From Me to You (2010)

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• Movie: From Me to You
• Romaji: Kimi ni Todoke
• Japanese: 君に届け

• Director: Naoto Kumazawa
• Assistant Director: Kojiro Hashimoto
• Writer: Karuho Shiina (manga), Rika Nezu, Naoto Kumazawa, Yukiko Manabe
• Producer: Takahiro Sato
• Cinematographer: Masayuki Fujii
• Release Date: September 25, 2010
• Runtime: 128min.
• Genre: Romance / Teen / Based on a Comic
• Production Company: NTV, Toho
• Distributor: Toho
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Well-meaning, but socially awkward, Sawako Kuronuma (Mikako Tabe) is nicknamed “Sadako” by her classmates because of her similar hair cut with the main character from the horror movie “Ringu”. Her life then takes a turn when Shota Kazehaya (Haruma Miura), the most popular boy in school, falls for her …

Sawako Kuronuma has a gloomy appearance and, because of this, is nicknamed “Sadako” by her peers. On the other hand, her personality is bright and caring. Her favorite motto is “do one good thing once a day,” but she cares too much about others and cannot express her thoughts. This has made her somewhat of an outcast at school.

Shota Kazehaya (Haruma Miura) is classmates with Sawako. Unlike Sawako, he is outgoing and popular with all the students. He is even polite with Sawako, which makes Sawako respect him and even admire him.

Meanwhile, Kazehaya has special feelings towards Sawako. He notices the look of respect that Sawako gives to him and suppresses his own feelings for her. With help from Kazehaya, Sawako gets better at interacting with her classmates and even makes friends with Chizuru Yoshida (Misako Renbutsu) & Ayane Yano (Natsuna Watanabe ).

This is a happy moment for Sawako as she has friends now that she can talk freely with. But, a strange rumor of her relationship with Chizuru dampens her joy. With the advice of Kazehaya, Sawako is able to maintain her friendships and, in fact, their friendship becomes stronger. Now being able to express her feelings to her friends, Sawako realizes she has special feelings for Kazehaya. During this time, a cute girl named Ume Kurumizawa (Mirei Kiritani), who has been friends with Kazehaya since middle school, appears in front of Sawako and confesses her feelings for Kazahaya and asks for her help …