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| Nakama Yukie |
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| Dan Rei |
Just started watching the Nakama Yukie/Dan Rei drama Utsukushii Rinjin (Beautiful Neighbor) the other night... What an incredibly dark , moody and moving show this is so far!
A story centering around the drowning of a young boy and the subsequent arrival of a mysterious new neighbor who may or may not have a connection to the terrible incident, this is one drama that takes it time to build powerful passages that really affect you. With deliberately thoughtful and drawn out dialog and well-paced scenes, you are instantly sucked into the haunting tale.
Everyone is doing a superb job of acting here which also gives the scenes more gravity, and the dreamy, disconnected music (sounding a bit “Harry-Potter”-ish) also keeps the viewer feeling a bit helpless and disoriented!
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| Minami Keisuke |
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| Miura Rieko and Dan Rei |
Besides Rei Dan and Yukie Nakama, the cast includes (among others), Atsuro Watabe, Kusabue Mitsuko, Miura Rieko (yay!), Minami Keisuke, and an unusual role for Fujii Mina (Bloody Monday, Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi) who’s trying our her first “older adult” role here as the “Sexy Young Thang” at the office!
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| Fujii Mina |
The show’s still currently on the air, so it’ll be a while til we can get to the bottom of all the mystery and intrigue, but when it’s done this well, I won’t mind the wait at all!
