[Movie] Shibito no Koiwazurai

2001

Starring: Goto Risa, Matsuda Ryuhei,



Midori was still having the consistent and repetitive nightmares about a creepy man walking towards her, when she moved back into the town she lived in 10 years ago. Despite those dreams, she enjoyed walking down memory lane, meeting new friends and old ones too. Ryusuke was a childhood friend whom, by fate, was also in the same class with her.

Soon after talking about her dad (who passed away 10 years ago) and Ryusuke, her mom began to behave strangely and fell sick.

There was also a rumour in the town about a love-spell kinda fortune-telling-ish thing called Tsujiura. It is believed that it works but sometimes, a handsome young man in black clothes will appear when one is trying Tsujiura out. The description of the men is similar to the man who keeps appearing in Midori's dreams.

For a strange reason, Midori is unable to walk past the Tsujiura shrine which she needs to pass by to go to school. How are Tsujiura and Midori connected?

*****

What a shit movie. What a load of crap.

Oh... even Ryuhei's creepy Peter Pan look cannot save it.

Its so bad, I don't know if I should laugh or cry while watching it.

It started okay. But it just spiraled down and down into a bunch of crap.

Don't even get me started about how sexist this movie is. Why is it that its always the girls that are killing themselves over a boy or girls being mean to other girls for a boy? While in reality its on the contrary.

Oh well, xD I have seen my share of bad movies. I guess this isn't the worst.

Rating: 1/5 Its... THAT bad.

And then we have Matsuda Ryuhei.

[TV] Himitsu no Arashi-chan

26 June 2008

I am going to ignore the Ageha-jo part and just go straight to the crazy ass date drama part.

Holy shit that Oshima Miyuki from Morisanchuu is Jun-crazy. She won a date with Jun... and she had it all planned out. Even Mao came~ to boost the popularity of the upcoming movie I guess. Lol, Oshima got a kiss on the back of her palm from Jun and then got to die in his arms. Jun was rather mean to her though~

I mean, if it were some hotchick, he wouldn't have thought twice about intentionally losing the bowling game or whatever. Mao and Jun~ though I know that Jun is most probably gay they are just really good friends... but oh... so cute. xD

Nino is just the devil's incarnation. No, really. I am not even kidding. He has the attitude of the big bullies you meet in kindergartens. He's just plain mean. Aiba looks so hot in here. Really, the right hair. xD No centre parting. xD There's volume to his hair. Not flat. I like.

I was stamping my feet, laughing like hell and this is midnight~~ geez. What Arashi does to me, is that it is giving me a really bad impression among my neighbours. I bet they know me as "that girl who goes hysterical at night"~~ xD

Enjoyed watching Mao and Jun playing bowling as partners. Seriously, the two should just go get married and make like... Hanadan babies or something. xD When Mao's second throw went into the gutter... xD you wonder if its intentional. xD Jun got so pissed its hilarious. When Oshima got a spare, even Mao (Jun's bowling partner) was all happy and gave her a high touch. Jun was all pissed and lonely. xD Well he brought it upon himself, choosing Oshima last episode. xD

xDDDDDDDDDDDDDD I haven't laughed so hard in a while. My abdomen hurts from laughing. Jun is so mean he didn't even want to give Oshima a high-touch. xD Oh well, that is the pride of the sex of Arashi.

What? Jun is the sex of Arashi, all that hip-shaking, lip-licking during concerts, the hair-flipping. He is the sex of Arashi. What do you expect? His kisses smell like roses. Well according to Oshima. She is the one who said that his penis is the size of a whale. Wait, she didn't. Must have dreamed it up then eh?

I love, love, love Aiba's voice when he is excited. There are no words to describe his voice. Its... its... squeaky, whiny, sharp, broken... I don't know. One of a kind, that voice. xDDDD Remember once, ShimuKen imitated him, hilarious.

In the end, they were all asking for her to 'die' faster, that Oshima. xD OMFG. This is the consequence of being not hot and a comedian in Japan. T_T Oh how cruel reality is. When she was 'dying' MatsuJun avoided catching her even if she is so intentionally leaning towards him, and that face Jun has... xD OMG that annoyed face. I could have just died from laughing.

There are a lot of Aiba and Nino screencaps although they are not the main character. This is because Aiba is hot in here okay? Like, hot HOT. xD Gotta make the best out of it. Through the 'date' the two were watching and ROTFL like hell in a room with monitors. xD Seriously, those two are enjoying tormenting Jun.

[Movie] Chosyu Five

2007

Starring: Matsuda Ryuhei, Yamashita Tetsuo, Miura Akifumi, Kitamura Yukiya...

