Geezer wrote:

Thanks for the commercial. Re: movies over TV. In movies, the money is better, the opportunity to do better work is there, and the schedule is a lot easier to live with. And remember, Japanese actors and actresses don't get much credit for doing Japanese TV. When Koyuki got the role in "Last Samurai" she was referred to as a "newcomer". A model turned actress who did a suprizingly good job for someone with so little experience. Of course, she'd had major roles in a dozen TV series before getting the movie, but in the minds of film people, that just didn't count. And yeah, I bring that one up because Japanese Actors and Actresses want to do movies outside of Japan. HK, Korea, Hollywood. The Japanese studios and corporations simply don't pump the money into the Japanese film industry the way they do TV and anime. So the actors with ambition have to hope they hook on outside the country. Being a TV star in Japan is probably a very good life. But being a big time movie star is the brass ring.

I have to disagree with your saying Japanese actors and actresses don't

get much credit for doing Japanese TV. If a drama turns out to be a hit

or classic, the stars of that show would be forever remembered.


Movie stars tend to be forgotton! Of course the HOllywood ones are

exceptional. I think its good idea to do at least 1 drama a year.


I mean even Kimura manages to average 1 a year to keep the popularity going!!!

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If a drama turns out to be a hit or classic, the stars of that show would be forever remembered

Forever is a very long time. The two female titans of the late 80's early 90's were Tomoko Yamaguchi and Atsuko Asano. Are either getting many leads lately?

Yamaguchi (who I think is beyond brilliant) tried a small comeback last year... nobody payed any attention.

You yourself say that Kimura comes back and does at least one drama a year,

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to keep the popularity going!!!

Meaning, if he didn't keep his face in front of the camera, people would likely forget about him?

I love the dramas. I prefer them to most movies. I wish my favorites would do two or three a year for the rest of their lives.

But movie stars have always been seen as more "important" than TV stars.

Especially since movies, be they Hollywood, HK, Indian, British etc. get greater world wide distribution.

I think the shelf-life of a movie star is far longer than that of a tv star.
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I get your point Geezer! I still believe they should average 1 drama a year

Btw Miki at the release of her book

hi everyone i am a miki fans from hk. i've just finished 2 of her dramas --- "Days" and " The lost child".....
phew...it's really hard to get her stuff in hk. would love to buy from japan yahoo but ppl just not willing to ship internationally (and i don't have a japn cell # to register either).

yt wrote:

I get your point Geezer! I still believe they should average 1 drama a year Btw Miki at the release of her book

One a year? I'm with you there.

Re: the book. Any chance she decided to buck convention and write it in English?

Na. Guess not.

Welcome ycyin,

I know how you feel. It's a labor of love trying to get Japanese series here in the U.S. Heck, I'm a Miki fanatic, but you just mentioned two of her series that I've never seen.

Try ebay.
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Japanese Ryuichi Sakamoto fan posted the videos of Miki's Music Station live performance on YouTube

Music Station July,1996
Strange Paradise

http://www.youtube.com/?v=FoSli01llus

Music Station March,1997
A Fruit of Sand

http://www.youtube.com/?v=aF2cEM__zJg

more videos of Miki
http://www.youtube.com/results?search=Miki+Nakatani+&search_type=search_videos&search=Search

thx for the vids. She has nice singing voice.

She really does look a lot like Shibasaki Kou, even her voice sounds like it!

yt wrote:

thx for the vids. She has nice singing voice. She really does look a lot like Shibasaki Kou, even her voice sounds like it!

she does indeed.
I heard many people asked her to sign autograph...of Kou Shibasaki.

Miki makes appearance on "SILK"??

http://www.pymmik.com/SILK.html

bijin wrote:

Miki makes appearance on American film "SILK"?? http://www.pymmik.com/SILK.html

wow! In hollywood movie??

Is this confirmed??

my bad,it wasnt American production but Canadian-Italian-Japanese co-production.gomen
Picturehouse and New Line will distribute the film.

Well,japanese local news paper said Miki plays the role of Madame Blanche.
http://avis.skolenettet.no/cgi-bin/skoleavis/imaker?id=73354

Just a quick heads-up to the Miki Nakatani fans in the U.S.

A DVD has recently been released of a colleciton of short Japanese ghost stories titled "Curse, Death & Spirit"

Miki Nakatani is billed as one of the stars, but unfortunately... they got it wrong.

The star of the third short story is Miki Mizuno. Not Miki Nakatani.

QUESTION: Do videos on You Tube always stop and start or did I just get a bad connection?

I love Miki, but watching her videos in 3 second bursts is too annoying even for a fanatic like me.
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Geezer wrote:

Just a quick heads-up to the Miki Nakatani fans in the U.S. A DVD has recently been released of a colleciton of short Japanese ghost stories titled "Curse, Death & Spirit" Miki Nakatani is billed as one of the stars, but unfortunately... they got it wrong. The star of the third short story is Miki Mizuno. Not Miki Nakatani. QUESTION: Do videos on You Tube always stop and start or did I just get a bad connection? I love Miki, but watching her videos in 3 second bursts is too annoying even for a fanatic like me.

i heard if you pause it first, let it finish d/l'ing, then hit the play button, and it should run smoothly. good luck with that.

Thanks qliver. I'll give it a shot.
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WOW, a Miki Nakatani thread!

Miki Nakatani really gorgeous and beautiful in Chaos... I haven't seen the movie, only the trailer but I've read some of the movie reviews and they thought it's a great film and I thought her performance here really impressive, just what I saw on the trailer. I hope her latest film, Loft, will release here in Philippines.

More links about her:

http://www.roomsnakatani.com/ (Official Site)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0620397/ Internet Movie Database
http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0475820.htm (in Japanese)

Chaos/Kaosu trailer:

mms://media3.nkino.com/theque/trailertheater/1499/300.asf

Here's a Keizoku site and you can also find more links and pics of Miki Nakatani:

http://www.geocities.com/keizoku1/index2.html

Good news for fans in Europe.

Nippon Connection has lined up 3 Miki Nakatani films(Dead Run/Loft/Train Man).

http://www.nipponconnection.de/ni-2006/programm/reihen.html

Horrific Return For Miki

Actress Nakatani Miki (30) is to make her return to the world of horror.
Seven years after appearing in "Ringu 2", she will star alongside
Toyokawa Etsushi (44) in Kurosawa Kiyoshi's "Lofuto" (The Loft) this autumn.
The movie plot is based around a thousand-year-old mummy, and Nakatani
promised horror fans a spine-chilling experience.

http://www.japan-zone.com/news/