Japanese Flicks

Nobuta Wo Produce (2005)

2006-01-16T18:16:00.000-08:00

Synopsis:
Kiritani Shuji is the popular guy who gets along with everyone. From the jerks, to the nerds to the just plain weird. He's the man that everyone can count on. What they don't know is that Shuji knows how predictable his classmates are and he plays off their predictability to his advantage. His day to day existence as "Shuji-kun" is just a facade he uses to play in the school popularity game. Truth be told, Shuji is bored.

Shuji gets along with everybody, but the one person he can't stand the most is Kusano Akira. Unlike Shuji, Akira is just plain annoying. Akira loves his soy milk so much, he gets drunk from it. He laughs funny, he talks funny, and he even acts funny. Nobody in class takes Akira seriously. Shuji can't stand the sight of Akira and it drives him nuts that Akira does whatever he wants despite Shuji's expressed dislike of him.

Shuji has a daily ritual of touching a certain willow tree for good luck. One day, he is surprised to find out that his willow tree was uprooted and in it's place, he finds a freaky looking girl telling him that some people took the tree somewhere else to be spotted. She joked that she was planning to hang herself from that tree. Scared, Shuji runs away.

Things heat up when a new student comes to school, Shuji is shocked to find out that the new student was the freaky girl he saw the day his willow tree disappeared. Her name is Kotani Nobuko, a girl who has no self confidence at all and is content at being made fun of and bullied in school.

Shuji and Akira come to an accord that in order to make use of their "youth" they will "produce" Nobuko as the next popular girl. One of the conditions though is that nobody should find out that they are working together as a team to make this concept possible.

Of course, nobody can be a protagonist without an antagonist. There is a mysterious girl in school jeopardizing the duo's plan to make Nobuko popular. The mystery is still unfolding.

A story of friendship between three people who would not have been friends if not given the special circumstances. This show is really hilarious. Especially with Akira acting all crazy. :) This is a far cry from Yamapi's previous roles where he's always reserved. Kamenashi Kazuya on the other hand, continues to expand his tv presence with having two shows air this season. :)

Starring:
Kamenashi Kazuya

Yamashita Tomohisa

Horikita Maki

Theme Song: Seishun Amigo
by Shuji and Akira (The main characters themselves)

Battle Royale II

2005-06-28T18:09:00.000-07:00

Released Date: 2004
Synopsis:
We know that Shuuya and Noriko survived the program, but what we find out here is what they did after. Shuuya several years later is the head of an anti-adult terrorist organization known as Wild Seven. Cleverly, the government revamps the BR program with a tinge of irony to send the chosen class to do the government’s work for them; attack the terrorists. There's also a new twist on the collars, which now connect two children to guarantee if the two ever separate, they die. Or if one dies, the other dies too. As this suggests, it speeds up the process of boatloads of children being gruesomely killed. “Luckily”, this film seems to not care about the children.

Battle Royale

2005-06-28T17:56:00.000-07:00

2000
Synopsis:
In the “near future,” Japan is in a state of turmoil. Kids are out of control and are rebelling against adults. So in order to keep them in line, the government sets up the “Battle Royale act” which publicly selects a 9th grade class of about 40 kids to be sent to an island for 3 days. Attaching collars to their necks (which will explode when tampered with) and giving strict detailed rules to follow, the government and army force the kids to eliminate each other. They give each kid one weapon and supplies and let them know that if there is not one survivor at the end of the three days then they all lose.

Naked Weapon

2005-06-05T12:24:00.000-07:00

The Ring

2005-06-05T12:14:00.000-07:00

Love Generation Drama (1997)

2004-03-01T18:18:00.000-08:00

Genre: Romance Drama
Info: http://jdorama.com/drama.243.htm
Cast:

Kimura Takuya as Katagiri Teppei
Matsu Takako as Uesugi Riko
Juuna Risa as Mizuhara Sanae
Uchino Masaaki as Katagiri Soichiro

Size: 11 Episodes [ 327 MB ]
Review:

Synopsis:

Katagiri Teppei (Kimura) is a promising creative agent, but whose attitude gets him transferred to the sales department. He has to learn to adapt to the new working environment, which includes cutting his precious locks of hair to create a neater and more appropriate image. Helping him along the way is Uesugi Riko (Matsu), whom he tried to pick up along the street earlier but was tricked by her instead. Riko does not have a good impression of him at first, but falls for him gradually. However, Teppei runs into his ex-girlfriend Mizuhara Sanae (Juuna) who is now the girlfriend of his brother Soichiro (Uchino). Consoling him is Riko, whom Teppei likes gradually. Just when Teppei and Riko start dating, Sanae realises that she still likes Teppei...