#kumiko tsuchiya

[imsailorpluto]

Last weekend I watched Bataashi Kingyo (Swimming Upstream), a Japanese movie from the 90s, adapted from manga of same name.

It's one of those movies I wish I watched 15 years ago, you know, when I was 15.

It's about a teenage boy Kaoru who is all into motorcycles, then one day, as he passes by his school's swimming pool, a girl accidentally pours a bucket of water on him. In frustration, he starts shouting at the girl, but when he realises that's Sonoko, the leading girl of the swim team, his tone changes and all frustration melts away. It's the moment he falls in love with the girl, decides to quit riding his bike with the boys, and joins the swimming team. He doesn't even know how to swim, but he's confident to win Sonoko's heart by becoming an Olympic medalist.

Of course, the movie isn't about his journey towards becoming a professional swimmer, it covers a fairly short period of time during which Kaoru constantly pursues Sonoko. There are some more spoilers ahead - all the way to the blue The End.

His swimming and training skills are only those of a beginner and willpower alone is not enough for an overnight transformation. His sport journey can be compared to that of winning over Sonoko. While chasing the object of his desire, he's tactless, impatient, stubborn, self-centred and doesn't understand a word no. His sense of self is extremely distorted. He's the main character in his own story, just like any other boy, but he's also convinced he's the main character in everyone else's story too. Especially Sonoko's, which couldn't be further from the reality. Meanwhile, the only person who sees him as the main character is the mechanic girl, his friend who is in love with him, Puu.

In this silly little triangle, he doesn't care much about this bike girl, just like Sonoko doesn't care much about him either. And isn't that just a typical teenage love story? Puu is really awesome tho.

While Sonoko is annoyed and repulsed by Kaoru's pushy behaviour, she eats her frustration away in hopes to gain weight and become less pretty to Kaoru. It is the last act of desperation, since everything else she tried didn't work. Not even fake dating with Nagai, the number 1 swimmer of their high school.

Of course, due to overeating and a change of lifestyle, she ends up depressed. And despite all of it, Kaoru still sees her the way she is, and is still just as in love as he was the first time he saw her. Once he finally understands his actions are hurting Sonoko, he gives up. In the meantime, Sonoko got so used to his presence that she starts missing him. She loses the weight and decides to pursue him. Eventually, they both end up having a fight and a conversation followed by Kaoru's love confession. The End.

This one was a lovely break from both life and kdrama for me. It is such a cliché but it depicts how boys behave during their teenage years and, to be honest, it also depicts the majority of grown men as well, those who never grow up to stop the kind of stubborn and annoying act of an immature teenager. It also shows the neverending harmful coping mechanisms girls and boys run to in acts of desperation. The main characters are teenagers but I can't stop thinking how not much changes in the adult age. Overeating, social distancing, procrastination, self-hatred. Such typical behaviour for a woman when she's hurting. And stubbornness, spite, persistence and exploitation, as traits of generally extremely immature and hurting men.

It's a good movie with everything in mind, especially for these sultry summer days, when all you need is some icy drink, deep shade and something to play in the background. And, you know, you can always not overthink it to this extent and make it a bit more enjoyable.

Have any of you watched Swimming Upstream already? I haven't found many posts about this movie at all, which could be just Tumblr search engine doing a lousy job, again. Sure, it isn't as popular nowadays nor is it trending, but I find it kind of nice to get familiar with this kind of "old school media." Acting isn't superb, and neither is the plot, but filming is so calming and beautiful I can't help but recommend this one (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

#bataashi kingyo #バタアシ金魚 #swimming upstream #jmovie #manga adaptation #saki takaoka #michitaka tsutsui #mikihisa azuma #kumiko tsuchiya #imsailorpluto #jmovie recommendations

[batangtamad]

GOKUSEN 2 (Live Action)

Genres: Comedy , School Life , Slice of Life

Episodes: 10 + 1 TV Reunion Special

Favorite Character: Yamaguchi Kumiko and Odagiri Ryu

Favorite Quote: "As long as you have the strength to protect what is important to you, that's all you need." - Yankumi

Favorite Episodes: Episode 1: Highschool is a once in a lifetime experience, do not waste it! ...That zealous teacher has returned!; Episode 8: I will always be your teacher; Episode 10: Be proud to graduate!! Yankumi and Class 3-D, tearful goodbye

Plot:

