Just finished watching the hilarious and sometimes touching comedy movie THE HANDSOME SUIT starring Tsukaji Muga as Takuro, a self professed “ugly” and overweight cook at a side street eatery who dons a magical suit that transforms him into a suave and devilishly good-looking gentleman (played by Tanihara Shosuke) so he can win the affection of a cute waitress named Hiroko, played (of course) by the incredible Kitagawa Keiko.
Keiko's character is a quiet and pure girl who shyly comes into Muga's restaurant looking for a job, and Takuro's so shocked that such a beautiful young thing would want to work in HIS shoppe, he's almost too dumbstruck to reply! But his customers snap him out of it and Hiroko begins working there as the waitress.
Soon enough, Takuro's confessed his love to her, and the surprised girl can only ask, "WHY do You Love Me?" and when he answers back "Because You're So Pretty", she suddenly gives him the brush off and quits. It's then that he seeks out the mysterious HANDSOME SUIT to change his appearance so he can sweep Hiroko off her feet!
But problems arise when Takuro (in his suit) confronts Hiroko and finds she doesn't like the slick type at ALL! In fact, Takuro's too thick to realize that the one she loves is Takuro himself! Instead, he finds himself getting involved in the hectic world of modelling and getting farther and farther out of Hiroko's reach....
Hmmm. While I can understand why a sweet and naïve young girl like Hiroko might be turned off by a showboating egomaniac like Shosuke Tanihara, I have a harder time believing she’d fall instead madly in love with Muga’s character, at least so much that she would go to such drastic measures as she does…
Ah well, in a movie, like this, common sense and credibility are thrown out the window, and you’re there to simply sit back and enjoy the ride, a feat that this movie does effortlessly! SO much fun, and MY does Keiko-chan look absolutely adorable as the shy and innocent Hiroko…! Thumbs Up!
PS: Was GREAT seeing the two MOP GIRL co-stars together again!!!
