On November 1st, the film Clover starring Kanjani8’s Ohkura Tadayoshi and Emi Takei, was released in theaters! Both have actually starred in many motion pictures and dramas, and have actually even acted together prior to!

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I have actually been anticipating this film for a while and it has been advertised pretty greatly the past couple of months in theaters and on tv in Japan. Because it appeared various from the normal love motion pictures that have been coming out recently, the factor I have actually been looking forward to it is. Just recently, it has actually either been sad love stories or cheezy high school love stories, however Clover is different.

The storyline occurs in a Hotel, where the primary character Suzuki Saya, played by Emi, works in the occasion planning department Ohkura plays her supervisor, Tsuge Susumu, and the character is very stoic with a poker face and is called “DoS”, which indicates a vicious type of personality. Saya actually does not like him much due to the fact that he is rather rigorous with her at work, however one day Susumu arbitrarily asks Saya out. Whatever starts with that and it spirals into a far away relationship and a love triangle with Saya’s ex-boyfriend, and current crush, from Junior High School, who now happens to be a well-known actor. The motion picture also dives into more adult styles by touching on the subject of work vs. love and how far you would opt for work, which is various than the common high school romance movies that have actually been around recently.

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For the circulation of the film, it felt a bit long for the kind of film that it was (just under 2.5 hours long with sneak peeks at the beginning) but it was really detailed in the story and offering background details when needed and great deals of character development. You can truly see the modification in Ohkura’s character as the motion picture advances. Ohkura himself is a quite decent star, though not my preferred star in Johnny’s or in basic. When he was being sweet, I believed he was best during the romance scenes. Emi on the other hand I believed nailed her role completely in this film with all of the feelings that reveal through in her character.

I thought the music fit the film remarkably well! It included re-mixed versions of “Someday my Price Will Come” and “When you Wish Upon a Star” sung by JUJU, along with the signature tune “CloveR” by Kanjani8. This song was crafted effectively to fit with the style of the motion picture and a fantastic coupling tune, one of the very best I think in addition to ここしかない景色 Koko shikanai Keshiki for Nishikido Ryo’s Movie 県庁おもてなし課”The Hospitality Department”.

If you would like a good romance motion picture that has a good story line and also adult romantic aspects to it, I would extremely advise Clover!

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