Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 2013 SP Review

Title: Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo Hong Kong Kowloon Zaiho Satsujin Jiken

AKA: Kindaichi Boy’s Accident Files 2013 SP / The Files of Young Kindaichi 2013 SP

Genre: Mystery, Suspense

Broadcast date: 2013 January 12

Cast: Yamada Ryosuke, Kawaguchi Haruna, Arioka Daiki, Seung Ri, Wu Chun, Kiritani Kenta, Vivian Tsu and Komatsu Takuya.

This is the story renewed once again with a different cast and storyline.

Kindaichi Hajime (Yamada Ryosuke) together with his friends Nanase Miyuki (Kawaguchi Haruna) and Saki Ryuji (Arioka Daiki) travel to Hong King when Miyuki gets chosen as a stand in for a model that refused in the last minute. Arriving in Hong Kong they are excited to sightsee, but it is not long lived as Miyuki gets kidnapped. While running after the kidnapper they end up in a ruin which has been made into a park, and they meet Yang Lan (Kawaguchi Haruna) who looks exatly alike Miyuki. They find out that she is the model that had refused, but for some reason was worried about Miyuki since people where after her. Hajime decides to take her to the model contest and make her pose as Miyuki so that they might be able to find the kidnapper.

At the contest they meet waiter Kim Yong Dong (Seung Ri), police officer Li Bai Long (Wu Chun), talent searcher Takigawa Ryuta (Kirirtani Kenta) who found Miyuki, designer Ivy Liu (Vivian), and Xin Li (Komatsu Takuya).

While dining a man at their table dies after drinking champagne which was poured by Yong Dong, and he immediately gets suspected for murder, but that’s when Hajime steps in…

Oh man, no matter which year these are, the mysteries are all just as weird. And the way they are made are just as messed up, and practically impossible if it were a real crime. Or that is what I think, but I guess that is what makes it interesting for viewer. Yamada is okay as Hajime, I sort of was not expecting him to be as good as he is, but I think he did a good job making everyone believe he is Hajime. The rest of the cast is great as well, though I really felt it was weird having the Chinese cast in a Japanese drama, but also some of the acting was really bad. It might have something to do with the script, but I was face palming myself almost all of the time.

The story was good, but had a lot of bad points which made me pretty bored most of the time.

All in all it is good if you are a fan of the actors, but don’t expect anything grand…

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts

19-nineteen Movie Review

Title: 19-Nineteen
AKA: I'm 19 / My 19 Years / 19 Years Old
Genre: Suspense, Crime
Origin: Korea
Release date: 2009-Nov-12
Cast: Heo Yi Jae, T.O.P and Seung Ri.

A hairdressing trainee with a sick mother, Cha Eun Young (Heo Yi Jae), a useless student with conservative parents and talent in rapping, Seo Jung Hoon (T.O.P), and a rich genius with overprotective parents, Park Min Seo (Seung Ri), have two thing in common: all nineteen years old and all accused for the murder of Oh Young Ae, a women any of them barely knew. Eun Young happens to be a old classmate of hers, and is linked to the death because of Young Ae’s sudden contact to her. Jung Hoon happens to work with her, and the day after their date, she is found dead. Min Seo has never spoken to her, he had fancied her for a long time, even secretly took pictures of her.
As the three of them are at the police station, they are questioned, pressured and provoked, which leads them to run away, at the same time.
The three of them become friends, and decide to stay on the run, until the police finds the real murder.

I watched this a couple weeks ago, was never in the mood to write a review. I can say it’s good, not great, just good. Good dialogues, screenplay and the entire feel of it. It was just obvious, I mean who the killer is. And I really felt like killing that cop! Soooooo prejudiced!! Krrrh! Anyhow… The star was T.O.P, not that he was that great, just that the other actors, like Seung Ri, I know he hasn’t acted may even be his first acting, but it was BAD! And Heo Yi Jae was not that memorable, even though she’s one of very few actresses, which I’m a fan of. It’s fun, and thank god, no real romance, more of a friendship feeling. Nice and funny.

☆☆☆ / 3 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts