What a coincidence, today is Riida's birthday and I got to read his 10000 word interview from Arashi Goto. Got teary-eyed, coz he went through really tough times as a junior (struggling because he's not as popular as other juniors back then). Me wants to give him a :hug:
the restarant even has a site www.keikarou.com with how-to-get-there description. Last year it says that if you print out the map and hand it to them you'll get a dessert for free :mrgreen:
ive taken a look at the map...bt i still have no idea where to go exactly..i roughly noe the place whereby the restaurant is..bt hw to exactly go frm tokyo i have no idea...cn anyone advise mi?
hullooo!! :dancing:
not sure if anyone had posted this before, but this is GREAT!!! nino's the last samurai.. Really can't wait for iwojima to come out!
SPOILER ALERT! IWOJIMA storyline from The S@ndm@n
Spoiler — click to reveal
"But by the end of the film, I was convinced that the second chapter of Clint's World War II epic was aptly named. Now in contrast to Flags, Letters is completely told through the Japanese point of view. And it is every bit as good as Flags, maybe even better. Now I'm not exactly sure how everything in Oscarland plays out, but it could very well earn Clint Eastwood a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, as strange as that may seem.
The film begins with the excavation of a cave on the island of Iwo Jima in the year 2005. As several Japanese archaeologists investigate the remains of what appears to be an underground command center, they begin to dig up the sediment and finds what appears to be what they've been looking for all along. Suddenly, we jump back to pre-invasion Iwo Jima, where we see hundreds of Japanese infantrymen digging their foxholes and sandbagging trenches preparing for the incoming American invasion.
We are first introduced to a weak and inexperienced soldier named Saigo, who is perfectly played by Kazunari Ninomiya. Ninomiya truly carries the film, even showing moments of brilliance.xxayuxx:that wouldn't be too hard for him to act wouldn't it? coz he is brilliant! He also provides the film with a sense of innocence that seems to stamp an exclamation mark on Clint Eastwood's message that young men, on both sides of the war, were placed in situations that they didn't understand nor support.xxayuxx:no wonder clint loves nino so much!
After arriving on the island by plane, Ken Watanabe's character, General Tadamichi Kuribayashi, quickly takes an affirmative command of the Japanese soldiers-in-waiting and prepares them for what they believe is the last line of defense. Ken Watanabe's portrayal of the fearless general solidifies himself to being Japan's greatest acting export since Toshiro Mifune. Throughout the film, Clint provides us with short flashbacks showing us where the main characters of the story came from and what they left behind. And as I'm sure you can imagine, most of the flashbacks are told as the soldiers write home to their loved ones.xxayuxx:the part where nino wrote to his wife saying that the letter may not even reached her :shamefulcry:
Excellently scripted by Iris Yamashita, the flashbacks reach deep within your heart to humanize and attach the audience to the main characters. As the invasion begins, we get to see the Japanese side patiently waiting for the orders to fire. Similar to Flags, where the Japanese side was basically a faceless army, the American side in Letters is also a virtually faceless army. And it is here where Clint begins to connect his two masterpieces in somewhat of a Roshomon-style war piece. Now I must admit that before seeing the film, I thought there would be more incidents connecting the two films.
But Clint does decide to show us the horrifying scene where Japanese soldiers, one by one, voluntarily blow themselves up using hand grenades. We also see what happens to the American soldiers who are unfortunate enough to be pulled down and kidnapped through the hundreds of underground passages. All are extremely intense scenes that are still embedded in my memory. By the end of the film, we are left with Ken Watanabe's character General Kuribayashi, critically wounded and dragged to safety by Kazunari Ninomiya's character Saigo. In the final days of fighting and bearing witness to the atrocities of war, Saigo has developed into a battle-hardened soldier. As the general dies, Saigo finds himself surrounded by several U.S. soldiers.Not giving up, he desperately swings a shovel in defense and is finally knocked down to the ground. Later, as he lies on a stretcher alongside hundreds of wounded soldiers, he smiles off in the distance at the setting sun.xxayuxx:he's the last SAMURAI!!!! i must WATCH this!!!
