Romeo and Juliet (ロミオとジュリエット )

Romeo and Juliet (ロミオとジュリエット ) is a Japanese Drama that aired in April 07, 2007 starring Takizawa Hideaki and Nagasawa Masami. The story is based on William Shakespeare's book bearing a similar title.

SYNOPSIS:
This is a story of lovers whose fates are intertwined by a series of events in their lives and their parents lives. What happened in the past seem to have played a role in their destinies.

Morita Hiromichi, played by Takizawa Hideaki, is the son of hospital owner and a doctor who became a scrap-collector and had to stop school because of an incident that happened in the hospital that led his father to hide from the authorities. Kihira Juri, played by Nagasawa Masami, is a college student and is the only daughter of a prosecutor who is in-charge of the capture of Hiromichi's father.

At first site, Hiromichi was oblivious of the girl's feelings towards him or he didn't care at all. She harshly brushes her off when she volunteered to help fix his wound. Disappointed, Juri left him alone and, accidentally, left her copy of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet".


CAST:
Takizawa Hideaki as Morita Hiromichi
Nagasawa Masami as Kihira Juri
Tanaka Misako as Morita Tokieda
Yamashita Shinji as Kihira Reizou
Miura Tomokazu as Morita Giichi
Takenaka Naoto as the professor

Writer's POV:

At first glance, I thought that this story will be like most Romeo and Juliet adaptations only to find that it doesn't follow the normal flow. That factor made this movie unique and interesting. Sad to say, I am a sucker for happy endings.

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