A few years passed since Yamaguchi left Shirokin Gakuen which closed after some time. Everything has been difficult for Yankumi the following years for her new students are little kids that doesn't suit her way of teaching. Change is on the horizon when a bad hair day came but with a little twist became okay. Mr. Sawatari Goro, Shirokin's vice Principal is in need of teacher in the school he is teaching. But not just ordinary teacher... he specifically need Yankumi! The school is Kurogin Gakuen. When she arrived in the school she was really happy till she knew that she is to handle another bunch of 3-D but this time meaner and more violent! As usual, she has to hide her background or else she'll lose her job. She does her best to be nice to every student but it seemed that it'll be harder for the students are worst than the word worst. How will she face them? Is it a new challenge? (MDL)

Gokusen 2 is really amazing! I love it so much that I don't know how many times I rewatched it. There are a lot of fight scenes. Everytime I watch the fight scenesm, it made me laugh. When Yankumi throws her glasses and take off his ponytails, you know she will be in a fight. That is one of her signature move.

The five main students of class 3-D, Odagiri, Yabuki, Tsuchiya, Hyuuga, and Takeda are really great. They may not be included in the manga, but the characters are almost the same in the first series. For example, Odagiri is like Shin in the first series. I also think he's in love with Yankumi just like Shin. Yabuki is like a mix of Tetsu and Shin, and Takeda is like Noda.

I like that Gokusen 2 have scenes related to the manga. Here are some examples: (1) When Yabuki challenged Yankumi in one on one. - Volume 1 Chapter 5 (2) The annoying cop, who keeps on blaming the 3-D. He is annoying both in manga, and live action. (3) When Odagiri and Yabuki went to Yankumi's house. Yankumi pretended that her family is a family of theater, but of course they did not believe it. - Volume 3 Chapter 24 (4) Baba-sensei is one of the teacher mentioned in the manga. (5) The English teacher, Shiratori fell in love with one of the Odeo Family. However, in the manga her name is Shizuka (which is from the first series) and instead of Tetsu she fell in love with Oshima Kyotaro which is not mentioned in any live action series. (6) Odagiri stayed in Yankumi's house just like when Shin did in the manga. Also, his dad went to Yankumi's house. - Volume 6 Chapter 50-60. (7) The school has a plan to be co-ed. - Volume 9 Chapter 84 (8) When Odagiri and Yabuki were framed in stealing jewelries. (9) Kudo is finally introduce as he also important character in the manga. I don't particularly like Kudo in the manga, but I like it when Yankumi taken him in the Oedo Family's house. (10) When Yabuki got involved with yakuza to saved Kuma. However, it's different in the manga. Anyway, in the live action this is the first time we saw Yankumi's grandfather show his connection or how powerful he is as the leader of Oedo Family.

I like that the Gokusen 2 continue Kuma's life after graduating high school. This was not included in the manga which is a great addition to the live action series. Also, the relationship/arguement between Yankumi and Head teacher Sawatari.

I recommend you to watch the Gokusen series, if you haven't. Obviously, because of the plot, Yankumi, the 3-D class students, and the life lessons.

#animechan #GOKUSEN 2 (Live Action)

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Gokusen 2

Year : 2005 | Country : JP | Nb of episodes: 11

My rate: 3/10

Synopsis :

Half a year has passed and Shirokin Gakuen has closed down. Yamaguchi Kumiko (Nakama Yukie) finds herself a teacher of a few young kids who don't really benefit much from her style of teaching. Through some twist of fate, she is offered a job as a teacher in Kurogin Gakuen.

She becomes the teacher of a delinquent 3D class which make her previous students look like angels. In order to protect her job, she must again hide her true identity — the fact that she is the 4th generation of the Oedo Family, a prominent yakuza group.

Main cast :

Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko

Namase Katsuhisa as Sawatari Goro

Utsui Ken as Kuroda Ryuichiro (Kumiko's grandpa)

Anan Kenji as Wakamatsu Hiro

Kaneko Ken as Asakura Tetsu

Uchiyama Shinji as Tatsukawa Minoru

Ryogoku Hiroshi as Sugawara Makoto

Kamenashi Kazuya as Odagiri Ryu

Akanishi Jin as Yabuki Hayato

Hayami Mokomichi as Tsuchiya Hikaru

Koike Teppei as Takeda Keita

Koide Keisuke as Hyuuga Kosuke

My thoughts on this drama :

Take the same concept as season one with a different class of roguish boys and here we go again. Not especially bad, but not thrilling either.

 A Favorite ?

NO

#gokusen 2 #nakama yukie #namase katsuhisa #utsui ken #anan kenji #kaneko ken #uchiyama shinji #ryogoku hiroshi #kamenashi kazuya #akanishi jin #hayami mokomichi #koike teppei #koide keisuke #jdrama #drama

[kentootv]

まれ (Mare)

DORAMA DETAILS

Title: まれ

Title (romaji): Mare

Broadcast Network: NHK

Genre: Drama

Episodes: 156

Release Date: March 30 - September 26, 2015

Runtime: Mon-Sat 8:00

TV Ratings: 19.4%

Theme song: Mare-zora

PLOT

Mare is an elementary school student. She lives with her family in the city, but, right before her father goes bankrupt, they run away and settle down at a fishing village in Noto.

