Journal #12

My favorite genre of movie is melodrama which includes love, a romance and life. I think melodrama is one of the most interesting genre compared with horror, action or comedy. Melodrama can contain complicated plots because it relates to the real situations more than other genre. Among movies of the genre, now my favorite movie is a Japanese movie “Between Calm and Passion” which released in 2003. I saw this movie 3 times in a month when it came out. “Between Calm and Passion” was made by two books that two Japanese novelists wrote. The film was based on the original two books. The books was separated man (Junsei)’s version and woman (Aoi)’s version. Junsei is an art restorer who works in Florence, and the contents of the books are Junsei and Aoi’s romantic love story. I had already read these books before the movie came out, and they were really good. The best scene that I touched my heart is that the lover had a talk and shared same subjects with each other at the same time, but they had different heart thinking. So, they had different memories about each other. Also, this movie has very wonderful OST, that is, original sound track especially the piano music. Moreover, I fascinated by Takenouchi Yutaka who acts in this movie. Because Takenouchi Yutaka is very handsome, and I loved how he acted in the movie. Therefore, I love “Between Calm and Passion.”