No.of Epis: 10Yr/TV Stn: 2010/Fuji TV
Cast:
Matsumoto Jun ~ Kusunoki Taiga
Takeuchi Yuko ~ Kitamura Shiori
Sawamura Ikki ~ Kusunoki Daiki
Kobayashi Seiran ~ Kitamura Umi
Synopsis: (edited from Dramawiki)
Taiga is a struggling second-generation actor who has developed a complex due to his father, a famous actor in his time. Taiga only get to appear in variety shows most of the time. One day, Taiga's friend brings him out for skydiving and he got stuck in a tree. A beautiful woman, Shiori, comes to his rescue. Shiori is a cheerful woman who laughs away all worries she has. She's exactly the opposite of Taiga. As Taiga falls for Shiori, he also learns about Shiori's past....
Slacker's review:
A simple love story. Nothing exaggerating & fanciful. Plot was a little plain to me, but it's still eventful, with lots of development unfolding b/w Taiga & Shiori. I thought the story was more about Taiga's summer, how he struggled to work his way up, how he met a beautiful and kind-hearted woman who raised a child alone....
Drama started out with Taiga narrating about his romance during summer. I nearly thought we were to expect a sad ending. Hahaha!
It's nice to see Takeuchi's comeback, and the actress was still in gd shape & executed great acting. Loved her scenes with child actress Kobayashi.
I'm nv a fan of Matsumoto, and I don't know why his acting never convinced me that he cld act. Well, to be fair, Matsumoto's acting was not that bad in "Natsu". Taiga is a character with depth. He struggled to prove to others that he cld act, and it was a difficult journey. I rmbed the scenes where Taiga learnt to pronounce Japanese words, and when he got trained for his stage performance. Scenes b/w Matsumoto and Takeuchi were quite touching too. Nice chemistry. But but but, there's still something lacking somewhere.....
Sawamura acted as the funny Daiki. He's quite an irritating fella ne~
Theme song "Love Rainbow" by Arashi....another standard sugar pop song from them, and the song lacks a punch.
Insert song is "Please Stay With Me" by YUI, and it's a much nicer song.