The family rents a couple's home who run a salt pond. Mare's father starts a new business, but it also fails. Her mother supports the family by working at the salt pond.

8 years later, Mare, about to graduate from high school, decides to work for the Wajima local government. She wants to have a steady job, unlike her father. Her job is to support people who move to Noto.

CAST

Tsumura Family

Tsuchiya Tao as Mare

Matsumoto Ramu as young Mare

Watanabe Konomi as Mare (age 5)

Oizumi Yo as Tsumura Toru, Mare's father

Tokiwa Takako as Tsumura Aiko, Mare's mother

Hayama Shono as Tsumura Ittetsu, Mare's brother

Kimura Seiya as young Ittetsu

Kusabue Mitsuko as Robert Yukie, Mare's grandmother

Takahashi Rai as Tsumura Tetsushi

Okesaku Family

Tanaka Yuko as Okesaku Fumi

Tanaka Min as Okesaku Ganji

Teraoka Family

Kadowaki Mugi as Teraoka Minori, Mare's classmate

Mizuno Ayame (水野あやめ) as young Minori

Tsukaji Muga as Teraoka Makoto, Minori's father

Fuse Eri as Teraoka Kumi, Minori's mother

Kuramoto Family

Shimizu Fumika as Kuramoto Ichiko, Mare's classmate

Aikawa Aoi (愛川あおい) as young Ichiko

Sasai Eisuke as Kuramoto Koichi, Ichiko's father

Suzuki Sawa as Kuramoto Haru, Ichiko's mother

Nakagawa Shoko as Obara Maki, woman of mystery

Kontani Family

Yamazaki Kento as Keita Kontani, Hiroyuki's son and Mare's classmate and Mare's Husband

Yamazaki Yuuma (山崎祐馬) as young Keita

Itao Itsuji as Kontani Hiroyuki, Keita's father

Fujiyoshi Kumiko as Kontani Naomi, Keita's mother

Nakamura Atsuo as Kontani Yataro, Keita's grandfather

Koyama Harutomo (小山春朋) as Kontani Takumi

Yokoyama Mei (横山芽生) as Kontani Ayumi

Kado Family

Takahata Yuta (高畑裕太) as Kado Yoichiro, Mare's classmate

Guts Ishimatsu as Kado Shinichiro, Yoichiro's father

Oshima Kota (大嶋康太) as young Yoichiro

Others

Watanabe Taichi (渡辺大知) as Futaki Takashi, Mare's classmate

Tsuchiya Kaede (土屋楓) as young Takashi

Negishi Toshie as Wakabayashi Kimiko

Kajiwara Hikari (梶原ひかり) as Okano Ami

Iitoyo Marie as Sawa Saya (ep133-156)

People from Yokohama

Kohinata Fumiyo as Ikehata Daigo

Ryo as Ikehata Wako

Yagira Yuya as Ikehata Daisuke

Nakamura Yurika as Ikehata Minami

Suzuki Taku (鈴木拓) as Asai Kazuya

Shuko (柊子) as Yano Toko

Son Seijun (孫成順) as Chin Bunki

Fukuda Ayano as Ueda Yayoi

PRODUCTION STAFF

Director: Kazuki Watanabe (渡辺一貴), Masae Ichiki (一木正恵), Nishimura Takegoro (西村武五郎)

Screenwriter: Eriko Shinozaki

Executive Producer: Takahashi Ren (高橋練)

Producer: Hase Tomoki (長谷知記)

Music: Sawano Hiroyuki

Narrator: Toda Keiko

WEBSITE 

Official Pages: story | cast | blog announcement | video & images

source : AsianWiki + DramaWiki + Wikipedia

SPOILER

Yamazaki Kento played as a grandson and a guy who love wajima lacquer. He studies hard about it and could be said that lacquer is his whole life? But besides that, he has a first love and she is Mare (his classmate). Actually he is Mare's first love as well. He confessed to her but end up with no clear reply. He then get a grip of himself and keep move forward to his passion about lacquer. Both of them then decided to be a friend & support each other's dream. What happen to their dream? How about their heart? And how could they end up getting married? Find the full story by download or stream here:

[DOWNLOAD LINK]

RAW VIDEO: ALT1 | ALT2

SUBTITLES: ALT1 | ALT2

STREAM (with engsub)

*ALT = alternative

#Yamazaki Kento #山﨑賢人 #山崎賢人 #まれ #Mare #tv drama #dorama #2015

[recentanimenews]

O Maidens in Your Savage Season Introduces Main Cast

  The exploits of a high school literature club feeling their way through adolescent romance is on its way this July.

