This year's Japanese drama,
There are three rated 9s.
"The Skit Drama Begins" starring Soda and Murahana,
"The World's Worst Man", Wrong, "Lonely Foodie Season Nine",
And the one I'm going to talk about today —
"The Favourite"
Looking at the title, it is inevitable to think of the movie of the same name starring Ziyi and Fucheng.
In fact, this drama and that movie can't be beaten.
As the title suggests, this play is about love, and it is still love under the guise of suspense.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27" > director Ayuko Tsukahara, who has co-directed high-profile dramas such as "Unnatural Death", "Mobile Search Team 404", "For N", "Tokyo Grand Hotel" and so on. </h1>
The two screenwriters have worked together on the hit drama "I, To The End of Work".
Not to mention the starring lineup, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Matsushita Hohei, and Shin Iura all want to have good looks and acting skills.
Of course, the best thing about this show is the plot.
01
On the face, this is a suspenseful crime drama.
Sanada Ishio, a cheerful high school student.
Living with his father Tatsuo and his half-brother Xiaoyou.
Because Tatsuya is the dormitory manager, Li Yang has a good relationship with the members of the university track and field team who live in the dormitory.
To say that the best relationship with Li Yang is the athlete Miyazaki Daiki.
Miyazaki Daiki has already found a job in Tokyo, and Itachi is preparing to apply for a university in Tokyo.
Just when two people who love each other are ready to meet their future, an unexpected thing happens.
On the evening of September 21, 2006, an uninvited guest came to the dormitory, Kosuke Watanabe.
He spoke a few words to Li Yang with ill will.
What happened next, Li Yang couldn't remember anything.
When Li Yang woke up, it was already three times in the middle of the night, and the clothes on his body were changed by whom.
This awakening did not tighten, and Li Yang's life changed.
She first found a wound on her wrist, but she didn't know where it came from.
Then she saw her father come back in a dusty manner, his shoes covered with mud.
Seeing his daughter, Daxiong said, "I'm sorry, if only Daddy had come back sooner." ”
Why does Dachon say that? What did he see? What is he hiding?
Why did Li Yang forget what happened that night? What happened that night?
When Li Yang took her father's clothes and prepared to put them in the washing machine, she saw a surprising scene in the washing machine:
In the washing machine were rolling two bloody blouses, which were the same tops that Li Yang had worn before he lost his memory.
Whose blood is on their clothes? And who put the clothes in the washing machine?
Soon after, the news of Kosuke Watanabe's disappearance was well known, and Watanabe's father, Akira Watanabe, searched everywhere for the whereabouts of his son.
Apparently, the blood stains on Izuyoshi's clothes belonged to Kosuke Watanabe.
It is likely that Kosuke Watanabe has been killed.
Prior to this, Dachon died of subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Whatever the truth, Riyoshi knows that Watanabe's disappearance is related to him, and watanabe's killer should be his family.
In order to keep this secret, Iris leaves home and goes to Tokyo to defect to his mother, breaking off contact with Miyazaki.
Fifteen years later, when Li Yang became the president of a well-known company, the occurrence of two cases once again broke her quiet life.
First, the bones of Kosuke Watanabe were found.
At the scene of the discovery of the bones, a royal guard was photographed as evidence.
Even after 15 years, Miyazaki, who is now a policeman, still saw at a glance that this was the Imperial Guard that Iriya had sent him back to.
How could Izuyoshi's belongings be on Watanabe?
Later, the body of Kosuke Watanabe's father was found in Tokyo.
Coincidentally, he went to Li Yang's company and tried to talk to Li Yang.
Why did he look for Li Yang? What did he find about his son's death?
What happened to the $5 million bills in the hotel where he was staying?
More coincidentally, on the night Akira Watanabe was killed, Ryo appeared near the scene of the crime.
Is this a coincidence or a conspiracy?
Who killed Kosuke Watanabe? Who killed Akira Watanabe?
02
On the inside, this is still a drama about love.
Like many Japanese novels, many of the protagonists commit crimes in the name of love and protection.
The Favourite is no exception.
In the second episode, the writers let the audience see the murderer of Kosuke Watanabe.
He was none other than Li Yang's half-brother Xiao You.
