Fan reviews: Star no Koi

ichiban_noodles · 30 Nov 2002

Very enjoyable take on the "mismatched love" theme we've all seen before. A good dose of romance and humor to satisfy both the gals and guys.

jameslam · 22 Oct 2002

Noriko Fujuwara is great, gorgeous and wonderful in her few TV appearances. However, I can't vouche for Kusanagi Tsuyoshi who is horribly miscasted in this role.

He looks shorter and smaller than Norika and the two don't make a good pair. Eguchi Yousuke will be a much better everyday salaryman than Tsuyoshi.

The first 7 episodes are halirious but the final 4 episodes are horrible when the story is clearly going nowhere, just waiting to come to a stop somehow.

I fast forwarded through the final three episodes and I didn't think I missed anything.

otaking · 21 Jul 2002

Having never previously been an audience to the performance of Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, I began watching this series in awe at the portrayal of a simple yet gentle ham salesman. The entire opposites attract story was a joy to watch, with an actress falling for a salaryman. Fujiwara Norika delivers a stunning performance as Hikaruko, complete with the subtle art of playing an actress within a dorama. This series instantly became one of my favorite doramas.

jdfan · 1 Jul 2002

Kusanagki Tsuyoshi and Fujiwara Norika were surprisingly good in this show. Norika Fujiwara was the best actress of the year, voted by viewer. And also the Best dressed. They spent some money on her outfits. In general, I like the chemistry.

warren.mcclendon · 28 Jun 2002

When I saw the reviews of this being a light romantic comedy I thought it would translate into tedious boring comedy for me. But I was greatly surprised by the whole flow, plot and performances of the cast. They were people in the cast from HERO, and this plot has that same kind quirky direction to it, but I liked this a lot more than HERO

katrinka · 25 Jun 2002

This is my all time favorite Drama. I have watched it three times, and it's made me happy each time. Tsuyoshi Kusanagi is really great in this dorama. I really liked his charactor and the unusual people he worked with. His preformance is 'straight on." Also, like the way that when the story got sad, the billboard with the star had a wallscrawl that said "agony" on it. Which mirrored what the male charactor was going through. The Dorama plays like an Rock Hudson/Doris Day romantic comedy. It even has that 'type' of incidental music. It even has a happy ending! A bonus to this is the guest in the last episode, Shingo Katori. He plays a reporter in the future who is going to write a book over the star's story. This Dorama has it all. My highest recomendations!

KAZSAW · 16 May 2002

I can't help but extremely enjoy the story of this dorama. Very exaggerated at times, but that only adds to the effect. This dorama made me think happy, especially after watching the sad ending of which was handokku, also a great, and exaggerated dorama. This dorama works well as a nice booster-upper for your mood.

Ra2 · 25 Apr 2002

The story was the best. You can watch for many time, because you can never be boring. Fujiwara Norika was so prety! She act so well... and she look so perfect

ambery24 · 15 Feb 2002

This show is really worth watching!!! The story is great and Norika is really pretty in the show...Actually i didn't really like her but after watching this, i started to like her more.....

Namielove · 31 Jan 2002

I loved this drama, I don't comepletely understand Japanese, but this drama is easy to follow without being boring. All who enjoy romantic comedies will love this one. I have to say, that the summary given above isn't all that accurate, it's more of an surprise meeting rather than a coincidence. I only have a couple of dramas in my collection (One's that I can watch over and over again) and I think I can add this drama to that collection. I sooo reccomend this to any and all who enjoy a good love story, a very satisfying drama. The supporting cast is very funny if not crazy. I could go on and on, but I'll stop here, please see it for yourself, you won't be sorry, that is, if you're a romantic comedy fan.

ema · 13 Jan 2002

I only watched it with chinese subtitles. luckily i understand japanese.this is a great romantic comedy.never thought the pair-up between kusanagi n fujiwara could be that good.they manage to create lots of chemistry.recommended to those who had watched mukodono n for fans of kusanagi n fujiwara.please watch this dorama!!!

Lilynadia · 13 Jan 2002

Well...the story was great.. ilike it and i alredy buy the vcd & watch it...funny and a moving heartwarming story..It's about both two people who are from two different world that suddenly fall in love with each other.. but they do not know how to express their love...so watch it...

ema · 14 Oct 2001

i think this is an elongated n slightly different versh of Notting Hill.
Can't wait to see it in malaysia!