I've been putting these off for a long, long time.
plus I have yet to write about my trip to singapore and japan. so look out for another post. cause this entry is ALL about dramas. or award-winning movies, however you see it.
In a span of a month, two? I'm not really sure. But I managed to finish Code Blue, Last Friends[3 days], Maou, Hinokio and Shissou.
I'll start off with hinokio and shissou. and also moonchild.
A recent accident has left Satoru Iwamoto, an elementary school student, temporarily wheelchair-ridden. In addition, the recent loss of his mother has thrown Satoru into a reclusive state, locking himself from the outside world. However, in an effort to help Satoru recover from his injuries, his father, Kaoru, has designed a remote-controlled robot that will go to school in his place and allow him to interact with people and do normal things.
The robot, "piloted" by Satoru from a large control terminal in his room, is nicknamed 'Hinokio' by his classmates. Hinokio is mostly admired by his fellow students, and they together start a generally normal year of school. But the story soon dwells more on Satoru, himself, as he rediscovers love and friendship through classmate Jun Kudo and also his own father.
- taken from wikipedia.
Well, I have to say that the story could be a little boring at times. BUT. Don't conclude anything yet. But. Kanata Hongo did a marvelous job in this. I'm not sure if this is his debut work but it sure is good. He was such a tiny little thing, certainly not fat. And Hinokio's interaction with Jun was cute. =) For those who watched Maou, the girl who acted as Shiori acted in this movie as well. Although I'll have to say that her role annoyed me mostly. I prefer Shiori, no thank you. Getting back to the point- Kanata Hongo. In their blossoming love, it seemed that Jun was more of the male, though. Cause Kankan's character was in love with Maki's character at first. More like infatuated, but still. In any case, one incident that freaked me out is the game - Purgatory, that was featured in the movie as one of the main points. One of Satoru's friends get too into the game and you can see scenes of him going at it strongly with his eyes all red. And the game is scary, because in order to find the gateway to the game, you have to die in ANOTHER game. Thus the trickery of it all. And Satoru gets confused between reality and fiction, resulting in his weird behaviours.
It was good overall. Quite meaningful, and powerful acting from Kankan. I give it a 3.5/5
Shuji is a boy born into a typical family, living in the countryside. He has an older brother, Shuichi, who is a top student, but loves to evade when asked questions when he knows not the answer. An accidental meet with a gangster leads him to knowing sexual tension for the first time in his life. And it is the death of that same gangster that teaches him the meaning of depression. Years later, when he is 15 years old, he is fascinated with a church in which hosts a priest rumoured to be a killer. But unknown to the public, it is his brother that commits murder, killing his girlfriend and her family. Why? Because she is pregnant with the his brother's child. At the same time, he becomes infatuated with Eri, his classmate and picks up running just to spend more time with her. However, trouble comes looking for him. One sunday morning, he picks up a phone call. It is an anonymous phone call made by a student who saw Shuichi cheating. Shuichi goes mad and start setting fire to houses in the area at night. Soon, everyone finds out and starts avoiding their family. He is bullied in school and only has Eri left. But she leaves as well, transferring to tokyo with her relatives.
As if he hadn't had enough bad luck, Shuji's father leaves home and does missing. His mother soon follows suit, running from the loansharks. Shuji is left all alone at home, surviving only on bread and carbonated drinks. He spends his days reading the bible. Finally, he has had enough and tries to kill himself. He doesn't succeed. One day, the priest brings Shuji to visit his brother, as the brother is about to face his death sentence. On the way to the prison, the priest hands him a letter. It's from Eri, telling of the story of her parents, how they commited suicide. In the prison, the brother tells Shuji strange things, even predicting that he has tried to kill himself. He tells Shuji that they are the same. Shuji is disgusted and runs away. He calls up the gangster's mistress from his childhood and hugs her in desperation.
"have sex with me" is the thing he says the moment he meets her. He hesitates but she assures him that it's okay, because she has been trying to conceive with her husband. Later when they go drinking, the husband arrives. He beats up shuji and brings him back to the suite where he tells a girl to have sex with shuji[he is unconcious]. The very same girl tells him to kill Nita[the husband] and he does. However, it is the mistress that kills her husband and tells them to run away. The girl is found dead in the woods several weeks later. He then goes to Tokyo in search of Eri, where she tells him of her uncle who had been molesting her since she was a child. He stabs the uncle in public and they run back to Oki. He gets spotted by the police and uses Eri as a hostage. With Eri watching in horror, he rushes to the police and dies from gunshot.
