The movie entitled Drugstore Girl is directed by the famous film maker Katsuhide Motoki was released in February 2003, This was about a young pharmacy student, portrayed by Rena Tanaka, as Keiko Obayashi who found her boyfriend cheating on her. Depressed and devastated, she left without exactly knowing her destination. Ms Obayashi in turn applied for a job in a convenience store. Meanwhile, three middle aged men at a nearby convenient store too got intimidated with the stiff completion between the two stores. As a result, the three men decided to disrupt the operation of the other store where Obayashi works. They had planned to put a barricade until people will be concerned about it and will eventually close down.
From the start, it seems like it is a competition between a small business versus a big one However, it is not. It became a story of hatred turning into love as the guys in the story had developed a crush on the pretty lass as the days passed by. They came to a point to follow her to know her much better and eventually asked for a date. They had found out that the young girl’s interest was playing lacrosse, (Ping-Pong} with her club. Eventually, the lady volunteered to coach them. Reason? She wants to form a team to take on revenge with her ex- beau. At the end of the movie, the men in the story lost to the other team As far as the viewers’ comments were concerned. The movie is highly recommended for all. However there are lapses in the storyline of the movie as a result of quirkiness at the expense of actual logic in order to establish easy grasping of the plot.
Among the questions that were left unanswered. First, Where does the lady character exactly lived after her breakup with her unfaithful boyfriend?. Second, where are the parents of the lead star? Why are they letting her to wander in the streets? Moreover, as the viewer had critically analyzed the comedy film .the game sequence in the movie was found to be not so interesting. Nevertheless, in totality the movie was said to be self – amusing. That means to say that though it is highly recommended for all viewers, it might not be able to deliver the kind of entertainment as expected by some moviegoers.
