Rating: 7/10 Genre: Romance/Science Fantasy/Drama Language: Japanese Starring: Nakagawa Taishi, Taira Yuna, Takasugi Mahiro, Ikeda Elaiza, Okazaki Sae, Chiba Yudai Seeing that a major part of my job is now writing movie reviews, I think I’ll write as many movie reviews as I can on this blog, just to get some practice in. I’m still …
Movie Review: Isshuukan Friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSHkjcLfroA Rating: 8/10 Genre: Romance/Drama Language: Japanese Starring: Kawaguchi Haruna, Yamazaki Kento I actually watched this one a while ago, but I never got round to writing about it until… today (and “today” should be 14 January because this post is scheduled). Thanks to my growing fondness for Yamazaki Kento, this is another movie of …
Movie Review: Heroine Disqualified
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COWXy8c7KYc Rating: 6/10 Genre: Romance/Comedy Language: Japanese Starring: Kiritani Mirei, Yamazaki Kento, Sakaguchi Kentaro, Fukuda Ayano, Wagatsuma Miwako, Takahashi Maryjun, Nakao Akira, Yanagisawa Shingo, Rokkaku Seiji, Hamada Mari, Takeuchi Riki I admit it. I got bitten by the Yamazaki Kento bug, and I have absolutely no regrets about it. Ever since I discovered him, I’ve …
TV Series Review: Yamada and the Seven Witches
Starring: Yamamoto Yusuke, Nishiuchi Mariya, Triendl Reina, Ide Takuya, Ono Ito, Mamiya Shotaro, Kobayashi Ryoko, Miyama Karen, Kojima Fujiko, Matsui Airi, Takuyama Hidenori, Nagae Yuuki Genre: Romantic comedy, supernatural Episodes: 8 Rating: 4/10 Ever since I started attending Japanese language classes, I’ve taken the initiative to watch more Japanese shows that extend beyond anime. Despite having …
Movie Review: Let Me Eat Your Pancreas
Title: Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (Yes, the title is correct. I checked) Japanese Title: 君の膵臓をたべたい || Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai Starring: Kitamura Takumi, Hamabe Minami, Oguri Shun, Kitagawa Keiko, Otomo Karen, Yamoto Yuma, Sakurada Dori, Kamiji Yusuke, Morishita Daichi Genre: Romance Rating: 9/10 Holy crap what is that title If you’ve been on …
TV Series Review: Skip Beat!
Starring: Ivy Chen, Choi Siwon, Lee Donghae Genre: Romance/Humour Rating: 8/10 There are very few romance-oriented films and tv series that I can say that I’m very fond of, and even less so for -pardon this unintentionally snobbish tone- Asian ones. This is mostly due to the fact that I was brought up watching, reading …