[REVIEW] Long Vacation

[sukaretto]

Long Vacation
Japanese Drama


 

Episodes: 11

Genre: Romance

Cast:

• Kimura Takuya as Hidetoshi Sena
• Yamaguchi Tomoko as Hayama Minami
• Takenouchi Yutaka as Hayama Shinji
• Inamori Izumi as Koishikawa Momoko
• Matsu Takako as Okusawa Ryoko
• Ryo as Himuro Rumiko
• Hirosue Ryoko as Saito Takako
• Toyohara Kosuke asSugisaki Tetsuya

Synopsis:
     Sena is a college graduate who dreams of becoming a world class pianist. He teaches piano at a local piano school. Minami is an out of work model. On her wedding day, she gets dumped by her fiance and loses all of her savings, which she gave to her fiance. Her fiance turns out to be Senna's former roommate. She rushes to Sena's apartment and finds out that her fiance has skipped town. With no money and no where to go, she moves in with Sena.

     Sena likes Ryoko, a college sophomore. He likes her a lot, but just doesn't have the courage to ask her out. Momoko is Minami's best friend and is also a model. She provides much of the comedic relief in this show. Shinji is Minami's younger brother who just happens to be better than Senna at piano. He opens a bar/nite club. Rumiko is Shinji's girlfriend. Sasaki-sensei is Sena's professor at college and is always encouraging Sena to perform at the next piano competition.

info credits: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Long_Vacation

Sukaretto says:
p.s. spoilers coming up. read at your own risks.
     i watched this after i rewatched Good Luck cox i thought i want to see a younger KimuTaku. but he's 24 here, i want to see him younger but i doubt i'll find links to his older dramas. and of course because of Takenouchi Yutaka. OMG the facial hair and the voice are the same!
     it was boring at first. and i know it'll be a May-December love affair. but then i found myself giggling episode after episode. they don't make dramas like this anymore nowadays. and the lead actress is the same age as my mother! lols. so it was kinda weird sometimes whenever that comes to my head. (i was 9yrs old in 1996 when my Mom was 31 XD). i like Momoko, she's so open minded and blunt and always stating the obvious. i like this particular line she said: "we are adult women/ladies but deep inside we're still little girls" something like that. and before, i wouldn't be convinced of Ryoko's innocence at that age until i realized that there are really people like that (one's my cousin, she's so damn innocent and pure). 
     i just wished they went separate ways at the end. i wish Sena didn't asked Minami to come with him to Boston. 

My Ratings: i'll give this 8/10 :)