Archive for July, 2009

Review: Liar Game

LIAR GAME THE PLOT Stupidly honest Kanzaki Nao (played by Toda Erika) is somehow lured into the deplorable LIAR GAME – a game of deception, debauchery and…I ran out of “D-words” but “betrayal” sounds like “detrayal” if you say it fast enough. Aided by genius (GENIUS GENIUS GENIUS!!!) (AND SUPER KAKKOII!) Psychology Student/ Convicted Swindler [...]

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Review: 14 Sai no Haha (III)

14 SAI NO HAHA (PART THREE – I KNOW! I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS DRAMA!) THE ACTION You know I think for all the drama’s lacking in the Brain Department, it really does make up for it with a whole lot of Soul and Heart. The acting’s…brilliant – and I think, from [...]

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Review: 14 Sai no Haha (II)

14 SAI NO HAHA THE PLOT (Continued) Right. So Miki Ichinose makes a series of Very Bad Decisions because, presumably, this bullish constancy is supposed to demonstrate some kind of inner strength. It unfortunately means she repeatedly turns down her Hot Form Teachers’ efforts to get her back to school.This is another reason why I [...]

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Review: 14 Sai no Haha (I)

14 SAI NO HAHA THE PLOT The premise is a winner – a fourteen year-old girl gets pregnant with her boyfriend’s child and after struggling with the fact that she is pregnant, decides she will keep the baby and raise it herself. Certainly, it caught my attention – surely one must have some curiosity about [...]

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Review: Giragira

GIRAGIRA THE PLOT Giragira, which I think means “Glittering”, tells the tale of Nanase Kohei (played by Sasaki Kuranosuke) after he returns to his job in the “neon-drenched Roppongi, Tokyo”, “the world of Hosts, whirling and glittering with greed and desire”. Which I think are very poetic and most importantly, very apt descriptors of this…very [...]

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