#nono sumika

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Classico Italiano ~The Tailoring Style of the Best of Men~ by Cosmos Troupe 2011

[unsubtlelove]

Top Musumeyaku of Cosmos Troupe [x]

Hanafusa Mari

Shijou Rui

Hizuki Hana

Nono Sumika

Misaki Rion

Hoshikaze Madoka

[arysavignaniacchan]

I write this down here.

Oozora Yuuhi & Sumika are a hit.

Watching now their Romanesque Mask. Illegal.

[kurayamineko]

SEA!! SON!! 2!! SEASON 2!!

[fallinginlovezuka]

[eljc00]

Recently, I had an odd moment when I suddenly thought Yuuhi was really hot. What? Prior to that, I’d sort of ignored her; she just wasn’t on my radar. But then *whoosh*--that inexplicable moment. I just realized that she’s stunning in a strange but understated alien-esque way. 

So I decided to watch Trafalgar (Cosmos 2010). Some very nice moments. The first meeting between Nelson and Emma, in particular, is such a witty, classic moment:

*Nelson is talking politics with Emma's husband* Emma: Captain! Won't you dance with me? Nelson: Lady Hamilton-- Emma: Darling, let me borrow Nelson for a bit~ *Pulls Nelson to dance* Perhaps you're not very good at dancing on land? Nelson: It will be easier than dancing on the waters.   *Waltz* Emma: My, you're a fine dancer! I was almost deceived by your stiffness. Nelson: How audacious of you, in front of your husband. Emma: Oh, he doesn't mind. Nelson: Interesting. It's like you're flaunting us to him. Emma: It doesn’t matter; everyone says we’re a perfect couple. Nelson: Of course. Because you are the perfect couple. Emma: Does it really look like that? Nelson: Yes.     Emma: You may be a genius in the art of war, but you're quite awful at reading people, aren't you? *Dance ends with Emma smiling, Nelson quizzical*

[watchingalotofmovies]

When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead

When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead    [trailer]

The very descriptive title explains the funny set-up. But at its core it is a more serious exploration of the difficulties how to keep a successful relationship.

The wife's elaborately staged deaths are such a delight to watch. I want to recommend the movie to Michel Gondry. Another comedic highlight is the unexpected arm-wrestling match.

It gets a little too on the nose at the end. But that's okay.

Pleased to learn that "The moon is beautiful, isn't it" here is the Japanese equivalent to "As you wish".

A movie just the way I like it, a serious topic wrapped in many amusing situations. The film should be much more popular.

[limowlee7389]

CURRENTLY WATCHING:  February.

+ Nusumareta Kao:  Miatari Sosahan (2019) recommended.

Such an interesting premise.  I am so enjoying this show so far.  Honestly,  I will probably have to watch it all over again, once I’m finished.

+ Idaten (2019)(3/47) recommended.

I didn’t think I would like this drama as much as I do.  I was really pleasantly surprised.  

+ Perfect Crime (2019)(1/10).

I am not sold on this one just yet.  I don’t really know where they are trying to go with this one.

+ Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sagasu (2019)(1/3).

I don’t really know why I’m watching this drama.  The acting leaves something to be desired.  I feel like this drama is intentionally trying to ruin one of my favorite mangas.  

+ Naruto Hichou (2018)(3/9) recommended.

I am so impressed with the production value of this drama.  I don’t usually gravitate to historicals, but I am in love with Nono Sumika.

+ Terrace House: Aloha State (2016)(3/36).

This is the first Japanese reality tv show I’ve every tried to watch.  I don’t know, if it’s really what I’m looking for, but I’m enjoying it well enough so far.  

+ Manhattan Love Story (2003)(2/9).

Love this drama’s quirky!

COMPLETED.

