If you want to read my review of Love Like the Falling Petals, read this post. In 桜のような僕の恋人, Haruto falls in love with Misaki. A woman with Werner syndrome, which causes her to age several times faster.
Haruto Asakura (Kento Nakajima) went to a salon and, despite abandoning his internship, he let the hairdresser think he was a professional photographer.
“But, the only thing left for me is to keep looking for you.”
Ariake Misaki (Honoka Matsumoto) had Haruto as her first client. Since then, once a month, she cuts his hair during long conversations.
“You were so happy when you talked about your first client.”
During the excitement of the date invitation, Misaki cut off Haruto’s earlobe and, as compensation, she accepted his invitation.
Love Like the Falling Petals: japanese movie review
During the period of her first date with Haruto, Misaki started to find a few strands of white hair. Nothing too alarming.
“They’re popping up more and more lately.”
On their first date, Misaki was furious when she discovered that Haruto had given up his career and lied to her.
“Give up on your dream without even trying properly? It can’t be!”
After the apparent initial fiasco, Haruto and Misaki no longer spoke. However, in reality, she liked him from the first time.”
A while later, Misaki and Haruto went on their second date. They both felt like magicians. Misaki changed how people felt and he changed what people saw.
“I want to fall in love with you too! So, if you want, you can be my boyfriend!”
Since then, their relationship has become wonderful. They liked each other more and more. But, eventually, Misaki was unable to be as available as she once was.
“It won’t happen today. I have a fever again.”
With severe pain and a high fever, Misaki went to see a specialist in genetic diseases.
“I’ll get straight to the point. Misaki, what you have could be a syndrome called progeria.”
With the diagnosis, Misaki researched more and was terrified by the progression of the syndrome in just six months.
“In your case, you can age dozens of times faster.”
Things were going wonderfully well between Misaki and Haruto. But, with the diagnosis, all she thought about was moving away, getting old and dying.
Love Like the Falling Petals review: Werner syndrome
Don’t confuse fast forward syndrome with Werner syndrome. The first is the simple sensation of the passage of time. The second is a genetic disorder.
Symptoms involve hair discoloration or balding, wrinkles, arthritis, arthrosis, osteoporosis, hardening of the arteries, heart problems, etc.
Perhaps, as we learn more about this rare syndrome, the treatment will be able to delay normal aging. Allowing us to live longer with perfect physiological performance.
Why you should watch Love Like the Falling Petals
I won’t leave Love Like the Falling Petals ending explained or a download link here, but this Japanese film has a cliché which is the protagonist’s terminal illness.
What really interested me was the setting. Tokyo during spring is simply beautiful. So, if you like crying with a cute story in a beautiful place, this is your film!
Love Like the Falling Petals trailer
I really feel that you will like this one. So I decided to do this Sakura no Youna Boku no Koibito review. Go ahead, immerse yourself in the story, the environment and the soundtrack.
And come back later to tell me what you think in the comments. This Japanese movie is an adaptation of the novel My Lover, Like Cherry Blossoms by Uyama Keisuke.
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