Stumbled across this on YouTube with English subtitles. Saw it had a decent IMDb rating so thought I would give it a whirl. Wow...so glad I did. Great story line even though high school boy meets high school boy sounds so cliché. Perhaps it was the cultural nuances that kept me from recognizing a formula but there were enough twists and variants to keep me watching/reading. The last 20 minutes was quite the surprise but...quasi-spoiler alert...the tears were worth it. Caused me to have some internal reflections (the day after Christmas, no less) that brought a fresh round of tears. I think it's great when a movie can stir up those kind of emotions.
This one will stay with me for a while; I love it when movies do that, too.