Hello, everyone! Nice to see you again!😊 as you've seen in the title, today I want to share a concise review of Our Secret Diary.
(Official Poster)
(Another poster)
Title: Our Secret Diary/Exchange Lies Diary
Native Title: 交換ウソ日記
Writer: Sakura Iiyo (novel), Nami Yoshikawa
Director: Kentaro Takemura
Genres: Romance, Youth
Producer: Satoko Ishida, Tetsuta Tone
Cinematographer: Yoko Itakura
Release Date: July 7th, 2023
Duration: 1hr. 50 minutes
Casts: Hiyori Sakurada, Fumiya Takahashi, Mizuki Kayashima, Ryosuke Sota, Nagisa Saito, Mizuki Itagaki, etc.
Nozomi Kuroda (Hiyori Sakurada) finds a love confession letter in her desk. The letter is from Jun Setoyama (Fumiya Takahashi), a popular guy from her school. The two begin exchange a secret diary, but Setoyama thinks that he exchanges diary with Nozomi's bestfriend, Erino Matsumoto (Mizuki Kayashima). Nozomi knows that what she's done is wrong, but she can't back down, not when she slowly begins to like him. How does Nozomi's love story that started with a lie end?
(Hiyori Sakurada as Nozomi Kuroda)
(Fumiya Takahashi as Jun Setoyama)
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I think there are two words that perfectly describe this movie: feel-good, and sweet! This movie is filled with many relatable problems in life, especially in teenage life (since the characters are high school students), like their dreams, passion, confusion in making decisions, how to be able to speak up, and others. Actually, even adults can relate to those problems. Nozomi is having difficulty in speaking out her opinions, Jun who is torn between his family and his own passion.
The second word, sweet. The love story is so sweet, but the friendship in this movie is too! Nozomi is pretending to be Erino, but her caring, sweet, and kind personality cannot be hidden from her words on those diary pages. It reflects her personality: her favourite musician, how she thinks, and how she reacts. Nozomi's friendship with Erino and Yuko Hayashi (Nagisa Saito) is so real you'd wish you had this kind of friendship in your life. They don't always get along, but they will always find a way to make up.
(Ryosuka Sota as Haruto Yoneda and Nagisa Saito as Yuko Hayashi respectively)
(Nozomi and her bestfriend Erino Matsumoto)
(Mizuki Kayashima as Erino Matsumoto)
And the romance between Nozomi and Jun is so adorable. I can't say much, because it will lead into a spoiler, but there's a little twist that makes your heart filled with happiness (especially when the twist is told, I was like argh, finally😆), and the relationship itself is so heartwarming and wholesome. Although Nozomi's ex-boyfriend, Hiroto Yano (Mizuki Itagaki) also makes appearances, I'm glad that there's no annoying love triangle thing.
(They're so cute together!⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡)
(Nozomi's ex-boyfriend, Hiroto Yano, played by Mizuki Itagaki)
I also like watching each character grows into a better person and each of them gets the happiness they deserve. I also really like the casts! I can't explain, but I feel like they're perfect for their characters. They're so charming, especially Fumiya Takahashi and Hiyori Sakurada. I really love their chemistry💗💗
Moreover, I want to keep watching to know how will things between Nozomi and Jun end, how will Nozomi confess about her lies. And the pacing in this movie is just right. The amount of the sweetness of the relationship is also not on annoying level kind of sweetness; it's a type of sweetness that fills your heart with happiness after watching this movie. I highly recommend this movie if you're looking for a light, sweet, feel-good movie. I give this one 4,2/5⭐️ how about you? Have you watched this movie? Please tell me your opinion on the comment down below. See you next time!💗
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