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Heavenly Forest (2006)

Directed by Takehiko Shinjo

Drama | Romance

Overview

The story begins with Makoto Segawa, a freshman at Meikei University. On the day of his university entrance ceremony, Makoto meets a fresh-faced, quirky girl named Shizuru. Makoto 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. 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 as a present for ‘her birthday’. He obliges for her sake, and they kiss in the forest.

Length 116 minutes

Actors

Hiroshi Tamaki | Aoi Miyazaki | Meisa Kuroki | Munetaka Aoki | Keisuke Koide | Yƻya Ogawa | Asae Oonishi | Misa Uehara

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
03/20/2009TVDVDRented7.5 stars
03/14/2009TVDVDRented7.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

This is another Japanese young romance flick that is sweet as it is sad. I started watching this on my last trip to Japan expecting to finish it on the return flight but it wasn’t available! Finally I was able to see the entire film and it’s really wonderful. Aoi Miyazaki plays the geeky, weird girl perfectly (complete departure from her role as the other Nana in Nana). Recommended if you love J-Drama.

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