Another Litre of Tears with "Boku no Ita Jikan"

Tabe Mikako and Miura Haruma in Boku no Ita Jikan, 

 Watching new drama Boku no Ita Jikan, the story of a teenager named Takuto who finds out during his High School senior year that he has a degenerative disease that will slowly render his body useless til he eventually succumbs to it, the story was SO similar to the infamous “One Litre Of Tears” that with the exception of it being Lou Gherig’s Disease instead of Spinocerebellar Degeneration and the student being a male rather than female, this drama could almost be a spot-on remake!

Thought I’d skip this drama, but I love the chemistry between stars Haruma Miura and co-star Mikako Tabe so much (as witnessed in their movie Kimi Ni Todoke) that I eventually gave in and decided to check it out. So far, so good, nice pacing, and HEY, they’ve even got saucy Mizuki Yamamoto (whom I’ve recently lusted on after seeing her in “Summer Nude”) playing Tabe’s school friend Hina!

Above and Below: Tabe Mikako and Yamamoto Mizuki

Any story focusing on one dealing with a life-threatening disease is sure to be a somber one, Haruma Miura’s other similarly themed movie Koizora (where he was dying of cancer) was depressing as heck, and my GOSH, the original One Litre of Tears completely destroyed me for weeks, but if it’s done right, hopefully this drama will still be as good one worth watching…just better get the Kleenex out again! 

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By the way, I just HAVE to mention how happy I am to note that veteran actress Mieko Harada is still looking as fine as ever, MY GOSH did I have the full-on lusting for her back in the day, (in particular in the AWESOME 1996 Nakayama Miho/Karasawa Toshiaki drama Oishii Kankei) and here, as Takuto’s stoic mother Sawako, it looks like she still got it goin’ on!

Posted by zdorama @ zdoramaagain.blogspot.com