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Fukushima Hula Girls Trailer

You know, Japan is YouTubizing itself. I didn’t know Asmik Ace had a YouTube channel.

ANYWAY, browsing their uploaded videos I found the trailer for Fukushima Hula Girls (がんばっぺフラガール!), which has narration by Yu-chan… because, you know, she was a Hula Girl. xD

Is that Yu-chan’s voice in the trailer? Coz… she sounds, so different. If I didn’t know she was doing the narration, I wouldn’t know it’s her voice. This is a new voice… different from the one she uses in CMs, her screaming (Shiro, Raiou) voice, and different from her talking voice. Yu-chan is developing her narration voice.

If there’s a DVD with English subtitles, I will get it to support Hula Girls and Fukushima… coz, was this done to support them? Are we donating money with this? I just realized I have no idea. O_O

Posted on June 21, 2012 In Celebrity, English, Films, Japanese, Sharing, Trailers documentary/making-of, japan, yu aoi

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Shunji Iwai’s Vampire Trailer + Japanese Trailer

I really don’t know how I missed this trailer.

I mean, it’s got Yu-chan’s line in ENGLISH… broken English, but HER LINE IN ENGLISH. And it’s nearly a year-old video post, and I never knew. And NOBODY told me. T_T That’s the most depressing part.

I had talked with people who had seen Vampire already, and they’ve told me that Yu-chan’s part is small… but memorable (but maybe they’re a little bit biased). In any case, I’m not guiding myself by the reviews that came from Sundance because most of them… they were expecting some other movie about vampires.

I’m posting this today, because Vampire just got a Japanese release date — September 15th this year — ~~but i can’t~~ find an upload for that version on YouTube, so here’s a link to Wildgrounds.
Continue Reading…

Posted on June 16, 2012 In Celebrity, English, Films, Japanese, Screencaps, Trailers canada, shunji iwai, shunji iwai vampire, yu aoi

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And I will always be there to catch you…

Why do we love musicals??

Why do I love it so much?
What kind of magic is this?
How come I can’t help adore it?
It’s just another musical

Posted on June 13, 2012 In Celebrity, Clips, DVD/BR, English, Films, Fun, Music, Sharing big vocal chops, bjork, contemporary classics, dancer in the dark, lars von trier, musical/choreography, soundtrack

Yoji Yamada’s Tokyo Kazoku ON!

June 2, 2012 — 3 Comments

Or at least, that’s what I understood scanning through the articles in Japanese (with Google Translate, LOL).

Tokyo Kazoku (Tokyo Family) was supposed to start shooting in early April last year, but due to the earthquake, it was postpone — postpone long enough, until now. Apparently (if I read right), Tokyo Kazoku began shooting on May 31st. There was a press conference that day, and the cast was there~ including Satoshi Tsumabuki and Yu-chan.

As you may (or not) know, Tokyo Kazoku will be a re-telling of the 1953 classic Tokyo Story (東京物語) by Yazujiro Ozu. Apparently, Yu-chan will be taking on the role played by Setsuko Hara. But… I really can’t tell you more, because I’m ashamed to admit I haven’t watched Tokyo Story, even though every cinephile has.

But if Setsuko Hara-san’s character was the same as Satoshi Tsumabuki’s girlfriend [1], then you probably already knew that. If it wasn’t… then it’s all news to us. xD

In the meantime… Yu looks grown-up. I feel like I haven’t seen her in so long, even though she was in that episode of Shokuzai in January. Of course, Tokyo Kazuko will be released on January 2013.

Here’s a video of the event.

In Celebrity, English, Films, Japanese, Sharing, Snapshots news, satoshi tsumabuki, tokyo kazoku (tokyo family), yu aoi

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i.Sat and the Subtitles~

I don’t watch as much i.Sat as I used to, but this is my favorite commercial I’ve seen from them.

I’m so glad they have it on their YouTube account. xD

Posted on May 24, 2012 In Chinese, Commercials, English, Films, Fun, Sharing, Spanish, Television cable magico, china, commercial, funny, funny captions, i-sat, latin america, maggie cheung, subtitles, tony leung, wong kar-wai

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Wannabe Distributor: Love Is Not Blind

May 20, 2012 — Leave a comment

I decided to create another feature in here~ The Wannabe Distributor feature!!! Combining my love for film and design, I’m gonna pick films as if I could afford the rights to distribute them, and imagining I really am going to be showing these films at a theater near me, I’m going to pick suitable titles and “create” a campaign to promote it. LOL

My first pick! China’s little movie that could, Love Is Not Blind (失恋33天).

In Chinese, DVD/BR, English, Films, Graphics, Posters/Artwork, Sharing, Spanish, Trailers by amy wong, china, design, distributors, fanart, latin america, peru, print, translation, wannabe distributor

o-Genki desuka? Atashi genki desu.

T_T

Posted on May 18, 2012 In DVD/BR, English, Films, Graphics, Japanese, Romaji, Screencaps, Sharing contemporary classics, fanart, from the vault, gorgeousity!, japan, shunji iwai, why the 90's ruled

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2011 Tops and Bottoms~

April 15, 2012 — 1 Comment

I put together my lists of Top15 Movies, Bottom15 Movies, as well as my Top15 Albums from 2011.

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From Taitung, to Isla Nublar and Hualien~

March 14, 2012 — Leave a comment

I think I have previously described Taiwan as a very unique mix of Japan, China with a dash of Hawaii. Now for the Jurassic Park fans, you’d know that the movie was partly shot in the island… and traveling through the southern part of Taiwan I’ve felt velociraptors are about to jump at me at any minute.