Years later, Eri's leg is healing and a little boy is seen running up to the church[which had been changed into a home]. The boy's mother is the mistress, who was about to be released from prison. Now, take a guess. Who is the father of the boy?
I LOVED THIS MOVIE. Tegoshi did a great job despite being young and new to acting. I absolutely loved it when he showed his anguish. It was the perfect role for him. I give it a 5/5.
THIS MOMENT WAS THE SWEETEST ♥
ask me if you want to know where to download the movie with subs
And the making can be found here"
In the year 2014, Japan suffers a major economical collapse and people are forced to emigrate to nearby mainland China. In the mainland there is a city called Mallepa, where living conditions are stable. In this city three young orphans - Sho (Gackt), Shinji (Sho's older brother) and Toshi, around the ages of eight to twelve - sustain themselves through pocket-picking and other petty crimes. While robbing a gangster, Sho meets Kei (Hyde), a vampire on the brink of death. Sho saves him and in return, Kei saves the orphans from the gangster, who bursts into their hideout demanding the return of his money. Shinji is shot in the leg and carries a limp through the rest of his life. During the rescue, Shinji and Sho find out about Kei's vampiric nature, Shinji seems scared, but Sho, disregarding his brothers warnings to stay away from the "monster", shows no fear as he approaches Kei. With his mouth drenched in the gangster's blood, Kei questions why Sho is not scared, but is only answered with a big grin.
The movie jumps forward in time to Sho as a young man. While the three orphans still live on robberies and thefts, they have graduated to gun-wielding chaos that makes for dramatic fire fights. Kei is still with them and serves as a mentor to Sho, now grown up. Shinji has a limp and is a drug addict. Now it is their friend Toshi who helps Sho and Kei in their thievery.
While performing a robbery one night, Sho, Kei and Toshi meet an enraged Taiwanese man, Son (Wang Lee Hom), and make a quick decision to unite with the stranger. Later, they learn that Son was taking revenge on the gang that Sho and company were trying to rob because they had raped his sister, Yi-Che, who has refused to talk since the incident. Sho, Toshi and Kei meet Yi-Che and the group merges into an admirable friendship. Along the way, Sho develops feelings for Yi-Che but the matter is complicated as Yi-Che's interests rest with Kei.
The tension created by the common romantic interest of Sho and Kei, two best friends, makes for heart-rending anguish. Kei is unable to reciprocate Yi-Che's love and voices his demons in bitter soliloquies regarding his cursed immortality, the highlight of an admirable performance by amateur actor, Hyde.
The peace is broken as Toshi is kidnapped and killed by gangsters. Kei claims revenge but is apprehended by authorities and kept in an undisclosed prison. We learn that nine years pass in this manner. Son, having witnessed Kei's killing of the gangsters, abandons his friendship with Sho for a place with the Taiwanese mafia that killed Toshi. Sho has married Yi-Che and the pair have a young daughter, Hana. On the news one day, Sho, now a prominent mafia boss, sees reports about Kei in prison, describing him as "the modern day vampire." Sho visits him and finds his friend a lawyer, but Kei is mostly unresponsive.
Meanwhile, back in Mallepa, Shinji is killed by Chan, the Taiwanese mafia crime boss whom Son follows. Son and Sho go to view his body and the brothers-in-law fight over his death. Sho threatens to kill Son's entire family, conveniently forgetting that his wife is Son's sister. The fight dissolves into an emotional peak and Sho draws his gun on Son. Yi-Che speaks for the first time, pleading with them to stop. She finally convinces her brother and husband to stop fighting, for the moment.
Soon after, Yi-Che is hospitalized for her brain tumor. During Son's visit, it's revealed that the tumor is affecting her cognitive abilities and that she doesn't have much time left. She directs her daughter, Hana, to greet Son as her grandfather. She refers to Sho as "Kei," provoking some painful realizations for her husband. With his brother dead and his wife dying, Sho again turns to his childhood friend and mentor, Kei, but his phone call reaches Kei while the vampire is on his way to death row and leaves Sho in greater despair and loneliness.
