Mirai yosouzu (2007)

Mirai yosouzu: Directed by Hiroshi Chôno. With Nao Matsushita, Terunosuke Takezai, Juan de Aguila, Erina. A romantic drama about two college students who fall for one another, only to take separate paths in life after graduation.

“It has been quite a while since Iu0026#39;ve watched such a horrible high-budget Japanese film. This movie is inspired by the lyrics of DREAMS COME TRUEu0026#39;s masterpieces u0026quot;Mirai Yosouzuu0026quot; and u0026quot;Mirai Yosouzu IIu0026quot;, which roughly translates to u0026quot;Future Planu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMatsushita Nao is well-known for being a poor actress, but the male lead, Takezai Terunosuke is in a whole different dimension. This guy literally puts on a fake smile and READS his line for EVERY single scene. Itu0026#39;s so incredible that he makes Johnnyu0026#39;s actors in dorama look like Japan Academy Award winners. The leading coupleu0026#39;s acting, especially in the first half where they talk to each other many times, was so embarrassing that _I_ actually felt embarrassed watching it. In addition to having the worst acting lead couple in history, the script for this movie is extremely poorly written. The u0026quot;convincing of firework masteru0026quot; scene was so horrible that it made me laugh. Such poor story development is rare even in low-budget TV-dorama. Itu0026#39;s a shame this movie had a really nice message for the workaholic Japan, that some things are more important than work, but its sheer cheesiness made it impossible for me to take it seriously.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAt least they had enough sense to use u0026quot;Mirai Yosouzu IIu0026quot; instead of the theme song u0026quot;A.I.Shi.Te.Ru no Sign ~Our Future Plan~u0026quot; for the last scene. That one scene was somewhat touching. Another positive thing about this film is that the scenery in Spain was very beautiful, and all the scenes there actually werenu0026#39;t cheesy. This movie is exactly opposite of typical Japanese films in this respect…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlthough her acting is horrible (as usual), Matsushita Nao is beautiful as ever in this movie, and gets considerable screen time. I was able to watch the entire film because I was watching it solely for her, but for anyone whou0026#39;s not a huge Matsushita Nao fan like me… Avoid this film at all costs.”