Ueno Juri

bmwracer wrote:
I think Ruka's was the hardest: she had to go through a whole range of emotions and whatnot...

The other two roles?

They're just one note, one dimension. :bleh:

You honestly think so?

I still think Michiru isn't one-dimensional and is also a very hard role to play. Like Ruka, it's one of those roles where if you can't do it right then don't do it, for the sake of your reputation as an actor.

And I think unlike Juri-chan (obviously), Masami failed this role completely. She never captured the emotions, fragility and pain of Michiru with her limited and fake acting.

What's worse, the pressure of the main protagonist is on her (and Ruka). Also, we are supposed to feel for Michiru, not hate her, but alas that wasn't how it turned out. As Kijinnmaru pointed out, she cried and no one give a damn. She was invisible and a nuisance at best next to Juri-chan. She looked so pathetic in this role that even the worst actor of the bunch (Sousuke) outperformed her. Those are the consequences of playing Michiru and not playing it well. The role easily exposed her weaknesses and limitations as an actress to the viewers, when she really isn't as bad an actress as her role in Last Friends made her out to be. It's not a safe role like Sousuke (where you can get away by looking like a statue) but very risky and unforgiving (bad impact for her career too) if played wrong I almost pitied her for accepting it. Not to mention, partnering up with someone highly talented like Juri-chan, that's pretty much like a "massacre" waiting to happen. Not a pretty sight at all. :beaten:

Anyway, I read this somewhere and it still amuses me how Masami said Ryo's role is very hard due to him having to do the violent scenes. I was like :crazy: You just know right there and then that this girl never understood her role even after they finished filming. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
That GID/lesbian aspect from LF sure did win her a crapload of new fans, apparently. :beaten:

Yes! I'm one of them. Ruka was my first encounter with Juri-chan. Guess a lot of people love her cool, manly side :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
I liked her Ruka character, but not in that drama and saddled with Michiru, who's such a pathetically weak character it makes my wanna puke. bleh

Well duh, there's NO WAY anyone with common sense and eyes (that aren't blind like the fangirls) can dislike Ruka :mrgreen:

I think it's Juri-chan's best performance yet out of all her work I've seen. It's not necessarily the hardest role for her (because that one easily goes to Nodame), but more because she's consistently great from the beginning to the end. It was simply PERFECT, there was really no room for improvement even from the start.

I LOVED her in Nodame too, but that role took her quite a bit of warming up to do which is understandable. She was great from the start, I wouldn't say it was perfect...yet. And then you can see she kept improving with each episode. By around ep. 5 she nailed it, no more inconsistencies. Then when you thought she couldn't possibly improve anymore, she blew your expectations away from ep. 7 onward. :bow:

Now that I think about it, that's one reason I like Juri-chan so much, aside from being talented, she's an actress who always learn and improve (unlike her certain partner in Last Friends :beatyou: ). For her, the sky's the limit. Isn't she amazing or what?

bmwracer wrote:Finished product. :applaud:

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I love her travelogues! All of them!

Is there any subtitle for her India travel yet? And Ao Akua? I just got the photobook and DVD. So I'm excited to watch that next. :dancing:

flamethunder85 wrote:KVR website is updated!! Story tab is activated.
http://www.kvr-movie.com/top.html

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:applaud: I noticed you're the one from Juri's Room. Thanks so much for all the constant updates. It makes life all the more easier for people like me, new fans. :woot:

fate-ss26 wrote:Kidding aside, goodness...I still can't believe that girl above = Aoi = Misae = Ruka. :nut:

Pure talent, period. :victory: :mrgreen: :applaud:

fate-ss26 wrote:I still think Michiru isn't one-dimensional and is also a very hard role to play. Like Ruka, it's one of those roles where if you can't do it right then don't do it, for the sake of your reputation as an actor.

Maybe I thought the role was one-dimensional because Masami pretty much botched it... Truth to tell, the director should share the blame as well, since he/she didn't seem to do much with the character as the drama progressed...

bmwracer wrote:
Maybe I thought the role was one-dimensional because Masami pretty much botched it... Truth to tell, the director should share the blame as well, since he/she didn't seem to do much with the character as the drama progressed...

If some of the behind-the-scenes chatter was true, I'd wager the reason Michiru was shallower than an inflatable kiddie pool was because they changed the script to keep Sousuke alive. If the original intent was for him to die early, the rest of the series was likely to have been how she dealt with that and grew. Of course this isn't saying that Masami could have pulled it off or not. Nor would it have stood up against Juri-chan's Ruka if they kept her the same.