Luckily, the phone call revives Kei's will to live and he breaks free of the transport truck to return to Sho. Sho pleads with Kei to transform Yi-Che into a vampire to save her from death, but Kei refuses, prompting another emotional speech laden with self-loathing. He would rather let Yi-Che die than force her to live a vampiric half life, and he calls Sho "selfish" for wanting Yi-Che to live without regard for the life she would have to endure as a vampire. Sho then requests that Kei help him exact revenge on the mob that killed Shinji. Kei accepts, albeit reluctantly.
The two head to the rundown warehouse where they met and a dazzling firefight ensues against Chan's Taiwanese mob goons. It becomes obvious that Sho doesn't intend on surviving when he asks Kei to promise to watch over Sho and Yi-Che's daughter, Hana, before they dive into the fight. Predictably enough, Sho fights without regard to his own safety, prompting painful protests from Kei. Finally, the pair meet up with Son.
Sho considers Son a traitor for joining the gang that killed Toshi. He also seeks revenge for Shinji's death. Because of these personal reasons, he keeps Kei from following him by shooting the ceiling of the warehouse so that beams of light shine over the entire floor except for a small corner that Kei occupies. Because of his vampiric nature, sunlight is fatal to Kei and he is left behind as Sho and Son head to their own match rife with the tension of personal grudges.
The shooting continues until each man is left with only one bullet and they decide on an old-fashioned duel with the agreement that the survivor takes care of remaining relatives, namely Hana, Sho's daughter and Son's niece. The rules are to face away from each other and shoot on the count of three, but after whirling around, only one shot sounds. Sho falls to the crumbled floor of the warehouse, fatally wounded as Son is left with the realization that Sho spared him on purpose.
Meanwhile, the leader of the Taiwanese gang, Chan, is betrayed and killed by his two young apprentices. They come across Kei, still in the corner, and shoot him repeatedly. Kei takes the painful shots, sliding, presumably dead, down the tiled wall to the floor. The two teenagers turn away to leave but due to his vampiric ability to heal, Kei has recovered, and now, no longer concerned for his own safety, runs through the beams of sunlight. He shoots and kills the two ruthless teens and runs off to find Sho.
Kei stumbles into the clearing to see Sho dying on the ground and Son with the smoking gun. Son seems to repent for his actions. Although he has no bullets left, he raises his gun towards Kei, prompting a furious return as Kei shoots Son repeatedly, with fury in his eyes. The man dies as Kei rushes to Sho.
During a touching death scene, Sho grasps upward with a bloody hand while Kei cradles him protectively. All the tension between the two is forgotten and Kei is left with only the sadness of having lost his only friend. The lights dim on the tragic scene.
The movie then skips again to Hana, eighteen and grown up, unveiling a repainting of her mother's original mural. Kei, like a proud parent, congratulates her and sends her off to study abroad. When he returns to the mural, he finds Sho, standing in front of the mural which Hana revived.
Unable to face the loneliness, Kei had turned Sho into a vampire, but Sho was unable to face what he had become and could not let his daughter see him, so he had stayed away while Kei fulfilled his promise to raise Hana.
With responsibilities towards Yi-Che's daughter fulfilled, Kei and Sho drive off to the beach where they and Toshi, Son, and Yi-Che had bonded as friends. The pair of life-weary vampires, the only two left of their original group, commit suicide by letting the sun burn them, as they watched it rise together. In the afterlife, the original group meet again like they were when they first met: as friends but this time in broad daylight.
AGAIN WATCHED THIS FOR KANKAN. He acted as the young Sho. <3 It's not really a good movie though =/ Unless you're in for eyecandy like me XD and LOOK OUT FOR HYDE/GACKT KISS MUAHAHA. Can be found in youtube.
