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Now, get out of my freaking closet! :)

I already watched it elsewhere, but thank you for responding. :)

I've googled several sources, and I'm confident the dudes in Happy of the End are a type of Yanki. You disagree; that's fine.

Because it's about gay Japanese hooligans, or "Yanki."

I'm aware that it is a BL from start to finish.
I meant that it feels more like a BL drama than a BL movie.

Pot > Kettle

Ahhh...at last I understand. :)

Have you seen "Happy of the End?"
https://kisskh.at/775551-happy-of-the-end

"I hope about "yanki" will be filmed more often."

Why do movies/dramas about "yanki" need to be filmed "more often" if they are already often filmed?

When Thongkam comes back to the house and sees the piece of paper grandma had signed, turning over the house and land to Mo, already fucking framed and hanging on the wall, why didn't he just take it down and burn the piece of paper? Mo was outside burning grandma's wheelchair and unable to stop him.

Immediately after that, why did Thongkam turn all that money he had just collected over to her, especially knowing she had just killed grandma? Why not take the money and the boyfriend and get the hell out of there? Seemed really odd that he would at that point meekly turn over the money to that psycho bitch.

Second watch:
Wow, traumatized all over again.

I first watched when TPOT was brand-new and gave it a 9/10.
I'm going to bump that up a half-point.
That last third is flat-out operatic in wild-ass dramatic shit-flinging, in all the very best ways.

Terrific acting across the board, especially from Jeff Satur and the FL.

I have a couple of questions about choices that Satur's character made, which I am leaving under the spoiler below. If anyone stumbles across them and can help me out, I'd be appreciative.

One caveat: The FL's collagen lips were distracting af. She's a terrific actress, and I can't imagine anyone doing what she did better, but that character does NOT go down to the village general store and have her lips injected. Incongruities like that really bug me.

9.5/10

Yes!!!
What a sweet hottie.

There are tons of JP dramas/films featuring your "Yanki."

You didn't think the secondary kiss, following the initial dead fish/mannequin smooch, during which there was actual lip/mouth movement, was fairly impressive for this type of JP flick?

Took more than 30 minutes to get going, but once it did, it was pretty damn good. :)

Feels more like a BL drama than a film, and maybe it would have been better to present it that way. I suppose part of the reason the first part felt slow was that I was expecting it to get up to speed at a film's pace, but this took its time. As silly as the plot was, there are moments of true angst and quite a few intentional LOLs.

I feel bad for the lead's tall, long-haired bestie, who carries a torch for him.
"Why aren't I good enough...?" :(

At least four incredibly handsome actors in the mix, wow.
Takamatsu Aloha is a rare Asian man who can pull off a bleach-blonde dye job, but I've yet to see one who doesn't look his most stunning in his natural, often jet-black hair.

Speaking of which, and just because it came to mind, these are the hottest Asian men by country, rated 1-6.

Korean
Japanese
Taiwanese
Thai
Hong Kong
China

It's subjective, of course, but seven years of obsessive Asian film/drama-watching has led me to this conclusion. It's also a little silly, because Korea, China, and Japan are estimated to share 99.9% of their DNA in common.
Still, I swear I can tell the difference... :P

8/10

It certainly has the feel of a BL drama, doesn't it?

Where did you watch, please?

You're one of the Moron Movie-lovers over whose head this show flies. You wouldn't see it with a telescope if you were bright enough to try.

Now, back to NF you go, for your 15th re-watch of "Snowflake Mountain."

Episode 6:
As viewers...we are all trying here...to get through each episode in one piece.
I failed again, with episode 6.

I just finished watching, and am in no shape to say anything coherent, nor to read through others' comments, but wanted to sort of touch base, I guess.
I weep in unexpected places while watching this drama.
Often, in the moment, I don't know why.
Often, I do.

It is a privilege to be watching this show.

Well said.
I enjoy that Dong Man's way of eating (stuffing his face and occasionally giving us unwelcome glances of the chewed food in his mouth), his way of talking (high-pitched and grating), and even his swaggering, swinging way of walking, are all annoying to some extreme or another, but that we put those obnoxious traits aside and root for him nevertheless.

Koo Kyo Hwan is delivering a performance of a lifetime, and I hope he is rewarded with many trophies when awards season rolls around. Normally, I don't pay much attention to that, but I will next year. He deserves all the good stuff. :) I liked his acting from the first time I saw him in NF's "D.P.," and have followed him since. He has been stellar in every role, but this is his best work.

The show is showing us more and more evidence of his good-heartedness and kindness with each episode. Carefully hiding everything that could possibly be used to commit suicide from his brother, confronting the jerk who is ripping off Eun-A's work as his own, etc.

I loved the climactic Thanksgiving dinner scene during which things came to a head and Renata's parents told her that she and the baby were always loved and welcomed, but that they would not tolerate her husband's presence any longer. To which Renata ferociously responded that if they did not want her husband, then they did not want her or her child, and stormed out with them both.

I love that movie.

Ever seen "The Other Sister?"
Not related to WAATH or OA, but it's another with a complicated family dynamic that blows my mind. Juliette Lewis is phenomenal as the titular "other sister."