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ついに
レジデンス1年7ヶ月と4日目
先日友人から届いた「かわちさん、白夜行You tubeで見れるよ」との魔のメール。
そんなこと知ったら、見てしまうじゃないの、おそらく昼も夜もなく・・。
昼は平常心を保って仕事し、夜になってパソコンの前に座り、おそるおそる検索してみるとありました。白夜行。 何ですって?
「俺たちの上に太陽などなかった。
いつも夜、でも暗くはなかった」!!??
「昼だと思って生きることができた
明るくはないけれど
歩いていくには充分だった」!!??
おおお〜!!!視聴者を惹き付けるのにも充分すぎます!!はじまりからすごいわ。
衝撃的なんだけど、切れ味鋭いというよりは、いつまでもいやな跡が残ってしまうような、ボディのあるしつこい衝撃。たまりません。とくに第1話は秀逸だわ。
幸いYou tubeには第4話までしかアップされていなかったので、夜明かしして見ることはありませんでした。
でもこういう、自分まで一緒にどんどんタブーに触れていってしまうような、リアルな引き込まれ方(リアリティのある話だと言っているのではありません)の脇には、武田鉄矢とか八千草薫とかの存在感はかなり重要におもいます。野島伸司ものとは違う感じ。いやー面白いねー。
ともかく、お盆の帰省気分をどっぷり味わった夜でした。日本に帰ったら全部観てみます。
今日の一句 番茶いれ 椅子に体育座りしてみる 白夜行
At Last
The other day, I received an email from my friend – ‘Kawachi-san, you can watch Byakuyako on You-tube’ – an invitation from a devil.
Once I know that for sure, I’ll end up watching it day and night....
I pretended that I do not know such a thing during the day. After sunset, I sat in front of my PC and searched... here it is Byakuyako. Oh my God.
‘There was no sun above us.
Always night, but it was not dark’ – !!??
‘We could live believing it is a day.
It was not bright,
But light enough to make our way’ – !!??
Oooooooh !! This is more than enough to attract the audience!! This is amazing from the very beginning.
It is sensational, but not quite sharp or shocking. It is more like... it leaves a sense of agony, palpable and sustained. It is superb. The first episode is particularly good.
Fortunately, there were only first four episodes on You-tube. I didn’t have to stay up till dawn.
The way this drama draws the audience to its world – the sense that I too am violating taboos – is real (although I am not saying the story is realistic). I think the presence of Tetsuya Takeda and Kaoru Yachigusa has a lot to do with the reality of this drama. This is something that Shinji Nojima cannot do. Umm... very interesting.
I felt as though I went home for bon-holidays. I’ll watch them all when I get back to Japan.
Today’s Haiku
With a cup of Bancha
I watch Byakuyako
Holding my knees