+ Quartet (2017)(1/13:10/10)

+ Boku to Star no 99 Nichi (2011)(1/17:2/10)

+ Burning (2018)(1/20:7/10)

+ The Handmaiden (2016)(1/21:9/10)

+ Shoplifters (2018)(1/21:10/10)

+ Kingdom (2019)(1/25:7/10)

[chemicalperfume]

Softly - Arisa Hitomi (GRAPH 2016.05)

Part 2 of 3 of Arisa Hitomi’s birthday translations! An interview at a cafe feature.

-First off, your order please!

The seasonal fruits tart looks delicious, but I love caramel, so I think I’ll go with the caramel angel food cake! I haven’t really heard of it before, and the “No.1 in popularity” tag on the menu did it for me. *laughs* For drink... darjeeling tea, please, hot

-Do you take your tea straight?

Yes! In the past I couldn’t drink tea without sugar and milk, but recently, my palate became a little more grown-up *laughs* but I still don’t drink coffee, only coffee milk *laughs*

-Apparently, you’ve been several times to this cafe before

I have! I have had tea with my classmates a few times, and most recently, all of the Snow Troupe 98ths came here to have dinner together. We often get together with my classmates and go for a meal; this place has a very relaxed atmosphere so we all enjoyed ourselves.

-Your outfit today suits the shop’s mood very much, it has a very understated colour scheme

Usually I’m all white, black, pink! But since today we are in a cafe, I thought I’d match the atmosphere with some light hues. I also gave a loose knit a try, they’re quite fashionable lately *laughs*

-You are also wearing your hair down, much unlike your usual style

In the “Rurouni Kenshin” shinjin kouen, I have the role of Takani Megumi (main actress: Daigo Seshiru), so for the sake of rehearsals, I cut my bangs straight, letting my hair down and hoping I give off a more grown-up vibe. Today I woke up early and carefully curled my bangs and the ends of my hair, but as soon as I stepped out of the house, a strong gust of wind went “woosh!”... it all got dishevelled in a blink, ahaha *laughs*

[The caramel angel food cake and darjeeling are served]

Waaa, it looks so yummy! See, it’s really doesn’t look like a cake you can find anywhere! It comes with ice cream too, I’m so happy!

-Please, enjoy your cake

It’s moist but fluffy, with a discreet sweetness. The slight bitterness of the caramel really brings out the taste too! So delicious! I feel revitalised now!

-Do you like sweets?

I love them *laughs* Cakes are a given, but I especially love adzuki, japanese sweets! I love things like the Takarazuka City delicacy “Takara Monaka” or the “nagamochi” that’s very well-known in my home area, Mie Perfecture. Recently, I even consider the type of adzuki, my tastes have become even more eclectic like that *laughs*

-Your japanese sweets always come with hot green tea, as established?

No, actually, I have them with ice tea. *laughs* I don’t get restricted by “japanese should go with japanese” kind of rules!! ...let’s say *laughs*. Actually, I’m extremely sensitive to hot food and beverages, so much that even if it’s steaming slightly, I can’t consume it. As we speak right now, I’m waiting for my tea to cool off *laughs* I know cold beverages are not good for the body, so I’ve gradually come to drink hot ones as well, but I still like cold ones better.

-How do you usually spend your days off?

I don’t stay at home much. I start at around 10 in the morning, go for some body maintenance, like for a massage or chiropractic, and then go shopping. I love clothes and earrings. Once I decide “today is a shopping day” I waltz in and out of shops endlessly *laughs* Ah, even the necklace I’m wearing right now, I bought it recently; I found it when I was out looking for clothes for today’s interview, and it was love at first sight! It has a glitter flower, it’s so cute. I bought the matching earrings too.

-Where do you always go shopping?

For Kansai, I go to Umeda. I guess I often go shopping to Sannomiya Kitaguchi or Kobe too, but it feels a little bit too grown-up for me… I actually don’t really go for tea or lunch on my own. But I’m hearing Kobe has many wonderful restaurants one can go to alone, so in the near future… or maybe in the little more distant future… I’m thinking of giving it a try *laughs* I’d like to become a proper adult *laughs*

-How about once you return home?

