies here and there, but the romance made it worth the watch. Older dramas just hit different with the feels they give you, unlike modern ones. And Eddie Peng, WHAT A HOTTIE. Can he go back to doing romance dramas, pretty please.
The bad sleep well, indeed. Welp. The title couldn't have been any more apt. As always, Kurosawa and Mifune Toshiro…
I do wish we saw the way the father murdered Nishi. Like not showing it felt incomplete. I was seriously looking forward to a confrontation between both of them.. I wonder why Kurosawa left it out. Leaving that out definitely reduced the impact of everything we saw because the film clearly was leading up to it..
The bad sleep well, indeed. Welp. The title couldn't have been any more apt. As always, Kurosawa and Mifune Toshiro didn't disappoint in this intense, dark and bleak tale of a man's fight against corruption and evil. Though this wasn't Kurosawa's best, I'm always amazed by how this man makes stories that are still relevant and powerful even after so many decades.
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WARNING: It's a rather disturbing film that clearly isn't for everybody. Please watch with caution, and read the tags beforehand.
WHAT A FREAKING FANTASTIC ACTOR.
Give it a try :)
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I was caught off-guard.
Also, everybody in this drama is creepy AF. The FL seems to be the only sane person.
This reminded me a little of this old Hindi film called 'Sadma'. That's even more heartbreaking. This teacher takes in a woman who has lost her memory and become a kid. He takes care of her and falls in love, and I can't remember how but towards the end, something happens, causing her to forget the time she had with him. In the end, she leaves and returns to her hometown. The man watches her leave and she never gets to know that she was loved so unconditionally by this man.
TOO MUCH PRETTINESS IN ONE FRAME <3
As always, Kurosawa and Mifune Toshiro didn't disappoint in this intense, dark and bleak tale of a man's fight against corruption and evil. Though this wasn't Kurosawa's best, I'm always amazed by how this man makes stories that are still relevant and powerful even after so many decades.
Also the J drama is even better.