Product Description

Honey and Clover is a romantic comedy about a group of art school students who try to scrape by barely earning enough money buy food and pay their rent. But as soon as an innocent and talented 19-year-old girl enters their lives things get a lot more complicated as love triangles result.System Requirements:Running Time: 116 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ANIME UPC: 896911001089 Manufacturer No: YHCM01

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #54552 in DVD
• Brand: SIMON & SCHUSTER C/O VIZ MEDIA LLC
• Released on: 2008-05-13
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Surround Sound
• Original language: Japanese
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.25 pounds
• Running time: 116 minutes

Customer Reviews

Japanese Movie Adaptation
I'm a big fan of Japanese actor, Sho Sakurai -- who plays the main character, Takemoto -- as well as being a fan of the manga, Honey & Clover. This adaptation, while not 100% accurately portraying the manga, does a fair job.

It is revolves around 5 art-school college students. Takemoto falls in love with Hagu at first sight -- the niece of his art professor. Hagu is a prodigy artist who specializes in abstract paintings. The other art-prodigy is Morita (who has been in the art school for 8 years and has yet to graduate), a wood-sculpture major, and he and Hagu seem to have a special bond over their talent and passion for art - thereby setting up a love triangle. The other 2 characters are Morita and Yamada, both victims of unrequited love. Morita loves his boss, Rika, and Yamada loves Morita. It is an eternal stalemate where neither wants to give up loving their respective interests. The story sets up as Morita returning for a prolonged absence, whereupon he's going to have an art show he's not to thrilled about. In the end, he ends up getting some bad reviews as well as good ones, and an artwork of his his bought. Hagu is encouraged to enter an art competition, but in order to win, she must not enter her abstract works, and instead do a real-life painting.

Themes in this movie that run strong are the nostalgic memories of friendship and youth, as well as the pain and joy of first love. The movie as an artistic, nostalgic feel about it, which I believe was the director's goal. There are a lot of silent moments, accompanied by piano-playing music in the background, and slight bits of humor. The orginal manga is truly heart-warming and interesting. For me, although there are many fans of this movie, I believe it falls short, in some ways. It's still a good movie, but not exactly lively. However, I believe artist fans, and fans of the manga might enjoy it!

eh. not the best but...
i watched the entire series online and wasn't that crazy about it. Huge fan of Ikuta Toma but his character was dull in this drama. Also it wasn't exciting at all for me. Anyways i don't think its worth buying but you can always watch it on mysoju.com along with many more asian dramas

A delightfully emotional story about the bonds of friendship
Honey and Clover is a live-action Japanese romantic comedy movie with English subtitles. A group of struggling art students eke out a hand-to-mouth life, barely making enough to eat and pay the rent; when an innocent nineteen-year-old girl with exceptional talent joins them, a complex love triangle ensues! A delightfully emotional story about the bonds of friendship, fickle whims of love, and the determination to achieve one's dream, Honey and Clover is a joy to watch and welcome addition to foreign film shelves. 116 minutes, color.