Nodame Cantabile
Posted by kamekazen on September 22, 2007
I finished watching Nodame Cantabile (the Japanese drama) the other day. I think this will end up on my list of favorite dramas. It was a total of 11 episodes, something I rarely see. I usually find that dramas tend to be at least 14 episodes. The drama was beautifully executed. The characters were very well developed and they really grew on me. There was a particular scene I really liked. Chiaki (played by Hiroshi Tamaki) was struggling with personal problems; his orchestra wasn’t following his lead as a conductor, he still had reservations about going abroad and he didn’t quite know how he felt about Nodame (Ueno Juri). He was under pressure from everyone to succeed. Yet, right before his big concert, he dropped everything to jump in a taxi and go hours away to find Nodame and finally tell her how he felt about her. All the drama and careful time spent leading up to this particular scene… It was so beautiful. Ahh… I am such a sucker for love confession scenes.
Chiaki~! I shall miss you for now. I look forward to seeing you again in Nodame Cantabile 2.
