This was considered a romance movie? The scenery of the movie, the old buildings, cherry trees, the historical part of the movie was all very well done. As for romance, if sex can be called romance, then okay, this movie had romance, but come on now, where was the romance in this movie? Really, seriously? Genre is most definitely drama and historical, but most certainly not a romance. Absolutely and thoroughly disgusted with the plot, I love Yuko chan, she is one of the sweetest and greatest actresses out there, Satoshi is another really great actor, so seeing them together, you'd think great, an awesome romance, not sure what to call this movie, but a real major letdown for sure.....I wouldn't even give this movie a 1% rating... If you want to watch a real romance, Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku is a real sweet and true romance drama...