I’m always watching Takarazuka DVDs. I especially like watching musumeyaku “music salon” performances, so I schedule them like “today I’m going to watch this person’s, tomorrow that person’s” *laughs*. I’ve always loved sweet and bright musumeyaku such as Ayano Kanami or Nono Sumika, and I often watch their performances, but in this show’s shinjin kouen, my role is Megumi, who is a graceful adult woman. So in order to expand my range, I am watching lots of Toono Asuka’s DVDs. Even when she is playing strong women who are on equal footing with the otokoyaku, she is elegant and complements the otokoyaku even more clearly, she is truly wonderful...It made me think “I want to become like that too!”

-Even on your day off you’re all about Takarazuka

That’s not good, I know. About 6 months ago, Souno (Haruto)-san advised me: “You should clearly distinguish your ON from your OFF time. If you don’t, you will only be able to act from a limited point of view”. Souno-san also suggested “why don’t you try meditation?”, and for a moment I didn’t understand her and answered “D-do you mean I lack dedication?”[1], she was really exasperated at me *laughs*. But I took her advice to heart. Before I go to bed I imagine that I’m rearranging everything inside my head in order, one by one, and when I wake up the next morning I’m much more refreshed! I learned that “letting steam off” is extremely important.

-Is there anything you are especially into these days?

I really love Disney princesses! They’re so lovely and dreamy! I also love music. “No music, no life” is my motto *laughs* When I wake up in the morning, I always put on some music. Outside of musicals, Disney and Ghibli music, I also listen to Amuro Namie etc. I generally either listen to music or watch Takarazuka, so when my classmates talk about the news, or current trends I’m often like “?”. “Miho (Arisa) that’s not good at all you know!” they tell me, and I do realize it myself that they’re right, so I make a point to check the news on my smartphone.

-If you had a long vacation, where would you like to go?

A trip abroad would be nice, but you know, I also really love the Ise Grand Shrine. It all started when I listened to a song called “Hikari no Michi with Shikinami”[2] that Ayano-san sang at the Ise Grand Shrine’s Uji Bridge Crossing Opening Ceremony[3]. The Ise Grand Shrine’s very characteristic, completely modest, fair and graceful atmosphere was all there, turned into lyrics; I was so moved. Every time I go back to Mie now, I always make sure to visit Ise. I’d also go to Kyoto. Snow Troupe puts on a lot of shows set in Japan, so I’d go shopping for accessories around Yasaka Shrine so often, I had a regular itinerary of shops *laughs*, but I really love it so much, I’d like to visit it again.

Notes:

[1] Souno said 瞑想 (meditation), Arisa understood 迷走 (straying off course, comprised of the kanji that mean “to be lost”, and “to run”) . Both are pronounced “meisou”. Direct translation of her answer is “I do intend to keep running even if I’m lost”, but for translation purposes, I went with something that rhymes with “meditation”

[2](trans.) “The Path of Light [link]

[3] 宇治橋渡始式 (“Ujibashi Watari Hajimeshiki”) The Uji Bridge stretches over the Isuzu River and is part of Ise Grand Shrine’s Inner Shrine. It is rebuilt every 20 years along with the Inner and Outer shrines as part of a Shinto tradition and belief in renewal and rebirth. When the new bridge is complete, this ceremony is held to pray for its sturdiness and open the rebuilt bridge.

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The cast of Classico Italiano ~The Tailoring Style of the Best of Men~ / Nice Guy!! ~The Rules According to the Man "Y"~ by Cosmos Troupe 2011

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The Legend (Hana Shinko) subs

The Legend (Taioushijinki) (2009, Hana, Shinjin Kouen): wtheckzukasubs.tumblr.com/shows

This is already our ninth release!

I confess I only watched the honkouen for this show for me to sub this, and the cut scenes should have been reconsidered, to be honest. Also, each time I rewatch it I interpret the ending differently. I wonder if it’s just me, being terrible at interpreting stuff.

