"Byakuyako": new film version

[alexandral]

"Byakuyako"! this is not the end of it! And Horikita Maki is going to play the main role! For me, Korean film "Into the White Nigth" was pretty enough of this particular brand of combination of naivety and horror, but it seems there will be more!!!!!! I am intrigued! I think I will catch up on the Jdrama version this week.

But why Horikita Maki? Why not the other actress, the one who played the role in the Jdrama, Ayase Haruka?

Comments

[walkwithheroes.livejournal.com]

I had read about this. I heard it would focus more on the mystery and less on the romance. Hmm, why not Ayase Haruka? Usually, if Japan makes a drama and film version of something (and it's not a spinoff or part of that 'verse (i.e. the Trick films) they use a different cast. I guess so people don't become confused.


Horikita Maki is actually not a bad choice. Early in her career she played darker characters - loners and depressed teenagers. It wasn't until she got really mainstream that she became known for her "pure" and "spunky" image. Horikita Maki actually does darker characters really well. So, I'm okay with the casting.

[intermezzo]

I like Horikita Maki. :)))) I don't know how I feel about the movie though.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Re: Ayase Haruka - did you hear about Hotaru No Hikari s2 coming out this year? if they give a definite for me ending, I might go back on liking this drama train.

[uisceros.livejournal.com]

I heard about this yesterday, and definitely have reservations. I do think it will be better than the kmovie (if only for the fact that Japan is better are doing the completely insane stuff), but I just hate remakes of anything. They almost never turn out as well as the original. I do think Maki will be good though.

[issy-chan.livejournal.com]

the only drama that i liked Maki was NWP. then she started irritating me more and more with each one of her dramas that i really can't see her in anything else anymore.