reel: NO LONGER HEROINE ヒロイン失格

Movie: No Longer Heroine / Heroine Disqualified

Romaji: Hiroin Shikkaku

Japanese: ヒロイン失格

Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa

Writer: Momoko Koda (manga), Erika Yoshida

Release Date: September 19, 2015

Runtime: 112 min.

Genre: Teen-Romance / Based on a Comic

Distributor: Warner Bros.

Language: Japanese

Country: Japan

Box office: US $20.5 million

CAST

MIREI KIRATANI as Hatori Matsuzaki

KENTO YAMAZAKI as Rita Terasaka

KENTARO SAKAGUCHI as Kosuke Hiromitsu

SYNOPSIS

Hatori Matsuzaki (MIREI KIRITANI) is a cheerful high school girl whose in-love with her childhood friend and classmate. Rita Terasaka (KENTO YAMAZAKI) has been friends with Hatori for 10 years and she is waiting for him to confess his love. One day he helped out a classmate Adachi from bullies and began dating each other. Hatori is devastated and she plotted to regain her "heroine" status. Meanwhile, the most handsome and popular student Kosuke Hiromitsu (KENTARO SAKAGUCHI) shows interest in Hatori and asked her out on a date.

REVIEW

The comedy is over-the-top however Kiratani's kawaii-ness makes up for it. Of course the flower boys Kento Yamazaki and Kentaro Sakaguchi will make any movie worth watching. The excitement of this love-square romantic comedy will put you at the edge of your seat. I couldn't stop laughing and giggling that I almost woke up the whole house, and watching this at 1am does not help either. Yamazaki's appeal on-screen is so compelling that I watched two of his movies in a row, and I can't wait to watch more. This is a light-hearted romantic comedy that is full of “the feels”.

HIGHLIGHT

Kosuke and Hatori's meet-cute.