Xiao Youda had a disease when he was young, and he always lost his memory when he was emotionally excited.
On September 21, 2006, Xiao Yu saw Watanabe preparing to rape her after stuning her sister.
He used his cell phone to record the video while stopping Watanabe.
When Watanabe comes over to grab his phone, Kosuke kills someone.
In order to protect Xiao You, Daxiong, who returned home late, chose to take away Xiao You's mobile phone, hide the bloody shirt of Li Yang, and then dispose of the body.
Therefore, Daxiong will apologize to his daughter and say sorry, and will say that he will definitely protect his daughter and Xiaoyou.
In order not to affect her daughter's college entrance examination the next day, Daxiong did not tell her daughter the truth of the matter.
Like his father, Li Yang also chose to protect his family after learning the truth.
She burned the bloodied blouse she found in the attic and deleted the video of the crime on Xiao You's mobile phone.
Alone guarding the secret, just like guarding that home.
"The Favorite" is about family affection, but also about love.
Li Yang's dream is to develop new drugs and cure Xiaoyou's disease.
Miyazaki's dream is to become a policeman and protect Iriyo from harm.
Miyazaki didn't know that his choice would only make him and Iriya more and more strange.
After all, the last thing Li Yang wants to see is the police.
After the case, Miyazaki, who investigated watanabe's case, reunited with Itachi, who was already president.
Once upon a time, they were green plum bamboo horses who admired each other.
Today, one of them is a police officer and the other is a suspect.
On the surface, Iriyoshi said that he did not know Miyazaki before and was not impressed with Miyosho.
In fact, some loves have not changed even after 15 years.
Seeing the news of Li Yang's research and development of new drugs to realize his dream, the corners of Miyazaki's mouth will involuntarily rise.
Seeing that Li Yang has been followed by a car, Miyazaki will subconsciously pull Li Yang into his arms.
What about Pear Yang? There is also no longer the coldness of the day.
She said like a spoiled little girl that she wanted to eat sweets, and then asked Miyazaki if it was a crime while helping Miyazaki wipe the desserts on his clothes.
Falling in love again seems like a predestined thing for them.
But the two crimes lie between them like mountains.
For Miyazaki, he originally wanted to use the identity of the police as a shield to protect Li Yang, but he did not expect that the identity of the police became a spear that stabbed at Li Yang.
For Li Yang, things have happened, the choice has been made, and she can't turn back.
Can Iris still trust Miyazaki as much as he used to?
Will Miyazaki use her identity as a policeman to help her guard the secret because she loves Li Yang?
Whether it is affection or love, in the final analysis, it is a kind of love.
The title of the play, "Favorite", refers to the emotional bondage between people.
This bond may be due to natural blood.
For example, Daxiong's protection of his children.
An apologetic expression, a waving back, a firm support, implying full of fatherly love.
When Tatsuo says to Miyazaki, "I'll leave it to you", and tatsuo says to Izuya, "I will definitely protect you and Xiaoyou", who in the audience can be unmoved?
This bond is not necessarily related to blood.
For example, Li Yang and Xiao You, they are not brothers and sisters, but they are better than brothers and sisters.
Xiaoyou will support her sister's dream, and no matter how reluctant she is, she will let her sister go to Tokyo to chase her dream.
Xiao You will also be keenly aware on the phone that her sister is not happy in Tokyo.
Li Yang regards the development of new drugs to cure Xiaoyou as his lifelong dream.
Even if Xiao You has been missing for many years, Li Yang's dream has not changed.
For example, Iris and Miyazaki, Iris and Kase.
15 years ago, when Li Yang did not quit and said goodbye, he still ran all the way to watch Miyazaki's game.
A wave of the hand is Li Yang's farewell to Miyazaki in his heart, and it is also a farewell to his past time.
After 15 years, no matter how they disguise, they still can't hide their intentions.
As a friend, Miyazaki will guard Ishio, but as a policeman?
Unlike Miyazaki's two-way rush, Kase is a one-way silent guardian of Iris.
"In this family, I will protect you", is not Kase's oath to Iris?
So far, although the series has only been updated for two episodes, it has contributed many touching moments.
Can capture this kind of empathetic moment, can shoot this deeply rooted bondage,
Maybe that's why this show can score 9 points.