  Based on the manga of the same name by Mari Okada and Nao Emoto, O Maidens in Your Savage Season focuses on a group of high school girls figuring out what it means to become an adult.

  Rounding out the lead cast are — from left to right:

    Kazusa Onodera: CV Hiyori Kono (Phil, The Promised Neverland)

Niina Sugawara: CV Chika Anzai (Reina Kosaka, Sound! Euphonium)

Momoko Sudo: CV Momo Asakura (Nagisa Kashiwagi, Kaguya-sama: Love Is War)

Hitoha Hongo: CV Tomoyo Kurosawa (Kumiko Omae, Sound! Euphonium)

Rika Sonezaki: CV Sumire Uesaka (Shalltear Bloodfallen, Overlord)

Izumi Norimoto: CV Shimba Tsuchiya (Tatara Fujita, Welcome to the Ballroom)

A talk show about the series will be held March 23 at AnimeJapan 2019, where more information will be revealed.

  O Maidens in Your Savage Season premieres in Japan this July.

  >> O Maidens in Your Savage Season Website

Source: Anime! Anime!

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  Kara Dennison is a writer, editor, and interviewer with bylines at VRV, We Are Cult, and many more. She is also the co-founder of Altrix Books and co-creator of the OEL light novel series Owl's Flower. Kara blogs at karadennison.com and tweets @RubyCosmos.

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Film ‘Hibike! Euphonium Chikai no Finale’ Ungkap Visual dan Karakter Baru

Sebuah visual dan detil baru untuk film“Hibike! Euphonium Chikai no Finale” telah ditayangkan. Kali ini visual baru yang bisa kalian lihat di atas telah ditampilkan dan 4 karakter baru juga diungkap. Film anime ini akan tayang pada 19 April 2019 di bioskop Jepang. Dengan Kumiko yang sekarang naik kelas, karakter anak kelas satu yang diperkenalkan adalah:

Sora Amamiya sebagai Kanade Hisaishi (euphonium) Ayaka Nanase sebagai Mirei Suzuki (tuba) Misaki Kuno sebagai Satsuki Suzuki (tuba) Shimba Tsuchiya sebagai Motomu Tsukinaga (double bass) Film ini akan berkisah mengenai Kumiko Oumae dan siswa kelas dua lainnya yang sekarang harus siap menerima anggota baru dari kelas di bawahnya. Tatsuya Ishihara kembali ditunjuk sebagai sutradara untuk film ini bersama dengan Jukki Hanada sebagai penulis. Read the full article

#anime #animeindoneisa #animejepang #animeterbaru #animeterbaru2018 #euphoniumchikainofinela #jukkihanada #kanadehisaishi #kumiko #kumikooumae #manga #mireisuzuki #motomutsukinaga #satsukisuzuki #tayanganimebaru

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Samantha Vega Catalogue Editorial /Art direction

photographer Bungo Tsuchiya Stylist Kumiko Sannomaru Hair&Makeup Rie Shiraishi Model Bloom Twins

[recentanimenews]

Sound! Euphonium Film Unveils Key Visual and New Cast

  Sound! Euphonium the Movie: Oath's Finale is on course of an April release in Japan, and new art has just emerged showing the band at their shiniest.

  The latest key visual features protagonist Kumiko Oumae front and center:

    Additionally, new cast members have been revealed, filling out the incoming first-years. Announced so far are:

  Sora Amamiya (Aqua, KONOSUBA -God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!-) as Kanade Hisaishi

Ayaka Nanase (Miharu Nijino, Comic Girls) as Mirei Suzuki

Misaki Kuno (Momo Kawamoto, March Comes in Like a Lion) as Satsuki Suzuki

Shimba Tsuchiya (Tsutomu Goshiki, Haikyu!!) as Motomu Tsukinaga

      Sound! Euphonium the Movie: Oath's Finale is due for release in Japan on April 19.

  >> Sound! Euphonium the Movie: Oath's Finale Website

>> Watch Sound! Euphonium on Crunchyroll

Source: Comic Natalie

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  Kara Dennison is a writer, editor, and interviewer with bylines at VRV, Sartorial Geek by Jordandene, We Are Cult, and many more. She is also the co-founder of Altrix Books and co-creator of the OEL light novel series Owl's Flower. Kara blogs at karadennison.com and tweets @RubyCosmos.

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