Ueno Juri

flamethunder85 wrote:Ueno Juri's 6 Movies Special
http://www.wowow.co.jp/movie/uenojyuri/

WOWOW channel will broadcast Juri's 6 movies starting from Sep 7th.

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Wow, a Juri-chan film marathon.... Sugoi. :victory:

fate-ss26 wrote:Very true. I actually cried when she talked about her mom in Kagayaku Onna, and then cried even more when I recalled her interview where she said the person she wants to meet the most is her Mom...poor girl... :shamefulcry:

Which interview was that?

fate-ss26 wrote:^ Too playful she caught me off guard with that high five thing :sweat:

I thought the hugging in TFP2 was quite surprising... Just like when she hugged the emcee in Waratte Iitomo when she hit the bull's eye for the Nodame team. :victory:

fate-ss26 wrote:I agree with everything. Unlike most celebs, Juri-chan's all about being comfortable in her own skin and being herself, instead of trying to please the others. Her choices of clothing and dresses pretty much reflect it. Also, she has quite a mix of personalities in her which -amazingly- are all genuine (at least as far as I can tell). She can be quiet, reserved and shy, or she can be loud, bubbly and bold, but one thing for sure, she's never a fake, which is why I love her personality so much :thumbsup:

Exactly.

She appears to be authentic, down-to-earth, and very introspective... If she really isn't, then she's even a greater actor than we give her credit for. :beaten: :sweat:

fate-ss26 wrote:If you know Chinese, there's a hardsubbed version of The Making of Maui floating around somewhere. *edit: Ok... found it.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R90TSJXH

And this is for the main short movie, I haven't downloaded this one yet, but if the Making has subtitles than this one should be the same.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JFH5Y9B1

Doesn't do me any good... :puppydog:

Where's the English subs????

Someone, please???? :sweat:

flamethunder85 wrote:
Those documentaries do have chinese subs.

What you wanna find? The sub or streaming links? I can just point you the direction.

OMG that would be so awesome! I watched ao akua on megaupload without subs...and i downloaded earth odessey but with no subs...it'd be great if you could provide the links to watch these with subs! Thanks!!

kokoandkiko wrote:OMG that would be so awesome! I watched ao akua on megaupload without subs...and i downloaded earth odessey but with no subs...it'd be great if you could provide the links to watch these with subs! Thanks!!

You can read Chinese?

fate-ss26 wrote:
If you know Chinese, there's a hardsubbed version of The Making of Maui floating around somewhere. *edit: Ok... found it.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R90TSJXH

And this is for the main short movie, I haven't downloaded this one yet, but if the Making has subtitles than this one should be the same.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JFH5Y9B1

Before she cooked, she said something along "Clearly, I can't cook and I still have to cook for 10 people..." lol Well, although it's not her specialty, she clearly can. And yea, I'm also impressed, I also felt inspired when I saw that.

I hated cooking myself and this was what I always -arrogantly- told my Mom who often nagged me to learn cooking, "I can make money and I'm good at why I do, but cooking is not part of it so please don't bother..." When I looked back, I'm so ashamed now. It actually took someone younger than me to change me for the better. Although I'm still learning, I can cook now (Mom was very surprised and delighted lol)...all thanks to Juri-chan. I was so stubborn, without her, I wouldn't have seen the light :shamefulcry:

As for why she cried, it's been a while since I watched it but if I recall correctly, she was moved by the Oba-san's kindness, like preparing special dishes for her and giving her some kind of plant she grew herself. She said that the food was already more than enough, so for the Oba-san to go as far as giving her the plant (there were probably more though), apparently moved her to tears. Juri-chan's a very appreciative and sensitive girl, isn't she? :)

Thanks for the links and the explanation!(in the process of downloading them)

I kinda felt ashamed myself that I can't cook that well after seeing Juri-chan cook. I mean I'm rising sophomore in college and will have to start cooking this fall! I'm somewhat inspired by her to cook too! I mean if someone with such a busy schedule could do it, I could too! Lol!

