涙そうそう (映画)

Yes, I should be sleeping, but then I found "Nada Sou Sou" online and had to watch it so now I'm still crying my eyes out and have to blog it.

The movie was very, very touching and so sad that I just cried and cried and cried. The story is about an Okinawan boy, Youta, who gains a younger sister, Kaoru, when his mother remarries to a musician. One day, his new father abandons him, his mother, and his own daughter, but his mother raises Kaoru like her own until her death. Before she passes away, she has Youta promise her that he will take care of Kaoru, so when they are older, he still looks out for her like she is his own sister despite his growing feelings towards her. He falls in love with her, but continues their brother-sister relationship. Meanwhile, Kaoru, also falls for him, but reluctantly accepts their sibling bond instead of pursuing a controversial relationship. Youta works hard so that Kaoru can go to college, while Kaoru wants to work in order to help Youta start his own restaurant business. Both are siblings in name, but love each other very deeply. Unfortunately, they are not fated to be together and it makes it so much sadder this way.

Tsumabuki Satoshi plays Arakaki Youta while Nagasawa Masami plays Arakaki Kaoru. Like most of his roles, Tsumabuki's character is a nice boy whom is kind of the boy-scout type, and he is trapped with these feelings for his sister. This seems like a pretty typical role for him since he can act this type of role out pretty well. Nagasawa Masami may not be a very good actress, but there were some parts in this movie where I could not help, but be impressed. I think she should play similar characters to Kaoru, because she was not too bad at all. In fact, I thought she was actually decent in this movie. The only parts I didn't like much was when she cried. For some reason, she just isn't good at acting out crying. There was one scene that I thought she was really good in, and I just teared up.

For the most part, I just cried nonstop. The story isn't anything special, but it was still really good. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves these sorts of stories.