I've been pretty disappointed in Kimura's stuff since "Good Luck!!. (I thought he started phoning it in with that one, and he hasn't stopped since.)
But he's stared in way too many of my favorite series to ever dis him.
Long Vacation.
Love Generation
Hero
Beautiful Life
Chuushingura 1 of 47
One Million Stars fell from the sky
Nemureru Mori
Oda Nobunaga
Asunaro Harusho
The guy has done too much quality work to be dismissed as a pop star turned TV star.
He doesn't over act. He doesn't turn in a comic book performance like so many other Japanese actors who mugg for the camera trying to amuse the little children out in the audience. He actually tries to turn in a subtle, thoughtful performance. And I really appreciate that.
Nope, I didn't like "Good Luck!!" or "Pride". And I haven't seen "Engine" yet. But hey, Mickey Mantle didn't bat a thousand.
By the way. He's gonna star in the final movie of the Samurai trilogy that started off with "Twilight Samurai" and "Hidden Blade". My bet is, that'll get him out of his sleep walking phase.
THANK YOU!
I hate it when people judge him when they have only seen a few, if that, of his dramas. I've never associated him with "pretty boys". That would be putting him in a category with MatsuJun and the like and that's a discredit. Just because his recent works have lost edge, one musten't ignore his previous master pieces.
Ahhhh so you've decided to watch it? Grand... tho not his best... :sweat:
Maybe it's better to start there. If A.D. started with Long Vacation or Beautiful Life just about anything else would be a step down. (Although I did like Engine) [/list:u]
Yeah, but I have to finish Seikei Bijin first :) If I like Engine, i'll try one of his others later. I actually wanted to watch Engine for 2 other reasons also - Ueno Juri and Koyuki :)
Anime Dad wrote:Yeah, but I have to finish Seikei Bijin first :) If I like Engine, i'll try one of his others later. I actually wanted to watch Engine for 2 other reasons also - Ueno Juri and Koyuki :)
When you do keep an eye for Toda Erika - she was quite good in Engine too. Koyuki's character came out more as naive and bumbling - not her best role.
I guess I'm one of the few who actually loved Pride. :shamefulcry:
My mom just got into the Kimutaku craze. I made her watch Beautiful Life and now she loves him. It's her first J-drama, since she's only been watching K-dramas before.
MissMonika wrote:I guess I'm one of the few who actually loved Pride. :shamefulcry:
My mom just got into the Kimutaku craze. I made her watch Beautiful Life and now she loves him. It's her first J-drama, since she's only been watching K-dramas before.
No you're not - I liked it too. However we disagree on Beautiful Life - I found the story plain and the characters unattractive.
MissMonika wrote:I guess I'm one of the few who actually loved Pride. :shamefulcry:
My mom just got into the Kimutaku craze. I made her watch Beautiful Life and now she loves him. It's her first J-drama, since she's only been watching K-dramas before.
Are you kidding I think Pride is an all time great. Such amazing chemistry between Kimutaku and Yoku chan. And the acting was superb. I don't know any other Japanese or American actors who can portray so much unspoken and such depth of emotion with just a shift of the eyes. And then another fanciful romantic comedy so perfect with Takako Matsu in Love Gen.
Although their facial expressions are very different, he has the same elusive charisma that made Cary Grant so enjoyable. No wonder he is the idol of Japan and rapidly becoming the same for most jdorama enthusiasts
:bow: .
Anime Dad wrote:Hmmm. I must be the other person who hasn't seen a KimuTaku drama yet :P But I do have Engine ready to go.
That is not a good vehicle to start with Kimutaku. IMO that was just an aberration in plot selection. Kimutaku shines when is costarring with a beautiful and talented actress. That is why I think you should start with Pride or Love Generation.... It does not matter if you then take a step down to the Engine level. Either by then you will have been hooked by this fine actor and will want to see him in everything or if you have lost the romantic gene you'll be done with him anyway.
:sweat:
these are some of the dramas ive currently watched
HYD 2(inoue mao, matsumoto jun, oguri shun, and much more)
satorare(odagiri joe)
liar game(toda erika, and that guy from HYD)
jikou keisatsu(odagiri joe)
nodame cantabile
serafuku to kikanjuu
....
some more too :woot:
I've never been taken by the pretty boy image that so many dorama fans seem to love. For me they all blend into one cute mop of hair.
That's why I find Takuya Kimura so amazing...he is dazzlingly gorgeous, but his acting is so fine, so perfectly cadenced and subtly nuanced, that I forget about everything but the way he inhabits every inch of every role he plays.
I first saw him in Pride, and the chemistry was definitely there between Halu and Aki. But as I've seen more of him, I realize that he is one of those rare actors, and yes, Cary Grant is another, who makes his own chemistry with himself, and that spills over onto almost all his leading ladies, as they called them in my day.
I think Engine is an example of that. His relationship with each of the children becomes special and meaningful. His eyes tell so many stories. His smile lights up the world. The kids fall for it, and so do I.
I am looking forward to seeing everything he's ever done. I've seen Love Generation, Long Vacation, and Beautiful Life. Next will be Good Luck, and then I hope to see Hero, and anything I can get my hands on. Recommendations are welcome.
MissMonika wrote:I guess I'm one of the few who actually loved Pride. :shamefulcry:
My mom just got into the Kimutaku craze. I made her watch Beautiful Life and now she loves him. It's her first J-drama, since she's only been watching K-dramas before.
Dude, where have you been?! I think there are more people who LOVE Pride than those who don't. I know I'm a huge Pride fan. My favourite KimuTaku drama. And I know Tu-san loved it as well.
Anime Dad wrote:
I've only seen Koyuki in Kimi Wa Petto, I was hoping for something different from her :(
She was grand in Kimi wa Petto. The role fit her perfectly. She's completely different in Engine, tho, so if that's what you're looking for that I'm sure you'll be satisfied.
I hope KimuTaku doesn't turn you off in this to the point where you won't watch anything by him again. I mean, I don't usually judge until I've seen at least two dramas of an actor... unless they're really REALLY bad. :hehe:
I ended up watching scenes from Brother Beat yesterday instead of watching an epi of Waterboys. I'll watch a few when I get home to catch up. :sweat:
It was artless. Soulless. Pointless. And I want to say "empty" but I'm not sure what that means when trying to describe a drama.
Kyoko Hasegawa was in it, and that alone should have been enough to keep me happy. But in truth, watching her in this show was like watching Secratariate dragging a plow through a muddy field.
No way! I don't think Kirakira is strong enough to stand up to Kekkon Dekinai Otoko's backwash.
Who knows. I might not have been so hard on Oishii Puropozu if I hadn't just watched Kekkon.
I'm thinking maybe I'll try "Maison Ikkoku" . I'm not an Itoh Misaki fan, and the story looks kind of lame. I might just feed that one in as the next sacrificial lamb.
Heck, after watching Yasashii Jikan I had to stop watching dramas altogether for a couple of weeks. I burned off my whole back log of movies before I could go back to dramas and watch them without comparing them to Yasashii.
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