P & JK poster
Film
Genre: Romance, Family
Released Date: 2017
Cast:
- Kazuya Kamenashi as Kota Sagano
- Tao Tsuchiya as Kako Motoya
- Mahiro Takasugi as Heisuke Okami
- Tina Tamashiro as Mikado Yaguchi
- Daigo Nishihata as Jiro Nagakura
- Aya Omasa as Fumi Komori
Policeman & Me (P & JK) Japanese Movie Review
This is a cute but rather sedate on the romantic overtures between leads. I say this because for a married couple they only had a quick kiss right at the very end of the film, just before the credits rolled in.
I supposed this is because of the nature of the story. Kako is barely legal at 16 and just in first year in high school, while Kota Sagano is 26 years old policeman.
They first met when Kako and her best friend, Mikado, attended a group blind date to fill in for a couple of college students.
Kako and Mikado had to pretend that they were 22 years old.
Anyway Kako and Kota hit it off immediately after Kota drank the alcohol being offered the underage friends.
When it was time to go home, Kako and Kota decided to run for the last tram but just missed it.
Kota then offered Kako to escort her home via a cab. They were chatting away when Kako inadvertently admitted that she was in fact only 16 years old.
Kota was annoyed and scolded Kako for her childish prank. Kako was mortified with embarrassment that she run off. Unfortunately, the street she went into was crowded with a gang of youths.
She was of course accosted; one of the youths was her rather a delinquent classmate, Okami.
Before she could be hurt, Kota turned up and fought off the gang single-handedly until the police back up arrived.
Okami was just about to strike Kota with a skateboard when Kako stood up and got hurt instead.
She ended up in the hospital.
They had a heart to heart at the hospital and out of the blue Kota asked Kako to marry him if she wanted to continue seeing him.
Kako was surprised at the proposal. Kota told her that since she was only 16, there will be all sorts of gossips about him and especially about her. To prevent this they had to get married and he will protect her forever.
Her parents were rather chill about this so they were married immediately but he promised his new father-in-law that he will not make Kako pregnant while still in high school.
Their married life is not a passionate one. It is more like friends. He doesn’t share any of his important memories with her and his work and she is busy with school work. They hardly see one another.
But Kota does make an effort to meet up with her when he can.
There was an incident where Kako was about to be stabbed by a gang member but Kota covered her with his body and almost died in the process.
Kako realised then that she’s just too immature to deal with the kind of job Kota does. She, therefore, went back to her parents and resumed being just an ordinary high school student.
But this is a love story, so in the end, when local police, Kota included, gave a talk to the students at Kako’s school, Kota explained that he no longer think of dying for those he loves but rather living with those he loves. Awwww
They reconciled and promised to live together for a whole lifetime.
Kawaii! 🙂
Though lacking in cute overtly affectionate romance, there is a good chemistry between the leads. They make a good couple. And there is a heart to this story.
And the cinematography is fantastic. Worth watching this film even for just the surrounding environs of the scenery.