Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Super emotional movie

Its kinda long so just bare with it ok~ i was bored...
1 thing i hate about Japanese movies is that...they like to film unnecessary silent scenes. Some movies they waste time just filming the actor's/actress's face staring into space for 3-5 damn minutes...sometimes even longer...just like anime.

Few days ago i read a friend's blog about a Japanese movie:
Taiyou no Uta
It's a little similar with One Litre of Tears.

Girl with life threatening diseases. Boy falls in love with girl. In the end girl dies at a young age. Boy is sad but stays strong...bla bla bla...

So...i was bored out of my skull coz its still my semester break and i still don't have a car to go out because the damn junk decided to DIE during my holidays. My friend said in her blog that the movie can be found in Youtube so i went to watch...

Taiyou no UtaThis movie is about Amane Kaoru (YUI), an amature singer/guitarist who suffers from a rare skin diseases call Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP). Because of her disease, she only goes out during the night because sun's ultraviolet rays can be fatal to her.
(Yes i copied some parts from the net ^^)

Later she meets a boy, Fujishiro Kouji, a surfer who she sees every morning from her room window waiting at a bus stop. Then one night while she was performing outside the train station, she sees Kouji passes by and chases after him and soon they became friends. Kouji promised to see her perform so one night when Kaoru's spot was taken by another street performer, Kouji takes her to the city and she performs in front of him. Slowly crowds start to gather to listen to her.
(I like 'Goodbye Days'. Celine sang that song before at The Hive.)

Later they go to the beach and Kouji asks Kaoru out. That little happiness ended when Kaoru realizes that she only has a short time to rush home before sunrise.
(Kinda like Cinderella eh~the only thing is that this story kills if the character is late.)

Kouji find out about her diseases from Kaoru's best friend, Misaki, after getting yelled and hit by her for bringing Kaoru back home seconds before sunrise. After that incident Kaoru refuses to see Kouji until one night her dad invites him over for dinner and surprised Kaoru. Kouji finds a part time job to earn money for to help Kaoru make her debut single.

Soon Kaoru's diseases worsens and she is unable to hold her guitar anymore. But as long she still has her voice, Kouji's plan can still work out. After she finishes recording her music, she goes to the beach wearing her protective suit to watch Kouji surf.

The ending is about Kaoru laying in her coffin covered with sunflowers and surrounded by people .
(I hate sunflowers !!! Seeing her covered by them and only leaving her head out like that creeps me out !!! )

Kouji is standing at the spot where Kaoru used to do her street performance and he takes out Kaoru's CD and listens to it. Her friends and family are also listening to it and later they jump for joy when they start hearing it on the radios.
Then we see Kouji staring into the sunset and rushes into the sea with his surf board.

This movie ain't that sad if compared with One Litre of Tears.

(I prefer the series rather than the movie. So watch the series)
(pst* pst* you might cry your eyes out)

Ikeuchi Aya (Erika Sawajiri), a 15 year old ordinary girl from a family of 6 who owns a tofu shop is diagnosed with a diseases similar to Amane Kaoru in Taiyou no Uta, Spinocerebellar Ataxia. A terrible disease where the cerebellum of the brain gradually deteriorates to the point where the victim cannot walk, speak, write, or eat. A cruel disease, as it does not affect the mind in the least.

Aya meets with Aso Haruto on the way to school to take their entrance exam. Aya's mom, a former nurse notices her daughter's strange movements and decides to go ask a doctor about it. Meanwhile Aya and Haruto starts to be friends when they coincidentally went to visit a stray puppy.

As time pass, Aya became aware of her situation and went to investigate about it by herself but didn't realized that Haruto has also became aware of Aya. Soon she found out about her illness and says it's alright because she will overcome it. Her 2 best friends Mari and Saki were there to help her and Haruto as well. Her mother went to inform Aya's school about her illness and asked if help her out in school.

Things went on smoothly until Aya's illness got worse. By that time her parents couldn't hide the truth from their other children anymore and so they told them everything. Aya's 1st sister, Ako had a hard time accepting her sister's illness but soon gave in. But things weren't that nice in school as Aya's condition have been pulling her class's studies behind. Complains have been made by students and parents and was brought to the PTA meeting. Aya's mom tried to defend her daughter and was overheard by Haruto who was passing by.

Aya finds Haruto easy to talk to and so she spends time in the bio lad with Haruto and helps him with his lad research and whenever she feels down Haruto finds kind words to comfort her. But Haruto's father, Dr. Aso who works in the same hospital where Aya goes to do her checkups and rehabilitation is concern about his son's relationship with Aya and wants Haruto to end it.

As Aya's illness goes to another level, she willingly goes to a special school for the disabled and meets a girl name Asumi who suffers the same fate. Haruto visits Aya for the first time at her new home and decided to take her to the aquarium as their 1st date. He buys a dolphin key chain for Aya to hang on her handphone. On their way back it started to rain heavily and they got soaked. Aya's parents scolded Haruto for being irresponsible but later apologized to him. Later Aya called Haruto on his HP and apologized as well and said that they live in different world and hung up crying.

A few days later Haruto visits Aya again and confesses his feelings for her. 3 years has passed since Aya was diagnosed and it was time for her to leave her school. Haruto is preparing for his college entrance exams and soon he was wheeling Aya through his college campus showing her around. Aya has been admitted back to the hospital for closer observations as her illness gets worse. Meanwhile, Haruto's dad confronts Aya's mom and tell her about his concern about their children's relationship. One day Aya accidentally embarrassed herself infront of Haruto and was asked to leave by Aya's mom. That night Aya's mom finds Aya by the pay phone by herself and she finally breaks down and her mom comforted her. Aya decided to write a love letter to Haruto and later hands it to him at her teacher's wedding outside the church.

Later back in the hospital Aya started to choke while Haruto was walking on the bridge when he remembered Aya's letter. Aya tells her parents that she is breaking up with Haruto since she has no future with him. Haruto starts to shed tears as he reads on and finds the dolphin keychain he bought for Aya in the envolope. Aya's dad couldn't control his emotions anymore and left her room to cry outside.

Years passed and Aya has already reached age 25. But unfortunately her illness has also reached its peek. Haruto still visits Aya. And soon she passed away in the very same room she has been in for the pass 7 years. Everyone is devastated but tries to deal with it as it was Aya's final wish.
Haruto becomes a doctor in the future and Aya's sister, Ako successfully became a nurse.

Aww man...i really cried watching this show...
T.T
Really...its soooooooooooo sad !!!
You can watch it in Youtube i think. U cant in crunchyroll because it has been removed.
Woo if it was me im sure i cant stand being useless and glued to a wheelchair...
T.T

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