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Aishiteru~ Kizuna (I Love You~ Bonds) DVD Cover It's been a while since the last time I posted my Monday with Masaki reviews. I kind of miss fangirling in public writing about it, and I still have some unwatched Okada Masaki's movies lying around, so here it is! This is actually a TV special, continuation from the drama Aishiteru~ Kaiyo (2009) . I haven’t watched the drama, so I was a bit worried that I could not follow the storyline easily. Turned out that it can be enjoyed on its own. All the needed background information from the original drama was summarized briefly at the beginning by Sano Shiro , who played the father of a murdered child in the original drama. Er…a murdered child, you say? Yes, you read that right. Aishiteru~ Kaiyo was about a 5th grader who killed a 2nd grader, and how their families were shattered after the event. It seems like a very emotional drama, and according to Sano Shiro, it made the casts contemplated a lot about th...

Akhirnya, setelah tahun kemarin gagal ikutan Jermanfest 2014 gara-gara bentrok sama liburan di Bali, Rabu kemarin (9 September 2015) bisa ikutan juga. Opening movie kali ini adalah “Metropolis”, film bisu karya Fritz Lang yang dirilis tahun 1927. Pemutaran film ini diiringi secara live oleh Babelsberg Orchestra. Setelah main di Jakarta dan Surabaya, orkestra ini mampir juga di Bandung. Suasana Aula Barat ITB sebelum pemutaran Metropolis ( sorry for the low quality picture. I promise I will change my phone into something that has a better quality camera in the...er...far future ) Tadinya sempat mikir saya bakal nonton film ini sendirian ( which is fine by me). Maksudnya, sepintas kan film ini hanya menarik untuk kalangan terbatas. Film bisu, intertitle -nya bahasa Jerman, ada orkestra segala. Hal-hal yang bikin banyak orang kabur tapi malah bikin saya merapat, hahaha. Apa lagi ketika saya tahu bahwa event ini gratis, for me the decision to watch this was a no-brainer.  Tapi...

Monday again, Masaki again! So exciting! Haha. Film minggu ini dibuat berdasarkan manga yang bahkan lebih tua daripada orang tua saya (Himitsu no Akko-chan, buatan Akatsuka Fuji yang dimuat pada tahun 1962-1965). Still, its movie adaptation has bursting youthful spirit and the sparkle of magical girl genre . Really fun to watch! And Okada Masaki OMG Okada Masaki is sooo soooo dapper here. I just can't stop fangirling LOL Himitsu no Akko-Chan Japanese:  映画 ひみつのアッコちゃん Romaji:  Eiga Himitsu no Akko-chan Director:   Yasuhiro Kawamura Writer:   Fujio Akatsuka  (manga),  Mika Omori , Masatoshi Yamaguchi ,  Masahiro Fukuma Producer:  Tomoko Jo Release Date:   September 1, 2012 Runtime:  120 min. I don't think gooddrama has this movie yet but you can download it here . Kagami Atsuko alias Akko ( Yoshida Riko ), seorang anak SD berusia 10 tahun, tidak begitu suka jadi anak kecil. Dia sering diganggu anak laki-l...

It's Monday! For me, it also means OKADA MASAKI with big fat bold alphabets exactly like that, hahaha. Akhir-akhir ini saya sering (tergoda) menyebutnya Maa-kun, tapi kayaknya panggilan ini terlalu imut dan sok dekat, kata sepupu saya yang lebih fasih soal Jepang-Jepangan. Akhirnya saya bertanya pada teman saya yang saya anggap ngerti soal ini. Inilah tanggapan dia... Teman yang namanya disamarkan (TYND) : "...jadi intinya kamu minta dijelasin soal Japanese honorific ini biar bisa milih mana yang paling cocok untuk manggil Okada Masaki." Vera (V) : "Yep." TYND : (mengangkat alis) " Oh. Really. " V : "Iya. Aku mau manggil Maa-kun tapi pas aku nge-LINE kakakku dan nyebut 'Maa-kun', kakakku langsung pasang stiker muntah. Sok imut, katanya. Lagian biasanya -kun itu dipake buat manggil anak cowok yang lebih muda, padahal Masaki kan tiga tahun lebih tua daripada aku." TYND : " Maa-kun. Right. " (diucapkan dengan nada si...

Sebenarnya, saya nggak terlalu bersemangat untuk menonton Okada Masaki dengan gaya rambut "botak samurai" di sini.  I can never ever ever understand fashion. Heian era hairstyle was much better IMO . Kata wikipedia , chonmage (a.k.a gaya rambut botak samurai) itu salah satu kegunaannya adalah menyamarkan usia dan kebotakan. Yeah.  I see what you did there. (Intermezzo : untuk kamu yang tertarik mengetahui fungsi dan filosofi pakaian samurai di masa Edo, bisa akses di sini ) The hair problems aside, this movie is a good one. Let's proceed, shall we? Raiou Movie Poster Raiou (The Lightning Tree) Japanese:  雷桜 Director:   Ryuichi Hiroki Writer:   Mari Ueza  (novel),  Masato Kato , Sachiko Tanaka Producer:  Takashi Hirano Cinematographer:  Atsuhiro Nabeshima World Premiere:  October 2010 (Pusan International Film Festival) Release Date:  October 22, 2010 Runtime:  133min You can watch it online  here...

It's time for Monday with Masaki! *somersault* Well, technically it's Tuesday, but I've been working on this post since Monday night, so it still counts! Hahaha. This movie is my personal favorite, maybe, because it combines a lot of my favourite things. Let's see...psychology, genetics, questions of morality, Okada Masaki... perfect! Banyak yang kabur duluan begitu mendengar promosi saya tentang film ini. "Genetika? Film rame apa yang bisa nyeret-nyeret genetika di dalamnya, Ver?" raung mereka. " Well, film ini," jawab saya. Serius, caranya menyatukan elemen-elemen sains dengan drama membuat kita belajar tanpa sengaja mikir. Apa lagi unsur-unsur family drama and a sprinkle of suspense yang merupakan jualan utama film ini. I assure you, it doesn't disappoint. Give it a chance, peeps. Gravity's Clown Japanese Movie Poster Gravity Clown (Jyuryoku Pierrot)  Japanese:  重力ピエロ Romaji:  Jyuryoku Pierrot Director:   Junichi Mori W...