Love That Makes You Cry(いつかこの恋を思い出してきっと泣いてしまう) J-Drama Thoughts

  I started watch a new Japanese drama a few weeks ago and finally finished the last episode yesterday. I'm sorry guys but if your looking for a blog that writes about things super fast or a person watches things super fast then this is the wrong blog for you. I like to enjoy and take in each episode and I  tend to only watch one episode a day. I'm not the type of person to sit and watch episode after episode. The most I will watch is two episodes a day. With that being said, lets dive into my thoughts on the Drama, Love That Makes You Cry(いつかこの恋を思い出してきっと泣いてしまう).

" One Day We Will Look Back On This Love And Cry....."

  This ten episode drama is directed by Michiko Namiki, Yusuke Ishii, and Mai Takano. Its cast contains Kasumi Arimura, Kengo Kora, Mitsuki Takahata, Takahiro Nishijima Of idol group AAA, Aoi Morikawa, and Kentaro Sakaguchi. 

 The Drama's plot depicts a group of young people who come from different small villages in Japan . They all move end up in Tokyo one  way or another to escape and make their dreams come true even as they are met with struggles of hardships and love. 

  Love That Makes You Cry was shot in other places besides Tokyo this time around. I'm guessing thats why there were three directors working on this drama.  Some of these places include the rural city of Hokkaido, Fukushima and of course Tokyo. An Element that always catches my attention is the way Japanese people capture their scenery especially in the countryside. You always feel a pureness looking at the nature that has yet to be touched by Japan's ever so polluting civilization development.  Every tree seems to protect our characters in their respectful town as they are unaware of the world outside of what they see everyday.  It makes the viewer imagine that these characters would want to experience something more especially looking at the different situations of each character. while these places looks beautiful, imagine living there all your life without seeing much else and when you realize there is some much more to life, your being forced to stay against your will. Such is Kasumi Arimura's character's starting conflict.

   The characters featured in "Love That Will Make Cry" range in a variety of different personalities. One stage is when they are just arriving in Tokyo verse being there for a long period of time.  You kinda of realize that nothing comes easy.  Even if you make the moves to change your life, you still have to put more work in and hold on for the long haul. Nothing in this life in going to be handed to you. You see this fact sink into the character's beings as the try their best to survive in the bustling city of Tokyo. One character just works and works and works while letting his job's boss and coworkers run over him like he is a crosswalk on an express way.  Another character ran away from home only to be abandoned by the one she needed the most. The other three characters enter the picture like they have living in Tokyo figured out but really its just a front. Characters with skeletons in their closet and characters just trying to be honest and survive really kick off the conflict when they all come together.  Kasumi Arimura( Flying Colors, Star Man) does a great job as a girl who ran away from it all to go to Tokyo. I really believed through her acting that she was pure at heart. and only wanted to live freely and honestly.  Kengo Kora( Story Of Yunosuke) had the best bearings on the flow of the story and his characters transitions. This character wasn't too different from the other character he's know for playing in the beginning but the way he presents himself makes makes you feel like your talking to a friend who tries to see the best in people. His emotions and facial expressions scream kind to me....... welll..... in the first half of the drama anyway...... WE NOT GOING TO EVEN GO INTO THE SECOND HALF...... No spoilers here.  Some characters felt like they were just conflict drivers so the show would proceed which is fine but when that character has used up her reason for being in the show, she just takes up space. I felt that way about one of the female characters who popped up again. She kinda of was like a sideline cheerleader after awhile.  Aoi Morikawa's character gave me so much life throughout this drama when she said what was on her mind. She kept it a hundred and told the characters what they really needed to hear. I loved her to bits for that! She might even be my favorite character in this drama. Takahiro Nishijima did a good job in this drama as the third wheel who had a lot of family issues. His scenes kept me watching to see how he would react in certain situations. It was nice to see him acting again. The costars helped do their part by filling their roles well. I just don't have much that stuck out to me about their performances. 

TELL LIKE IT IS GURL

   The plot was interesting to see unfold. I started watching this drama because of the cast and the title. I love things that make me emotional and this drama did at parts. It wasn't the characters actions so much as the lesson the drama was trying to convey.  You are told from the beginning with foreshadowing in the title that this drama is going to be rough. Each character is put through many different trails that come with every day life of a working class citizen in Tokyo and you wonder if love can really fit into all of that conflict. It was just one conflict in the story line that deals with accidents happening on those tall walkway steps and it got on my nerves a little bit. It was executed perfectly and fit with the storyline the first time it was used but the second time was to bait the viewer into watching the next episode. 

 "Love That Makes You Cry" isn't a bad drama for those who like melodramas. You just have to get it in your head that, in this life things don't always work out the way you want them to. You deals with it and move on. This drama teaches this well.