Aki often do part-time while traveling from one place to another. one day he helped a woman on the road, carrying her luggage to the taxi. she in return, invited him to visit her house. she was the owner of a clock shop. when Aki arrived on his bicycle, he met with Masaya, an apprentice working at the clock shop. shockingly, Masaya looked identical to Aki's childhood friend who died in an accident during high school.
like most typical Japanese movie, it was a drag. the storyline was predictable, the camera had to stay way too long on the actors' personal closeups. as much as they were trying to sell the movie by giving us tasty shots of these beautiful guys, i felt no engagement nor connection whatsoever with them, thus making them not looking good no matter how hard they tried.
some backgrounds on the drama:
- episodes: 1
- director: Toru Yamamoto (山本透)
- released: 2008
- casts: Toru Baba (馬場徹), Yuta Furukawa (古川雄大), Ryunosuke Kawai (河合龍之介), Kaoru Mizuki (水木薫), Katsuya Kobayashi (小林且弥), Masahiro Komoto (甲本雅裕), Junkichi Orimoto (織本順吉)
- language: Japanese
- genre: Drama
So it was quite emotionally charging? :(
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