Ok finally i saw this movie that im dying to see. I was a little disappointed because with those actors and the plot i expect this to be a masterpiece. I just didnt feel the story was executed well and the earlier part of the film is somewhat boring. The baseball action is not the great too ive seen many sportsdrama which was better, perhaps it was due to the music that didnt fit the mood of those scene. The story is interesting it was about japanese immigrants who suffers racial issues. Now about the acting....all of their performance was great even kame which I think will become the weakest did ok. As much as I love tsubamuki satoshi he did great btw he is perhaps the most consistent actor nowadays, but imo the best performance was by his sister here..takahata mitsuki I love how she portray this lady who is trying to fight racism by trying to mix with their culture by having canadian friends but at the end she realize she cant do anything about it..i do feel bad about her and that one scene of her really got me. That scene i was really impress by her It was like the feeling I felt when I saw hikari matsushima's karaoke scene at moteki drama. She might be the younger version of hikari and shes slowly climbing the ranks of great young japanese actresses.
I would also give props to sato koichi(the father) love his character here and btw whats the point of aoi miyazaki character....she is just a wasted talent in this movie.
MUSIC the theme song by sekai no owari is awesome and that underwater theme music they use is magical.
SUDA MASAKI this guy imo owned this movie he is freaking scene stealer, his portrayal of a crosdresser is spot on.
SUPPORTING CAST is solid with hasegawa hiroki and chizuru...although it seems they wasted abit of chizuru's talent here..
note: suda masaki an chizuru ikewaki played as brothers and sisters in movie the light shine s only there which is a critically acclaimed film...I dare you watch that after this and tell me if you saw the same people LOL.
even tho fukushi is a bad actor he has this ability to have insane chemistry with his co actors ( which in this case honda). He wont have a problem if its romance but i hope he will improve soon and thats the reason why i will watch this and tsubasa honda is so damn cute.
Yuki mio had this awesome character to deal with.....it seems that near here had this split personality. IF she played it right then this role might boost him on the rank of japan's greatest young actresses.
I only seen 1 episode but i can say that if this continues then this drama will be better than movie in my books. I wanted to see L becomes Light classmate here like what happen in anime, that would be epically cool.
I watched the anime and I loved it and I can say that kubota is more light than fujiwara. Kubota intensity didnt lead to overacting like what happen with fujiwara. Kubota's light is more human more real while fujiwara's light is a comic character that didnt leave an impact the reason why matsuyama eats him 1 on 1.
Im a neutral on the way they change L, they make him appear more girly/idol but that might change in the future eps.
btw who played light bestfriend here?? I do love that guys acting.
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I would also give props to sato koichi(the father) love his character here and btw whats the point of aoi miyazaki character....she is just a wasted talent in this movie.
8/10
MUSIC the theme song by sekai no owari is awesome and that underwater theme music they use is magical.
SUDA MASAKI this guy imo owned this movie he is freaking scene stealer, his portrayal of a crosdresser is spot on.
SUPPORTING CAST is solid with hasegawa hiroki and chizuru...although it seems they wasted abit of chizuru's talent here..
note: suda masaki an chizuru ikewaki played as brothers and sisters in movie the light shine s only there which is a critically acclaimed film...I dare you watch that after this and tell me if you saw the same people LOL.
8/10
can you describe what superb acting is??? oh wait toda erika is one of your favss that made sense..
I watched the anime and I loved it and I can say that kubota is more light than fujiwara. Kubota intensity didnt lead to overacting like what happen with fujiwara. Kubota's light is more human more real while fujiwara's light is a comic character that didnt leave an impact the reason why matsuyama eats him 1 on 1.
Im a neutral on the way they change L, they make him appear more girly/idol but that might change in the future eps.
btw who played light bestfriend here?? I do love that guys acting.