Super album compilation about First kiss
A compilation album titled “First Kiss” is being released on May 21, containing 15 songs about love by female artists. As the title indicates, the album’s theme is to evoke memories of one’s first kiss.
The collection features songs from the late ’90s, selected through a survey of women in their twenties. The chosen tunes include Hikaru Utada’s “First Love,” Dreams Come True’s “Nante Koi Shitan daro,” and Ringo Shiina’s “Koko de Kiss Shite.”
Popular actress Maki Horikita appears on the album’s cover. She was chosen through the same survey as the “actress who reminds you of yourself around the time of your first kiss.”
Shinku - Deep red [Jmovie] (Rina Uchiyama, Fumiyo Kohinata, Maki Horikita)
Title: Shinku (aka The Deep Red)
Starring: Rina Uchiyama, Fumiyo Kohinata, Asami Mizukawa, Maki Horikita
Released: 10th February 2006
Synopsis
With a title that means “deep red” in Japanese, Shinku is certainly an appropriate name for the movie considering its bloody subject matter. Boasting a screenplay by the late novelist Nozawa Hisashi (who committed suicide in 2004) and based on his identically titled book, Shinku is a compelling drama that focuses on the strange relationship that develops between two people who find their lives irrevocably changed as a result of a horrible multiple homicide. The first person traumatized is the lone survivor of the terrible family bloodbath, a girl who grows up to be a pretty college student played by Uchiyama Rina (from the TV series “Musashi”). The second person affected by this heinous crime is the daughter of the murderer, a young girl who ends up becoming a tattooed bartender played by Mizukawa Asami (from Go and 69). A full decade after the crime, the killer is finally going to be executed, and the surviving member of the massacre decides to reach out and befriend the murderer’s daughter. A tentative, odd sort of friendship blossoms between these two people, both of whom seem to have little in common personally, and every reason in the world for not wanting to meet. Yet they do, but not without reservations. And really, is this friendship quite what it seems? Or is it all part of some twisted plan for vengeance? As the dramatic tone of the film soon transforms from social drama into pure terror and blood-splattering horror, audiences are taken on a whirlwind ride to a dark destination they could not have expected. With a unbelievable climax, Shinku is a terrifying, atmospheric, and eerily realistic tale of psychological terror that will leave audiences breathless!
Love on Sunday - Last Word [JMovie] (Horikita Maki, Kubozuka Shunsuke, Takaoka Saki)
Koisuru Nichiyoubi - Watashi Koishita (”Love on Sunday - I Loved”) is director Hiroki Ryuichi’s second title for BS-i satellite channel’s “Japanese Break Through Films” series. While the first Koisuru Nichiyoubi was about farewell, follow-up Koisuru Nichiyoubi - Watashi Koishita, starring Horikita Maki (One Missed Call Final, Always - Sunset on Third Street) and Kubozuka Shunsuke (Big Bang Love, Juvenile A), revolves around a final reunion. Koisuru Nichiyoubi - Watashi Koishita’s melodramatic premise and teen drama stars qualify the film for “pure love” status, but the method of storytelling is different from other films of the genre. The film is noticeably absent of the grand melodrama and overt hearttugging one might expect, and instead maintains a realistically subdued air of adolescent languor. The use of handheld camera and a raw screenplay keep the proceedings organic, as if capturing a slice of life as it happens.
Seventeen-year-old Nagisa (Horikita Maki) lost her mother to cancer, and she has just been diagnosed with the same disease. With only three months left to live, she calmly leaves for Chiba to visit her first love, Satoshi (Kubozuka Shunsuke). Her junior high sweetheart has since grown into a full-fledged slacker, living alone by the sea and working odd jobs. He takes her in like an old friend, unaware that Nagisa is ill. When Nagisa realizes that Satoshi is sleeping with a married woman (Takaoka Saki), she must come to terms with her first love and her final days. Read more
Maki Horikita collected in November 2007
Funniest and Saddest films by Japanese viewers
Survey by Oricon.
Funniest
1. The Uchoten Hotel.
2. Maiko Haaaan!!!
3. Trick.
4. Home Alone.
5. The Mask.
Saddest
1. Titanic.
2. Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World.
3. Armageddon.
4. Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu.
5. Always: Sanchome no Yuhi.
5. Koizora.
7. Grave of the Fireflies.
8. The Green Mile.
8. Taiyou no Uta.
10. Nada Sousou
2008 Calendar
This calendar has 6 of the biggest new Japanese actresses in 2007 (in my opinion): Ayase Haruka, Maki Horikita, Yu Aoi, Saki Aibu, Ueno Juri, and Mao Inoue. Too bad I don’t know where to buy it…
Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix: fans’ stupidity ?
According to Nikkan Sport, via Tokyograph:
The fall 2007 winners of the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix have been announced. A total of 12,540 ballots were cast, resulting in “Yukan Club” taking 4 of the 5 awards.
It beat “Galileo” for Best Drama by 3,652 votes. It also took Best Actor (Jin Akanishi), Best Supporting Actor (Junnosuke Taguchi), and Best Supporting Actress (Yu Kashii), winning each category by more than a thousand votes.
For Best Actress, Miho Kanno (”Hataraki Man”) was #1.
11 Japanese Women of the Year by Vogue Magazine
Winter 2008 Jdrama review
Mitokomon (水戸黄門)
TBS, Monday 8:00pm, premieres January 7
This jidaigeki drama has been renewed for a 38th season, with Kotaro Satomi still playing the lead as the legendary Mitokomon, who travels across Japan upholding justice.
Other Cast: Ryuji Harada, Masashi Goda, Kaoru Yumi, Tento Matsui, Maju Ozawa, Takashi Naito
Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/mito/
Argentine Baba (Argentine Hag) (Koji Yakusho, Kyoka Suzuki, Maki Horikita)
Written by Banana Yoshimoto
Directed by Naoki Nagao
Release date: March 24, 2007
Cast
Koji Yakusho: Satoru Wakui
Kyoka Suzuki:Yuri
Maki Horikita: Mitsuko, Satoru’s daughter
Aiko Morishita:Sanae Takimoto
Satomi Tezuka:Yoshiko Wakui
Ittoku Kishibe:Junzo Shirai
Naoki Tanaka
Kitaro
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Question of the week
How do you not love her ? :)
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