Aquarian Age: Juvenile Orion Live Action

Rating:	★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Mystery & Suspense

Theatrical Release Date: Japan, 2008
Director: Hidetaka Takara
DVD released: April 19th, 2011
Approximate running time: 83 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
Rating: NR
Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo English
Subtitles: English

AMUSE Casts: ♥♥♥Sakurada Dori ♥♥♥ as Kusakabe Kaname （日下部要）, Uehara Takuya as Shiba Isshin （司馬一心）
Other Casts: Tochihara Rakuto as Itsuki Naoya （斎木直哉） , Horiuchi Masami, Kimura Keita as Amou Tsukasa （天羽つかさ） , Nagasawa Nao, Fujii Toshikiyo as Nakaura Tomonori （中浦智律） , Ayano Gou


But first let me get a few things straight:

1. I don't read the manga, nor watch the anime (was there any?)
2. I watched this movie only for one reason: Sakurada Dori.
3. I give this movie 2 stars, not because of the plot or the movie itself. One star is for Dori, and the other is for... Takkun for being there and not having a really useful part until the end of the movie the theme song "Mirror Ball" if I'm not mistaken, by Alice Nine.
4. And I so hate the make-up staff who failed miserably in concealing Dori's pimples.


So what exactly this story was all I could sum up after watching it.
The acting... wasn't that horrible, and aside from Dori's cuteness and Nagasawa Nao's beauty, the movie was nothing but a major dissappointment. Hidataka Takara, that was your fault. What's with the cliffhanger anyway if you're not going to do the sequel?

The synopsis from Asianwiki:
Several high school students unwillingly become entangled in a long standing war between three entities, who have been secretly battling for thousands of years.
The story revolves around the war between secret organizations who have been fighting each other since the beginning of human society.

One quiet night, in a town, an injured boy falls down in front of Kusakabe Kaname and Shiba Isshin. He runs away from them and takes to LiveHouse Aero. Alice Nine's performance warms up the floor feverishly. He calls help to someone by mobilephone but his grievous voice was drowned. Among the crowd, a mysterious blond-haired man grins wickedly as he advances the boy. Some time after, in the empty floor, all that was left was a big bloody scratch on the wall and a couple of ebony wings on the floor.

The next morning, Kaname wakes up with a severe pain in his back. He suffers from the pain for days on end. On his way to school, Itsuki Naoya, who recently enjoys teasing him at times, warns him, "I have a feeling that you would be dragged into serious trouble." As he predicts, someone attacks him while walking alone and his own fate leads him to another day...

Despite the movie, I really enjoyed the scene when Dori and Rakuto were running towards the giant windmill. The scenery was beautiful, and both boys DID look cute together (^3^) - CHU!!! ♥♥♥♥♥

Look how cute they were together! ♥♥♥ 

Some other random things I've noted about the casts is that comes down to Tokusatsu facts. Later on Dori was casted as Nogami Kotarou (Kamen Rider New Den-O) in Kamen Rider Den-O series, and Rakuto was (almost) becoming a Kamen Rider Hibiki in his role as Asumu, Hibiki's apprentice in Kamen Rider Hibiki series ^^


Aquarian Age Live Action can be downloaded HERE.