Nanako Matsushima still loyal with Sumito Life Insurance as the endorser. actually i love the jingles (theme song for Sumito CMs).. it'll make me wanna sing with my cute nephews (their name are Aiman and Anwar). emm, talking about children rhyme.. i love Tulip song from "Ryokiteki na Kanojo" dorama. Oh, back to Nanako and Sumito CM.. the campaign theme is still about Eggs. You could watch her latest CM here: Mirai

I'm still searching Nanako's latest 2006 movie "Inugamike no Ichizoku [The Inugami Clan]". But if I couldn't find it at store shelves.. I might buy online instead. From what i read, the movie is based on Yokomizo Seishi's epic work about the slow-burning family murder mystery. Directed by a legendary Japanese director Ichikawa Kon in year 1976 . Thirty years later.. he did the re-make of his own work, updating the classic movie for contemporary audiences. FYI, "The Inugami Clan" holds a very special place in Japan's long tradition of supernatural suspense. What's the story is all about..? Some fitting follow-up to the original film. The unsettling Murder of the Inugami Clan delves into a tangled web of murderous lies and deceptions that is tearing apart a wealthy multi-generation family. When tycoon Inugami Sahei (Nakadai Tatsuya) passes away, he unexpectedly leaves the family fortune to outsider Tamayo (Matsushima Nanako) on the condition that she marry one of the Inugami grandsons. Among Inugami grandsons.. Tamayo needs to choose between - Sukekiyo (Onoe Kikunosuke), Suketake (Katsurayama Shingo) or Suketomo (Ikeuchi Mansaku). Somehow pitting blood against blood.. Next, members of the family begin to show up dead, one by one. Because of this Detective Kindaichi Kosuke (Ishizaka Koji) is called in to investigate the murders. Slowly, the truth is revealed as Mr. Detective happens upon years of hidden skeletons and a shocking family secret. Emm.. Ishizaka Koji (leads the all-star cast) actually is an original cast from 1976 movie. Don't you think it's good to have his return here.

I just wanna flashback another 2006 movie "Meishan-BIZAN" acted by Nanako, Takao Osawa and Nobuko Miyamoto. It was transformed from the best-selling novel wrote by Sada Shino Masa.

Besides Sorimachi, i could say that Nanako and Takao are the best on-screen combi.. in doramas, SP and movies. once, i watched Nanako-Takao in "Midnight Express".. it was the man's journey from Delhi (Asia) to London (Europe) by bus. This SP dorama was based on Sawaki Koutarou's non-fiction book.

Takao Osawa worked with KimuTaku in Stay Gold, with Takeno in The Last Song & Heaven's coins ~ Die Sterntaler and also with Rena in "The Taste of Fish" movie. This Takao-Rena's movie was just released last June 2008.

i've watch the trailers.. not bad.. it's gonna be fish world!
Rena's role as Asuka. Takao as Shuntaro Akagi needs to help out Asuka's family business in the Tsukiji Fish Market; the well-known middle trader shop called "Uotatsu". Somehow, the competition is fiercely fought within the long-established conventions held by the expert traders. Without much experience in this kind of business, Shuntaro only depends on his ability to distinguish good taste of fish with his tongue.

i love the movie theme song. This movie would be turned into a series, also this year.. but i'm still not sure in which TV station. Anyway, here is the "Tsukiji uogashi sandaime @ The Taste of Fish" movie trailers file (in flv file)

The latest news from Sorimachi Takashi is he got a role as a businessman in TV Asahi dorama "Lot 6, 300 million man won 20 million yen @ Lotto Man". Other casts would be Nakajima Tomoko, Naomi Matsushima etc. and Ito Masaki is the guest for first episode. Short news HERE. Talking about Nakajima, i love Nakajima Tomoko.. she is 36 years old now.. but she's cute and funny.. i know her because of SmaSma Roulette Bowling 2005 where Nakajima was with Blue Team (Tsuyoshi and Goro) and Matsu was with Red Team (Takuya and Shingo). one thing i just realized that Nakajima Tomoko was acting in "Ice World" (Nanako-Takeno's dorama). i think i should find her back.. i can't remember Nakajima's role there.. uwaa, gomen!