Last Friends 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 the only person who can give her emotional support, but 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. She has performed brilliantly as a motocross racer and aims to win the national championship, but as the story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her parents or close friends grows evident. Takeru is a hair and makeup artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to females due to his kindness and perceptiveness, and finds himself attracted to Ruka but has a phobia of sex as a result of a past trauma. The three of them become house mates and through their associations with others, gain the capacity to be positive about life. --jade_frost , wikipedia
I skipped most parts of the drama, especially when Sousuke beat up Michiru, which dominates 80% of drama time. I have to say that the side characters didn't get enough exposure or screen time to develop their side of the story. Sousuke is a very pitiful character too. A good drama in terms of its theme, but sadly, they had the wrong focus. I give it a 2/5.
The drama’s full title is “Code Blue: Doctor Heli Kinkyu Kyumei.” The concept is based on Japan’s proposal for an emergency medical service using helicopters to quickly reach those in need. A special bill was passed in June 2007 that should foster widespread adoption of the system.
Yamashita stars as a young doctor-in-training, working under the guidance of an experienced “flight doctor” (Toshiro Yanagiba). Some scenes will be filmed with a real helicopter, adding to the show’s tension. -so stated in wikipedia.
I was pissed because they kept hinting at PiYui, at times pierika and piflightnurse. BUT IN THE END THERE WAS NO ROMANCE. What. The. Hell. But I was glad that Pi's character became more of a person than a surgeon in the end. It was heartwarming. The finale was good too. CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SP TO COME OUT. YAY. Although, I have to say that the other male intern was annoying. Kinda unnecessary? XD I'm giving it a 3.5/5
This drama is a remake of the popular suspense drama The Devil that was aired in Korea last year. Ohno Satoshi will be playing the role of a two-faced lawyer, one of which is a kind hearted soul and the other who is plotting revenge, using his brilliant mind, on the person who killed his relative. On the other hand, Ikuta Toma will play the double lead role of the man, who has become a detective due to his dark past, who is pursuing the mysterious series of murders and fighting against the devil (maou). - wikipedia
Toma did a pretty good job in this, as acting is his talent. And surprisingly for Ohno, he pulled off this role pretty well! Considering that this is his first drama, I didn't have that much expectations for him. And after watching a few episodes of the devil, I was bored. The devil was too draggy. But I did wish that Shiori and Naruse had gotten into a relationship, just like the korean version. Sad. I give it a 5/5
Sorry for the draggy synopsis and all that.
In a span of a month, two? I'm not really sure. But I managed to finish Code Blue, Last Friends[3 days], Maou, Hinokio and Shissou.
I'll start off with hinokio and shissou. and also moonchild.
A recent accident has left Satoru Iwamoto, an elementary school student, temporarily wheelchair-ridden. In addition, the recent loss of his mother has thrown Satoru into a reclusive state, locking himself from the outside world. However, in an effort to help Satoru recover from his injuries, his father, Kaoru, has designed a remote-controlled robot that will go to school in his place and allow him to interact with people and do normal things.
The robot, "piloted" by Satoru from a large control terminal in his room, is nicknamed 'Hinokio' by his classmates. Hinokio is mostly admired by his fellow students, and they together start a generally normal year of school. But the story soon dwells more on Satoru, himself, as he rediscovers love and friendship through classmate Jun Kudo and also his own father.
- taken from wikipedia.
Well, I have to say that the story could be a little boring at times. BUT. Don't conclude anything yet. But. Kanata Hongo did a marvelous job in this. I'm not sure if this is his debut work but it sure is good. He was such a tiny little thing, certainly not fat. And Hinokio's interaction with Jun was cute. =) For those who watched Maou, the girl who acted as Shiori acted in this movie as well. Although I'll have to say that her role annoyed me mostly. I prefer Shiori, no thank you. Getting back to the point- Kanata Hongo. In their blossoming love, it seemed that Jun was more of the male, though. Cause Kankan's character was in love with Maki's character at first. More like infatuated, but still. In any case, one incident that freaked me out is the game - Purgatory, that was featured in the movie as one of the main points. One of Satoru's friends get too into the game and you can see scenes of him going at it strongly with his eyes all red. And the game is scary, because in order to find the gateway to the game, you have to die in ANOTHER game. Thus the trickery of it all. And Satoru gets confused between reality and fiction, resulting in his weird behaviours.
