Movie Summary [Itsuka no kimi e]

Title: Itsuka no kimi e / いつかの君へ
Release Date: 2007
Language:  Japanese
English Subs? – Yep

Cast:
(actor – character) 
Takumi Saito – Noboru / Ryu
Ryunosuke Kawai – Hayase

Basic Plot Summary:
Noboru saves Hayase from drowning by giving him mouth to mouth causing Hayase to feel confused about his feelings….
Also PLOT TWIST Noboru has an identical twin brother with a contrasting personality…


My Thoughts:

*~WARNING!!!~*
May contain Spoilers!!!

This movie was a little confusing….well for me it was. The first time i watched it I didn’t really understand what was going on with Ryu and Noboru…at first I was like “Is Noboru possessed?!!? Does he think that he’s his brother?!?!”
Then the second time i concluded that Noboru developed schizophrenia or something due to the trauma of his brothers death…well that’s what i think anyway ~

[MORE DETAILED SUMMARY…well it’s more of a ‘this is what happened!’ …For those who didnt get it….like me! vv]

Sooo….Hayase sees Noboru with ultra blond hair in the street…is totally confused.
I was too lol

Noboru introduces himself as Ryu….the youngest twin.
‘Ryu’ was wearing really tight trousers… that’s what I took from this scene.

Hayase meets Ryu again and again in the same bar….where they get totally smashed, as you do.
We see flashbacks of Ryu and Noboru’s childhood, where Ryu gives his brother a camera and asks him to take pictures of all the beautiful things in the world and show him.

The moment we find out that Ryu and Noboru are actually the same person is when Noboru cuts his finger…then runs out the save the same cat Ryu found.
It finally clicks with Hayase (and me)
He asks Noboru why he was pretending to be Ryu,,,,Noboru says “i’m not….I said i’m not!” and runs off…dropping his phone, he gets a call from his mum, Hayase answers….he finds out Ryu died.
We see flashbacks of young Noboru coming home seeing his brother with …his girlfriend (?) is a very… compromising position..

Noboru gets mad…runs off….Ryu runs after him…and gets hit by a car 😦
The same thing nearly happens to Hayase…! But its all good, Noboru saves him…yay!
The car didnt even slow down for either of them! Terrible…
Noboru and Hayase have an emotional moment ^^

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It was a really good movie!
Takumi Saito is undeniably hot.
(He also played Noeru in Boys Boys Love….btw, and Ryunosuke Kawai played Shiji in Ai no Kotodama 2)

Such a cute ending!
My favourite part was when Noboru threatens Hayase with a knife 😀

I rate:
6/10

Screen caps:

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Movie Summary [Antique]

Title: Antique / 서양골동양과자점 엔티크;

Release Date: 2008
Language: Korean (and French at times )


English Subs? – Yeaa!!!

Cast:
(actor – character) 
Kim Jae Wook – Min Sun Woo
Joo Ji Hoon – Kim Jin Hyuk
Yoo Ah In – Yang Ki Beom
Choi Ji Ho – Nam Soo Yeong
Andy Gillet – Jean-Baptise

Basic Plot Summary:

Kim Jin Hyuk decided to open a cake shop…even though he cant stand them, he believes thousands of beautiful women will flood into his shop. He hires a talented patissier, Sun-Woo. Ex-boxer Ki-beom and his childhood friend/bodyguard SooYeong.

Although seemingly careless and happy, each of the four men have unforgettable past they are afraid to face, but their secrets slowly being to unravel…

My Thoughts:

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May contain Spoilers!!! 

I love this movie!!! Sooooo much!!! 
I’ve seen it over and over again….little bit obsessive but….I DON’T CARE!

Ji-Hyuk was horrible to Sun-Woo when they were in high school…You dont throw cake at people, it’s just rude.

(Btw….Kim Jae Wook is GORGEOUS!!!!!!His hair ❤ A moment of silence for this beautiful man….okay thank you :D)
I love it when Jin-Hyuk and Sun-Woo meet again 😀
Sun-Woo is just so damn attractive men become infatuated by him…he is a “Gay of Demonic Charm”

I love that they didnt really recognise each other at first…and it took Sun-Woo longer to figure it out when he was the guy that had the crush!! Sun-Woo is so adorable when he has to serve those girls and he freaks out.

Even though this is in my list of Boys Love movies….it isn’t really based around a BL relationship, like the other ones.
This movie focuses on this kidnapping thingy…which is related to Jin-Hyuk as he was kidnapped and forced cake when he was younger…this experience still haunts him.
…In my heart I wished there was more focus on Sun-woo….oh well…

Jean-Baptise sucks. How dare he hurt Sun-Woo!!
My god i’m way too protective…
Although I did appreciate ‘l’élément français’ I could practice my French ;D 

I like Ji-Hyuk’s attempt at trying to get Sun-Woo to stay…bless him, he’s so transparent 🙂

Its a really great movie!
I rate 8.5 /10

Purely for the lacking in BL quality between Jin-Hyuk and Sun-Woo ;D and the 0.5 is because Kim Jae Wook is just so damn attractive!!!! 

Screen caps:
These are pretty much all of Jin-Hyuk and Sun-Woo :L

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For the record…This movie is based on the manga “Antique Bakery” (Seiyō Kottō Yōgashiten) Which has also been adapted into a Japanese drama.

The drama in my opinion isn’t that great….there Ono (who in the Korean movie is Sun-Woo) isn’t gay..he’s a straight guy who just cant talk to women…
Kinda disappointing.

I also found the anime version to be disappointing.
For me, the korean film version is the best!~

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Movie Summary [Lan Yu]

Title: Lan Yu / 蓝宇
Release Date: 2001
Language: Mandarin
English subs? – Yep

Cast:
(actor – character)
Liu Ye – Lan Yu
Hu Jun – Chen Handong

Basic Plot Summary:
Lan Yu is a student in need of money, he ends up in the bed of a succesful businessman Chen. While Lan Yu falls in love, Chen tries his best to avoid emotional attachment.
Years later, Chen soon realizes that he needs Lan Yu in his life.

My Thoughts:

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May contain Spoilers!!!

Well….this movie was….good !
It annoys me when both people don’t feel the same thing, I HATE one sided loves….so for example in this one, Lan Yu was falling in love with Chen…but Chen was acting like a dumbass and avoiding his feelings…annoying!

But the story is nice, a little bit…repetitive…well, I thought so anyway.
No honestly, I don’t have anything REALLY bad to say..i just didn’t like it, I cant seem to justify why I didn’t like it, I just didn’t 🙂

Oh and there is some nudity….like…full frontal nudity, so if you don’t want to see anything like that….Close your eyes?! Just to warn you ^^

I rate:
4/10

Screen Caps: 

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