[jmovie] Udon

"There's nothing here. Just udon."

Kosuke Matsui tries to escape his homeland in the Kagawa Perfecture which he believes is filled with nothing but Udon. He's sick of it, and so he moves to New York to fulfill his dreams of becoming a comedian. It doesn't work too well for him, and when he decides to come back; he sees nothing's changed at all.

Everyone is the same and the Udon is still there. With a big debt, and anger from his father, Kosuke tries to make money by joining a local publishing company. He meets a girl; Kyoko and together they bring up to write an article about Udon. Surprisingly to Kosuke it's a big hit. Somehow, it changes everything.

I, like most people; watched this movie on an airplane (along with that movie ROUGH I think?). I really loved it, it was hilarious, it made me hungry, and it made me cry. A nice balance, a well thought lesson, and really good actors.

I loved the ending; somehow it kind of reminded me of "The Outsiders" ending because well Kyoke was writing a story right? I thought that was really cool.

"It's a love story." That's what Kyoko said. Which says a lot. I loved how the glorified udon like if you did it wrong it wouldn't be right, which is probably true; but it's great how they did it. When Kosuke's father died, I think the scene was very dramatic; Well done actually. And the memories, and how the kids were happy when they were given the father's udon.

It was good, realy good. I watch it when I'm sad now (lol). :).

Mark: 10/10

Cast

Yusuke Santamaria - Kosuke Matsui

Manami Konishi - Kyoko Miyagawa

Tortoise Matsumoto - Shosuke Suzuki

Katsumi Kiba - Takutomi Matsui

Kyoka Suzuki - Mari Fujimoto

Takeshi Masu - Masanori Otani

Jin Katagiri - Kenjiro Mishima

Jun Kaname - Kazuya Aoki

Fumiyo Kohinata - Ryoichi Fujimoto