Konna koi no hanashi
1997 · Fuji TV
A class act by Sanada Hiroyuki
10 / 1010 Jan 2003
This drama was given to me by my japanese friend. At first, I'm not even interested to watch it (due to the very unattractive VCD package).As I'm a fan of Nanako, I decided to watch it and oh boy... I wasn't really glued to the screen all the time but I must say the story is very good. I love the character portrayed by Sanada. He was such a cold and reserved person. Eventhough he knew he was going to die,he kept the secret by himself and worked harder to improve his company. But, we can sense how his friendship with konosuke slowly changes him and how he was in love with Kaori but didn't feel that he deserve to do so. His transformation was also believable. We get to see how he was changed bit by bit. I love his acting!! How he was such a gentleman,eventhough konosuke can be quite irritating at times. When he finally smile a true, genuine smile not his usual cynical one, it was very beautiful.We really get to know him personally and I have to admit that I cried until my eyes were swollen when he finally died. I cried not because the way he died. It was not tragic, in fact they didn't even show it. I cried because the loss of someone who was so strong, who finally found his happiness and the loss of someone I felt that I knew personally.Few stories ever moved me that much and for those fan of a good tearjerkers out there, I highly recommended this.
