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This short, four-episode Japanese television series set in Hong Kong is a fascinating, sometimes, dizzying series of comical and dramatic inter-mixed scenes from various perspectives primarily of two principle characters. The brilliance in the editing is discovered by how the scenes are depicted through a lot flashbacks and the creative use of different camera shots from different angles so that the audience gets to experience different ways of interpreting the same scenes or variations of the same scenes with sometimes slightly different dialogue. It takes a lot of fluid mental thought to bring together what's going on in a roughly similar fashion as the crime thriller Memento (2000) or the Japanese classic Rashomon (1950). The ending, unfortunately, seems rather rushed and thrown together a bit while also seemingly dismissing two of the four principle characters in the series.

Koi Suru Hong Kong is a short drama with a unique cinematography. The camera work was interesting and I enjoyed the way the story was presented, by every character's point of view. The story was kind of entertaining as well. However, the romance was like an odd piece of puzzle, just there to spice up the story, but it actually didn't, as the ending was left wide open. Moreover, when it came to the performances, everyone was really good and it helped the drama and the progression of the story. So, overall, six out of ten.