Next, Takeno with Kanno Miho in TBS dorama "Tomorrow" .. i still didn't watch yet. never mind it's still on-air now. But so far, the first episode was well-received. and viewers commenting the scenery shot was beautiful and the plot was realistic.. FYI, one of the directors is Yamamuro Daisuke.
Yutaka Takenouchi working many times with Yamamuro which are "Dropout Teacher Returns to School, Rondo and Tomorrow" dorama {wooohhhh...!^^}. Yamamuro also the one who directed (just to name.. )
- Say Hello BlackJack (act by Tsumabuki Satoshi, also a medical dorama) - Suna no Utsuwa (Vessel of Sands, act by Nakai & Ken Watanabe) - Tobosha (act by Eguchi Yosuke & Abe Hiroshi, a thriller dorama) - M no Hegeki (act by Goro) - Hana Yori Dango - Karei naru Ichizoku (act by Kimura) - The story of Yamada Taro. {wooooohhh sugoii sugoii... can i love Yamamuro now? ^^} .

i'm already finished watching "Ryokiteki na Kanojo".. only now i got time to do that. Miss them sooo much! See... i just know my TsuRena will be a great combi. Wish to see them again together in future.. like I always said to people.. Riko and Sabu are just perfectly fit for Tsuyoshi and Rena. Nobody could do better than them. Looking TsuRena really reminds me of KimuraMatsu.. :). Oh, I never care about bad comments or bullshits reviews from some people. They should watch from Beginning to End of story, A to Z.. and that's the protocol when making reviews, right.
As the light-warm comedy romance dorama, i really enjoying this. Especially when the production team making great surprise. They brought Somegoro to TV screen. The last time Somegoro was in Pride dorama as co-star with KimuTaku. Even with short scenes.. I still couldn't forget Somegoro's words and expression. I guess it's the aura from "Kabuki Prince", na. Somegoro's role as a hair stylist (named Nonomura Shunsuke) who love poetry, reading literatures and could wrote difficult kanjis in such beautiful hand writing. I think it's rare to find a character like this.. But that sounds so Somegoro and Nonomura's character fits well with him. I wanna add some latest news about Ichikawa Somegoro aka Matsu Takako's brother. At last, we could see Somegoro more in non-kabuki jobs.. Next August 2008, he would be in a contemporary stage play "Jyokyoushi wa 2-do Dakareta/Held by A Female Teacher for The Second Time". Starring together with Ohtake Shinobu. Seems like a love story with a much older woman.. hihi. Look at him.. kakkoi, na!! And Somegoro already finished filming "On Next Sunday" movie which will be screen year 2009 Spring. He'll star with a 19-years old Korean actress named Yoon Ha. From Sponichi which translated by my good friend Yanie.. {i wanna paste full report.. coz it's sooo interesting!} Somegoro now is 35 years old man but play a role as an ordinary man in nearly 40's.. Oh, we're not simply calling Matsumoto Koshiro-san's family members as royal family without reason.. The FACT is, they're really well-known in Japan as Kabuki King, Prince and Princess of Rein (kabuki society). Obviously we know why. Believe me.. they're really amazing, humble and funny.

Prince Somegoro as A Worn-out Ojisan (= men around 40s)
(Sponichi article on 18 March 2008 )

Kabuki actor, Ichikawa Somegoro (35) will play the role as an ojisan working as a university cleaning service, a newspaper delivery man, and a pizza delivery man, in a movie titled "Kondo no Nichiyoubi ni @ On Next Sunday". He's a 39 years old divorcee who works hard to pay his son's education fee. Somegoro has always been playing kakkoii and youth roles, "This is a role I had never play before, so it intrigued me....", he said. The movie will premiere in next year's spring.

At one time, he's a university cleaning service, at another time he's a newspaper delivery man, at another time he's a pizza delivery man. Somegoro changes roles just like the fast changes in kabuki. Somegoro said, "When I put on the uniform, somehow I feel I'm ready to get to work already,", seem like he's having fun with the filming. He himself often order pizza, so he said, "My favorite is the pizza delivery uniform," while laughing.

