BOGCHI wrote:Yada Akiko could probably fit as Sassy Girl
When this rumour first surfaced last year, Aoi Yuu was pegged for the role of the Sassy Girl. I've seen her acting in a couple of movies and dramas and I think she may just pull it off.
Nakatani Miki is definitely too mature for this role, no offence. Yada Akiko, on the other hand, does not have the wacky side that the Sassy Girl sometime exhibit, to the chagrin of her boyfriend.
But then, Ms. Jeon Ji-Hyun was a really tough act to follow...
When this rumour first surfaced last year, Aoi Yuu was pegged for the role of the Sassy Girl. I've seen her acting in a couple of movies and dramas and I think she may just pull it off.
But then, Ms. Jeon Ji-Hyun was a really tough act to follow...
(And yes, I'm a JJH fan.)
She was in Nana as the pretty girl friend of Mika Nakashima right????
If so.....then seeing her in just Nana isn't enough to convince me she can pull it off.
As I said in my previous post....only one I can think of that can even come close to what JJH did is Shibasaki Kou.
Seen Good Luck and Orange Days and I can see that Kou can be mean, fiesty, like how JJH did it. Now cute and funny...I'm sure Kou can do it. She's talented enough to :mrgreen:
K.T.Tran wrote:
She was in Nana as the pretty girl friend of Mika Nakashima right????
If so.....then seeing her in just Nana isn't enough to convince me she can pull it off.
I think you are referring to Miyazaki Aoi. Aoi Yuu played 'Alice' in "Hana & Alice", and 'Ezawa Mami' in "Kou Kou Kyoushi 2003".
K.T.Tran wrote:
As I said in my previous post....only one I can think of that can even come close to what JJH did is Shibasaki Kou.
Seen Good Luck and Orange Days and I can see that Kou can be mean, fiesty, like how JJH did it. Now cute and funny...I'm sure Kou can do it. She's talented enough to :mrgreen:
Shibasaki Kou is certainly a viable candidate. However her performances in "Orange Days" and "Good Luck" made her out to be a very reserved person, not quite the image I have of the Sassy Girl who expressed her feelings through those unreadable movie plots.
thtl wrote:
I think you are referring to Miyazaki Aoi. Aoi Yuu played 'Alice' in "Hana & Alice", and 'Ezawa Mami' in "Kou Kou Kyoushi 2003".
I was...whoops. Gomen.
Ezawa Mami....will check the casts again for KKK2003. Thanks for correcting me
Shibasaki Kou is certainly a viable candidate. However her performances in "Orange Days" and "Good Luck" made her out to be a very reserved person, not quite the image I have of the Sassy Girl who expressed her feeling through those unreadible movie plots.
You gotta point.
Will see. I'm not expecting a lot out of this the Japanese version and I'm not even sure if I want to see it :sweat: :sweat:
Edit: Just checked.
I remember her now...i hope. She also played the girl in Tiger and Dragon who worked at the clothing store right????
hmm......her character in that one and the way she played her...yes. She might be able to do this role.
Shibasaki Kou is certainly a viable candidate. However her performances in "Orange Days" and "Good Luck" made her out to be a very reserved person, not quite the image I have of the Sassy Girl who expressed her feelings through those unreadable movie plots.
I second that! ^^ Though i'm not too keen on seeing any remake of this movie...because the original movie was like, right on the money. I'm especially dreading the Hollywood remake starring that girl from 24...>_<
I second that! ^^ Though i'm not too keen on seeing any remake of this movie...because the original movie was like, right on the money. I'm especially dreading the Hollywood remake starring that girl from 24...>_<
I don't have much faith in Hollywood either - just look at what they did to Ms. Jeon's other movie, "Il Mare" (the American version is called "The Lake House").
i agree with you..
what's wrong with Johnny?
why doesnt he let Jin act?
i have seen Kame enough
no offence to Kame's fans
the reason why we see kame a lot is because he is extremely popular right now in japan.. a lot of the girls get excited here in japan when hes on.. and that is why you see a lot of kame
Honestly, it is very tiring seeing all the time. Don't get me wrong though. He was great in gokusen but he is basically on tv here all the time. It's disgusting.
I would rather see Yagira Yuuya. He's probably one of the best actors today in Japan. The problem is he has never had a starring role in a drama before, but he was the main character in 3 movies and is only 16 years old.
Ayase Haruka is cute and is always good so I'm sure she'll be fine in her role.
