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Director : Natsuki Imai

Casts : Yui Aragaki, Haruma Miura, Asami Usada,

Karina, Yumi Aso, Joji Takahashi

Running Time : 120 minutes

Distributor : Cathay-Keris Films

Release Date : March 6

Rating : PG

Sky of Love is based on a super-popular cellphone novel, that has been downloaded by millions of romantics in Japan. Forget love letters, SMS & phone calls are the new way to declare your undying love for your sweetheart. After all, Sky of Love is about two high-school kids who fall in and out of love, all while using the wonderful Japanese technology of e-mail, live video-conferencing and phone calls. This really remind you of what it was like to fall in love for the first time. From late-night conversations that last till dawn, to the secret trysts you shared while skipping school, watching Hiro and Mika frolicking definitely makes us nostalgic for those dreamy days. (Of course, not all of us had a guy with a luscious tan, punk blonde hair and a cool, devil-may-care attitude, but hey, one can dream.) This flick is a real guilty pleasure for die-hard romantics: there’s eye candy, lots of soppy excuses to cry, and an unbelievably touching bond between Hiro and Mika.

Hiro and Mika were both high school students but from different classes. Hiro was a punkish blond guy which many mistaken him to be a gangster-styled heartbreaker, while Mika was a sweet and innocent young girl who would dream of falling in love someday. Given such contrasting characters, it was much unexpected that they would get together and fall in love. They first met when Mika accidentally bumped into him while following her friend whom was nursing a crush on Hiro's friend, Nozomu. However, their fate only got entwined when she left her cellphone in the library and Hiro found it. From then onwards, they chatted on the phone everyday during the school holiday after Mika got her phone back.

Mika did not expect the gentle caller to be Hiro, and she got a rude shock after meeting him at the school swimming pool. Furthermore, she heard that Hiro had a girlfriend while befriending her. However, she met him at the mini garden after class and discovered he had already broken up with his girlfriend and Mika felt that they could be friends. From there, they would spent time out of school together and their relationship got more intimated. Things got trickier as Hiro's jealous ex-girlfriend smeared Mika's reputation and sent people to rape her. However, this only cemented their love for each other and Hiro promised to marry her when she was pregnant with his child. Year one in high school ended with Mika having a miscarriage after being pushed down the stairs by Hiro's ex-girlfriend. In year two, Hiro started avoiding her and tried to get her to break up with him by being cold towards her. The last straw came when he purposely betrayed her by getting intimate with another girl and break up with Mika. From then onwards, he seldom came to school and Mika spent e rest of high school with a heavy heart.

She got accepted into the university, in which a guy introduced by her good friend studied there too. He spent much effort to chase her and Mika accepted him after a while. However, she still often think of Hiro especially on Christmas Day each year when she visited her dead child's grave in the school mini garden. Yu, her university boyfriend, proposed to her on one of the Christmas Day and she agreed. However, she also met Nozomu again while visiting the grave. It was also on that day itself that she found out the actual reason for their breakup and Hiro's jerk attitude through Nozomu. Hiro had cancer and he only discovered during his year 2 high school, hence his attitude towards her. Mika broke down after hearing from Nozomu that Hiro had battled with the cancer alone while thinking and missing her constantly. She decided to break up with Yu and returned to Hiro's side... Mika stayed by Hiro throughout his last month of lifespan and married him in an informal oath. He died on the day when Mika went to develope the photographs Hiro had taken of her every single day. She was unable to return to the ward to see him one last time, but only to tell him to wait for her on the 3G phone call. However, it was also on there that she saw him passed away...

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That is the whole story. Touching, isn't it? I cried too... Anyway, it is a very good movie and I can see why japanese movies are usually one of the best to watch...

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