WE ARE NOT INSANE, JUST RECKLESS

Listing down all the books that you’ve read doesn’t make you a scholar. Listing down the movies that you wanna watch only emphazise the later…lol! (Joudan-joudan!)

I realise there’s a lot of movies that I wanna watch this year ~ mostly JMovies. But waiting for the subs is exhausting, and since my memory retention is below par (ehehe), there will be some that I will bound to miss out along the way. So I’m making this list for myself, as a check-list. Not the complete list though, and so it will be updated from time to time.

Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu

Casting Mao Inoue and Okada Masaki (yaay!) as the main characters. Another love story which is a live-action adaptation of Kotomi Aokis tear-jerking manga originally serialized in Sho-Comi in 2005.

Plot: As a child Takuma is diagnosed with a heart condition that requires care from a cardiologist. He soon becomes friends with his doctors young daughter Mayu while being treated at the hospital. One day Mayu overhears her father saying that Takumas condition is serious enough that he most likely wont live beyond the age of 20. Takuma isnt aware of this himself, however, so at 8-years-old he makes a promise to marry Mayu when they turn 20. Later in life, Takuma (Okada Masaki) becomes aware that he wont be able to keep this promise and he begins distancing himself from Mayu (Mao Inoue) in hopes of protecting her.

Shonen Meriken Sakku

It’s a comedy by Kankuro Kudo. His name is enough to make me wanna watch this. The lead female is played by Aoi Miyazaki (Virgin Snow, Heavenly Forest) ~ and she is the wifey to Sousuke Takaoka (Izaki in Crows Zero, Rookies).

She plays the role of a 25-year old record label company employee, Kanna Kurita. On her last day of work, she stumbles across a video of a punk band’s live performance on Japan’s facebook-like site, Mixi. She was moved by the performance so much that she shows it to her boss and incidentally becomes in charge of getting the band to become a part of the company’s label. In all the excitement, the company sets up a nationwide tour for the band before Kanna finds out that the live performance she saw was not a recent one, but one that was done on the year of her birth. Kanna is now faced with the predicament of managing that same punk band that took and still takes punk to the extreme as well as the situation with the tour.

Halfway (Harufuwei)

Screen writer is Eriko Kitagawa, who is best known for hit romance dramas such as “Aishiteru to Itte Kure,” “Long Vacation,” and “Beautiful Life.”This would be her leap into the film industry and since I enjoyed watching all three doramas mentioned above, I’m hoping she’ll be able to pull the same success with this movie. I’m also watching it because of Okada Masaki and Mizobata Junpei (loved this guys in HanaKimi) and also because I’m a sucker to generic love story such as this (ehehe).

Donju

Based on a comedy play by Kankuro Kudo. Need I say more?

Kamui Gaiden

One thing that makes this movie looks promising to me is the script writer ~ Kankuro Kudo!! Movie is based on a manga by Sanpei Shirato and it will star Kenichi Matsuyama (L of Death Note).

Nodame Cantibile

Yataa, I have missed them both – Nodame & Chiaki! I’m looking forward for some good laughs from this. The movie version will contain two parts: Part 1 will be released in Dec. 2009 and Part 2 will be released in spring 2010. The script for the live action movie “Nodame Cantabile” will take place shortly after the “Nodame Cantabile in Europe” drama special.

Jyuryoku Pierrot

Err…you should guess by now, I’m going for this because of Okada Masaki…*giggles*

Rookies: Sotsugyo

A follow-up to the 2008 dorama Rookies. The drama is originally based on a manga by Masanori Morita about a high school teacher trying to change delinquent students by coaching them as a baseball team. Ryuta Sato will reprise his role as the teacher, with the movie picking up where the drama series left off. His team is also returning for the film.