fayenatic wrote:so will i like the 2003 one even if i didnt watch the original one??
I think you can enjoy the 2003 version without seeing the original drama series or the movie. The 2003 version takes place ten years later but it is not a sequel.
I have not seen the new one but I watched the original series and the movie. It's very dark and the theme song really made things creepy for the old series.
[excerpt from interview with writer, Shinji Nomiya]: "This great plot came into my head," Nojima said during a recent interview, "and it really worked great with a student-teacher situation. It didn't have to be a high school teacher, but when I thought up that plot, I got the urge to try to outdo the job I did 10 years ago.
"Ten years ago, I wrote using the left side of my brain, very logically, moving the characters around frame by frame," Nojima said. "Two years ago, I was writing with the right side of my brain, intuitively. I thought it was about time to put the two of them together. I think this is the best work I've ever done."