(Recommendation) Jmovie to watch on Valentine's Day (Part 2)

Konnichiwaaa, minna-san

Here I come again to share another 5 Jmovies to welcome your Valentine's Day. Have you seen my first 5 movies as I posted here? If not, hurry up find the sites to watch them. 😁😁

OK, to make my babbling short, let's check them out!

5. The  8- Year Engagement (8 Nen Goshi no Hanayome)

Can you imagine that this heart breaking story is based on an autobiographical novel? That means that this is based on a true story. Hasashi (Takeru Satoh) meets Mai (Tao Tsuchiya) in a meeting group for dating. They don't end up together right away, but their accident meeting after the dating group makes them together. They promise to get married in another 3 months. Hisashi even has booked Mai's dream place to get married. But, suddenly Mai gets terribly sick. Hisashi tries to stay by her side in no matter how long he needs to wait. 😭😭😭

Frankly speaking, I don't like watching tragedy movies. Sicklit books or movies absolutely are not my cup of tea. But, well, the male lead here is my beloved actor, Takeru Satoh. You know, he always selects different characters in his movies. As a broken hearted Hisashi, he portrayed his emotion really well. But of course, my credit goes to Tao Tsuchiya. Before, I thought she is just a shoujo character in real life. But, she can prove that she is a real actress in various characters. Now, I don't want to see her in more shoujo movies. She deserves more. About the movie, even though you probably cry a lot, it ends quite satisfying. A piece of tissue might be necessary 😁😁😁

4. My Love Story!! (Ore Monogatari!!) 

It is based on a manga with the same title by Kazune Kawahara and Aruko published in October 2011. Takeo Goda (Ryuhei Suzuki) is a high school student who has 2 meter tall height and weighs 100 kilograms. Even though he looks like a giant, his friends love him since he is sincere. But, female girls prefer his best friend Makoto Sunakawa (Kentaro Sakaguchi) to be their love interest. One day, Takeo helps a girl from different school from a pervert on a train. Takeo falls for her. Unfortunately, he is not confident to express his love since all the girls he ever likes always turn to Makoto. Will he be unlucky again this time? 

I happened to read some chapters of the manga, and I thought it's a little bit stupid and slow. So, when I found out that there's the live action version, I stopped reading the manga, and watched the movie. Yes, it's really amusing. The moment when the girl he likes, Rinko Yamato (Mei Nagano) serves him bento, and he digs in enthusiastically, it makes Rinko happy and gives her hope. Unfortunately, Takeo match makes her with Makoto. So, minna San, don't worry about your size. When it comes to love, size doesn't matter 😂😂😂

3. Daytime Shooting Star (Hirunaka no Ryuusei) 

Not all Jmovies I recommend here have happy ending, but, this one is different, especially if you have second lead male syndrome. It is based on a manga with the same title by Mika Yamamori and Naoko Adachi. Suzume Yosano (Mei Nagano) is a first grade of high school from countryside. One day, she moves to Tokyo to live with her uncle. Before she gets to her uncle's house, she is lost since she is not good at reading maps. Some guy helps her to get her way and one day she finds out that he is her uncle's friend who happens to be her school teacher. She can't help but falling for him. In her school, she makes friend with Daiki Mamura (Alan Shirahama). Mamura is a shy who has troubles when he's close to female friends. He falls for Suzume. So, which one would Suzume pick? 

I didn't know who Alan Shirahama is before I watched this movie, but of course, I go to Daiki Mamura team 😍😍😍. The moment Suzume and Mamura spend together and makes Mamura blushes is really splendid. Some simple romantic scenes like when Mamura stands for Suzume when she's broken hearted, and when Suzume makes special embroidery on Mamura's scarf is sweet. You don't have to provide tissue watching this 😁😁😁

2. Liar and His Lover (Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru) 

I don't know how many times I've fallen for Takeru Satoh 😀😀. But as soon as I watched the trailer of this movie, I rushed my friend to seek the movie online. The movie was based on manga by Kotomi Aoki, Tomoko Yoshida and Norihiro Koizumi. The manga was released in 2009. The movie itself was released in 2013. I can call it as a musical romance movie. Aki (Takeru Satoh) is a music engineer for a pop band called Crude Play. But as soon as the band gets more popular and gets major debut, Aki seems to feel uncomfortable with himself in the group. He decides to quit. While calming his mind, he accidentally comes across Riko (Sakurako Ohara), a high school student with brilliant gift in music. To Riko who is a big fan of Crude Play, he introduces himself as someone else and that he is a neet. For Riko, Aki is someone trustworthy and never has been a liar. 

My most favorite scene is of course when they meet for the first time on the bridge (the bridge is often used for many kinds of movies or drama that I call it as the Kanojo bridge. Lol). Aki's humming catches Riko's attention (and my attention, too 😊). And don't forget the moment when Riko attempts to run away from her curious friends with Aki holding hand in hand. And then they kiss under the bridge. Oh, bridge, is that the same bridge? 🤔 While watching the movie, please be careful with your heart 😁😁😁

1. It All Began When I Met You (Subete wa Kimi ni Aeta Kara) 

Have you watched Love Actually, a British movie released in 2003? This movie revolves many characters that they, somehow, connect to one another by accident. Some people call this movie as Love Actually in Japanese version. This one was released in November 22, 2013, to welcome Christmas. But, the love story inside the story is amazing. There are some couples that are separated to each other but then they gather in Tokyo station. It is believed that the movie is to commemorate 100th year of Tokyo Station. You can find Kazuki (Hiroshi Tamaki), an arrogant boss who loves watching movies. But he doesn't have any reference so he asks his assistant and his assistant asks the video rental staff. The staff happens to be someone he accidentally meets in a Cafe that he believes that she is his stalker. Another character is Setsuna (Fumino Kimura) who has a love distance relationship with Takumi (Masahiro Higashide). And one touching character is Kotoko (Chieko Baisho) who has been waiting for her lover for 49 years. 49. YEARS!!!  Never is a long time, goodbye... 🎶🎶 #Roxettesing 😀

Oh, well. I've finally finished sharing all my romance Jmovie recommendation. Don't complain that they don't have a lot of romantic scenes. Sometimes romance can be just described by the look of someone's eyes, or touching something someone has yearned for. Last but not least, HAPPY VALENTINE, MINNA SAN. WISH YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THE LOVED ONE(S) 💖💖💖

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