This movie is a human drama story about a man who has to pay his friend's debt, and left behind by his wife and child, who experience a heart interchange when he meet a female foreign college student from Korea. As he's always worn-out with all the jobs, he's always in a sleepy state.

Somegoro is the kabuki actor, Matsumoto Koshiro's eldest son, the kabuki world's prince. He usually gets kakkoii roles in movies, like Ashurajo no Hitomi and Semishigure. The director said, "A kakkoii actor who plays a worn-out ojisan will be very interesting to see. To experience the world one never experience before, to play a role one never play before, is always interesting,".

The filming takes place in Nagano prefecture, Matsumoto city. Somegoro feels a bit worried about playing a role who is 4 years older than himself. But on the set, Yoon Ha (19), the Korean actress who play the role as the foreign student teased him, "Somegoro-san tte, ojisan desu ne...", and Somegoro denied, "No, I'm not!!".

In the movie, he will show alot of his comical side, so we'd be able to see the other side of Somegoro. Seem like it's going to be a movie that'll become a turning point in an actor's life.

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi was acting in "Mabuta no Haha" (In Search of Mother) stage play last May. So i do some searching on the topic.. i just realized that the title was originally from a play written by Hasegawa Shin which then turned into a jidai-geki movie in year 1931. The story was combination of swordplay action-style with family-type melodrama. In short, it's about a lonely wandering Yakuza who longing to find back and reunion with the mother who abandoned him.

To those who didn't know.. among SMAP members, Kusanagi and Goro are still active in stage play world. From what i read and i saw, i believe both are great actors with their own style. Kohei Tsuka (a famous writer) once said that Tsuyoshi was a genius in his "Kamata Koshin Kyoku" play. And he got Haruko Sugimura Award (a prestigious prize) for his performance in "Chici Kaeru @ Father's Returning". Tsuyoshi now considered to be one of the most remarkable actors in Japanese theater industry.. not as idol star but as one of the best actors.
To imagine how Inagaki Goro in his stage play.. you should see him in "Warai no Dagaku / University of Laugh" movie which based on Koki Mitani's stage play.

Last year 2007, Yanie managed watching Goro in "The Magic Fountain Pen" from 3rd row seat. So close, na ~ I just wanna share by quoting part of her own words as she's really star-strucked with the play.. haha. Despite to that, she still could wrote full, long and detailed review.. ya'know XD.

"The set was at New York, in the 1920s. It's a COMEDY stageplay. Each character named after popular pen brands. Goro's character is PARKER. He's just a rookie, not-too-successful novelist. He has a pal, named WATERMAN. But he's also like a sidekick x) Parker is an arrogant, a jerk. Pause first on the story... I want to comment, that Goro's acting was EXCELLEEENNTT, SO SUPERB here!!! He was really ALL OUT!! I was kinda disappointed with his acting in BusuKoi. But here, he was really ALL OUT like in Warai no Daigaku!!! Sugooooiii~~!!! In Warai, he was this goody-goody writer, right? This time, Parker is the opposite kind of writer... he likes to do everything his way, and everyone has to follow him. I sooo love Goro's ignorant expression. Parker is also a hyper, talkative kinda guy".

Oh, when we talked about Nanako's movie.. i think i should talk about Rena's Dec 2007 movie "Moryo na Hako/The Shadow Spirit" .. i really wanna watch this.. why.. because the returning of the team. Abe Hiroshi (a detective who has the special power to see into people’s memories), Shinichi Tsutsumi (a used book seller and "onmyouji"/specialists in magic and divination), Rena Tanaka (a reporter), Shiina Keppei (a writer), Hiroyuki Miyasako (police officer), Kuroki Hitomi (a famous actress)!!

