I love stories. I love drama. Byakuyakou is a Japanese TV series ("drama") based on a novel with the same title. It is about a boy who kills his father to protect a girl. It is also about a girl who kills her mother to protect a boy. At the age of 11, they fall in love with each other and walk under the sun hand in hand for the first - and for the last time. All they want is to walk under the sun one more time, but they fall deeper and deeper into the darkness as much they try to get out of it.
"Byakuya" means "White night", which means a never ending day, just like the mobius band. They try to get out from their past sin, but they commit new sins in doing so. Ryoji, the main character is not afraid to become a monster if that means protecting Yukiho's chance of happiness. And Yukiho does her best to try to be happy, just to make Ryoji's sacrifice worth it.
Starring the main actors from "Sekai no chûshin de, ai wo sakebu" (which is another, if not more, beautiful film), Byakuyakou is one of the best tv drama I've seen in a long time. I liked the story, the characters and the music. I especially loved the characters who are, unlike usual movies, not perfect and not purely innocent. They are not afraid to commit terrible, unthinkable sins, just to protect each other. I felt such characters are more "real" than any other I've seen. The music is also beautiful. The main theme reminds me of Enrio Morricone's "Cinema Paradiso", whereas the title song "影" by Shibasaki Kou (which is played at the end of each episode) just makes me want to cry.
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Posted by: Natsumi Cheong | August 10, 2006 at 03:30 AM