oh that is too bad
:puppydog: :puppydog: she a really nice actor
:puppydog: :puppydog: she a really nice actor
Horikita Maki
Started by qilver · 12 Jan 2006 · 4,567 replies
Artiste Discussion
Maki-chan is so cute in that scan! Either short or long hair suits her! :applaud:
natsukoi wrote:Maki-chan is so cute in that scan! Either short or long hair suits her! :applaud:
Sou, sou! I love her! I wonder why she still hasn't any feature article in Jdorama.com?! I want her to have one---I mean, she deserves it, right?
amekoi wrote:Sou, sou! I love her! I wonder why she still hasn't any feature article in Jdorama.com?! I want her to have one---I mean, she deserves it, right?
No one's written anything for her and/or provided a picture to the mods. :)
bmwracer wrote:
No one's written anything for her and/or provided a picture to the mods. :)
I can't believe that's all it took... But now that I think of it, I can't imagine you writing some of those articles, such as Akanishi Jin... lol :rofl:
atskv9 wrote:I can't believe that's all it took... But now that I think of it, I can't imagine you writing some of those articles, such as Akanishi Jin... lol :rofl:
Not me, brother. :bleh: :bleh:
I just wrote the taglines for Yonekura Ryoko, Juri-chan, and Abe Hiroshi... The rest were done by other members/mods.
If you've got a pic and/or text, go for it. :thumbsup:
In Sight: Nostalgic sequel has a sure way with the past
11/09/2007
BY MIYUKI KONDO, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
always zoku 3-chome no yuhi (always-sunset on Third Street 2)
Now playing
E146 minutes, in Japanese
ENichigeki Plex in Tokyo and elsewhere
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When the first "Always" film came out in 2005, its retro tale of a close-knit community in downtown Tokyo in 1958 set hearts aflutter with warm nostalgia for the good old days of the postwar years.
In fact, "Always 3-chome no Yuhi" (Always--Sunset on Third Street) that year swept up 12 of the Japan Academy Prize's 13 main categories, including Picture of the Year.
Based on the manga series by Ryohei Saigan that first appeared in 1974 and still runs in the twice-monthly Big Comic Original, "Always" won applause for its computer-generated depiction of a Tokyo that no longer exists.
Back then, streetcars still rattled along the thoroughfares of the capital. Tokyo Tower was just being constructed, slowly adding VFX-created height as the film progressed.
Children hung out in dagashiya (candy and toy shops) after school and cart-toting tofu sellers blew their tin bugles each evening to sell their wares. Through such vivid details, director Takashi Yamazaki recreated a Showa Era (1926-1989) that some say was never quite as warm and easy. But no one's complaining now.
A "Showa boom" swept the nation after the release of "Always," with people eagerly buying up retro furniture like chabudai (low dining tables) and old-fashioned electric fans. And crowds flocked to Showa Era theme parks.
Two years on, Yamazaki--who was born in 1964 and so missed the 1950s himself--has revived his Third Street cast in "Always--Sunset on Third Street 2." It takes up almost where the first one left off--a year later, when Tokyo is chosen to host the 1964 Olympic Games.
Suddenly, the capital is charging full speed toward the future. High-speed economic growth is happening before the eyes of the downtown dwellers.
As in the first film, Suzuki Auto shop owner Norifumi Suzuki (Shinichi Tsutsumi) still lives on Third Street with his cheerful wife Tomoe (Hiroko Yakushimaru) and their lively young son Ippei (Kazuki Koshimizu).
At Chagawa Shoten dagashiya across the street, struggling novelist Ryunosuke Chagawa (Hidetaka Yoshioka) is squeaking by selling small toys and candy to neighborhood kids.
Mutsuko Hoshino (Maki Horikita), the young teenager from Aomori Prefecture who in the first film arrived to work at the Suzuki Auto shop, is still here, now a much-loved member of the Suzuki clan.
In the first film, Chagawa was in love with bar owner Hiromi Ishizaki (Koyuki, "The Last Samurai"). At her urging, Chagawa took in lonely young Junnosuke Furuyuki (Kenta Suga) and slowly grew to love him like a son. The first film's dramatic climax came when Junnosuke's rich father Yasunari Kawabuchi (Fumiyo Kohinata) appeared to claim him.
The boy opted to remain with Chagawa, but Hiromi took a job as a dancer, hoping to get her parents out of debt. The first film ended on a bittersweet note, not unlike the feeling that nostalgia creates in most of us.
In the sequel, two new characters join the Third Street regulars. A bankrupt cousin leaves his spoiled young daughter Mika (Ayame Koike) with the Suzukis, and Mutsuko finds an old friend from her hometown, Takeo Nakayama (Yosuke Asari), who was working toward his dream of becoming a chef.
These three love stories, in three generations--preteen Mika and Ippei, Mutsuko and Takao, and the world-weary Chagawa and Hiromi--unfold as the sequel follows the seasons.
Chagawa and Hiromi's story is purely sentimental, but the two schoolkids' calf love is sweetly endearing. Ippei likes to poke Mika, who responds tartly.
One day, she tells him he doesn't have "delicacy." He doesn't know what delicacy is. He asks Junnosuke, who doesn't know either, but guesses it might be some kind of American candy. "I'll buy that!" Ippei says.
