One of the best Japanese movies I have ever seen and the plot, the acting, the cinematography, they all were absolutely…
I have to see, I felt that the end missed something... or was I that missed something on that ending? Anyway, I agree that "Makita Aju blew me away with her acting". I thought that she had potential, I hope that from here on she continue to choose interesting roles and improving her skills.
Yes, this movie is good and fun... UNTIL IT MAKES IT'S MIND IN THE END THAT IT NEEDS TO END BAD! I HATE IT!
Seriously, I'm mad. Why they had to spoil the fun with that pretentious ending? I get it, "it's not actually about swordsmen and classic movies, it's actually just another teen romance, fooled you!", I get it, I really do, BUT! I don't think the romance was properly developed (to surprise us when it switched in the end?) and all that boasting and big declarations about their love and all are not really "youth" in my opinion, it's too complicated in a conceited way.
I love how the summary just slides by the fact she went missing. It was lile "Moai went missing and the club became…
Well, but she "went" missing in the first part of the movie and it's explicitly told by the main characters. Usually in these cases is not a spoiler and it's described in the summary because she went missing is part of the premisse.
This movie surprised my a lot, in a good way. The first part made me have a wrong impression. Much of what some characters says I had heard before plenty and plenty of times before in japanese histories. You know, those accusations that people how have good intentions are "hypocrites" (wut) and that is wrong and childish to try to change the world for the good (at the same time never disagreeing about changing the world for the worse). But this wasn't one of those stories, actually it retorted back, it even made the protagonist actually have a "distorted" view of the events. For once I'm satisfied. (oh, "Atatamemasu", that's where I had seen Nana Mori, is she a singer?)
People? Are you following the news? Japan is doing a lot of cool stuff on outer space, and that's why this series was made, to remember the public that besides JAXA exploring space they also have JAMSTEC exploring the sea. Japan also achieve great things in the sea and they hope to do more, that's why this series was made. Is interesting.
Here's my quick review of this drama. I have to say the first half of this drama from about episodes 1-7 were…
I'm rewatching and I may change my opinion after I finish (there's 2 episodes left), but while watching I realized that the ending that I remember not liking so much "made sense". That's because by the middle the ending is practically spelled by the characters. The decisions they made in the end where coherent with the ways they said they felt and wished to act. While I may dislike that it was not all good and chill, that they like so many series put some drama in the end, at least not I can comprehend and accept their thinking.
Disliked the drama near the end. Hard to sympathize with Yuki when he put no efforts into adaption to their situation. It's nonsensical to blame Koyomi for not remembering, like it was her fault for forgetting. He should know better and do something about it, but it get worse? Koyomi was actually making and putting notes around the house, that Yuki never noticed, but what was the point when it had zero effect on her behavior? She made notes that she never uses, what? I don't understand this detail.
well even if he realized he is not obligated to help he haven't done anything wrong in that waylike even if she…
Remember that he was the one that keep insisting and forcing their relationship to start and she accepted after she felt a bit safe with him? Remember when he freak out thinking she was cheating and not serious about him? Remember when he started to hate her when he discovered that she wasn't the pure model she idealized? You see, that's why I criticize this character, he was never serious enough to actually know and understand her and he took everything as an attack to him completely ignoring all the painful experiences he managed to discovered she had experienced. Pay attention to the situation with him reading her phone messages. He took it all as a betrayal to him instead of the obvious reaction to the way he was behaving and talking with her.
Wowowowowow hold on! hold on! I only watched the first episode yet for this reason I only read the beginning of your comment by from what I heard I think you're exaggerating. Yes, there's "sexism" in the story but the part about the protagonist "being there" just because of her gender and famous father isn't true! I'll come back to this comment after I finished, be prepared!
This is a must watch drama. Also all the special episodes leading up to the 2002 recently got english subtitles…
Talking about Hidetaka Yoshioka his character is the only bad thing in all of this, but not in the original at least, in half the sequels when he's character Jun grows up. He grows up to become a really disgusting human being like I commented on the other entries, seriously... But what I wanted to comment is that I watched the 1980 movie, "A Distant Cry from Spring". It's setting is a small farm in Hokkaido and he plays the son of the main character. I think it's funny, it's like he was already working there in Hokkaido when the producers needed some kid to play Jun and he was conveniently selected for the role...