But don’t you think this cast is wonderful? We have the besties Daimon and Mayu being frenemies, the official sub for Eritan Maakun being the bad guy, and Nono, who is Mayu’s douki, in the middle of the three! This is a really lovely Hanagumi selection, I’m sure you’ll adore it! No matter how much the deus ex machina makes you laugh time and again.

[vocaloid-news]

Check out the extended trailer for the upcoming movie “When I Return Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead”, which is based on one of the biggest VOCALOID meme songs by HobonichiP! 

The live-action adaptation stars “Nana Eikura as Chie, the housewife who’s always finding new and more creative ways to fake her death, and Ken Yasuda as Jun, her troubled husband who struggles to understand why his wife of three years is suddenly behaving like this. Other confirmed cast members include Ryohei Otani and Sumika Nono, and screenplay was handled by Fumi Tsubota.”

June 8th, 2018 is the scheduled release date, and more information can be found on VNN’s article!  

[zukalations]

To the Future: Nonoka Himari

To the Future is a small GRAPH interview of junior actresses. This one was published in the May 2017 issue.

To the Future: Nonoka Himari

Profile Debut Show: Rose of Versailles, April 2013 Nickname: Himari Birthday: January 18 Hometown: Fukuoka, Fukuoka prefecture Blood type: O Offstage thing she's most interested in: I like looking at photos of Disney characters. It's really refreshing.

First Takarazuka show: The 95th class Culture Festival performance. After that I saw Raindrops Fall on Roses/Amour, that is... at the Takarazuka Grand Theatre.

School clubs: I was in the going-home club*!! After school I would go to other lessons every day, such as ballet, piano, English, and swimming.

Motivation for taking TMS entrance exam: When I saw the 95ths' Culture Festival performance, I was really moved by how sparkling everyone was, so I thought 'I want to be on the same stage as them,' and decided to take the entrance exam.

Memories of the debut performance: During the linedance on opening day of our debut performance, everyone was so happy to be on the Takarazuka stage that we were all crying as we were doing the kicks... I'll never forget what I saw that day!!

A role that had a deep impression: Don Juan as a child, from Don Juan. Since I was the child version of Nozomi-san's amazing performance, I went all-out during rehearsals. Nozomi-san taught me many things, and it's a role that had a big impression on me. I have a lot of memories of it.

Senior actresses I admire: Nono Sumika-san and Nozomi Fuuto-san. As a musumeyaku, I think Nono-san's aesthetic onstage, her attitude, and her acting skills are so amazing. I really respect her!! I want to progress day by day so that one day I can be a sweet musumeyaku like Nono-san. As a performer, I really respect everything about Nozomi-san: how she deals with difficulty, her way of thinking during rehearsals, and how much effort she puts in every day. She's a very kind and trustworthy senior actress.

Dream as a performer: I want to get better every day so that I can reach my goal of being a wonderfully complimentary musumeyaku who makes the otokoyaku look more wonderful than ever. Also, I'm not going to spare any effort to become a performer that the audience finds memorable.

* ‘going-home club’ is a term for people in Japanese middle/high schools who do not participate in any clubs and leave immediately after school.

[kurayamineko]

[kittychan-sings-enka]

NONO SUMIKA IS A PURE PERFECT TINY ANGEL PRINCESS AND I CRY EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT HER

HOW ARE WE SO BLESSED THAT SUCH A HUMAN ACTUALLY EXISTS

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When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead  家に帰ると妻が必ず死んだふりをしていま Dir: Toshio Lee (2018)

When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead  家に帰ると妻が必ず死んだふりをしていま Dir: Toshio Lee (2018)

When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead.    

家に帰ると妻が必ず死んだふりをしています。 「Ie ni Kaeru to Tsuma ga Kanarazu Shinda Furi wo Shite Imasu」

Release Date: June 08th, 2018

Duration: 115 mins.

Director:  Toshio Lee

Writer: Fumi Tsubota (Screenplay), K. Kajunsky Ichida (Original Story)

Starring: Ken Yasuda, Nana Eikura, Ryohei Otani, Sumika Nono,

Website    IMDB

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