Country: Japan
Genre:
family, romance, drama
Format:
drama 11 episode
Cast:
Mizuki Alisa, Kanjiya Shihori, Kawashima
Umiko, Kichise Mischiko, Kato Shigeaki, Miyazaki Yoshiko, Endo Kenichi,
Kawashima Ririka, Ono Rento, Kato Kenshiro, Tanaka Tetsushi, Katsunobu,
Neko Hiroshi, Tanaka Miho
Synopsis: Story of four Hanawa sisters.
They all have different personalities and different problems in life.
When second daughter Takemi moves back to home with her children, all
kind of troubles start to occur, as Takemi is known as "devil" and
"man-eater". But whole family life is turned up-side-down when it comes
out that father has cheated on mom, even though they had been married to
each other for almost 33 years.
Rating: 5/5
I absolutely love this drama. I think it is the most unpredictable drama
I have ever seen - each episode brings something new. I do not suggest
you watching it, if you are as over-emotional person as I am, because I
ended up crying all in every episode
(Weird, I know O.o It did not matter if it was a happy scene or sad one),
but it is NOT A SAD DRAMA, it is a family drama. I believe that other
people watch it without any tears. It was in my 5 STAR list from the
first episode til the last one, but I just understood that all 5 STAR
dramas/movies have been great since start. Drama is made after Saimon
Fumi same-named manga. Now from the oldest sister to other characters.
(IT MIGHT CONTAIN MANY POSSIBLE SPOILERS)
Fujiko
is really work-oriented. She is the smartest, but at the same time she
trusts her mind too much - that's way she has bad luck in love. I think
that it is weird that she still lives at home (she is 32 years old), but
it is not my problem, ne? I think that Fujiko decides too much on her
own, even when these affect others too. It is nice that someone keeps
her head cool, but she could have talked things over with others. You
can actually see more her boyfriends in drama, than Takemi's..
The
main-main character, who "turns up", Takemi is different from all the
women in the world. She has been married for 2 times and has divorced
same times, but she has 3 children, who have very mature thinking. As a
mom she seems to be great, but as a sister - kind a sucks. I find that
her beauty is over-rated, but it is one of the main ideas of the drama.
It is sad how she is misunderstood and how much actually everybody
hurt her. Of course this is true that she flirts too much and she
definitely does not know the limits, but calling her "Devil" is a bit
too much. She does not know how to show her emotions, her true emotions.
I totally understand what it feels like when everyone are only seeing
your outer-appearance, but only few tend to see the inner-person. I like
that Takemi got along with her ex-husbands, but I think that Katsuhiko
should have trust her more. He turns into a bastard for some time.
Sweet
Sakurako. Like I understood then the age-gap between Sakurako and
Takemi is the smallest in the family, and it leads to that Sakurako is
always in Takemi's shadow, that is way Sakurako stands her the least. In
love she is most like her mom and for her it was the hardest to forgive
to dad. She might look too clingy, naive and listens way too much her
work-friends, but actually she knew everything what she did, except the
night she met Shozaburou. All her worries were reasonable, because it is
harshhhhh when you're high school boyfriend cheats on you with your
sister
(even though it was a lie).
Hell
hot Shozaburou. It is officially my favorite role from Kato Shigeaki.
He is soooo great actor, but this role shows totally different side of
him
(even though in real life he has said that he is opposite of Shozaburou).
Shozaburou is a hot cameraman who has had more women in his bed than
years he has lived. Many male-viewers have said that it was absolutely
wrong of him to sleep with Sakurako, when Sakurako was drunk as a skunk,
but please understand - the original manga and also the script was
written by women - almost all women dream of waking up by HOT guy
without clearly remembering the last night... but it is just a dream!
You can pretty much say that he is a bastard, but it is so sweeeeet when
he cares of Sakurako, but then again it seems like to him they are
"friends with benefits". I think it won't be a big spoiler if I tell you
that he has something on with Takemi too, which makes him even more
bastard than he is. Just as he said - he likes Sakurako, but feels close
to Takemi, as they share similar emotions in life.
The
youngest sister is Ume-chan. She is sooooo sweet as she is so young -
actually she is 18, but she is so small and inexperienced that it makes
her even sweeter. In manga, she actually is more tomboy - really short
hair and more boyish clothes, but I like her in drama more. She might
seem really plain, but it is unexpected what goes on in her mind. Ume is
a art-student and for a long time she questions about her talent. I
want to study art in future too, so I understand why this question is so
hard - there are always people who are so much better! That's why even I
got inspiration from Takemi's words "It's is not other's who decide
whether you have talent or not, it's you!" - it goes for all kind of
talents, not only for art. One more comment - I have met bitches like
Yukari and they do not get far - girls like Ume tend to be more
successful in life.
The
father is the worst. One time cheating- okey maybe this is even
forgivable, but continuous cheating?! I think I would have hard time
with forgiving my father too, but in the end - he is a father. No matter
how things are, it is a fact which will stay. Especially because I
believe that he had the worst time after mom died. Yes, a huge spoiler
was it, but it is the thing that causes almost everything else. I so
love Miyazaki Yoshiko - she is the cutest actress of her age I know.
Mama was really naive, but she was the person who held the family
together. Believe it or not, but I pretty much want to be the same kind
mother in future xD
(remind me that after 10 years) I
think that actually the family took it too lightly that mom died, but
maybe they all were just mentally really strong. As mama was the "home"
for everyone, then there are to ways for the family to go - broke up or
grow even stronger together.
Small
notes time - They concentrate on marrying really much, but I think that
all it goes too fast - is not it normal to at least go out for 1-2
years, before even talking about it? Maybe it is just my
western-thinking, but still. The biggest minus of the drama is that the
time-flow is not well written - most of the things happen within 2
months, which is definitely way too short period for this drama. I like
the ost - especially one sound is very beautiful.
In the end, all sisters are having hard time with their love-lives. I do
not understand how they cannot be honest with each other - it seems
like they had a special loving family, but still they cannot tell
everything to each other.
(Funny thing about myself - in my
family there are also 4 daughters... I have 6 years difference with
older sister, with one younger sister few minutes and 9 years with the
youngest one... which is pretty much the same as Hanawa sisters had... I
am the second - booo-hooo! -.- not happy)
SPOILER review: I said almost everything in the real review already, but
still there are some things about the end. I Liked that Sakurako was
the one who dumped Shozaburou, even though he wanted to marry and
continue lying as he promised to father. but which I like even more was
that Shozaburou was the one who begged for new chance from Sakurako.
Their love was full of circumstances, but in the end Sakurako was the
one who was able to change Shozaburou. I start to cry again... too
beautiful love song is playing right now too.
I also like that Sakurako was able to forgive Takemi and dad. Sakurako was my favorite character btw.
Also I loved Ume-chan's message "Even if we are apart, we are family" -
because next year I must move to another city, away from my family -
they are the best in the whole universe! I must remember that sentence
for whole my life - even when I move far-far away in future, I still
have my place in this family. ^^
