Shiroi Haru

abe hiroshi won the best actor for 61st drama awards
and shiroi haru won the best script
also special award for little sachi, oohashi nozomi

congratz!!! :applaud:

nuts wrote:abe hiroshi won the best actor for 61st drama awards
and shiroi haru won the best script
also special award for little sachi, oohashi nozomi

congratz!!! :applaud:

That's great. I thought he did a fantastic job in Shiroi Haru.

nuts wrote:abe hiroshi won the best actor for 61st drama awards
and shiroi haru won the best script
also special award for little sachi, oohashi nozomi

congratz!!! :applaud:

Not surprised from the great reviews I read.

Looking forward to watching this drama soon. :victory:

congratulations to Abe Hiroshi and Nozomi-chan too :applaud:

I finished watching Shiroi Haru a couple of days ago and I must say that it's really a good drama.

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It never failed to make me cry towards the ending of ever episode :puppydog: and the way Sa-chan called Haruo "ojisan" is really cute, but the ending :shamefulcry: I cried buckets :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry:

I really recommend this drama to those who haven't watched it :thumbsup:

I think so far, it's the best spring drama (I have not watched Majo Saiban and Mr Brain though).

Ling79 wrote:I think so far, it's the best spring drama (I have not watched Majo Saiban and Mr Brain though).

I think Shiroi Haru is a lot more engaging than Mr. Brain.

Roared through the first six episodes last night... Didn't get to sleep until 2AM. :beaten:

Ready for more today after I get some errands done. :victory:

Really really good drama... I don't see how anyone can watch this drama and not get choked up.

Not a whole lotta dialog from Abe Hiroshi and yet his performance was just terrific... He shows that acting is more than just dialog. :applaud: And the little girl who played Sachi (name?) pretty much matched Abe performance-wise: you couldn't help but feel and root for her. :)

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Somehow, I just knew it had to end tragically... In some ways, that plotline was stereotypical: the ex-con, pulls himself out of the gutter and makes himself better, only to die tragically... I suppose it was a lose-lose for the director and writers: if he lived, they would've been accused of the "happy ending" syndrome... What could they do?

I was disappointed that they didn't even touch on Shiori and her boyfriend's feelings after Haruo's death... It played out like they didn't give a damn about him at the end, even though it was the contrary throughout the drama.

I'm pretty sure the girl who played Shiori was the same girl who was basically catatonic throughout Love Shuffle... She was much more likable and animated ;), that's for sure.

Overall, I'd give Shiroi Haru a 9/10... Highly recommended viewing.

bmwracer wrote:Really really good drama... I don't see how anyone can watch this drama and not get choked up.

:say_yes:
I :shamefulcry: towards the ending of each episode

And the little girl who played Sachi (name?) pretty much matched Abe performance-wise: you couldn't help but feel and root for her. :)

her name is Nozomi Ohashi, she's also the one who sang Ponyo on The Cliff theme song (an anime by Hayao Miyazaki). I didn't know that she was an actress. I really love it every time she says "ojisan", it's so cute

I'm pretty sure the girl who played Shiori was the same girl who was basically catatonic throughout Love Shuffle... She was much more likable and animated ;), that's for sure.

yes, she's the same girl :mrgreen: , it took me some time to realize that she's the same girl in Love Shuffle. I like her in Shiroi Haru as her character is much more enjoyable to watch :mrgreen:

qnuy wrote:it took me some time to realize that she's the same girl in Love Shuffle.

That's because the girl in Love Shuffle was a vegetable, a house plant. :beaten:

I like her in Shiroi Haru as her character is much more enjoyable to watch :mrgreen:

Yup. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:Really really good drama... I don't see how anyone can watch this drama and not get choked up.

yes. I can't remember an ep where i did not cry. :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry:
speically Harou's teary eyes were always so emotional for me.
as for Shiori,
i too did not recognised her because of her heavy make up in shiroi Haru but have to say she was much more entertaining in here rather than Love Shuffle. pity her character was not developed well in the story. it could have been one of the best characters of this drama.

issy wrote:she was much more entertaining in here rather than Love Shuffle.

Yup... Of cousre, that's no surprise since her character was basically a cadaver in Love Shuffle. :beaten:

pity her character was not developed well in the story. it could have been one of the best characters of this drama.

Yeah, her character seemed to more of a plot obstacle than a true character... And why her character wasn't really involved in the end was a disappointment... Pity. :sweat:

One day after finishing this drama and sorta reflecting back on it:

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I really am disappointed with the ending.

To be drawn in and to care for this character (Haruo), see him befriended by little Sachi, and have it all taken away is just cruel...

Yup, that was my one big complaint, the ending. In fact, if they'd left it a lot more open-ended they had enough material for a sequel. They could have developed Yoshitaka and Shiraishi's characters a lot more.

gaijinmark wrote:Yup, that was my one big complaint, the ending. In fact, if they'd left it a lot more open-ended they had enough material for a sequel. They could have developed Yoshitaka and Shiraishi's characters a lot more.

Yeah, that would've been nice.

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No chance of that now.

bmwracer wrote:One day after finishing this drama and sorta reflecting back on it:

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I really am disappointed with the ending.

To be drawn in and to care for this character (Haruo), see him befriended by little Sachi, and have it all taken away is just cruel...

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Life is just so unfair isn't it? Do you all think Sachi knows that Haruo is her father?

Some say that it's just copying Korean's typical plot. I know it's going to be a sad ending..but not that sad... ><

Ling79 wrote:Some say that it's just copying Korean's typical plot.

I'm totally unfamiliar with K-dramas.

lol, typical Korean plots are: Boy fall in love with girl, girl didn't know, relationship between them not clear and went back and forth. Then girl went off to a faraway place, girl realised she loved boy afterall, then came back, realised boy had cancer. Then everything is too late, boy died leaving girl behind.

Actually I am also not familiar with Korean dramas. Hardly watch them. I assume it's the dramatic plot that is making it look like Korean dramas.

^ That's not just Korean, that's a typical, cliched romantic plot... :beaten:

I don't think this drama falls in that romance category, but it does follow the familiar plot of an ex-con who gets out of prison and yada, yada, yada...

bmwracer wrote:Roared through the first six episodes last night... Didn't get to sleep until 2AM. :beaten:

Ready for more today after I get some errands done. :victory:

now that's something.

i mean, my god this dorama is slowww...