Last Friends: Why I HATE and LOVE it It tackles issues that afflict the current generation. Michiru's mother has brought a man back to their home, and she is bullied at her workplace, where she works as a beauty parlour assistant. She starts cohabiting with her boyfriend, a good young man who works at the Child Welfare Division and is the only person who can give her emotional support but she ends up the victim of domestic violence and becomes fearful of love. The boyishly charming Ruka was a classmate of Michiru's in junior high school. Since graduating high school, she has performed brilliantly as a motocross racer and aims to win the national championship. However, as the story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her parents nor any of her close friends becomes evident. Takeru is a hair and makeup artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to women due to his kindness and perceptiveness. He finds himself attracted to Ruka but has a phobia of sex due to a past trauma. The three of them become housemates and start to gain the capacity to be positive about life through their associations with others. Edit Translation
- English
- 中文(简体)
- Русский
- Español
- Native Title: ラスト・フレンズ
- Also Known As: Rasuto Furenzu
- Screenwriter: Asano Taeko
- Director: Endo Mitsutaka, Katou Yuusuke
- Genres: Romance, Life, Drama, Melodrama
Cast & Credits
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![Nagasawa Masami in Last Friends Japanese Drama (2008)]( "Nagasawa Masami in Last Friends Japanese Drama (2008)")
Nagasawa Masami Main Role -
![Ueno Juri in Last Friends Japanese Drama (2008)]( "Ueno Juri in Last Friends Japanese Drama (2008)")
Ueno Juri Main Role -
![Nagayama Eita in Last Friends Japanese Drama (2008)]( "Nagayama Eita in Last Friends Japanese Drama (2008)")
Nagayama Eita Main Role -
![Mizukawa Asami in Last Friends Japanese Drama (2008)]( "Mizukawa Asami in Last Friends Japanese Drama (2008)")
Mizukawa Asami Main Role -
![Nishikido Ryo in Last Friends Japanese Drama (2008)]( "Nishikido Ryo in Last Friends Japanese Drama (2008)")
Nishikido Ryo Main Role -
![Nishihara Aki in Last Friends Japanese Drama (2008)]( "Nishihara Aki in Last Friends Japanese Drama (2008)")
Nishihara AkiHiratsuka Reina [Senior hairdresser at "NiCHE"]Support Role
Reviews
What really got to me in this drama was the realism of it. There are people that go through these types of issues in real life, and they don't always have someone by their side to help them get back on their feet. In the drama you find out more about each person as the story progresses, it made me think a lot about the people in my own life, everyone struggles with something, some people have deep dark secrets their embarrassed to talk about or afraid to talk about.
The acting was done really well! Exceptional! I haven't seen any of the other actors act in anything else, except for Nishikido Ryo, I've seen him in 1 Litre Of Tears. Needless to say, seeing him go from his character there to this one proves how much of a good actor he is. Sosuke was dark, his character was scary in ways because of the things he did. Nagasawa Masami as Michiru did a really good job, you saw her character getting stronger as the drama progressed. Ueno Juri as Ruka did an excellent job, her character had a lot of internal suffering going on as you find out more as each episode ends. I loved Eita's character, Takeru, even with all the things he's gone through he's an upbeat guy, admirable. The rest of the cast was really good, as well.
The music was good, the theme song, "Prisoner Of Love" by Utada Hikaru was perfect for the drama. The lyrics really matched with what the characters felt. The instrumental to it was really nice as well. The rest of the instrumentals fit the drama as well.
Will I rewatch this again? Someday. Serious dramas like this I love and enjoy for their realism, but I'm not sure when I'll rewatch this, if I do it won't be for a while.
Overall: It's a really good drama, I'd recommend it to everyone. It deals with a lot of issues. I found myself needing to watch each episode, like I mentioned above - I wasn't bored with any of this drama. There was always something going on to keep me intrigued and wanting to see what happens next.
The impact of their friendship, how each of them were willing to do anything to protect each other, that's the most important part of this drama I feel.
I wished they'd of gone a little more into detail about a few things, but overall it was done really well, I can't say it enough!
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