(3 vote(s), average: 8.0 out of 10)

Alternative Title: ナナ

Genre: Drama

Film Date: September, 2005

Japanese Movie Cast: Matsuyama Kenichi, Miyazaki Aoi , Nakashima Mika, Narimiya Hiroki, Saeko

Description: Two girls, both named Nana and of the same age, coincidentally meet on a train trip to Tokyo. They soon find theirselves living with each other under the same roof because of an even bigger coincidence. Even though they share the same name and age, they differ in just about everything else. Even so, through hard experiences in love and life, a strong friendship is born between them, as both Nanas grow through their hardships and struggle to win the odds.

(16 vote(s), average: 9.0 out of 10)

Alternative Title: Heavenly Forest | Loving You, Just So | Just, Loving You | ただ、君を愛してる v

Genre: Drama, Romance

Film Date: January, 2006

Japanese Movie Cast: Koide Keisuke, Kuroki Meisa, Miyazaki Aoi , Tamaki Hiroshi, Uehara Misa

Description: "She used to lie very often."Due to his inferiority complex, Makoto shies away from other people, but Shizuru manages to make him open up to her. Because of their friendship, Shizuru takes interest in photography and they often go to a forest, partially hidden from the public, to take photos.Shizuru wants nothing but to be at Makoto's side. When Makoto starts liking a college friend Miyuki, Shizuru decides that she too will like Miyuki and becomes her friend.One day, Makoto asks Shizuru what birthday present she would like. With her interest in a photography contest, Shizuru wants a photo of them kissing in the hidden forest.Since that day of the forest kiss Shizuru disappears from Makoto's life.

(0 vote(s), average: 0.0 out of 10)

Alternative Title: Atsu-hime | Atsuhime | 篤姫

Genre: Period Drama

Film Date: January, 2008

Japanese Drama Cast: Eita, Horikita Maki, Miyazaki Aoi , Sato Aiko, Tamaki Hiroshi

Description: The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Atsuhime who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. She exerts herself for the Tokugawa clan and for the nation during the upheaval in the Meiji Restoration, headed by those from Satsuma. In 1835, Shimazu Tadatake, head of the Imaizumi-Shimazu family of Satsuma clan, and Oyuki are blessed with a long-awaited daughter, Okatsu, who later becomes Atsuhime. She grows up as a tomboy, full of wonders, yet warm-hearted. Meanwhile, as Satsuma clan is under going financial reform, headed by chief retainer Zusho, Tadatake is punished for being lenient with farmers. Okatsu, unable to absorb why her father is punished, charges over to Zusho.

(18 vote(s), average: 7.94 out of 10)

Alternative Title: Hatsuyuki no Koi | 初雪の恋～ヴァージン・スノー | 첫눈 | Cheot Nun

Genre: Drama, Romance

Film Date: May, 2007

Korean Movie Cast: Miyazaki Aoi , Morita Ayaka, Otoha, Shioya Shun, Lee Jun Ki

Description: Min moves to Japan following his professor father. One day at a local shrine, he meets a beautiful Japanese girl with innocent eyes. Her name is Nanae, and she is an aspiring painter. Min falls for her at first sight, and soon learns that Nanae attends the same school to which Min has just transferred. They become friends, and despite the culture and language barriers it is an intense friendship. When his grandmother suddenly falls ill, Min hastily returns to Korea but can’t get in touch with Nanae beforehand. After his grandmother regains her health, he hurries back to Japan to reunite with Nanae, but she is nowhere to be found. Had his true feelings for Nanae not been apparent to her? Why has Nanae disappeared without a word?