Falcon and Kaiji

[karened]

I was at tbp this morning for breakfast with a friend and as I was coming out of the train station, I saw this poster.


It was Fujiwara Tatsuya who caught my attention, but on closer inspection, I saw dear Matsuyama! And reading it more closely, it read that this film features the original cast of DN! But I guess Matsuyama's role is quite small as his picture wasn't really big in the poster. There wasn't any release date on the poster, but as I was waiting for the train to go back home, I caught a bit of the commercial. It's gonna be released in cinemas 11th March!! YAY! I can't wait! Oh, the picture below is another closer shot taken back at the Queenstown station.

Btw, I just finished Bloody Monday, due to the recommendation by my dear Korean class friend, who doesn't really watch alot of jdoramas. It was good, and I won't attempt to convince you. I brought this up here because I wanted to say how much I loved Narimiya-kun in there. Ok, I love Narimiya-kun almost everywhere he appears, but in there...there was the depth. The scene I love most would be the one in the last episode, where he was in the minivan with Otoya.

"Falcon flew to your rescue.
I think he's a good friend.
What a huge difference huh.
Other than having the same mother, we don't share anything in common.
I...am different from you.
Well then, take care, little brother.
Till we meet again.
Send him back carefully...to Grandfather's place."

It hinted at J's purpose in becoming part of the terrorist group, which was also introduced earlier in the drama and throughout the whole drama: Him saying that he was there for one sole purpose, which was to take back something of his, and his grandfather's act of removing his existence in the world. Coupled with Narimiya's great acting there, it conveyed a few messages:

1. He's envious of Otoya, that although they share the same mother, they have been leading different lives and meeting different worth/worthless acquaintances.
2. He still sees himself as part of the family, although he might hate his grandfather, because he still address the old man as 'grandfather'.

The other scene I liked was right at the start of the drama, in the shopping mall where the fake virus was released. I It was the look on Miura's face when he released that he had made that mass infection possible by going along with the terrorists' threats. The guilt, worry, anger that mixed together and formed the tears in his eyes. Great acting!

Of course, there were quite a few loose ends. But if you watched without thinking too much, it's a good drama. One thing I hope would be explained further was J's willingness to help/serve K, at least at the start. I mean, compared to K, he's so much brightier, emotionally stronger, and he's older. Or was it due to his loyalty towards his dad that he helped K, who was 'chosen' (I assume) by his dad to inherit the cause? So when K killed his dad, he decided to stop helping her. I don't know. One thing I admire about J though, was that he's very honest. Everything he says is true, except that sometimes they are half-truths, or misleading. For example, he told Fujimaru that he was blood brothers with Otoya (Which helped Maya make her lie more convincing), he told Fujimaru that he wanted to stop K from setting off the bomb (But it was because he wanted to do it himself).

I'm looking forward to the 2nd season. Instead of more of Miura, I want more of Nariyama! I had expected his part to be quite small as it was written "Special/guest appearance" beside his name at the credits of the episode. But....oh well, it's great news!