By I've noticed that Juri-chan acts differently on shows when she promotes different dramas...Maybe its because she's so into her roles..I really wonder which side is the genuine Juri-chan..I see her more as Nodame! hahaaa

bmwracer wrote:
You can read Chinese?

yep! Well, I'm Chinese...moved to the states (from HK) when I was 7...got really into Canto-pop and learned to read chinese by following the lyrics. And I watched TVB dramas...but that phase is over...I'm really into the mainstream hip hop, r&b..and i recently got into Utada Hikaru due to her english album...then I started watching J-dramas which is how I discovered Juri-chan (from Last Friends since Utada sang the theme song)..
I've officially entered into the japanese phase! lol

kokoandkiko wrote:Thanks for the links and the explanation!(in the process of downloading them)

I kinda felt ashamed myself that I can't cook that well after seeing Juri-chan cook. I mean I'm rising sophomore in college and will have to start cooking this fall! I'm somewhat inspired by her to cook too! I mean if someone with such a busy schedule could do it, I could too! Lol!

Just watch cooking shows on PBS... And practice. :)

By I've noticed that Juri-chan acts differently on shows when she promotes different dramas...Maybe its because she's so into her roles..I really wonder which side is the genuine Juri-chan..I see her more as Nodame! hahaaa

That seems to be her modus operandi... And her chameleon-like nature. :)

kokoandkiko wrote:yep! Well, I'm Chinese...moved to the states (from HK) when I was 7...got really into Canto-pop and learned to read chinese by following the lyrics. And I watched TVB dramas...but that phase is over...I'm really into the mainstream hip hop, r&b..and i recently got into Utada Hikaru due to her english album...then I started watching J-dramas which is how I discovered Juri-chan (from Last Friends since Utada sang the theme song)..
I've officially entered into the japanese phase! lol

So ka.

I'm Chinese (ABC), too, but I can't read a lick of Chinese to save my life. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
So ka.

I'm Chinese (ABC), too, but I can't read a lick of Chinese to save my life. :beaten:

aww...maybe you could start watching chinese dramas and follow along with the subs..that's how I kinda learned chinese too! I've found the chinese search engines to be more powerful than youtube...so it might come in handy! =D

kokoandkiko wrote:aww...maybe you could start watching chinese dramas and follow along with the subs..

Nahh... Not worth the effort.

I'd be better off trying to learn Japanese. :victory:

fate-ss26 wrote:For some reason, I'm a lot more excited about this series more than Nodame movie... :beaten:

That's only 'cause it's closer to release than Nodame. :P

fate-ss26 wrote:LOL I notice she's really handling that handbag with care. Must be very expensive. Oh, and yellow nail polish? :inlove:

I'll take her over the bag any day of the week, month, year, decade, century... :mrgreen: :inlove:

JoeyLiew wrote:How many celebrity has the courage to go make-up-less in front of camera while making a DVD for fans.. ? Hardly.... :shakehead:

Natural beauty.... In the purest sense of the term. :victory:

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I been looking way back in Juri's Thread and seeing a lot of really cute pictures of Juri! like this one :dancing:

@kokoandkiko:
So your native is from HK.... my mum came from HK too but my dad is a Singaporean. Me born and grew up in Singapore. :mrgreen:

3 days to WOWOW!! YAY!!! :dancing: :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
I'll take her over the bag any day of the week, month, year, decade, century... :mrgreen: :inlove:

LOL :applaud:

fate-ss26 wrote:Awesome! Did he say anything about Juri-chan? Or any comment on the vid?

He didn't say a whole lot other than the entire family enjoyed her stay with them... He really appreciated the subbed version of the video: the entire family watched it. :)

I'd love for her to study English as well. I have high hopes for her, she's the only J-actress that I believe can break the international barrier if given the right direction :fingerscrossed:

I think/hope so as well... Though Hollywood invariably typecasts actors, particularly Asian ones. :(