From the trailer, I could say "Moryou" (directed by Masato Harada) is much better than the previous "Ubume no Natsu" (directed by Akio Jissoji).. i hope so.. coz I was blur and disappointed with Ubume movie. FYI, Moryou is the second book of Natsuhiko Kyogoku's series (a famous novelist) which received Mystery Writers Association of Japan Award in year 1995. You could watch Moryou trailer HERE

After non-stop RenaRena "monthly movies", in this month of July 2008; the screen plays would have "Gegege no Kitaro" sequel movie. i'm so sure Matsu Takako would watching this.. as i could considered that she is a hardcore fan of Gegege... hehehe! On Gegege premiere day, Rena Tanaka still with her long hair.. wearing dress in her usual pink. Gegege no Kitaro movie was in year 2007 and because of its well-received we've got another sequel in year 2008. Rena is famous with Gegege Dance. You could watch her HERE. She's so cute, don't you think... the ghost dance is cute.. fun like MJ Thriller.
Btw, back to Tsuyoshi's play of "Mabuta no Haha".. fans said Rena went watching Tsuyoshi's stage play.. Hope one day, she'll come down to that world.. because i know Rena Tanaka is a great actress. If not acting with Matsu... i wish with Tsuyoshi.. KUDASAI **

20th Anniversary of B'z - again Tak and Koshi gave us #1 record again in Oricon chart!
emm, i should explaining this from beginning.. For their 20th Anniversary, B'z released their album "Ultra Pleasure" on 18th June (4 days after my birthday).. at the end of that same day, 116,582 copies already sold. Why? because those who're pre-orders could grab at store shelves one day before the actual released. Guys from "Off The Lock" site were so kind to translate Tak and Koshi's messages regarding this album. You could read those HERE. BTW, B'z Live-Gym Pleasure 2008 ~ Glory Days ~ tour will be started next September and the sale of tickets will be starting end of this month. Special website for special celebration.. for having special treasure. You could DIG Here!^^

Talking about 20th Anniversary, SMAP also already 20 years.. coz they were formed in year 1988.

Bistro SMAP recently having lots foreigner guests.. emm, i just watched few only. Dunno why I didn't enjoy much this year guests.. Let's see, when the last time i really love to watch the guests.. ah, Matt Damon during his Bourne movie promo - also Cameron Diaz & Jude Law. Frankly, I'm more excited to watch Japanese Guests.. coz that will brought me to know more about the people and their achievement (especially if the guests are historical persons).

SMAP as usual busy with their solo and group jobs - SmaSma, variety shows, doramas, movies, radio programs, CMs etc. But here i REALLY wanna highlighted their perfomance with Yoshida Brothers last 23rd June 2008. Watch Yoshida SMAP Brothers of Dynamite clip HERE. Kakkoii~ that was first time i knew Yoshida Brothers. They played Shamisen (Japanese traditional music instrument) which usually accompanied KABUKI or other Japanese traditional dance performances. Yoshida Brothers is accompanying a contemporary dance by SMAP, well-fit with SMAP's Dynamite song. Hemm, this really remind me of Omatsu first appearance in SmaSma in year 1997.. LOL, i wonder if Somegoro or Matsu could join them.. must be really fun. Matsu first dancing was in SmaSma October 2001 singing SMAP's Shake song.

Matsumoto Koshiro-san and his son Ichikawa Somegoro were doing Kirin beer's CM together.. love to see them both HERE. The idea of this CM was to let them having a casual conversation whatever they like while drinking beer. There were 3 versions. Two of them were "Parent-Child Relationship" and "Musume no Kekkon" (Daughter's Marriage) versions. Haha.. i couldn't even believe.. Koshiro-san really talked about this. When Matsu's Papa started to complain about his daughter's marriage, seems like Somegoro burst out laughing for real :) Anyhow I always love to see the bonds of this great family..

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i'm too tired. hehe...
i have a great time discussing SMAP's doramas and movies with bunch of friends.. also talking about Koshiro-san, Somegoro, Sorimachi and Takeno ..... those my men :)

and lately.. i miss my Anuar Zain a very very nice guy, a great singer from my country Malaysia.
i've been his fan since he was young.. yeah, i was a kid too during that time.
He grew up.. working with Malaysia Airlines.
After 10 years, he did a comeback in 1998... and now 10 years later,
in this year 2008.. he proved that he still the Best performer.