What is it that people didn't understood about the ending? Yes, I agree that it's confusing because when you think about this we aren't seeing Yun-jeong or Min-a "story", we are seeing Ji-won's and she only knows that those tow tells her. I think that Yun-jeong and Min-a where only distant, not officially broke up, that's why the two where communicating so intimately. When you think about it it was Min-a who really used Ji-won to try to force Yun-jeong to get close to her again. "Poor" Jin-won, I don't like what she did, but she was probably just discovered that she was bisexual and that actual love (be either between man and woman or woman and woman) is not idealized like she thought it was and wrote in her stories. In the end she asked Min-a is she was "the man" in the relationship, and ended being "the woman" in her story at the beginning, feeling all hurt and wanting to die after being unceremoniously discarded.
Anyway, I agree that "Makita Aju blew me away with her acting". I thought that she had potential, I hope that from here on she continue to choose interesting roles and improving her skills.
I HATE IT!
Seriously, I'm mad. Why they had to spoil the fun with that pretentious ending?
I get it, "it's not actually about swordsmen and classic movies, it's actually just another teen romance, fooled you!", I get it, I really do, BUT! I don't think the romance was properly developed (to surprise us when it switched in the end?) and all that boasting and big declarations about their love and all are not really "youth" in my opinion, it's too complicated in a conceited way.
The first part made me have a wrong impression. Much of what some characters says I had heard before plenty and plenty of times before in japanese histories. You know, those accusations that people how have good intentions are "hypocrites" (wut) and that is wrong and childish to try to change the world for the good (at the same time never disagreeing about changing the world for the worse).
But this wasn't one of those stories, actually it retorted back, it even made the protagonist actually have a "distorted" view of the events.
For once I'm satisfied.
(oh, "Atatamemasu", that's where I had seen Nana Mori, is she a singer?)
Is interesting.
Mods? Why not remove that comment?
Nani?! This series have only 9 episodes.
While I may dislike that it was not all good and chill, that they like so many series put some drama in the end, at least not I can comprehend and accept their thinking.
Hard to sympathize with Yuki when he put no efforts into adaption to their situation. It's nonsensical to blame Koyomi for not remembering, like it was her fault for forgetting. He should know better and do something about it, but it get worse? Koyomi was actually making and putting notes around the house, that Yuki never noticed, but what was the point when it had zero effect on her behavior? She made notes that she never uses, what? I don't understand this detail.
You see, that's why I criticize this character, he was never serious enough to actually know and understand her and he took everything as an attack to him completely ignoring all the painful experiences he managed to discovered she had experienced. Pay attention to the situation with him reading her phone messages. He took it all as a betrayal to him instead of the obvious reaction to the way he was behaving and talking with her.
I only watched the first episode yet for this reason I only read the beginning of your comment by from what I heard I think you're exaggerating. Yes, there's "sexism" in the story but the part about the protagonist "being there" just because of her gender and famous father isn't true!
I'll come back to this comment after I finished, be prepared!
But what I wanted to comment is that I watched the 1980 movie, "A Distant Cry from Spring". It's setting is a small farm in Hokkaido and he plays the son of the main character. I think it's funny, it's like he was already working there in Hokkaido when the producers needed some kid to play Jun and he was conveniently selected for the role...
By the way, there are other shorts with Min-a actress?
Yes, I agree that it's confusing because when you think about this we aren't seeing Yun-jeong or Min-a "story", we are seeing Ji-won's and she only knows that those tow tells her.
I think that Yun-jeong and Min-a where only distant, not officially broke up, that's why the two where communicating so intimately. When you think about it it was Min-a who really used Ji-won to try to force Yun-jeong to get close to her again.
"Poor" Jin-won, I don't like what she did, but she was probably just discovered that she was bisexual and that actual love (be either between man and woman or woman and woman) is not idealized like she thought it was and wrote in her stories. In the end she asked Min-a is she was "the man" in the relationship, and ended being "the woman" in her story at the beginning, feeling all hurt and wanting to die after being unceremoniously discarded.