Kari's Love For Murder

In movies and dramas! I've always had a love for the murder and crime scenes in dramas because it always kept a great distance from any cheese. And that just makes me smile. I love dramas that focus on real problems in life and can teach us all something we can and should understand.

The following film and drama I am about to recommend to you are those that begin by a murder case but focus more on the families of both those of the murder victim, and the murderer themselves. Each take you into depth analysis of how the victim's family will suffer and fall into depression, as they must gradually learn to continue on with their lives and resist the urge of revenge, though they can not find a way to ever forgive those who took the life away from their loved one. & Also deep into those who are related to those of the murderer and how they suffer from the paprazzi that will never leave them alone. As although they did not cause the murder, the fact that they're related will cause it to follow them for the rest of their lives, and the majority of people see fit that the family die along with the murderer in order to compensate for the victim's death. They show you & teach you what it truly means to be a strong person and and why family is what you truly have in the end.

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誰も守ってくれない (Nobody To Watch Over Me)



Cast:
Koichi Sato as Takumi Katsuura
Mirai Shida as Saori Funamura
Ryuhei Matsuda as Shogo Mishima
Yuriko Ishida as Kumiko Honjo
Kuranosuke Sasaki as Takaharu Umemoto
Shiro Sano as Ichiro Sakamoto
Yoshino Kimura as Reiko Onoue
Toshiro Yanagiba as Keisuke Honjo

Synopsis:
A 15-year-old middle school girl is picked up at school by the police when her elder 18-year-old brother is arrested on suspicion of randomly murdering two grade school girls. She is put under the protection of a dedicated yet conflicted police detective who has orders to shield the girl from the inevitable public outrage that is to follow. Through these two protagonists’ eyes, we get a glimpse into the vulnerability, the isolation and even the resilience of the individual when up against a volatile and often intolerant world.

Kari: I originally first saw this on my flight to Japan. I had no idea Shida Mirai starred in it before watching it! (& Seriously this helped prove how amazing an actress she is)! It took a while for me to really get into the whole plot, but the things you see in the beginning become important symbols throughout the entire movie. It's 118 minutes, a tad bit under 2 hours. But really, after getting into it I didn't want it to end. This is the biggest step away from cheese you'll ever see. It really makes it seem as if it were a true story. The paparazzi that I've always hated and found annoying and proved to be nothing but what causes all the trouble in this movie. Trust is a huge part of this, as you can never know you or what to trust or who to believe in. This made me really open my eyes to the family of murderers. To a majority of people the families of murderers should die along with their relative that commited the crime. To me, the person who commited the murder should compensate on their own. But because the movie focuses on what happens when a juvenile commits a murder, the whole family must suffer for his terrible action.

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アイシテル (Aishiteru)

Cast:
Noguchi Family
Inamori Izumi as Noguchi Satsuki
Yamamoto Taro as Noguchi Kazuhiko
Kakazu Issei as Noguchi Tomoya

Ozawa Family
Itaya Yuka as Ozawa Seiko
Sano Shiro as Ozawa Hideaki
Kawashima Umika as Ozawa Mihoko
Sato Shionas Ozawa Kiyotaka

Tomita Family
Tanaka Misako as Tomita Yoko
Yoshikawa Fumiki as Tomita Kenta

Synopsis:
Typical mother Noguchi Satsuki spent her days trying to balance her life as a wife to her hard-working husband Kazuhiko and mother to their only son Tomoya, a seemingly withdrawn fifth-grader with whom Satsuki struggled to communicate. Seiko and Ozawa Hideaki, living in the same neighborhood as the Noguchi family, were raising a rebellious junior high school daughter Mihoko and their first son Kiyotaka a second-grader who was showered with much love and affection by his mother. On that ill-fated day when Kiyotaka was reported missing and was later found dead, Tomoya was taken into custody by police as the prime murder suspect. Tomoya slowly begins to open up about his innermost feelings as the hidden truth reveals the true motive behind his cruel act of violence. Satsuki, as mother of the perpetrator, comes face-to-face with her son’s true self while Seiko, as mother of the victim, deals with her sorrow and anger.

Kari: Okay, I admit at first I only saw this because Umika was starring in it and Monkey Majik's 'Aishiteru' sang for it. But! Once I saw it, seriously I got so hooked. I'm only on episode 4 because DramaCrazy is still subbing it. (There are 10 episodes in all). This'll make you shed tears and make you feel complete catharsis. It shows how the victim's family tries to move on, grow, and learn since the death of their beloved family member. Also how they may feel the need for revenge, and blame the murderer's family for everything, wanting them to compensate, and find them unforgivable after such a deed. While the murderer's family on the other hand, will open your eyes to just how much they suffer as well. Wanting to apologize, and keep on doing their best which is extremely hard considering the family themselves seem to not know much about eachother. The fact that the person in the family who commits the murder (is again like the movie above) is a juvenile, the whole family is pulled in and will get haunted by this action for the rest of their lives as the majority will continue to harrass them and never leave them alone until death.

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Hope you enjoyed the rant! :D But I seriously recommend these dramas for anyone wanting to watch something (that wants to stay away from any cheesy products)!

Links To:
Nobody To Watch Over Me (Not Yet Posted Online)
Aishiteru