I love his song "Lelaki Ini" (This Guy/This Man) from his latest album... really love it.
feel wanna cry ..
i love my men ... those who were already passed away (my grandfathers, my younger brother, my boyfriend) ... and those who are still alive (my dad, my brother). i know they love me too..
Happy Men Days! Doozo.. Hope you'll enjoy this non-Japanese song :)
ANUAR ZAIN - LELAKI INI (THIS MAN)

i love Kobukuro. You know why.. Because their songs and their personalities. Previously, Kobukuro with Matsu were in Bokura no Ongaku (Our Music 2) show. Kobukuro also sang for Ruri No Shima's theme song.. which is Takeno's dorama. Then, they appeared in SmaSma.. singing "Tsubomi" with SMAP. And their song "Aoku Yasashiku" was chosen to be Dream Again's theme song (Sorimachi's dorama).
{Emm, that makes their fifth consecutive single to be used as a television drama theme actually!}

If you ask me who're my favorite actresses..
automatically i'll say nanako matsushima-takako matsu-rena tanaka-kanno miho.
yes, kanno miho.. that Inagaki Goro's girlfriend. before i know about her or Goro or Sommelier dorama... she already impressed me with her acting in "Dolls" movie (directed by Takeshi Kitano). and i was happy when i know she was with Takeno doing CMs together some time ago.

And now... i'm so excited when i heard that Takeno-Miho will be doing dorama together!!
{yappari ne, seems my dream already come true... to see this two together}
This TBS drama is "Tomorrow" which already planned 4 years ago.
Uwaa.. the producers even did a deep research by visited hospitals across Japan.. and those doctors' opinions about the problems faced by the hospital system and its patients are gathered.

According to Sankei Sports, Takenouchi will be plays a surgeon who retired 8 years ago to work for the municipal government. But then, he ends up returning to the profession to help a local hospital on the verge of bankruptcy. Kanno plays a co-worker, as a nurse for the first time in her acting career. The filming will be start end of this month.. and being scheduled on-air on July 6.. just right after TsuRena 's dorama ended.

KimuTaku's dorama is still on-air now.. "Change". According to Sponichi Annex, the first episode received a respectable 23.8% rating, though it was surely lower than the network had hoped for. It failed to beat out NTV's "Gokusen 3" which started out last month at 26.4%. This is the first time since the 1998 "Nemureru Mori", that his series didn't got the highest-rated first episode of the season. On the other hand, the series can also be seen as a minor triumph in an era of declining ratings,
given that it has the highest-rated premiere for an original series in the past 3 years.
I still didn't watch Change yet.. maybe later, i'll watch it all-in-once!

MatsuTaka finished her stage play "The Man From La Mancha" with her father. and she'll be in another stage play "The Sisters" in August with Suzuki Anne. On the other hands, Matsu also would be involved with singing project - together with other 10 singers.
A song titled "Waratte Misete Kure" is going to release on 25 June ... showing of support to the Japanese athletes competing in this 2008 Olympics. {Emm, thinking about China's earthquake that happened recently.. i wonder how this Olympic Game gonna be this year...}

Both TsuRena's movies would be in cinema (theater) in this May
{Err.. i mean their separate movies, ok...}
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi's movie is "Yama no Anata ~Tokuichi no Koi~". This cover version movie is directed by Katsuhito Ishii - the story of a romance between a blind masseur and a beautiful woman.
Meanwhile Rena Tanaka's movie is "Yamazakura".

FYI, "Yamazakura" (act by Rena Tanaka) novel book comes from the same author of "Twilight Samurai" (act by Miyazawa Rie), "Hidden Blade" (act by Takako Matsu) , "Semishigure" (act by Ichikawa Somegoro) and "Bushi no Ichibun" (act by Kimura Takuya)!!! The author of all those is Fujisawa Shuhei! Everybody love his works.... those are the great samurai's love stories ~

According to yanie: Tanaka Rena's role name is Isomura Noe, and she is the leading character. Fujisawa Shuhei rarely has female character as the lead. Noe has had unhappy marriages twice. Her first husband died. And with the second husband, Isomura, his family background is totally different with hers, so she feels like she's in a different world, she's unhappy and feels lonely. One day, after she visited her aunt's grave, she saw mountain cherry blossoms (yamazakura) on a tree. She's intrigued with the yamazakura flower and wanted to reach for it, but she can't. Suddenly a man helps her get the flower. The man is Tezuka Yoichiro (Higashiyama Noriyuki). Noe is surprised, coz he is one of the name mentioned for omiai (arranged marriage) with her, before Isomura. But that time, even before they met, Noe turned down the marriage deal after she heard Tezuka has a mother and a child.
Tezuka asked her, "Are you happy now?". Noe hesitantly replied, "Yes....".
But somehow... after this met, their future changes.... It is a circling path to happiness...
Another thing is the theme song of Yamazakura titled "Shiori" is from Hitoto Yo!
What a great movie... looking forward to this, yeayy!