A historical movie about the Choushu Five - five young men who were smuggled out of Japan before the Meiji Restoration (when it was illegal to leave Japan) to study in the University College London. At the time they left, the shogunate was at is decline stage and Japan's future was in danger. The five young men later brought knowledge and new technology, thus paving the way for Japan's modernization.

I read a lot of the real Choushu Five (gotta do research when you watch movies. I don't know, its just curiosity and annoyance when I don't get the movie.), it turns out that the movie is rather historically inaccurate if my source happens to be right. But oh well, their story makes a great movie anyways. One of the five later became Ito Hirobumi, the first Prime Minister of Japan and was elected 3 more times (not consecutively). The other four also became influential figures in Japan's government during the Meiji era or prominent figures who brought great change in Japan's culture. (Guess why and how trains became such an important means of transportation in Japan. Yeap, one of them was the Father of Japanese Railways.)

Savvy. Loved history.

Due to the absence of subtitles, I have to admit I have a hard time understanding this movie. And if they were speaking the typical Japanese like the Tokyo folks are speaking now, I wouldn't have such a hard time. They have a funny accent that I really cannot make out. T_T

Ito Hirobumi and Inoue Kaoru went back to Japan first while the other three stayed. Something about warning Japan against war or something. Nevermind that. Nomura Yokichi (Or Inoue Masaru - why do people have so many names, really) on the other hand maintained his continuous fascination for trains.

The movie follows Yamao Yozo's side of the story, he's played by Matsuda Ryuhei. Yamao went to live in Glasgow, Scotland for a while, working at a shipyard. Then he spoke a lot of English, so I could understand. In Glasgow, he was all fired up to learn how to be useful to his country, to open up the industrial sector of Japan after Japan's closed door policy has caused the country to be left behind by the Western world in a lot of aspects.

In Scotland, Yamao learned the song Auld Lang Syne, it is said that Yamao is the one who introduced the song to the Japanese. Japan later changed the lyrics and renamed the song "Hotaru no Hikari". Aww and there was sweet romance for Yamao in Scotland (though how historically accurate this is, I am unsure of) with a Scottish lass. As a result of that, he set up the first school for those who are share the same disability as the Scottish girl, who couldn't speak or hear. AWWWWWWWWWW.

Yeah, sorry for that. xD I mean, if I were really sorry, I would have just deleted what I typed so clearly I am not sorry for being all excited over a character played by Matsuda Ryuhei. I am not as obsessed as I seem, really. xD Just... you know, I always thought that Ryuhei's head is too big for his tall but skinny body. Like a lollipop! xD I know I need to lay off the Matsudas a bit. xD Its too much eh? Come, I shall go watch Hana Yori Dango dramas again. Wait... Shota is in it. xD (That was so intentional.)

Rating: 4/5 (Oh, my ratings are pointless shit used to remind myself how favourable I find a movie and most probably has nothing to do with how good a movie is or how good the actors are, cos I am sure its clear now that it doesn't quite matter to me. xD)


Left, the real Chosyu Five. Right, the Chosyu Five with Matsuda Ryuhei goodness.

[Movie] 9 Souls

2003

Starring: Matsuda Ryuhei and... um... others... xD

Michiru was a reclusive boy who killed his father and was sent to jail. He was placed into a cell with 9 persons, thus making it a total of ten people sharing the same jail cell. When one of his cell mates threw a fit and was hauled away, the remaining nine discovered an opening within the cell thus allowing them to escape.

This movie basically follows their 'adventures' during their escape attempt. The movie started rather lightly, with scenes that defies what logic you and I are normally used to. At times, I find some scenes rather funny, but when the gruesome scenes come along, I wonder if the previous attempts at comedy (or what I think are attempts at comedy) are meant to make the audience chuckle.

I had a hard time differentiate a few of the 9 escapees, since all of them wore a buzz cut. The nine convicts committed serious crimes, one killed his father, another killed his son, a doctor who performed illegal euthanasia, biker gang member who killed 4 of his fellow members, crazy epileptic bomber, a porn star and a few others.

This movie left little for character development, too many characters and too speedy was the progress of the storyline. But one character left the group after another to settle unfinished business, meet some loved ones and towards the end, the convicts are shown as to having a human side despite how brutal their crimes sound. All save one, really.

Psychotic recluse Michiru is the toughest nut to crack. The lack of expression when he brutally murdered his younger brother was a creepy scene. I have no taste for blood and gore.

Anyways, this movie has a good mix of unrealistic quirkiness and cynical irony whatever yada yada. I enjoyed it a bit. Just a bit.

One of them sodomized a sheep. I am greatly disturbed.

Ratings: 3.5/5