Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Last Friends - ラスト・フレンズ

Do you have a friend that is considered family and you will do anything for them? If you've answered yes then you will understand the feelings that the friends in this drama share. Michiru is a girl that lives with her mother in a very unstable environment. Her boyfriend Takeru is a Child Welfare representative who works with children that are abused. He is very understanding of her situation and provides her comfort and support. She eventually moves in with him to get away from her home life, but to her surprise he is a completely different person after this happens. Ironically, he is a complete control freak and abuses her for no reason. At around the same time she coincidentally meets a childhood friend by the name of Ruka who drags her out of the situation and makes her a roommate. This doesn't end the relationship between Michiru and Takeru though. Takeru stalks her everywhere and things get worse when he finds out that Ruka has been keeping her sexuality as a secret and that she is in love with Michiru. He begins to stalk Ruka too and things get violent. Last Friends is a dark drama that portrays love as being painful. This drama will have you at the edge of your seat, pulling your hair out and wanting to join the fight...for some air and independence. I prefer comedies so this is not my favorite drama. The story is well written though and the characters have the audience's sympathy for their individual situations. I rate this drama 5 out of 5 stars.

Release Date: April 2008
Episodes: 11
Main Cast:
Nagasawa Masami as Aida Michiru
Ueno Juri as Kishimoto Ruka
Eita as Mizushima Takeru
Nishikido Ryo as Oikawa Sosuke

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