Btw, thanx to Keen.. i just discover another B'z fansite..

"B'z Off The Lock"- a simple plain, but really up2date. wow, i love these people... a BIG thanks to all of you guyz no matter who you are! B'z already released their best-of album B’z The Best “ULTRA Pleasure” . Talking about B'z.. last time i did Matsu-Nanako fanfic video "Easy Come Easy Go!"... and few days ago, i did Matsu-Rena "Roots of Love".. based on B'z song "Roots".
Hope i could do more clips on "ladies" after this...

Direção: Shinichirô Sawai

Roteiro: Takehiro Nakajima, Shoichi Maruyama

Elenco: Takashi Sorimachi, Rei Kikukawa, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Naoki Hosaka, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Eugene Nomura, Yusuke Hirayama, Ara, Ami Takeishi

Ignorância às vezes é uma porcaria. Passei boa parte deste longo filme tentando saber quem era, ou quando ia aparecer o famoso Genghis Khan. Por dedução lógica, adivinhei quem era o cara, mas até ai tinha certa dúvida, pois todos o tratavam por seu nome de nascimento, Temudjin, já que o nome Genghis Kahn veio só aos 45 anos e isso é só no final do filme, mas mesmo assim não se explica o porquê dessa mudança de nome. A construção, e o andamento do filme não ajudam muito, o roteiro não é nada explicativo e tem passagens de texto confusas, com poucos anos se convertendo em segundos.

O filme conta a história de um dos maiores conquistadores do mundo, desde a sua infância, até o início da guerra de dominação da China, passando pela adolescência e por boa parte da vida adulta. Filho de Yesugei, líder de uma das várias tribos do território mongol, Temudjin cresceu em meio a constantes batalhas entre seu povo. Com a perda do pai, a família de Temudjin foi abandonada pelo próprio clã, já que eles não o consideravam filho de Yesugei(sua mãe fora raptada em um ataque a tribo dos Merkit). Com a ajuda de outros clãs, a família de Temudjin foi aos poucos recuperando a sua riqueza e consequentemente tornando-se um novo clã prospero e batalhador. Com o crescimento, Temudjin vai colocando em prática um sonho audacioso, unificar todas as tribos mongóis em um único império com um líder forte. O início da dominação começa com os Merkit, que após um ataque a vila de Temudjin, seqüestram a sua esposa, Bolte. Tendo recuperado a esposa e vencido os Merkit, ele vai aos poucos e por conta de seguidas e sangrentas batalhas, derrotando seus inimigos e tornando seu sonho mais próximo.

O filme tem a narração da mãe de Temudjin e ela fala desde o início da natureza bélica e às vezes cruel do filho, que nunca se cansava de entrar em batalhas e esparramar o sangue do inimigo. Mas mesmo assim, mostra um Genghis Khan respeitoso com a mãe, com a mulher e com a opinião de seus conselheiros.

O que chama muito a atenção é a diferença de conceitos presentes no filme, a noção de honra, respeito e traição são muito fortes, traços típicos das culturas orientais. Mas é bacana ver a reação de Temudjin após vencer uma batalha contra Jamuqa, um antigo aliado com quem tinha um pacto de não agressão e de amizade eterna desde a adolescência. Mesmo com a traição de Jamuqa, Temudjin não ataca seu povo e ainda faz uma proposta de conciliação ao “ex-amigo”. A relação com o filho Jochi também é interessante de se observar. Trocando-se em miúdos, é uma cultura diferente da nossa.

Apesar do roteiro não ser lá grandes coisas, a produção é muito boa, as cenas de batalhas são fantásticas, os figurinos são excelentes e a fotografia é belíssima, com cenários espetaculares e bem bonitos.

Vale muito a pena assistir suas mais de duas horas de duração, já que o tema não foi muito abordado até hoje.