Story aside, the best part of "Always 2" is its magnificent recreation of Tokyo's cityscapes of nearly half a century ago. We see a Nihonbashi bridge that isn't yet covered by an expressway.
In the alleys, kids play with spinning beigoma tops, while the Suzuki father and son, wearing matching haramaki knit belly-warmers, sip bottled milk after a bath at the public sento.
Such sights will take you way back, even if you weren't born in the '50s.(IHT/Asahi: November 9,2007)
11/09/2007
BY MIYUKI KONDO, CONTRIBUTING WRITER
always zoku 3-chome no yuhi (always-sunset on Third Street 2)
Now playing
E146 minutes, in Japanese
ENichigeki Plex in Tokyo and elsewhere
@@@*@@@*@@@*
When the first "Always" film came out in 2005, its retro tale of a close-knit community in downtown Tokyo in 1958 set hearts aflutter with warm nostalgia for the good old days of the postwar years.
In fact, "Always 3-chome no Yuhi" (Always--Sunset on Third Street) that year swept up 12 of the Japan Academy Prize's 13 main categories, including Picture of the Year.
Based on the manga series by Ryohei Saigan that first appeared in 1974 and still runs in the twice-monthly Big Comic Original, "Always" won applause for its computer-generated depiction of a Tokyo that no longer exists.
Back then, streetcars still rattled along the thoroughfares of the capital. Tokyo Tower was just being constructed, slowly adding VFX-created height as the film progressed.
Children hung out in dagashiya (candy and toy shops) after school and cart-toting tofu sellers blew their tin bugles each evening to sell their wares. Through such vivid details, director Takashi Yamazaki recreated a Showa Era (1926-1989) that some say was never quite as warm and easy. But no one's complaining now.
A "Showa boom" swept the nation after the release of "Always," with people eagerly buying up retro furniture like chabudai (low dining tables) and old-fashioned electric fans. And crowds flocked to Showa Era theme parks.
Two years on, Yamazaki--who was born in 1964 and so missed the 1950s himself--has revived his Third Street cast in "Always--Sunset on Third Street 2." It takes up almost where the first one left off--a year later, when Tokyo is chosen to host the 1964 Olympic Games.
Suddenly, the capital is charging full speed toward the future. High-speed economic growth is happening before the eyes of the downtown dwellers.
As in the first film, Suzuki Auto shop owner Norifumi Suzuki (Shinichi Tsutsumi) still lives on Third Street with his cheerful wife Tomoe (Hiroko Yakushimaru) and their lively young son Ippei (Kazuki Koshimizu).
At Chagawa Shoten dagashiya across the street, struggling novelist Ryunosuke Chagawa (Hidetaka Yoshioka) is squeaking by selling small toys and candy to neighborhood kids.
Mutsuko Hoshino (Maki Horikita), the young teenager from Aomori Prefecture who in the first film arrived to work at the Suzuki Auto shop, is still here, now a much-loved member of the Suzuki clan.
In the first film, Chagawa was in love with bar owner Hiromi Ishizaki (Koyuki, "The Last Samurai"). At her urging, Chagawa took in lonely young Junnosuke Furuyuki (Kenta Suga) and slowly grew to love him like a son. The first film's dramatic climax came when Junnosuke's rich father Yasunari Kawabuchi (Fumiyo Kohinata) appeared to claim him.
The boy opted to remain with Chagawa, but Hiromi took a job as a dancer, hoping to get her parents out of debt. The first film ended on a bittersweet note, not unlike the feeling that nostalgia creates in most of us.
In the sequel, two new characters join the Third Street regulars. A bankrupt cousin leaves his spoiled young daughter Mika (Ayame Koike) with the Suzukis, and Mutsuko finds an old friend from her hometown, Takeo Nakayama (Yosuke Asari), who was working toward his dream of becoming a chef.
These three love stories, in three generations--preteen Mika and Ippei, Mutsuko and Takao, and the world-weary Chagawa and Hiromi--unfold as the sequel follows the seasons.
Chagawa and Hiromi's story is purely sentimental, but the two schoolkids' calf love is sweetly endearing. Ippei likes to poke Mika, who responds tartly.
One day, she tells him he doesn't have "delicacy." He doesn't know what delicacy is. He asks Junnosuke, who doesn't know either, but guesses it might be some kind of American candy. "I'll buy that!" Ippei says.
Story aside, the best part of "Always 2" is its magnificent recreation of Tokyo's cityscapes of nearly half a century ago. We see a Nihonbashi bridge that isn't yet covered by an expressway.
In the alleys, kids play with spinning beigoma tops, while the Suzuki father and son, wearing matching haramaki knit belly-warmers, sip bottled milk after a bath at the public sento.
Such sights will take you way back, even if you weren't born in the '50s.(IHT/Asahi: November 9,2007)
nice :thumbsup:
cant wait to watch it :)
cant wait to watch it :)
a-nesuto wrote:nice :thumbsup:
cant wait to watch it :)
Yeah me too...the trailer looks just as cool as the first film.
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where can i watch the trailer?? i'm so lost this days...
kisarazu wrote:where can i watch the trailer?? i'm so lost this days...
www.always3.jp
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sekushii pori-chan.. :mrgreen:
I think you've got it out for me with these pics... :sweat: *dies*
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Doesn't matter, I'm down for the count :beaten:
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