Princess Hiro.
Perfect love story.
Touching love story.
Perfect and touching real-life based love story.
Yutaka Takenouchi (absolute love!!!) and Tokiwa Takako (one of my fav Japanese actress) are incredible. The chemistry between them made their parts and their love more real.



A special extra point goes to Takenouchi because he really makes us see him as a Chinese prince. Off went his longish hair and goatee... Short hair and round wired glasses came instead. I've read critiscs about his (and other characters' Chinese) but I think it was pretty decent (and I speak for experience).

An extra, extra point goes to the thinking head behind casting Takashi Sorimachi as Takenouchi's character's best friend. They looked so great together in Beach Boys that I really enjoyed watching them together as friends again... Simply delicious.

The plot in a couple of lines: Princess Hiro tells the story of a Japanese nobility girl who gets to marry the youngest brother of the Manchurian Emperor just before WWII started. Although an arranged marriage they fall in love and spend most of their lives together.

The fact that Hiro and Pu'Chie were real people and that their love story was real, made it even better for me. After watching I rushed to look for more info about them.

( their love lasted more than fifty years... (contains spoilers and picspam) )

Princess Hiro.
Perfect love story.
Touching love story.
Perfect and touching real-life based love story.
Yutaka Takenouchi (absolute love!!!) and Tokiwa Takako (one of my fav Japanese actress) are incredible. The chemistry between them made their parts and their love more real.



A special extra point goes to Takenouchi because he really makes us see him as a Chinese prince. Off went his longish hair and goatee... Short hair and round wired glasses came instead. I've read critiscs about his (and other characters' Chinese) but I think it was pretty decent (and I speak for experience).

An extra, extra point goes to the thinking head behind casting Takashi Sorimachi as Takenouchi's character's best friend. They looked so great together in Beach Boys that I really enjoyed watching them together as friends again... Simply delicious.

The plot in a couple of lines: Princess Hiro tells the story of a Japanese nobility girl who gets to marry the youngest brother of the Manchurian Emperor just before WWII started. Although an arranged marriage they fall in love and spend most of their lives together.

The fact that Hiro and Pu'Chie were real people and that their love story was real, made it even better for me. After watching I rushed to look for more info about them.

( their love lasted more than fifty years... (contains spoilers and picspam) )