It was good overall. Quite meaningful, and powerful acting from Kankan. I give it a 3.5/5
Shuji is a boy born into a typical family, living in the countryside. He has an older brother, Shuichi, who is a top student, but loves to evade when asked questions when he knows not the answer. An accidental meet with a gangster leads him to knowing sexual tension for the first time in his life. And it is the death of that same gangster that teaches him the meaning of depression. Years later, when he is 15 years old, he is fascinated with a church in which hosts a priest rumoured to be a killer. But unknown to the public, it is his brother that commits murder, killing his girlfriend and her family. Why? Because she is pregnant with the his brother's child. At the same time, he becomes infatuated with Eri, his classmate and picks up running just to spend more time with her. However, trouble comes looking for him. One sunday morning, he picks up a phone call. It is an anonymous phone call made by a student who saw Shuichi cheating. Shuichi goes mad and start setting fire to houses in the area at night. Soon, everyone finds out and starts avoiding their family. He is bullied in school and only has Eri left. But she leaves as well, transferring to tokyo with her relatives.
As if he hadn't had enough bad luck, Shuji's father leaves home and does missing. His mother soon follows suit, running from the loansharks. Shuji is left all alone at home, surviving only on bread and carbonated drinks. He spends his days reading the bible. Finally, he has had enough and tries to kill himself. He doesn't succeed. One day, the priest brings Shuji to visit his brother, as the brother is about to face his death sentence. On the way to the prison, the priest hands him a letter. It's from Eri, telling of the story of her parents, how they commited suicide. In the prison, the brother tells Shuji strange things, even predicting that he has tried to kill himself. He tells Shuji that they are the same. Shuji is disgusted and runs away. He calls up the gangster's mistress from his childhood and hugs her in desperation.
"have sex with me" is the thing he says the moment he meets her. He hesitates but she assures him that it's okay, because she has been trying to conceive with her husband. Later when they go drinking, the husband arrives. He beats up shuji and brings him back to the suite where he tells a girl to have sex with shuji[he is unconcious]. The very same girl tells him to kill Nita[the husband] and he does. However, it is the mistress that kills her husband and tells them to run away. The girl is found dead in the woods several weeks later. He then goes to Tokyo in search of Eri, where she tells him of her uncle who had been molesting her since she was a child. He stabs the uncle in public and they run back to Oki. He gets spotted by the police and uses Eri as a hostage. With Eri watching in horror, he rushes to the police and dies from gunshot.
Years later, Eri's leg is healing and a little boy is seen running up to the church[which had been changed into a home]. The boy's mother is the mistress, who was about to be released from prison. Now, take a guess. Who is the father of the boy?
I LOVED THIS MOVIE. Tegoshi did a great job despite being young and new to acting. I absolutely loved it when he showed his anguish. It was the perfect role for him. I give it a 5/5.
THIS MOMENT WAS THE SWEETEST ♥
ask me if you want to know where to download the movie with subs
And the making can be found here"
In the year 2014, Japan suffers a major economical collapse and people are forced to emigrate to nearby mainland China. In the mainland there is a city called Mallepa, where living conditions are stable. In this city three young orphans - Sho (Gackt), Shinji (Sho's older brother) and Toshi, around the ages of eight to twelve - sustain themselves through pocket-picking and other petty crimes. While robbing a gangster, Sho meets Kei (Hyde), a vampire on the brink of death. Sho saves him and in return, Kei saves the orphans from the gangster, who bursts into their hideout demanding the return of his money. Shinji is shot in the leg and carries a limp through the rest of his life. During the rescue, Shinji and Sho find out about Kei's vampiric nature, Shinji seems scared, but Sho, disregarding his brothers warnings to stay away from the "monster", shows no fear as he approaches Kei. With his mouth drenched in the gangster's blood, Kei questions why Sho is not scared, but is only answered with a big grin.
The movie jumps forward in time to Sho as a young man. While the three orphans still live on robberies and thefts, they have graduated to gun-wielding chaos that makes for dramatic fire fights. Kei is still with them and serves as a mentor to Sho, now grown up. Shinji has a limp and is a drug addict. Now it is their friend Toshi who helps Sho and Kei in their thievery.
