The first time I read the title Dance! Subaru, the last word stuck in my mind. I thought the movie was about Subaru and cars. I got it wrong big time! The movie is about dance and features Meisa Kuroki as the beautiful ballerina Subaru.
Since she was a little girl, Subaru dreamt of becoming a ballet dancer. She shares this dream with her twin brother Kazuma. But due to a hereditary disease, Kazuma died and since then she turned to dancing to find happiness.
One of those who recognized her talent was cabaret owner Isuzu Hibino (Kaori Momoi). A former ballerina herself, she taught Subaru as well as allowed her to dance in the nightclub. Her Bolero performance left the drunken audience awe-struck. Speaking of Bolero, DBSK’s Bolero was used in Dance! Subaru. The group also had a cameo in the movie. BoA’s Eat U Up was also featured in the movie.
Dance! Subaru showed how competitive professional ballet can be. It’s a world full of betrayals that you don’t know who your real friends are. Subaru entered an international dance competition and found out that Liz Park (Go Ara) was also in it. Liz befriended Subaru to keep her enemies close. Mana (Miku Sano) is a childhood friend who’s jealous of Subaru’s talents.
Well to be honest, I watched Dance! Subaru because someone said Go Ara was in it. I became her fan after seeing her in the Korean drama series Heading to the Ground. She did well as the rival ballerina. I didn’t know that she spoke Japanese and she handled it well.
In a way, Dance! Subaru reminded me of Julia Stile’s Save the Last Dance. There was a scene where she turned to the streets to work on her group dancing skills. But this movie is not just for dance fans. It’s not another Step Up or any other movie in the genre. It’s full of drama and did a good job of touching its viewers.
*singing* kikaseeettteeeeeee itoshiku hakanaku……kanaderu bolerrrrrrrrr
=D i watched because it has dbsk in it! biased much!
I watched it because DBSK too!!!
and I watched (half of) Heading to the Ground because Yunho was in it!
I only found out while watch Dance Subaru that Ara was in it.
Heading to the Ground ended!! its all over!
anyhow… now I need to do a film review on Dance Subaru!