Hanamizuki

Hey Everyone!

So, I just watched a very touching Japanese movie called Hanamizuki. It was mainly about a girl named Sae (girl from Zenkai Girl) and a boy named Kouhei (Toma Ikuka!). The two meet on the train because Sae was trying to reach an exam, but instead got into trouble because she asked Kouhei to drive her there since the train stopped (hit a deer). Soon after that, the two became closer, by talking about their dreams. Kouhei wanted to take over his father's fishing boat, wheras Sae wanted to go to Todai (Tokyo U). Finally, Sae passed the exam, and had to move to Tokyo. This started their long-distance relationship. Initially, they called each other a lot, but soon, Sae had to start working part-time and full-time school, so it was difficult for her to talk to Kouhei. She could not even go home for the summer. She also met Jun (Osamu Mukai! talk about the hottest cast!), a sempai that loved to take pictures of children in third world countries (her father was a photographer like that). The two became close, but Sae only loved Kouhei. However, when Kouhei went to visit Sae on Christmas eve, he witnessed Jun and Sae being friendly with each other. He was really upset the whole date, and eventually took it out on some random kids on the street because they broke his gift for Sae. But, later that night, they solved the misunderstanding and had sex for the first time. The next morning, Kouhei gave Sae a little wooden boat that he had made with a flag stating "gambatte Sae" (good luck Sae). Then, after 4 years, Kouhei had to break up with Sae because his father passed away and he had to take on the responsibility of his mother and sister. He then married this other girl (happens to be the secondary actress from Zenkai Girl haha; Sae's mother was also from that drama as her boss), and Sae moved to New York to work in a publishing company. A few years later, Jun proposed to Sae, Sae returned to Japan to visit a friend's wedding, where she meets Kouhei again. This time, they finally said their goodbyes to each other (Sae returned the boat). However, that night, Kouhei had to declare bankrupcy, so his mother and sister went off to live with relatives, and his wife left him (partially because of the financial situation and partially because he still loved Sae). After Sae returned to New York, she decided to marry Jun, but he had gone on another assignment, but he was killed. Finally, again, a few years later, Sae went to Nova Scotia (where she was born), and found the light house she had visited with her father. There, she happened to find the wooden boat in a shop, and realized that Kouhei had been working on a fishing boat that came to Nova Scotia once a year. She missed Kouhei, since he had left before she make in time to the dock. She had then returned to her hometown in Japan, and started teaching English to children in the area. A year later, Kouhei found the boat again and saw that someone had written "thank you" on it, and he returned home to find Sae there. The two finally reunited and stayed together. It was a very sweet story, and definitely worth checking out. I did mention pretty much the whole plot, but still, it was so heart warming! I definitely give this movie a 5 out 5 stars. That's it for now.

I'm off,

- B