[ドラマ] 瑠璃の島

There will be no more updates for this post since the drama has aired its finale. The writer spend all 10 episodes to express a really simple theme - go on living , no matter what. The last episode is a bit of a tear jerker and corny at times. A remote island where you know every resident somehow appeals to me. All in all a pretty bad drama with good innocent moments. A side note about the protagonist, Ruri's actor is a beautiful little girl who will probably be a star one day, hopefully not as a teenage pop singer.

Strong start, bad drag. It would have been better off made as a movie. A waste of an otherwise great plot idea. Good scenes are rare and far apart.

On the other hand, check out the official wallpapers of the island for the show. What a beauty!



Title: Ruri no Shima (ntv) (English translation: Ruri's Island) Story of two outcasts, an 11 year-old and a fugitive, starting a new life on an Okinawan island (population 49) far away from "civilization". A somewhat watchable tear-jerker of Japanese TV drama.

wallpapers: ntv.co.jp