honmei: BOKURA GA ITA (WE WERE THERE) part 1

Title: WE WERE THERE part 1

Romanji: BOKURA GA ITA zenpen

Japanese: 僕等がいた 前篇

director: Takahiro Miki

release date: March 17, 2012

genre: Romance / Shojo / Slice of life

language: Japanese

country: Japan

CAST

IKUTA TOMA as Motoharu Yano

YURIKO YOSHITAKA as Nanami Takahashi

SOUSUKE TAKAOKA as Masafumi Takeuchi

PLOT

"We Were There" follows the 10 year romance between Motoharu Yano (Toma Ikuta) & Nanami Takahashi (Yuriko Yoshitaka). During their high school days, Motoharu Yano was the most popular boy in school, but can't get over the death of his girlfriend from a car crash. Nanami Takahashi falls in love with Motoharu Yano and must deals with his inability to let go of the past.

REVIEW

Bokura Ga Ita (manga**if not read, it's highly recommended) will capture your heart because it will bring back your high school sweetheart, your first love, the one you still think about once-in-a-while if you didn't end up married. It's not a sugar coated story. It's real life. Things that can or will happen in a young romantic relationship. 

The pairing of Ikuta Toma (brilliant actor) and Yuriko Yoshitaka is divine! You will love both characters individually and swoon at their love team, you'd wish they are real-life couple.

**there is a Bokura Ga Ita part 2 - so don't just cry at the ending of this movie.