#arimura kasumi

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[asia-japan]

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ISHIKO TO HANEO: SONNA KOTO DE UTTAEMASU? 石子と羽男―そんなコトで訴えます？― (2022) dir. tsukahara ayuko, yamamoto takeyoshi

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Beyond Goodbye - 2024

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Phases of the Moon (2022) dir. Hiroki Ryuichi

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Beyond Goodbye

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Beyond Goodbye (2024, Japan)

Director: Hiroshi Kurosaki

Writer: Yoshikazu Okada

Mini-review:

I feel divided about this. On the one hand, the cinematography is really nice and the locations are downright stunning. And the entire cast is great too, especially the leads; these roles play to all of Kentaro Sakaguchi's and Kasumi Arimura's particular strengths. On the other hand, the plot didn't fully convince me. The conceit makes for a very interesting portrayal of grief, but the whole thing was just a bit too... odd for me. It didn't help that I kept feeling bad for the male lead's wife, even if the central relationship isn't exactly a romance, not with the foundation it's built on. So yeah, I can certainly appreciate Beyond Goodbye's aesthetic, acting and directing, but I'm not quite too sure about the rest.

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God, this drama is so good, I love it so far. If it keeps up this quality for the rest of episodes, might be one of my favs for the year.

Umi is the cutest, I feel so bad for her. She's an innocent victim trapped in the middle of her mom's selfish decision. Natsu looks so traumatized and confused all the time, but I respect that he kinda wants to be the dad who steps up?

Her mom switched between being hostile and sympathetic to Natsu every 2 scenes. Ma'am, it's not his fault he didn't know he had a kid and he's so unprepared to be a dad, as you noted yourself. But still, it must be hard to face the man when your daughter suffered on her own for so long.

The scene of Yayoi crying was devastating. At first, I thought it was cause she got promoted to stepmom all of sudden after her bf's ex died. Or because it's obvious Natsu isn't over his college ex. But after the reveal about Yayoi's own abortion... Jesus, she was crying bc when Natsu said he murdered his kid... It was like saying that Yayoi murdered her child.

I think it's sort of wholesome that Yayoi wants to be Umi's mom and decided to support Natsu's decision? I'm honestly more interested in her relationship and feelings about Umi tbh

What is this Tsuno character even tryna do? Why is he inserting himself into a love triangle with a dead woman and her baby daddy? Who is he to say that Umi has no dad? I also like when Grandma pushed back at Tsuno acting like she's his MIL or something.

The way Umi ran and hugged him.. started telling him about her day... Bro got promoted to dad 🥲 oh gawd, the feels...

@ the previews: I understand Mizuki's mom's feelings but how can she say that?? Actually forget her, HOW DARE TSUNO SAY THAT?? WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT?? 🤬🤬

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Dou Suru Ieyasu / What Will You Do Ieyasu (Ep 19 & 20)

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Call Me Chihiro (2023) ‘ちひろさん’ dir. Rikiya Imaizumi

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[jdramasource]

ARIMURA KASUMI as ISHIDA SHOKO ISHIKO TO HANEO: SONNA KOTO DE UTTAEMASU? 石子と羽男―そんなコトで訴えます？― (2022) dir. tsukahara ayuko, yamamoto takeyoshi

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