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Kanojo to no Tadashii Asobikata 彼女との正しい遊び方

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Summary The script won the 2006 TV Asahi contest for new scenario writers. Himura Yuna, 8 years old met Fujiki Takeshi, also 8 years old in a playground. Yuna suggested to play a game of princess and servant and contract binding time is... forever. Until someone discovers their relationship. CAST * Kurokawa Tomoka as Himura Yuna (18) * Mizushima Hiro as Fujiki Takeshi (18) * Hamada Gaku as Mizuno Hideaki (18) * Tanimura Mitsuki as Saionji Shizuka (18) * Matsuo Toshinobu as Endo Kazuya (20) * Mitsuishi Ken as Sumida Masayuki (37) * Ezawa Rina (江澤璃菜) as Sasaoka Maiko (18) * Okami Tokihide (岡見時秀) as Otomo Tsuyoshi (18) * Suzuki Keita (鈴木啓太) as Koyama Keiichi (18) * Kitazawa Marika (北澤鞠佳) * Matsukawa Shinnosuke (松川真之介) Review Just finished watching the film and it's good. Really it's just nice. The length and pace. If it had been a drama, I could foresee that it will too draggy(which I really hated to see). Moral of the story Some things should be said instead of hidden...

Human are unpredicable

Weather : HAZY! The haze is back.. yesterday, the haze was clearly obvious and I am just so glad that my health has not been affected by it. Good news? Bad news? BUT my mood has been affected.. but definitely not by the haze. Just got a news which I am unsure whether is that a good news or a bad news. My friend, who recently suffered a heartache and trying to recover from a relationship of four years, was totally upset over this piece of news. Although unknown of the reliability of the news and whether is this a deliberate lie to keep my friend from harassing the partner, I just hope that my friend could just be not bothered by it. It's been 2 months since the other party called it quits and it was totally hard time for my friend to recover. If things work out right, this piece of news could help to bring everything to a concluding episode and everything will be back to normal (minus the partner) If it doesn't... Let me just pray hard only the above will happen

Mobile / Hand Phones without camera in Singapore

It is SO~~~ difficult to find mobile phone without camera but yet with features that a normal mobile phone have. Initially spotted M600i by Sony Ericsson but after going to Sim Lim Square, Jurong East, Clementi, Suntec, etc, I found none of them carries this model. Apparently, this model is no longer in production and thus, the next available model was w950i. And it was yet another difficult to find phone. Although there are at least 2 more shops in Singapore carrying this model, but they are selling export sets, which means no warranty. Trying hard to find other models which fit the bill, I searched high and low and finally landed on a list of mobile phone without camera. 1. BlackBerry 8707g 2. Nokia E61

Forbidden Siren (2006)

Also known as Sairen Length of Movie: 87 Min Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi(堤幸彦) Cast Yui Ichikawa (市川由衣) as Yuki Amamoto (天本由贵) Leo Morimoto (森本治行) as Shinichi Amamoto(天本真一) Jun Nishiyama(西山润) as Hideo Amamoto (天本英夫) Naoki Tanaka(田中直树) as Yutaka Minamida (南田丰) Naomi Nishida (西田尚美) as Satomi (里美) Hiroshi Abe (阿部宽) as Kei Tsuchida (土田圭) Kyusaku Shimada (岛田久作) as Policeman (山中巡查) Mai Takahashi (高桥真唯) as The Mystery Lady in Red Suzuki Matsuo (松尾铃木) as Azuma (东) Synopsis and My Review A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island's siren starts wailing. (Source) For those who have yet to watch the movie and is intending to, please do not read on. Having watched Abe Hiroshi in Trick, I thought I could see more of him in this movie but I was totally wrong! Although his name appears to be one of the leads, ...

Pineapple Tarts

In celebration of Chinese New Year and my previous experience with making pineapple tarts, I decided to make the pineapple tarts for this year (2008) CNY (alone). The last time I did the tarts it's like one year ago. I had totally forgotten the recipe and so I went to try the one posted online which works well for me(after recalculating the portion to fit my present ingredient quantity.) I make it into the shape of a peach as the pineapple become burnt/harden when I try to make it like those traditional tarts that you see. I learned from my friend the alternate way and hope you can understand the instruction. Do note that you should always know your oven well as different oven may produced different results. Ingredients 250g butter 402g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder (Optional, in my case, I did not have it so I did not add any in) 1/2 tsp salt 50g icing sugar (Can be lesser than 50, around 48g/49g) 2 eggs (separate egg yolk with egg white into two different bowls) A p...

Kowai Onna コワイ女 (2006)

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Also known as Scary Woman Fearful Woma n Unholy Women Summary An anthology of three horror short movies including: Kata-kata (Rattle Rattle) Director: Amemiya Keita One day, Kanako hears a rattling sound in front of a building while walking home. The moment she looks up, something hits her hard. She loses consciousness for a while. When she wakes up and finds that she's unhur t, she then continues her way home. As soon as she arrives, she starts seeing a deformed woman who begins to haunt her. Cast Nakakoshi Noriko - Yoshizawa Kanako Toyohara Kousuke - Tasaki Akira Kobayashi Yuuko - Katakata My review Although the storyline is not new, but the re ason why the lady was targeted is unclear. Did she had provoked the unknown by chance? However, the effect of the film was good, at least I did not get to see another Sadako-lookalike or Ju-on wannabe type. Hagane (Steel) Director: Suzuki Takuji Sekiguchi is a young car mechanic leading an unexciting life. That all changes when one day h...