Beach Boys

Fa real!

I can't believe I forgot to post my review here, tho. :doh:

My Review: 10/10

Ifm not at all surprised that this drama won awards for Best Casting and Best Screenwriter, among others.

The storyline is very simple. Two very different guys meet and embark on a journey to find their own dreams, while living and breathing the ocean during a fateful summer. The plot for each episode is sometimes not evident, and Ifm not even sure if anything ever really happensc but what makes this drama so great is the way the characters develop. I was hooked with the very first episode. By the second, I was already breathing with the characters. Everything about this drama is so real and raw.

The actors and actresses arenft acting. Theyfre being. Sorimarchi Takashi was absolutely brilliant, and Takenouchi Yutaka was so honest and truthful. Hirosue Ryoko, whom Ifve only ever enjoyed in Summer Snow, has added another of her dramas to my list of favourites. And Inamori Izumi! My goodness. Ifve found her annoying in everything Ifve seen her in, but shefs definitely redeemed herself with this role. Ifve never felt so dearly for a character as Ifve felt for hers watching Beach Boys.

The drama is not perfect, but Ifve given it a 10/10 because it was truly a pleasure watching such fine characters grow and breathe.

gaijinmark wrote: Yeah, she was great as the ditzy "Momoko" in Long Vacation :applaud: And the scene you're talking about was probably the most intense one for me in the whole drama. [/list:u]

Me too. I first saw her in Semi-Double where she played in a serious tear jerker role. She was excellent and I dont usually go for that kiind of thing.
The HAruko role added a lot to the Beach Boys series. I must admit the first time I saw it through I was really surprised by the later eps. especially when

Spoiler — click to reveal

the grandfather actually drowned

Eve wrote:

Me too. I first saw her in Semi-Double where she played in a serious tear jerker role. She was excellent and I dont usually go for that kiind of thing.

I saw her first in Pretty Girls and I thought that Drama was lame... hence why I didn't enjoy her in anything I saw her afterwards. But I thought she was excellent in Beach Boys.

The HAruko role added a lot to the Beach Boys series. I must admit the first time I saw it through I was really surprised by the later eps. especially when

Spoiler — click to reveal

the grandfather actually drowned

Fa real. I was really surprised at all, and I think it hits really hard when something like this happens in such a happy-go-lucky drama.

The theme song rocks!!!!! :metaldevil:

Good drama :applaud:

I wish someone would sub the special.

:fingerscrossed:

Eve wrote:I wish someone would sub the special.

:fingerscrossed:

I didn't really enjoy the special (I like the series), if that makes you feel any better.
The feeling in the series wasn't there in the special, until close to the end, and then the motivation for the change at the end was pretty unconvincing for me.
(I watched a Chinese-subtitled version, in case anyone is wondering)

I really enjoyed the chemistry/interactions between the main characters in the series though.

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Great pics! :applaud:

Very cool pics :woot:
Those pics have the same refresh feeling of the dorama lol.

Hey. Does somebody know something about the setting of the drama? Would be a nice place to visit. ^^

Kafka wrote:Hey. Does somebody know something about the setting of the drama? Would be a nice place to visit. ^^

http://loca.ash.jp/show/1997/d199707_beachboys.htm

ui. thank you very much.

^^Chiba prefecture

ahhhhh!!! soooo wanna watch this but still not able to get my hands on it!!! :beatyou:

KAZdoramma wrote:ahhhhh!!! soooo wanna watch this but still not able to get my hands on it!!! :beatyou:

PM me if you want a copy of it. :D

PM me if you want a copy of it.

thanxs Eve but no probs, i finally got it from d-addicts after a long long wait! :sweat: havent watched it yet but cant wait too!!!!!! :woot: :woot:

KAZdoramma wrote:

PM me if you want a copy of it.

thanxs Eve but no probs, i finally got it from d-addicts after a long long wait! :sweat: havent watched it yet but cant wait too!!!!!! :woot: :woot:

Excellent
You are in for a real treat! :victory:

:woot: :hehe: :dancing: :mrgreen: :victory: :applaud: