Maho Minami (Shiori Kutsuna) returns to Japan after studying in New York. Her half brother Ryusuke Minami (Hiro Mizushima) is an ultra talented guitarist. Maho & Ryosuke then meet Koyuki (Takeru Sato ), a fellow young teen whom Maho takes interest in. Soon enough, Ryosuke and Koyuki form a 5 piece rock band named "Beck," while Maho and Koyuki become involved in a romantic relationship. The band starts to play live shows and grow an enthusiastic following. The release of their debut CD helps to further the band's popularity. People start to notice Koyuki. The band then endures a producer's planned conspiracy and other hardships. Beck then receives an offer to play at a rock festival, but with the unusual stipulation that the band may have to dissolve ...

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  Mizushima Hiro (Ryusuke Minami)

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  Kutsuna Shiori (Maho Minami)

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  Kiritani Kenta (Chiba)

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  Sato Takeru (Koyuki)

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  Furukawa Yuuta (Morotzumi Yoshito)

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  Matsushita Yuki (Kazuo Sato)

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• Jun 5, 2012 1 of 1 episodes seen

  Rourou
  11 of 12 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  8
  • Story  8
  • Acting/Cast  9
  • Music  9
  • Rewatch Value  8

  1)The reason I watched this:
  
  Simply because it's a musical film since I like musicals and rock was my favorite music genre at some point therefore I watched this film.
  
  2) Storyline/Plot:
  
  I haven't seen the anime so I didn't know the story beforehand.
  Generally, it was pretty good and most of all interesting.
  
  Positive points:
  
  *Rock bands and guitar love; those facts were appealing enough.
  *The relationships in the film were captivating since they enrolled too many great feelings.
  *Compititions and races to prove oneself ability and passion for music (rock music to be more specific) was a great theme to follow.
  *The story's development was smooth: not too fastforward and not too slow.
  *Considering the fact that this was a musical film, the music rocked, even those who don't like rock would enjoy it while people who are into rock would love the guitar playing.
  
  Negative points:
  
  *There weren't a lot of concentration on the love story, it was verylight (I like light love stories but this one was ridiculously light).
  *Other than that, everything was set up in an acceptable way.
  
  Story: 8/10
  
  3) Acting/Cast:
  
  *Mizushima Hiro: I liked his character and the way he played guitar plus the acting was really convincing.
  *Satoh Takeru: I'm not too familiar with this actor but I believe that he did a pretty good job especially when it comes to passion for music.
  *The cast was nicely chosen and the acting was good.
  *I loved the relationships between the cast specially Beck band's members; it was cool to watch them play, fight, laugh and everything else they've done because every scnene they had together was a simple masterpiece.
  
  Cast: 8.5/10
  Acting: 9.5/10
  
  4) The ending:
  
  I was really waiting for the ending because there was a specific scene that I wanted to know but unfortunatly they kept me in the dark about something I really wanted to hear at the end of the film but that doesn't mean it was a bad ending; it was a cool normal musical film's ending.
  
  The ending: 7/10
  
  5)My impression (How did it affect me):
  
  *It made my night and it was fun to watch.
  *Since it's a rock musical film, I knew that I would like it and that's exatly what happened.
  *Even though it was a little long, I don't believe I got bored at the middle or so, it was smooth to watch.
  *I enjoyed the music since it gave me back some old rock memories that I thought I lost.
  
  My impression: 8.5/10.
  
  6) Overall:
  
  *If you like musicals then you really need to watch this (especially if you're Rock music lover).
  *If you're looking for romance then don't expect much from this.
  *If You're not J-rock or any type of Rock lover then you wouldn't appreciate this.
  
  Overall: 8.5/10. read more

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• Apr 1, 2012 1 of 1 episodes seen

  ladylioncourt
  5 of 6 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  9
  • Story  9
  • Acting/Cast  9
  • Music  8
  • Rewatch Value  9

  As a fan of the manga I think this live action is perfect, really! they captured amazingly the essence of the manga, I have seen that people didn't like that when koyuki was singing and his voice was muted but that's one of the things I loved, his voice while singing was something you couldn't just imagined, what they did was great, when I saw the anime I got disappointed when I heard koyuki singing because it wasn't by far the voice I imagined.
  I highly recommend this live action if you have readed the manga, it really worth it, the cast is great also the music! I have to point some details such as hiro's accent and that beck (the dog) isn't like in the manga/anime but you let it pass, actually his english wasn't that bad, I loved the supporting cast, chiba is exactly the same as the manga, maho is great also taira and saku.
  People that didn't like this have not read the manga or even seen te anime, this is one of the best live action I have ever seen, seriously! Is rare that I like a live action or dorama based in a manga but this one is an exception, an excelent work. read more

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