Movie Review: Ghost: In Your Arms Again

Ghost is a Japanese remake of the 1990 Hollywood film with the same title which starred Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. The remake stars Song Seung-heon and Matsushima Nanako.  

Hoshino Nanami (Matsushima Nanako), a successful young entrepreneur meets a Korean potter Kim Jun-ho (Song Seung-heon). They fall in love and soon marry each other. They spend the happiest time of their lives until tragedy happens. On her birthday, Nanami encounters an accident and is killed. Unable to leave her devastated husband, she chooses to stay on earth as a ghost. 

Movie Review: Taiyou no Uta

Taiyou no uta, simple yet beautiful story.This film tells the story of Kaoru Amane, a 16 year old girl who was diagnosed with a rare skin condition called, Xeroderma Pigmentosum. Kaoru is not allowed to be exposed to sunlight because it can be fatal to her. She lives an opposite lifestyle. She sleeps during the day and is active at night. Every night, she sings and plays her guitar in front of a train station.  

One day, she spots a high school boy standing next to a surfboard. He is Koji Fujishiro. Koji and his friends go to the ocean every morning to surf. He usually drops by in the bus stop near Kaoru's house to get a drink from the vendo. Since then, Kaoru watches him from the window before going to sleep.

Rurouni Kenshin manga gets live-action adaptation

Warner Bros. Pictures will be releasing a live-action film adaptation of the popular manga series Rurouni Kenshin by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The film is directed by Keishi Otomo, and stars Takeru Satoh as Himura Kenshin and Emi Takei as Kaoru Kamiya. It is set to open in Japan on August 25, 2012.