Category: Films

  • Rurouni Kenshin Poster~ Yu Aoi and Emi Takei

    The Rurouni Kenshin poster is out.

    I don’t know many Yu Aoi fans who are excited for it, but I know Rurouni Kenshin fans are pumped. I know a few.

    Yu Aoi has bangs… I don’t think I’ve seen Yu-chan with bangs since her early acting days. She looks mad weird, and the photoshop makes it look like she’s carrying that kid. No? Maybe it’s just me? xD

    Last Jdrama season, I gave W no Higeki a watch. I don’t think I mentioned it on my review, but Emi Takei gave me a strong Yu Aoi vibe in that show. Since then, Takei has popped up in a LOT of projects I’ve been reading about. So much, I only remember saying “ohhhh, she’s in it too?” xD

    I think she’s lacking a little bit of the Yu-chan charisma, but she’s okay.

    I’ve been re-kindling myself with fandom, so… I guess you’ll see when I post about it when it gets here.

  • How to Train Your Dragon – Live Projections

    This is just amazing.

    A show of live projections, puppets, and music was developed to put on a How to Train your Dragon performance. It brought memories of Walking with Dinosaurs [1]… but, you know, with digital displays.

    I don’t know what I would think of it if I were a kid… I know I probably complain about how kids don’t know how to be kids any longer, but things like this make me want to be a kid to experience it like I should. xD

    https://vimeo.com/43818725

  • 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

  • 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.
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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

  • Yoji Yamada’s Tokyo Kazoku ON!

    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.

  • 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

  • Wannabe Distributor: Love Is Not Blind

    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).

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  • o-Genki desuka? Atashi genki desu.

    T_T

  • 2011 Tops and Bottoms~

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

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