Monday, May 17, 2021

A Very Odd Drama: Kirei No Kuni

Man, Kirei No Kuni is like some David Lynchian surrealistic drama in the vein of Mulholland Falls, where you are never sure the order of things as they are played out, never sure if the characters you are seeing are who they appear to be on the surface!!
 Our story begins with an old married couple (Yo Yoshida and Tetsu Hirahara) who love each other but must admit their lives are rather mundane.
At the same time we meet a young unmarried couple (Misako Renbutsu and Yuzu Aoki) who are constantly clashing with each other and ultimately end up breaking up.
These two seemingly separate lives intersect in a dramatic way, all carefully documented by a mysterious “Director” (Goro Inagaki) who may be the one orchestrating the direction of the players’ lives….
Well, to say any more would be going into spoilers (and by the way, I notice that all synopses online seem to take spoilers into consideration when trying to describe this show by being vague as heck) so I will just say this is one strange but so far quite intriguing, original drama!!
PS: Christ, Misako Renbutsu is SO doggone pretty in this drama, I can't even...
I knew there was a reason I fell in love with her all those years ago!