Taiga Kusunoki (Jun Matsumoto) is a less than popular, tsundere, second-generation actor. Although he is the son of the famous and popular actor Kotaro Kusunoki (Shiro Ito) his career is far below the level of his father's. Taiga develops an inferiority complex due to the huge difference between his image and his father's popularity to the point that his management company struggles to find work for him. Due to his lack of roles, he spends his days with Keita Ueno (Hideyuki Kasahara), a fellow second-generation actor with a similar plight as Taiga. As fate goes, the two friends go sky diving one day and Taiga loses control of his paracute, landing himself in a tree several miles away from his destination point. Shiori (Takeuchi Yuko), a beautiful cheerful woman, rescues him. Laughing away all her worries, Shiori is the exact opposite of Taiga and a huge fan of his famous father. Theme song: Love Rainbow by Arashi Insert song: Please Stay With Me by YUI

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  Matsumoto Jun (Kusunoki Taiga)

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  Takeuchi Yuko (Kitamura Shiori)

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  Ogura Ichirou (Hatoma Shinmachi)

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  Kobayashi Seiran (Kitamura Umi)

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  Kabe Amon (young Taiga)

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  Matsuzaka Keiko (Kusunoki Machiko)

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  A Stalker's Guide to Matsumoto Jun

  A Stalker's Guide to Matsumoto Jun by one of the biggest MatsuJun fangirls on MDL (according to herself lol).

  • Dec 22, 2012

• Apr 28, 2012 10 of 10 episodes seen

  Rourou
  13 of 17 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  7
  • Story  6
  • Acting/Cast  8
  • Music  8
  • Rewatch Value  2

  1-The reason i watched this : yes, I watched it because of Matsumoto Jun, I wouldn't even gave it a try if it was another lead male.
  
  2-Storyline/Cast : The main story here was about the love relationship between a single old mother and a second generation young actor; there were age problems, his failing career, family, friends.
  I would've liked it better if they focused more on his acting career as much as they focused on family problems.
  In general, the story was acceptable (considering the fact that I dislike old woman-young man relationships).
  
  3-Acting/Cast : Like I said earlier it's Matsumoto Jun is the main reason that made this drama watchable. On the other hand, I really respect Takeuchi Yuko as an actress (I believe she's one of the greatest Japanese actors) but here there wasn't much chemistry between her and Jun here although I liked her character portrayal.
  The believable acting is a strength point that counts for this drama.
  
  4-Music : I still remember it and sing it sometimes. I rarely remember any drama's music but "Please Stay whith me" was extremly great.
  
  5-Rewatch value : No it's not rewatchable. If you liked it from the first time you will ruin the story for yourself if you rewatch it.
  
  6-The ending : It was an acceptable ending but it wasn't any special.
  
  7-Overall : Anything Matsumoto Jun touches turns to gold that's what i've been thinking while watching this drama nothing more.
  
  P.S : if you are not Matsumoto Jun's fan then I would really advice you to stay away from this drama. read more

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• Mar 6, 2012 10 of 10 episodes seen

  Taylorgg12
  6 of 6 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  7
  • Story  6
  • Acting/Cast  8
  • Music  8
  • Rewatch Value  6

  Unlike my fellow reviewers so far I happened to like this drama. Although it is very slow at the beginning and it is not Matsumoto best drama. They rest of the cast makes up for this. You can relate to Shiori's struggling with the loss of her husband and being a single parent but also with her developing feelings for Taiga against her better judgement. Not to mention the kids who play in this completely steal the scene and you can't help but love them. I would recommend you atleast give it a try. It's only 10 episodes sometimes the things people say are the worst end up being the best thing you've ever seen. It's all a matter of opinion. Best of luck! Have fun watching! read more

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  Both are very emotional and the core plot is similar. Bara no nai hanaya has additional lines around the story that makes things more complicated and exciting and some character developments are deeper and apply to more people in story. May be a little bit more serious emotionally but still heartwarming and lots of fun.

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