While performing a robbery one night, Sho, Kei and Toshi meet an enraged Taiwanese man, Son (Wang Lee Hom), and make a quick decision to unite with the stranger. Later, they learn that Son was taking revenge on the gang that Sho and company were trying to rob because they had raped his sister, Yi-Che, who has refused to talk since the incident. Sho, Toshi and Kei meet Yi-Che and the group merges into an admirable friendship. Along the way, Sho develops feelings for Yi-Che but the matter is complicated as Yi-Che's interests rest with Kei.
The tension created by the common romantic interest of Sho and Kei, two best friends, makes for heart-rending anguish. Kei is unable to reciprocate Yi-Che's love and voices his demons in bitter soliloquies regarding his cursed immortality, the highlight of an admirable performance by amateur actor, Hyde.
The peace is broken as Toshi is kidnapped and killed by gangsters. Kei claims revenge but is apprehended by authorities and kept in an undisclosed prison. We learn that nine years pass in this manner. Son, having witnessed Kei's killing of the gangsters, abandons his friendship with Sho for a place with the Taiwanese mafia that killed Toshi. Sho has married Yi-Che and the pair have a young daughter, Hana. On the news one day, Sho, now a prominent mafia boss, sees reports about Kei in prison, describing him as "the modern day vampire." Sho visits him and finds his friend a lawyer, but Kei is mostly unresponsive.
Meanwhile, back in Mallepa, Shinji is killed by Chan, the Taiwanese mafia crime boss whom Son follows. Son and Sho go to view his body and the brothers-in-law fight over his death. Sho threatens to kill Son's entire family, conveniently forgetting that his wife is Son's sister. The fight dissolves into an emotional peak and Sho draws his gun on Son. Yi-Che speaks for the first time, pleading with them to stop. She finally convinces her brother and husband to stop fighting, for the moment.
Soon after, Yi-Che is hospitalized for her brain tumor. During Son's visit, it's revealed that the tumor is affecting her cognitive abilities and that she doesn't have much time left. She directs her daughter, Hana, to greet Son as her grandfather. She refers to Sho as "Kei," provoking some painful realizations for her husband. With his brother dead and his wife dying, Sho again turns to his childhood friend and mentor, Kei, but his phone call reaches Kei while the vampire is on his way to death row and leaves Sho in greater despair and loneliness.
Luckily, the phone call revives Kei's will to live and he breaks free of the transport truck to return to Sho. Sho pleads with Kei to transform Yi-Che into a vampire to save her from death, but Kei refuses, prompting another emotional speech laden with self-loathing. He would rather let Yi-Che die than force her to live a vampiric half life, and he calls Sho "selfish" for wanting Yi-Che to live without regard for the life she would have to endure as a vampire. Sho then requests that Kei help him exact revenge on the mob that killed Shinji. Kei accepts, albeit reluctantly.
The two head to the rundown warehouse where they met and a dazzling firefight ensues against Chan's Taiwanese mob goons. It becomes obvious that Sho doesn't intend on surviving when he asks Kei to promise to watch over Sho and Yi-Che's daughter, Hana, before they dive into the fight. Predictably enough, Sho fights without regard to his own safety, prompting painful protests from Kei. Finally, the pair meet up with Son.
Sho considers Son a traitor for joining the gang that killed Toshi. He also seeks revenge for Shinji's death. Because of these personal reasons, he keeps Kei from following him by shooting the ceiling of the warehouse so that beams of light shine over the entire floor except for a small corner that Kei occupies. Because of his vampiric nature, sunlight is fatal to Kei and he is left behind as Sho and Son head to their own match rife with the tension of personal grudges.
The shooting continues until each man is left with only one bullet and they decide on an old-fashioned duel with the agreement that the survivor takes care of remaining relatives, namely Hana, Sho's daughter and Son's niece. The rules are to face away from each other and shoot on the count of three, but after whirling around, only one shot sounds. Sho falls to the crumbled floor of the warehouse, fatally wounded as Son is left with the realization that Sho spared him on purpose.
Meanwhile, the leader of the Taiwanese gang, Chan, is betrayed and killed by his two young apprentices. They come across Kei, still in the corner, and shoot him repeatedly. Kei takes the painful shots, sliding, presumably dead, down the tiled wall to the floor. The two teenagers turn away to leave but due to his vampiric ability to heal, Kei has recovered, and now, no longer concerned for his own safety, runs through the beams of sunlight. He shoots and kills the two ruthless teens and runs off to find Sho.
