Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Hana Yori Dango ~Final


Hana Yori Dango Final
is the movie sequel to the first two seasons - except this is a movie. The old cast from the drama series all star in it (
Inoue Mao, Matsumoto Jun, Oguri Shun, Matsuda Shota, Abe Tsuyoshi) so no worries. :) The slightly shortened summary (taken from MySoju) is as follows:

The movie begins as Domyoji holds an extravagant press conference to announce his wedding to Makino the following spring. The press is playing her up like a modern-day Cinderella and everything seems to be going well. Later, the families offer congratulations to the couple. Even Domyoji’s mother—who was formerly vehemently opposed to the relationship and tried desperately to break them up at every opportunity—is suddenly happy for them. She even offers Makino a family heirloom: a tiara worth 10 billion yen (about $95 million USD) called “Smile of Venus”. Later, a man dressed in black crashes into their room through a window and steals the “Smile of Venus” tiara. Domyoji tries to chase the man but he vanishes into the city. By the time they get back to the hotel room the glass is completely cleaned up and the window is replaced as if nothing had ever happened...

I actually liked the movie (even though it took me this long to get to it). It's pretty interesting and touches upon the power of faith and love while traveling around the world like to Las Vegas and Hong Kong. It was personally appealed to me because it's been so long since I was last in Las Vegas and it looks much different than what I remember - and I've always wanted to visit Hong Kong. Anyway... it's nice and cool and though it's sort of odd to have his mother all for the wedding - it all makes sense in the end.

The ending is also pretty sweet. :)


You can watch it
here.

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