Rinne no Ame

Rinne no Ame (輪廻の雨), or Rain of Reincarnation, is a 2010 Japanese tanpatsu showcasing bromance. :) It stars Yamamoto Yusuke (Atashinchi no Danshi, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e) and Seto Koji (Atashinchi no Danshi, Koizora). The summary is as follows:

The Brothers, Kohei and Shuhei Mikami were abandoned by their father, after the mother passed away years ago. The intellectually disabled Shuhei is working in a factory, where he is violently abused by the manager on a daily basis. When Kohei finds it out under unpropitious coincidences, he kills the man in affect and deprives money. He buries the corpse in the mountains with his younger brothers help. During the criminal investigation is it Shuhei who soon draws the attention of the Detectives on the Mikami brothers through his diffus behavior and words. Even through he is unable to comprehend the murder of his older brother and doesn´t understand the situation, the Police uses Shuhei as deciding factor in arresting the culprit.

I heard this was a tearjerker and so I tried it out. First off, it was short - really short. Like within-an-hour short. That was good since I have to go to bed now. Anyway, this drama special won many awards and when you watch it, you know why. I mean, the two act really well. You'd pretty much think that Seto Koji was actually 'intellectually disabled' if not for the fact you know he's acting, as it's a drama and all. Second off, it's all about the love between two brothers who had a hard life - an abusive father, a mother who died early, the fact that one of them was 'intellectually disabled' and was abused by his boss - but they loved each other. For such a short program, it did a fairly good job of showing what happened in flashbacks and you can see the struggle that the older brother goes through when his life gets further complicated due to his younger brother, who doesn't even know that he did anything. The ending is sad, though cut off somewhat abruptly, letting you figure out what happens next yourself (unless there was more), but it all comes together once again via brotherly love - bromance. <3

It's short and sweet as well as intense; it does deal with a murder after all. If you've got a little bit of time and want to see superb acting, go for it! However, although I did feel for them, there were no waterworks on my end. In fact, my eyes remained pretty dry. O_o Or maybe that's because I'm sleepy that they feel like they need re-wetting drops, haha.

You can watch it at dramacrazy.

Picture taken from here.