Kei stumbles into the clearing to see Sho dying on the ground and Son with the smoking gun. Son seems to repent for his actions. Although he has no bullets left, he raises his gun towards Kei, prompting a furious return as Kei shoots Son repeatedly, with fury in his eyes. The man dies as Kei rushes to Sho.
During a touching death scene, Sho grasps upward with a bloody hand while Kei cradles him protectively. All the tension between the two is forgotten and Kei is left with only the sadness of having lost his only friend. The lights dim on the tragic scene.
The movie then skips again to Hana, eighteen and grown up, unveiling a repainting of her mother's original mural. Kei, like a proud parent, congratulates her and sends her off to study abroad. When he returns to the mural, he finds Sho, standing in front of the mural which Hana revived.
Unable to face the loneliness, Kei had turned Sho into a vampire, but Sho was unable to face what he had become and could not let his daughter see him, so he had stayed away while Kei fulfilled his promise to raise Hana.
With responsibilities towards Yi-Che's daughter fulfilled, Kei and Sho drive off to the beach where they and Toshi, Son, and Yi-Che had bonded as friends. The pair of life-weary vampires, the only two left of their original group, commit suicide by letting the sun burn them, as they watched it rise together. In the afterlife, the original group meet again like they were when they first met: as friends but this time in broad daylight.
AGAIN WATCHED THIS FOR KANKAN. He acted as the young Sho. <3 It's not really a good movie though =/ Unless you're in for eyecandy like me XD and LOOK OUT FOR HYDE/GACKT KISS MUAHAHA. Can be found in youtube.
Last Friends 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 the only person who can give her emotional support, but 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. She has performed brilliantly as a motocross racer and aims to win the national championship, but as the story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her parents or close friends grows evident. Takeru is a hair and makeup artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to females due to his kindness and perceptiveness, and finds himself attracted to Ruka but has a phobia of sex as a result of a past trauma. The three of them become house mates and through their associations with others, gain the capacity to be positive about life. --jade_frost , wikipedia
I skipped most parts of the drama, especially when Sousuke beat up Michiru, which dominates 80% of drama time. I have to say that the side characters didn't get enough exposure or screen time to develop their side of the story. Sousuke is a very pitiful character too. A good drama in terms of its theme, but sadly, they had the wrong focus. I give it a 2/5.
The drama’s full title is “Code Blue: Doctor Heli Kinkyu Kyumei.” The concept is based on Japan’s proposal for an emergency medical service using helicopters to quickly reach those in need. A special bill was passed in June 2007 that should foster widespread adoption of the system.
Yamashita stars as a young doctor-in-training, working under the guidance of an experienced “flight doctor” (Toshiro Yanagiba). Some scenes will be filmed with a real helicopter, adding to the show’s tension. -so stated in wikipedia.
I was pissed because they kept hinting at PiYui, at times pierika and piflightnurse. BUT IN THE END THERE WAS NO ROMANCE. What. The. Hell. But I was glad that Pi's character became more of a person than a surgeon in the end. It was heartwarming. The finale was good too. CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SP TO COME OUT. YAY. Although, I have to say that the other male intern was annoying. Kinda unnecessary? XD I'm giving it a 3.5/5
This drama is a remake of the popular suspense drama The Devil that was aired in Korea last year. Ohno Satoshi will be playing the role of a two-faced lawyer, one of which is a kind hearted soul and the other who is plotting revenge, using his brilliant mind, on the person who killed his relative. On the other hand, Ikuta Toma will play the double lead role of the man, who has become a detective due to his dark past, who is pursuing the mysterious series of murders and fighting against the devil (maou). - wikipedia
Toma did a pretty good job in this, as acting is his talent. And surprisingly for Ohno, he pulled off this role pretty well! Considering that this is his first drama, I didn't have that much expectations for him. And after watching a few episodes of the devil, I was bored. The devil was too draggy. But I did wish that Shiori and Naruse had gotten into a relationship, just like the korean version. Sad. I give it a 5/5
Sorry for the draggy synopsis and all that.