Category: Japanese

  • Aruitemo, Aruitemo Subbed Trailer!

    Thank you, IFC Films =D
    Kore-eda’s Still Walking is a beautiful BEAUTIFUL! Film.
    Slow-paced, beautifully acted…
    and quite heart-breaking~~~

    Plus, Hiroshi Abe is hot. LOL

  • And the June Music…

    Plus some July xD

    See… when I listen to more music, I watch less films… and when I do these things, I don’t read at all. I’m ashamed of how much I read now… LOL – and just so you can make fun of me, I’ve only been reading Buffy (season 8 comic) xD

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  • June and Mid-July Films~

    Am bored. Also remembered I haven’t done this in a while…

    Plus, it’s Twenty 2009 films!! Only 28 more LOL!

    (more…)

  • Yu Aoi Short Takes~

    I know, I know… I’m being lazy.

    By the way, by the time of posting this, I’m probably away taking photos at a concert. This is a scheduled post because I wanted Maggie Cheung as the first post for a little longer… xD

    I usually post one thing per post, but there’s too much Yu to post –
    all via aoinohoho’s Yu-dedicated JP blog.
    dozou~~~

    First!

    Rumors that NHK’s future 2011 (I know, I know… so far ahead) Taiga drama (a la Yoshitsune, Atsuhime) would be centered around three sisters… The Three Asai Sisters (?). They throw in some names like Masami Nagasawa and Aya Ueto, but seem positively (?) more thrilled to throw in Yu’s name xD – though you know, it IS a Google Translate.

    Me on the other hand… I loved Atsuhime… a strong female who moved the pieces in this game of life. That may have had to do with the high ratings the show got alongside the writing, and production values. So the prospect of Yu on a Taiga drama thrills me. For one thing, I will be able to watch her once a week on my TV for a year. LOL – but then, that will mean a decrease on films… *eek!*

    Second!

    Apparently (this is old old news), FRaU Magazine had a list Yu’s 10 Best Films~
    Some interesting choices there!

    3 films in English made it to her list…

    • White Oleander (2002)
    • 2:37 (2006) [starring fellow Teresa Palmer of December Boys, Daniel Radcliffe fame]
    • Almost Famous (2000)

    A very international one… actually, a two-part film project titled Ten Minutes Older, divided into The Trumpet and The Cello. (2002)

    And the rest are Asian… though I’ve only heard of Sway (with fellow Joe Odagiri), which I wanna watch.

    and third!

    aoinohoho uploaded this 9min video of… Yu talking about a book? Book reading?

    [iframe src=”https://www.tudou.com/v/GIK0Jvglz5w/v.swf” width=”480″ height=”400″]

    Oh yeah, and did I mention my mom loves Yu? She told me that tonight… again. LOL

  • Bokura no Ongaku – Our Music – Teppei Koike x Yu Aoi

    Once again, aoinohoho!

    Not long ago Yu appeared on Fuji TV’s Our Music~
    It’s very telling of me, but I only understand when Yu talks about food.
    Daikon mochi??? xD Not my fave, but I think my mom likes it…
    though they don’t make it like they used to, according to her xD

    *EDIT*

    Found a new upload on Youku~

    Part 1 & 2
    subs request?

    [iframe width=”480″ height=”400″ src=”https://player.youku.com/player.php/sid/XMTI1NzU2NDQ4/v.swf”]

  • Don’t Laugh at my Romance Hong Kong!

    I posted this a while ago.

    Now I found out that there’s a Hong Kong version – VCD and DVD Region 3 – with subs (sadly no extras), which I’ve decided to purchase. I would’ve chosen the Taiwan Free region edition, but I decided to get the HK version instead because I had found other product reviews for the releasing company, and I couldn’t find anything on the Taiwan company.

    DVD reviewers, please review the DVD and not the movie!

    In any case, I will be reviewing the product once I get my hands on it.

    Also on my order? Bibi’s Time – China version which includes a Bibi Photobook and DVD!!!
    ZOMG! I had to get it… short PB with album with dvd! Less than $20!
    I couldn’t resist…

    I will be reviewing that too.

  • More Yu

    Yu Aoi - July09 More InterviewOver at the Yu Aoi LJ Comm, there are brand new scans with an interview title “All About Yu Aoi” [insert Lily Chou Chou reference in here]. Scans are okay-ish size for photos… but knida makes it difficult to read or “try to read” as I call it. Plus, they have watermarks that make it even more difficult for me to try to get kanji xD

    Sucks to be me.

    Anyway, I did manage to get some of the titles and sub headings to get myself an idea of what’s going on here.

    It goes something like this…

    Likes, dislikes and the Actual Me

    All About Yu Aoi

    It has to do something with her success as an actress, and… her happy face (???) but yet precocious nature? xD – What’s the deal?  “Now, we all know “All About Yu Aoi””

    Pun intended. LOL

    Then, I think… they talk a bit about her views on this beautiful world (?), how awesome it is to work with Kyoko Koizumi (referring to the Gakuya play), how awesome (or how it makes her happy?) to have Scone in the mornings. As well as… opinions on Love? (Koi, Ai… Suki and Aisuru) – Ecological issues? ~~~ ?

    Something to do with movies and journies and searching? And wait, wait… funny part.

    とにかく食べることが大好き　（笑）。
    Tonikaku taberu koto ga daisuki (wara?).
    I generally love to eat (laughs).

    LOL. I can get that.

    ANYWAY. Any proper translation would be welcomed! ^^

  • More Juri and Nodame!!

    December 19!!!

    Of course I will have to wait a little for it… with luck, it won’t be too long.

    Nodame Movie 2009

    GYABO!!! xD

    btw, sounds like a very fun European tour…

    Last month on the 16th, they already started filming in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. They continued in Brno, the Czech Republic and after that they arrived in Vienna, Austria. After Vienna, they went back to Brno also filmed a few scenes Prague. Right now they are in France and about to start filming in Paris.

    More photos and videos via the Juri LJ Comm xD

    Chiaki-sempai!!!! Gyabo~~~ xD
    Oh, man~ I love Nodame-chan xD – Onara Taisou!!

  • Yu’s “My Favorite Book, Japan’s 100 Favorite Books”

    Months ago I blogged this NHK 10 min. segment on Yu’s favorite book. Tabi o Suru ki? – Google translates it as “Tree Travel”? – Well, YouTube user kaurismaki uploaded the 10min. not long ago. It would be AWESOME to get this subbed =D even though you don’t see much of Yu, but the segment seems to have a good feeling. Very serious.

    Once again, a request to get this translated! It would be awesome to hard-sub this. ^^

  • Surfing with Yu

    xD
    behold!

    I saw the making of this CM for Kirin titled “The First Surf Ride” thanks to aoinohoho~~ Have you guys all seen the Kirin CMs?? They’re pretty funny, and super cute. Anyway~

    I was wondering if anyone had scans for Yu’s Vogue Taiwan… like good scans, I tried searching online but many are auctioning the issue O.O – seriously. – That’s my request! =D Any fashion fans that have the issue, you too are being requested xD

    ANYWAY! Making of courtesy of aoinohoho below the break~