We jump back to the excavation of the cave in 2005. The Japanese archaeologists finally dig up an old leather case containing the letters from all of the Japanese soldiers that never made it back home. As the letters fall to the ground, we quietly hear the voices of ghosts, the Japanese soldiers' last words to their loved ones back home.
here's the link to the page from where i got this spoiler:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/30789
so that was what clint's "his voice, his body is perfect for the character" meant ne??
When is iwojima coming to Malaysia anyway??
HAPPY BDAY OHCHAN!~ love ya!!!! :victory:
SHALL WE DANCE? keke~ :dancing: :dancing:
OMG. everybody! GO HERE RIGHT NOW: http://iwojimathemovie.warnerbros.com/
(eng official Letters website)
hella happy.. not only is there the trailer w/ eng sub.. the best part is the photo gallery~ I'M NO KIDDING. most of the pics are nino!~
KEKEKEKEK~ happy!!!!!!!!!!
go go go go go!!!!!!!
thanx 4 the spoiler...i luv spoiler :hehe:
i juz can't wait for the movie to be release here in msia...maybe all msia fans should gather n watch it together (though it will be almost imposible)
pinku, i luv the website....there's so much nino in it...nino's profile is so detailed...it's time for the rest of the world to know bout arashi ne
xxayuxx thanks to u ...but your spoiler way is wrong...but nevermind i like your post..hope this film will be show in our country ne.. :mrgreen:
Pink Dragon san Domo arigatou ne..for a link. Its awesome . proud of u NINO chan...really cant wait to watch this film .hope this film will be show in Malaysia.
editted: pink dragon san.. u've already provided the link! hihih gomen, i didn't notice.. nvm.. this will give more reason for ppl to go to the site ne?
reason to visit this site:
>>A LOT of nino's pic with hanako / before the war
>>The instrumental background just made me cry :shamefulcry:
>>English subbed trailer
>>Cast infos - knowing that nino had bean creadited well in this site is really a relief!
>>Do u guys know that 2 of Honey & Clover casts are in this movie? I DONT!
so that was what nino wrote about sometime in his nikki :P
okay.. however tempting these are.. i can't download it :P so do go to the site ne?
******************************************************** xxayuxx and pinkdragon::
wa wa wa the official eng website of 'Letters' is INDEED FANTASTICCCCCCCCCCCCCC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *dies* SO MANY never-seen-before nino pics!!!! Pictures 23, 26, 33, 34 and 45 in the photo gallery are to DIE for!
they had such a great and commendable bio about nino!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm surprised they even mention things like "mago mago arashi" "shukudaikun" and "a.ra.shi" single being a million-selling hit! WOOHOO!!!!!! *I have a feeling this will really bring not only nino, but arashi to the WORLD stage!* :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:
wonder if pple are still voting, so this is just a reminder:
KASHU NAVI ---> http://www.kashu-navi.com
our boys are at #7
Last few days to vote for November! GANBARE!
xxayuxx this is how to set up a spoiler
[spoiler] text [ /spoiler].
bmwracer had posted it before...
and like sapphire said i love spoiler too :beaten:
Ano...minna san here i upload the iwajima picture hope u like it:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e239/syaz0805/17.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e239/syaz0805/1212.jpg
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http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e239/syaz0805/untitled14.jpg
for those who lazy to click one by one just dload here if you want
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1EO5DYA1
yeah girls~ the bg music to LETTERS is so sad... but i wonder if it'll be in the oscar's music/sound category ne~ keke~ (thinking too much!)
anywayz... i was just surfing around and if NINO do get nominated for best supporting.... he would probably be in the race w/ BRAD PITT and JACK NICOLSON~ holy cow~ even if he didn't win... being in the SAME CATEGORY as these guy.. that's huge! keke~
anywayz...
any guess to why i post this cap?
keke! what about this LION? keke~ [image]
ans: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CtJpQEUfUrE
I hope all your dreams and wishes comes true on your special day! May the rest of the year be the best for you and Arashi. Good luck with your butai! ^.^
Mmmm.... xxayuxx or everyone else in this thread, can i you upload the 5x5 album again? With no intention to offend or being unthankful, but the recent upload was 29mb for an album and the content mp3s were running on 56bits/second which was the most horrible quality mp3 i've ever heard in my life.... no offence. gomen.
and also PVs. I would love the Kotoba PV and Wish PV ~_~"
thanks a lot
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