Oh, and Last Princess didn't meet their expectations because the movie sucked in general. :mrgreen:

fate-ss26 wrote:Yes! I'm one of them. Ruka was my first encounter with Juri-chan. Guess a lot of people love her cool, manly side :hehe:

I love her tomboy side, but Ruka is a little too tomboy for me. :beaten:

fate-ss26 wrote:I LOVED her in Nodame too, but that role took her quite a bit of warming up to do which is understandable. She was great from the start, I wouldn't say it was perfect...yet. And then you can see she kept improving with each episode. By around ep. 5 she nailed it, no more inconsistencies. Then when you thought she couldn't possibly improve anymore, she blew your expectations away from ep. 7 onward. :bow:

I thought she was great from beginning to end... And it was my first Juri-chan experience: I didn't know her from anything up to that point, but her spunkiness and joie de vivre just blew me away and I've been a fan ever since... :smitten:

Now that I think about it, that's one reason I like Juri-chan so much, aside from being talented, she's an actress who always learn and improve (unlike her certain partner in Last Friends :beatyou: ). For her, the sky's the limit. Isn't she amazing or what?

Yup, when she talks about acting (particularly in Kagayaku Onna) you can see she's serious and dedicated to her craft and looks to improve with each film/drama... :victory:

fate-ss26 wrote:I love her travelogues! All of them!

Is there any subtitle for her India travel yet? And Ao Akua? I just got the photobook and DVD. So I'm excited to watch that next. :dancing:

noblsheep said that she was working on subs for Ao Akua, but I haven't heard from her in a while... :sweat:

Oh well. :sweat:

Kijinnmaru wrote:If some of the behind-the-scenes chatter was true, I'd wager the reason Michiru was shallower than an inflatable kiddie pool was because they changed the script to keep Sousuke alive. If the original intent was for him to die early, the rest of the series was likely to have been how she dealt with that and grew. Of course this isn't saying that Masami could have pulled it off or not. Nor would it have stood up against Juri-chan's Ruka if they kept her the same.

Ack, don't get me started on why they kept that fool alive for a ratings grab... It still pisses me off. :grumble:

Oh, and Last Princess didn't meet their expectations because the movie sucked in general. :mrgreen:

That's typical of most remakes... The Hidden Fortress was a classic: the movie was doomed from the start. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
noblsheep said that she was working on subs for Ao Akua, but I haven't heard from her in a while... :sweat:

Oh well. :sweat:

I've never done sub before, but maybe I should learn as soon as I have time. :sweat:

Ao Akua is a great deal, but I think I can manage the short clips news, etc. We, Juri-chan fans, are really in need of subbers, ne?! :sweat:

fate-ss26 wrote::applaud: I noticed you're the one from Juri's Room. Thanks so much for all the constant updates. It makes life all the more easier for people like me, new fans. :woot:

You're welcome. We're all here for Juri-chan :victory:

flamethunder85 wrote:I've never done sub before, but maybe I should learn as soon as I have time. :sweat:

It not just the subbing, but someone has to do the timing as well. :sweat:

If it had any subtitles (Japanese or other) at all, it would help a whole lot: you'd be able to extract the subs for translation and the timing information... :victory:

I don't know how noblsheep did it for Kagayaku Onna, but she had help with the timing, I recall... I did the proofread of all the subtitles before the final release... :victory:

Anything for Juri-chan. :inlove:

flamethunder85 wrote:We're all here for Juri-chan :victory:

Some more than others. :beaten: :sweat: :bonk: :mrgreen:

sumimasen minna... do you guys have link to download Ueno Juri to Itsutsu no Kaban :victory:

ingesz wrote:sumimasen minna... do you guys have link to download Ueno Juri to Itsutsu no Kaban :victory:

It's not out yet. September 3rd is the tv premiere.

bmwracer wrote:
It not just the subbing, but someone has to do the timing as well. :sweat:

If it had any subtitles (Japanese or other) at all, it would help a whole lot: you'd be able to extract the subs for translation and the timing information... :victory:

I don't know how noblsheep did it for Kagayaku Onna, but she had help with the timing, I recall... I did the proofread of all the subtitles before the final release... :victory:

Anything for Juri-chan. :inlove:

Yeah when I said subbing, I refer to all the translations, timing, proofreading, etc...May have to work it out later. If there's any projects in the future, I guess we have to share the work. :mrgreen:

flamethunder85 wrote:Today, there's a report seeing Juri-chan filming in Paris, taken from Mixi blog. I'll just translate what the blogger stated in her blog.

On my way back home, I discovered a tv or movie shooting crew in front of me.
Ah! That.....Wasn't she the heroine of Nodame Cantabile, Ueno Juri san!!
There were also French madam and cheese, also a goat....What?
Looks like they were puzzled by the goat's acting. CM? Or Nodame?
I felt a little lucky at the moment. The picture was taken from a strange view/corner afar.
Seems like the shooting was started from the scene of burying the head under aunt's knee, why was that taken?
I only took this one picture...
Wearing the pink cloth is Juri-chan. (No face shown!!)

More here! One picture that I can't disclose here. Sumimasen.
[NEWS] Nodame is in PARIS!!
http://community.livejournal.com/juri_ueno/62114.html

thank you for post! I can't wait to watch the movie!!!!