I would rather see Yagira Yuuya. He's probably one of the best actors today in Japan. The problem is he has never had a starring role in a drama before, but he was the main character in 3 movies and is only 16 years old.
he might be a drama next year but not in starring role.
He has school to juggle with, it would be hard for him to handle the
kame is extremely famous in jpn?
:rofl: :rofl:
another Johnny's moneymaker
oo..u mentioned about yagira yuuya..
i havent heard this name b4..
probably bcoz im too focused on Johnny
i should see outside the box too..
what drama did he play in?
ur words made me curious bout him
TELEVIEWS / NHK's drama revival wins viewers
Wm. Penn / Special to The Daily Yomiuri
Junjo Kirari was a lifesaver for NHK. The morning serial that ends Saturday was their first offering in several years to consistently bring in ratings of 20 percent or more.
Strong performances by Aoi Miyazaki (as heroine Sakurako) and Shinobu Terashima (as her eldest sister) and a plot that included several dramatic surprises in the final week kept viewers tuned in to the very end. Miyazaki did such a good job she is being rewarded with a role in NHK's 2008 Sunday evening yearlong taiga drama.
But on Monday, Oct. 2, it is time to bid farewell to the enduring Sakurako and head on over to Osaka to meet Machiko Hanaoka, the heroine of Imotakonankin (7:30 a.m. on BS-2, 8:15 a.m. and replayed at 12:45 p.m. on NHK-G). And as veteran viewers know, the one quality that all morning drama heroines share is a "gambariya" (hardworking, never-give-up) spirit.
This new drama will begin with child actors recreating the cheerful Machiko's childhood during World War II, but will quickly move on to 1965 (Showa 40) when Machiko (Naomi Fujiyama) is 37 and an up-and-coming writer. Yet, she is about to complicate her career by marrying a 41-year old neighborhood doctor with five kids.
This highly unlikely plot is loosely based on the real life and essays of Osaka writer Seiko Tanabe, who won the Akutagawa Prize for literature in 1964. The title Imotakonankin comes from a phrase Tanabe often uses in her books referring to food she associated with female tastes: potatoes, octopus and peanuts.
The 1960s is an era remembered fondly by many in Japan. It was a time when the hard work of the postwar years seemed to be bringing rewards and a more comfortable lifestyle to many. This story will reflect those times and be done in a light comedy style, but one that is also strongly evocative of the downtown "ninjo" atmosphere (lots of laughs and lots of tears). With her powerful, "genki" Osaka personality, Fujiyama ought to be perfect for the role.
It looks like NHK just might stay near the 20 percent mark with this offering too, unless eastern Japan decides it is not ready for such a hefty dose of Osaka-ben (the distinctive Osaka dialect) so early in the morning. But then again, I was not sure whether the nation was ready for Monta Mino so early in the morning (Monta Mino's Morning Show, TBS, weekdays 5:30-8:30 a.m.), but they were. He is getting 10 percent ratings, an unheard-of feat in an era when even prime time continuing series are having trouble pulling in 10 percent. Even yours truly likes him better in the morning than any other time of day.
And for those who find the morning heroines a little too bland, NHK's BS-2 will be offering Desperate Housewives 2 on Wednesdays from 10:00-10:45 p.m. starting Oct. 4. and the British sci-fi adventure series Doctor Who on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on BS-2 from Oct. 3.
Most of the new private network dramas won't debut until mid-October, but two new daytime series will begin battling it out in the 1:30-2:00 p.m. slot on Monday, Oct. 2, and sometimes the daytime dramas are better than the nighttime fare.
TBS must be out to outdo its own popular evening drama Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari (Thursdays, 9 p.m.), the story of the five daughters of a Japanese restaurant owner. Its new daytime offering, Mikon Roku Shimai, will feature the lives of the six unmarried daughters of a Japanese sweets shop owner.
Fuji takes on the daytime challenge with Beni no Monsho the early postwar Cinderella story of the daughter of a geisha who wants to become a teacher. It features Miki Sakai, who became a star with her excellent work in the Hakusen Nagashi series in the late 1990s. She was back in the news recently following weekly magazine reports claiming she had rekindled her romance with New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui after his recent injury.
Iv3_imt wrote:kame is extremely famous in jpn?
:rofl: :rofl:
another Johnny's moneymaker
oo..u mentioned about yagira yuuya..
i havent heard this name b4..
probably bcoz im too focused on Johnny
i should see outside the box too..
what drama did he play in?
ur words made me curious bout him
he's in a couple of movies - i'm watching the one with him in Nobody Knows, in which he won best actor at the Cannes film fest.