#Keisuke Koide

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Ginpeicho Cinema Blues (2023)

Dir. Hideo Jojo

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Kisaragi, 2007 Yūichi Satō

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Parade (2009)

パレード Parade (2009) directed by Isao Yukisada cinematography by Jun Fukumoto

[thepoetcarpenter]

Cyborg She, Emotional and Entertaining

In my twenties, I was in a phase where I delighted in East Asian films and dramas. People that I know keep recommending films like Battle Royale, and dramas like Boys Before Flowers. Having grew up in Canada where the culture was to enjoy Hollywood movies, it was a nice change of pacing. To experience films and shows from different cultures was a good change.

After the release of the massively successful film, My Sassy Girl, director Kwak Jae-yong was a hot commodity in Corean cinema, and had the opportunity in the world to direct any Corean films he wanted. Instead, after he directed the prequel to said film, Windstruck, he decided to direct a romantic comedy for the Japanese film market. The film was Cyborg She, available on Apple TV+, a romantic comedy about a cyborg sent from the future and a loner. The silly premise of the film, invites an interesting story.

The film itself is heartwarming and fun. Like My Sassy Girl, the movie centers around an underdog of a character and the encounter to a strong female lead changes his world and now he has something to hope for. So if you like the type of story My Sassy Girl is, you will like this film.

The direction of the film by Kwak is charming and emotional. The plot tucks at the heart of the everyman that sees himself as this underdog. It is silly to think that you will find yourself falling in love with a cyborg, but, though not cyborg maybe a kindred spirit half way across the world. Kwak employs that distance we have with our lovers, not in the distance around the world, but a physical distance of being. Though the ground of the romance takes as is ridiculous, when you have nobody else in the world, maybe a cyborg companion may not seem that foolish to consider. As the plot progresses, you come to understand, that the female lead is actually the only one in the world that cares about him, having lost his only family, his mother, and even his hometown, destroyed in an earthquake. You come to think and empathise with the protagonist. 

Keisuke Koide plays the main character as Jiro Kitamura, while Haruka Ayase plays the cyborg. The two actors play a dynamic duo and there are chemistry and real emotion between the two. After developing feelings for one another, and an encounter with a wall that separates them, the cyborg unites with Jiro as she tries to save him. After the climax, we as the audience come to understand Jiro and the cyborg’s relationship; though there is a distance between them, there is also real love.

The film, overall, is charming and endearing. Some scenes I thought dig at what it means to have someone that loves you. And though you may not fall in love with a cyborg, we come to understand that though we may not agree with some relationships, love is not frivolous, especially when that love is all the person has. Cyborg She is emotional and entertaining, and worth your two hours.

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NHKウイークリーステラ 平成24年 6/22号 2012 6/16→6/22 NHKサービスセンター 表紙＝堀北真希・ミムラ・小出恵介 連続テレビ小説〈梅ちゃん先生〉赤裸々トーク満載 松竹梅 座談会＝堀北真希 & ミムラ & 小出恵介

[aramajapan]

Keisuke Koide returns from 3 year hiatus after his "inappropriate relationship" with a 17-year-old

Actor Keisuke Koide will be making his unanticipated comeback after a 3 year hiatus. Back in June 2017 he was busted by the media after it was found out he was regularly drinking and had an “inappropriate relationship” with a 17-year-old girl. The reaction to Koide was swift, he was immediately dropped from multiple acting […]

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2006 - Byakuyakou (白夜行) episode 5 Dir. Ishii Yasuharu, Hirakawa Yuichiro

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TENSHI NO KNIFE 

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Koizora (2007) a.k.a Sky Of Love

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[dramaddict-and-proud-of-it]

Nodame Cantabile

Year : 2006 | Country : JP | Nb of episodes: 11 + 2 movies

My rate: 9/10

Synopsis :

Based on the hit comic book by Tomoko Ninomiya, this is a fun-filled quirky romantic story of two very opposite people.

Megumi Noda, or "Nodame" is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a kindergarten teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized, takes baths several days apart and loves to eat, sometimes stealing her friend's lunchbox when it is filled with delicacies.

Shinichi Chiaki, is Momogaoka's top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. An arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy, he feels mired in Japan because of a childhood phobia.

They meet by accident. Nodame quickly falls in love, but it takes much longer for Chiaki to even begin to appreciate Nodame's unusual qualities. Their relationship causes them both to develop and grow. Because of Nodame, Chiaki got the opportunity to lead a student orchestra and begins to have a broader appreciation of people's musical abilities. Because of Chiaki, Nodame faces her fears and enters a piano competition. Opportunities open up as both begin taking risks, stretching themselves far more than they ever thought possible.

Main cast :

Ueno Juri as Noda Megumi aka Nodame (Piano)

Tamaki Hiroshi as Chiaki Shinichi (Piano/Violin/Conducting)

Eita as Mine Ryutaro (Violin)

Koide Keisuke as Okuyama Masumi (Timpani)

Mizukawa Asami as Miki Kiyora (Violin)

Saeko as Saku Sakura (Contrabass)

Uehara Misa as Tagaya Saiko (Vocal)

Takenaka Naoto as Franz Strezemann (Milch Holstein by Nodame)

My thoughts on this drama :

Gyaboooooo! Beware, this word will get stuck in your head for life once you watch this drama. I didn't give it a 10 but it's as well. It will make you love classical music. And the cast is perfect. They couldn't have chosen a better actress than Ueno Juri for Nodame. She was born to play this part.

 A Favorite ?

YES!!!!!!!

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NHKウイークリーステラ 平成26年 7/4号 2014 6/28→7/4 NHKサービスセンター 表紙＝小出恵介・貫地谷しほり 木曜時代劇〈吉原裏同心〉小出恵介×貫地谷しほり 対談

[startwatchingjapanesedramas]

Movie- Haruta & Chika

Chika and Haruta are former elementary school classmates who reunite in high school. Chika, despite having no experience in playing an instrument, plans to restore the wind instrument club and compete in a competition, and along the way she and Haruta solve myster-- oh no wait, that part only happens in the manga. Either way, it’s a slow, fun movie that feels very realistic (for the most part). Some moments initially feel cliché, but it’s always rounded out by good acting performances and never takes away from the story. The handful of slightly surreal scenes are a nice touch.

Spotlighting: Kanna Hashimoto, Short Sato, Keisuke Koide, Koki Maeda, Hiraoka Takuma, Himeru Nikaido, Hiroya Shimizu, Moka Kameshiraishi, Yuri Tsunematsu