Star No Koi

18Oct08

Title: スタアの恋
Title (romaji): Sutaa no Koi
Also known as: Star Struck / Love with a Super Star
Episodes: 11
Broadcast period: 2001-Oct-11 to 2001-Dec-20

A Japanese take on Notting Hill (1999). Sosuke Nakata, is just your everyday salaried worker. There is really nothing special that stands out about Nakata. He is a serious guy, whose life mostly consists of going back and forth to the office each day.Suddenly one day though, Nakata just happens to meet a certain woman by coincidence-top star, Hikaruko Kirishima. Just by talking to her, Nakata is left standing feeling like he has just seen a dream.Several days later, Kirishima calls an emergency press conference.And there she announces…”I am now dating a gentleman by the name of Sosuke Nakata, a salaried worker, whom I intend to marry.An announcement about their “relationship,” out of the blue! More than that, this top star’s boyfriend is just your typical salaried worker!! What does Kirishima have up her sleeve as she hides behind her intrepid smile?!Nakata obviously has no idea about what happened at the press conference. He also doesn’t know what lies ahead for him at work, and about Hikaruko’s true intentions.

I found this dorama very cute. It seemed quite old, due to the quality, and well the way they portrayed it, even though it was only a mere 7 years or so ago. Yet even so, it totally consumed me like most doramas. I liked the character portrayals. Like Sosuke Nakata, he really looks like an ordinary office worker, not one of those “prince” type kind of guys that current dramas have. He’s really ordinary looking which adds to the realism to this story plot.

heh the ending of the show was quite cute. You’ll understand if you see it.

Star No Koi

Old, but well done
8/10

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