Suwîto rein: Shinigami no seido

I watch the movie last weekend using the HSBC points (finally)! Yes yes the english title being Sweet Rain : Accuracy of Death. With some places know only as Accuracy of Death. Well the director, Masaya Kakei, added the word Sweet Rain to the front of the japanese title so also to totally differenshade from the recent hit movies Death Note which also featured Shinigami or japanese for death god (死神) . It is based on a novel of the same name by Ken Mitsuishi. It stars
Takeshi Kaneshiro in the leading role as Mr Chiba a Grim Reaper. Well the movie was not too bad. But they really milk Takeshi good looks dry in the movie. With 4 different looks in the movie (maybe made to appeal to the different likes of the ladies), all the love of music, the puppy look of his face sure to pull in the cash. This being his first japanese movie after a long while. To me his yakuza look was the best. If only I could get 1/2 of his looks ... I will not be single till now.

The movie is being divided into 3 different short stories but having a link between all of them. It was a little slow in the middle but overall still ok. Not forgeting the silky smooth beautiful black pet dog that he speaks to telepathically in the movie. It will filmed quite well I felt esp with all the raining scenes. I felt that the last part was shot the most beautifully esp the last scene on the cliff. Which brings us to his next movie Red Cliff.

You can get to see more of him in Red Cliff that the hitting the screens in July. And the 2nd part of the movie after the Beijing Games.