Nagasawa Masami, Yamada Takayuki, Tsukamoto Takashi.

The latest entry into the pure love genre, Say Hello For Me (a.k.a. Sono Toki wa Kare ni Yoroshiku) easily wins over audiences with the photogenic casting of popular stars Nagasawa Masami, Yamada Takayuki, and Tsukamoto Takashi. Say Hello For Me is a quintessential pure love film, with a moving storyline and subtle performances from the leads and supporting cast. Director Hirakawa wisely builds the film around its greatest assets - Nagasawa's natural acting and beautiful smile and Yamada's awkward, yet endearing film personae - creating a touching romance that should please fans of the genre.

Years ago, three kids met, played and made promises to each other about their dreams. As time passes, Satoshi Toyama (Takayuki Yamada) runs a marine plants store called Trash, fulfilling the promise he once made to his two childhood friends. One day, a beautiful young model Suzune Morikawa (Masami Nagasawa) shows up at Trash asking for a job to be a store clerk. It takes some time before Satoshi realizes that Suzune is actually his childhood friend and first crush Karin. Satoshi and Karin soon receive a sobering news about their friend Yuji Igarashi (Takashi Tsukamoto), they go to see Yuji who is comatose from having survived a traffic accident,. At the same time, Satoshi hears about an astonishing secret from his father....