いま、あいにゆきます

中村獅童

竹内結子

看後觀感 after watching いま、あいにゆきます last Saturday (25/6/2005).

1) The cast The producer has picked the right cast. The cast’s acting is good and has brought the character to life. 中村獅童 has portrayed the character so well ~ 笨拙, 不善言語, 深情, 誠懇 的秋穂 巧（あいお たくみ）. It is very hard for me to think he was once the fierce ping pong player in the movie Ping Pong.

As for 竹内結子, she has always given me the impression of being a 賢淑 和溫柔的日本女人. So she probably did not have any problem taking up the role of 秋穂 澪（あいお みお）. As I would think she did not give me any surprises in this movie.

武井　証 (たけい　あかし) is the cute and acting is natural. I really salute these Japanese 童星 . They can act so naturally and well.

2) The scenes that I like
a) 中村 and 竹内 at the train platform ~ where 竹内 places her hand in 中村’s jacket pocket to keep her hand warm. The same scene happened in the woods too. This shows that many times, action is much better than words.

b) The 3 of them walking in the woods ~ projected a 幸せの感じ

3) Scenes that touched my heart
a) 武井 cried and asked 竹内 whether he is the cause of her death. I cannot imagine a few years old kid asking such a painful to his mother in real life.
(By this part, I have heard quite a number of sniff sniff from those sitting around me)

b) 巧 cried and told 澪 that he is very sorry that he is unable to bring her happiness. I felt heartbreaking when I saw this scene. A guy who can say that really proves that he loves the woman a lot.

The director, 土井裕泰（どい のぶひろ）at a recent interview with Straits Times said that ‘this film is about the miracle of meeting people and the destiny of love’ And he wanted to ‘express the meaning of death in a positive way.’ He further said ‘in films, you can create anything you want with CGI or special effects. In life, we can also pretty much get everything by using technology. So we are losing a purity of experience, hence, pure love.’ I totally agree with 土井裕泰. Nowadays, it is very hard to have a movie with a simple storyline and filmed in a simple way with a great cast. Probably this is one of the reasons why this movie is so popular.


PS. 世界の中心で、愛おさけぶ (在世界的中心呼喊愛情) is finally showing in Singapore! It will be showing in Cineleisure next month. Although I have the DVD, I may watch it again at the cinema. The feeling of watching at cinema and at home is different. If I am forced to choose between いま、あいにゆきます and 世界の中心で、愛おさけぶ, I will choose the later as the story is more realistic and heartbreaking.

２００５年夏のドラマ

This summer’s dramas are really strong! There are quite a few of dramas I am really interested in. They are:

1. Slow Dance

Ah~ Tsumabuki’s 2005 drama. Waited one year for his drama, ever since Orange Days. Though I don’t really like 深津絵里 and this is a usual love story, I am still looking forward to this drama as Tsumabuki is in it. And the theme song is sing by Masha!

2. ドラゴン櫻


山P long awaited drama! Though he is not the main actor, his role in this drama was especially written for him. The story is about a teacher who was once a 暴走族and taught in a private high school. So the story is probably similar to GTO. I guess this drama may be more interesting than Slow Dance…

3. 海猿


I have watched the movie last year. It was good! Of course this is a very 陽剛 story. It was about a group of sea divers. Guess there will be some love relationship in this to make the drama more attractive.

4. 電車男


This was adopted from one of the best selling novel last year. It was a story of a boring and square guy who always hooked onto the computer who fell in love with a office lady (OL). The movie had just been released while I was in Japan lately. So everywhere I went, I can see the promotion video, the novel, comic, and of course hear the theme song of the movie ~ ‘Love Parade’ sang by Orange Range. I was very tempted to buy Orange Range’s single. The song was nice but I don’t like the other song in the single. Anyway, I bought the comics, read it and enjoyed it so far!

But I am really interested to watch the movie instead of the drama. I heard the movie will be shown in Taiwan. Hope it comes to Singapore too!

5. いま、あいにゆきます



This was also adopted from a best selling novel. The movie was a big hit last year and it managed to bring 中村獅童 and 竹内結子 together. So the focus is now whether 成宮寛貴 andミムラ will fall in love.

I am glad that Cathy Organisation has brought in this movie. This movie will be showing in Cathy Organisation movie chain this coming Thursday. Ohhh~ I must watch it! But then, I cannot understand why they did such a lousy translation of the title of the movie. It should be 現在, 佷想見你 not 借著雨點說愛你.

6. ラスト。プレゼント


This story was adopted from a famous Korean movie. Er, I hate Korean shows. But will still watch it because of Tsuyoshi (堂本剛). I just hope they will change the story a bit and won’t follow the way Korean film it.

7. Dancing Host

I found this drama on Fuji TV website. Watched the introduction trailer and found it interesting. The group of actors are all strangers to me. But who cares? As long as the story is good, I don’t mind!

Aiyo, can't wait summer to be over soon. Haha.. probably can only watch the summer dramas in October. Have to be patient now!