This drama was an amazing piece! This was my first historical drama ever and I must say, a great choice.
There is a movie with the same title from 2010, but the story of this drama is taking place some hundread years earlier, so don't be confused.I haven't see the movie, so I won't compare them.

This drama is an amazing mixture of love, historical events and friendship. I was amazed by the actors how they could portray their characters so well especially Tabe Mikako, who did a great job. She is playing the strong and wild-tempered Iemitsuko with such great feelings. She is portraying the opposite of Arikoto really great. But I can't forget to mention Sakai Masato who is playing Arikoto with such a stone face that it sometimes made me shiver. But what was even more amazing was his other side which was seen only by Iemitsuko.
Tanaka Koki as Gyokuei was quite a strange choice, because he is playing an 18 years old, so I was at the beginning quite wavering, but later on he showed me, he can pull this role off.
My favourite character Masakatsu played by Hirayama Hiroyuki is also very otstanding. I think I will watch more of his works, he needs more spotlight!

I recommend this drama to everyone. You will cry, you will smile, you will want to watch it again like me!
I can't resist to give this drama 10 points for everything including Misia's Deepness as ending song!

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This drama got my attention because of Ikuta Toma. But in the end I get to love all the characters.
This drama is about Jotaro, who struggles in Tokyo because of job and unsteady life. He then decides to take a job in local revitalization team in Shimanto, small town in Kyushu. It really sounds boring. But the true is, that this drama is really nice, relaxing and somehow touching. It's not forced and the storyline is progressing in good pace. We can see the beautiful nature of Shimanto, the river and the bridge. We can see local elderly people and local problems. Somehow it is nearer to common people's hearts. It's not a flashy story about Tokyo, that's why I liked it a lot.
So we have Jotaro, who can't find his way of life. Kahori, the doctor who has another dream. The mysterious Morishita, nurse with a dark past. Hiroki, whose past is always chasing him. Junichi, who never stepped outsite of his beloved town and Sayori, who is not really living a happy married life. This drama is simple, but great. Not to mention the greatest opening song in the universe sung by main cast :)

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This movie is at first quite a typical ghost horror movie. Some may get bored, but the excitement starts when you get deeper in the story. The actors pulled this off really great, because you can see very long scenes, without any cuts and it's somehow very real. We can see Mirai's and Haruna's true selves. At least it looks like it.
The story is maybe a bit shallow and not too interesting, but the climax is really great and I think this part makes this film an unique one. I won't say more, just watch this movie to the end. To the VERY end.

About rating the music...how can I rate when there wasn't any music? XD

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To tell you the truth, I was expecting a great drama special because of its boost and everything. But after watching this it was a huge disappointment. The story is not interesting at all, it's confusing and the great co-stars are there just to promote the whole drama. I couldn't feel nothing else there. Even the dubbing of Wu Chun was very disturbing. (they should use different voice actor)
Yamada's acting was very similar to his other characters (like in Hidarime Tantei Eye) and I couldn't see an unique Kindaichi at all. And Arioka Daiki was just an eye candy, I wished he would do more in the story. Kawaguchi Haruna was....well, she played 2 characters and we couldn't see any difference either.
For me, this was a big fail and I can't give this more than 4 point overall.

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