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Slapp av. Dette er ikke et heftig emoinnlegg der jeg legger ut om alt som er galt i livet mitt. Det har seg nemlig slik at min lørdagskveld ble tilbrakt foran laptopen, med en heftig gråtefilm rullende over skjermen. Det er ren selvpining, men innimellom føler man bare for å gråte litt. Selv om man vet at man dømmer seg selv til heftig snufsing og hovne øyne, velger man allikevel å sette på den triste, triste, triste filmen.

Jeg liker å tro at de aller fleste får slike innfall. Derfor tenkte jeg at jeg kunne hjelpe litt til, ved å anbefale noen japanske filmer som er nærmest garantert å få tårene til å renne i strie strømmer.

僕の初恋をキミに捧ぐ (Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu)
Engelsk tittel: I Give My First Love to You


Takuma (Okada Masaki, Hanazakari no Kimitachi he), a boy who is told he will die before he’s 20, and Mayu (Inoue Mao, Hana Yori Dango), a girl who is in love with him…

The story begins when they are little kids. Mayu, whose father is a doctor, meets Takuma, who is hospitalized in her father’s workplace. They develop feelings for each other, but Mayu learns of Takuma’s grave illness and that he will die before he turns 20. The distraught children make one promise for an uncertain future.

Time passes, and the girl becomes a young woman, and the boy, a young man. Mayu continues to support and love Takuma. On the other hand, Takuma, who knows his days are numbered, pushes away his feelings for Mayu and distances himself from her. He cannot stand to see her cry or hurt her more than he already has. Then Mayu meets another man who has feelings for her, and Takuma meets a woman who has the same illness, and their feelings for each other begin to waver.

Misunderstandings, unsaid thoughts, the frustrations and chagrin of youth… What will become of their love while the clock keeps ticking away in Takuma’s life?






Kommentar: Fantastisk bra. Grunnen til at jeg våknet med hovne øyne i dag. Jeg har seriøst ikke hulket så mye siden jeg så på １リットルの涙　(One Litre of Tears). Jeg følte at all lykke bare ble sugd ut av meg. På den positive siden har jeg nå en ny stor kjendiscrush på Okada Masaki.

恋空 (Koizora)
Engelsk tittel: Sky of Love


During her freshman year in high school, Mika (Aragaki Yui, My Boss My Hero) loses her cellular phone, but later finds it in the school library with the help of an unknown caller. Throughout the summer, Mika and the mysterious caller continue to communicate, and agree to meet each other once school starts again. The caller turns out to be Hiro (Miura Haruma, Bloody Monday), a delinquent-like boy Mika is initially afraid of, who shows proof of his identity as the caller with a photo of the sky on his cellular phone

However, as she understands how gentle he is, they began to fall in love with each other and face a multitude of challenges threatening their relationship, such as Hiro's ex-girlfriend Saki hiring a group of men to rape Mika and continuing to harass her over the phone. An unplanned pregnancy occurs when Mika and Hiro consummate in the school library, and although they are determined to start a family together, a miscarriage brings tragedy to them both.

Shortly afterwards, Hiro discovers that his health is deteriorating and makes the painful decision to break up with Mika to keep his illness from causing her pain, but secretly continues to follow her whereabouts through his high school friend, Nozumu...






Kommentar: Nå skal det sies at jeg synes plottet var litt for fullpakket av alle mulige slags tragedier, og det gikk litt vel fort fremover. Det var et par ganger jeg himlet med øynene over all dramatikken. Allikevel satt jeg oppløst i tårer på slutten. Koizora var en kjempesuksess i Japan, og det ble også laget et drama med samme navn og handling. Jeg foretrekker filmen. Miura Haruma som blond delinquent? Ja takk!

ただ、君を愛してる (Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru)
Engelsk tittel: Heavenly Forest


On the day of his university entrance ceremony, shutterbug Makoto (Tamaki Hiroshi, Nodame Cantabile) meets a fresh-faced, quirky girl named Shizuru (Miyazaki Aoi, NANA). He has a complex which causes him to shy away from contact with other people, but she succeeds in getting him to open up to her naturally. All Shizuru wants is to be with Makoto, so she takes up a camera too. The two spend their days together taking photos in the forest behind the campus.

However, Makoto has feelings for another student named Miyuki (Kuroki Meisa, One-Pound Gospel). Shizuru decides that if Makoto likes Miyuki, she wants to like her too. She wants to like everything that he does. One day, she tells Makoto that she wants to take a photo of them kissing in the forest for a competition. He obliges for her sake, and they kiss in the forest for the first time. However, from that day on, Shizuru disappears from Makato's life...






Kommentar: Herregud. Jeg aner ikke hvor mange ganger jeg har sett denne filmen. Den får meg til å gråte som en baby hver eneste gang. Anbefales på det sterkeste. Ha Kleenex tilgjengelig.

君にしか聞こえない (Kimi ni Shika Kikoenai)
Engelsk tittel: Calling You


Shy, quiet, and unsure of herself, Aihara Ryo (Narumi Riko, One Litre of Tears) doesn't quite fit in anywhere. Though she wants to make friends, she has trouble speaking up and holding a normal conversation like everyone else. It seems that whenever she talks, the words just don't come out correctly. Gradually, Ryo has gotten used to living life in silence as a lonely and introverted student. With no one to talk to, Ryo also has no need for a cell phone. Longing for friends to talk to, she creates a cell phone in her mind for imaginary phone conversations, and much to her surprise, one day Shinya (Koide Keisuke, ROOKIES) picks up on the other side. For the first time in her life, Ryo has found someone she can talk to.




Kommentar: En utrolig søt, stille film om to ensomme mennesker som finner hverandre. Den er garantert å gi deg tårer i øynene. Jeg elsker den!

There you have it! Ta frem Kleenex'en og trøstesjokoladen, og gråt i vei!