Dear Friends [MOVIE REVIEW]

DEAR FRIENDS

DIRECTOR: Kazuyuki Morosawa 

WRITER: YOSHI   

STARRING: Keiko Kitagawa as Rina and Yuika Motokariya as Maki 

RELEASED DATE: February 3, 2007 

RUN TIME: 115 Minutes 
LANGUAGE: Japanese 

MY SUMMARY: The film is about Rina (Keiko Kitagawa) who believes that friends are not necessary and that they can only be used in times of need. Her relationship with her family is also lacking. Rina is a very outgoing girl that's why she spends most of her time in the club. One night,Rina collapses in the dance floor of the club while dancing. She and her family learned that Rina has a cancer. She is hospitalized for an indefinite period of time. No one visits her except one day when one of her classmate named Maki (Yuka Motokariya) came to visit her and tell Rina that she wants to be a friend of her.After that,many things happened to Rina that made her to realize the true meaning of life and friend that will truly change her.  

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MY REACTION: All in all,the film is very great and toching. The film really depicts the true meaning of friendship and the importance of life. The acting of the actors and actresses is fine. Something happened that you won't expect. In some scenes,you may hate Rina because of her rude attitude. It also teaches us that we are not alone in life,there will always be people beside us who truly love us. And most importantly,everyone needs a friend because a friend is a person who you can lean on not only in times of need,but in your whole life

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton