Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Today I was taking a break from studying and browsing crunchyroll. They have a lot of movies that I've been wanting to see like "All About Lily Chou Chou" and "Welcome to Dongmakgol." Anyway while I was looking through the movies they had I found the impossible. There was a drama where the main character was sick with cancer (no surprise) but---! The main character was a guy! I thought that wasn't allowed in dramas or something *not really* XD; It's always the girl who gets sick and dies o_o;; So yeah I was surprised. The title is "Sukoshi wa, ongaeshi ga dekitakana" (少しは、恩返しができたかな)

"Ewing's sarcoma is different from cancers of the same kind. It occurs in the bones and flesh, and spreads through the blood. It is a malignant tumor common in children below 10, and in teenagers. It is rarer than cancer..."

Kitahara Kazunori was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in the fall of his second year in high school, and thereafter spent a year and 10 months battling the disease. Although he studied hard for the university examinations and was successfully admitted to his first choice, [the prestigious] Tokyo University, he only managed to visit it for a day before passing away.

After that, last January [i.e. 2005], Kazunori's mother compiled the thoughts he had left behind and published it as a book, and it was adapted into this drama.

Even as Kazunori had to fight his serious illness, he received support from his friends, school teachers and family members, and had warm relations with many people. This drama illustrates the 1 year and 10 months young Kazunori persevered together with the people around him."

The main guy is from Arashi (the one who was in Letters from Iwo Jima) so I'm surprised I didn't hear about it before. I think I'll watch it after finals week is over. But, it's not complete.. only 3 episodes are on crunchyroll.

My dad was watching Letters from Iwo Jima tonight while I was studying for my math final. War movies are distracting. I didn't really look too much but from what I listened to it was really sad. I glanced over a few times and I really loved the way it was filmed. Except since I wasn't watching it with all my attention, I kind of forgot the names of some of the people. The one white guy they captured~ When they read the letter from his mom it was really sad to me ;A; Overall it seemed really well done though. I just don't know if I could handle watching all of it ;; I flinch easily and violence isn't really my thing. (@_____@);;
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