Le Mistral
Aug. 11th, 2010 01:51 pm
Moon Troupe, 1994, Drama City
Stars: Amami Yuuki & Asano Kayo
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What I Thought:
I saw the Amami Yuuki version. Sorry, this will be short because I watched it months and months ago.
Well. It's very Takarazuka in that it's this horrible, terrible tale of betrayal and death and assassins, but it's also rather a comedy. And the two spirits of the mirror are rather strange, interspersed narrators with random song and dance numbers which don't fit the rest of the mood of the piece. I liked the comedy bits quite a lot, but the overall effect was rather disjointed.
Mmm, to be harshly honest I'd say it's a bit too maudlin and not a very coherent piece, without very good music or sets or costumes.
BUT then you have to factor in the cast, which I adore, and the fact that I love Yuri and Kayo together, and that Shiokaze Kou and Wakao Risa were just AWESOME villains, and Ritsu Tomomi was amazing gruff craziness. Aoi Miya was hilarious as the foolish detective in the Sherlock Holmes cape. Aihara Serika was beautifully evil. Koshino Ryuu gave a lovely, adorable ken-2 death scene. And then there was spot-the-Saeko, spot-the-Yuuhi, and spot-the-Mizu♥
The sequence near the beginning where they introduce all of the cast outside of the hotel I LOVE and could watch again and again and again.
So all in all I have to say that I enjoyed it and I love philosophical assassin Yuri very, very, very much♥♥