#ueno juri

[fujunfuren]

Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score - Part II (2010) dir. by Takeuchi Hideki, Kawamura Taisuke

[old-dramas]

Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score - Part II (2010) dir. by Takeuchi Hideki, Kawamura Taisuke

[redsamuraiii]

Ouroboros (Ep 1)

When your sense of smell is too strong. 😂

[1ongvacation]

素直になれなくて (2010) | 🎇

[you-just-said-that]

Swing Girls (スウィングガールズ, 2004)

너무나도 사랑스러운 소녀들. 음악에 빠진다는 건 너무나 멋진 일이지. 우에노 주리의 사랑스러움은 진짜 저 세상 것이었다. 시종일관 미소 지으면서 보다가 이 장면에선 어깨를 들썩이고 고개를 흔들면서 리듬 타며 봤다. 재즈란 참 멋진 거였어. 그리고 사족을 덧붙이지 않은 엔딩까지. 행복과 설렘을 만끽하는 아이들 얼굴이 길게 여운이 남는다. 일본 영화의 장점만을 모두 살려낸 영화. 정말 괜찮은 음악 영화를 봤다.

여러가지 갖은 고난을 겪으면서도 재즈를 포기하지 않는 소녀들과 남자애의 강단이 너무 멋있었다. '역시 순탄하게 흘러가는 건 인생이 아니지' 생각하며 보기도 했고. 오합지졸이었던 고등학생들이 점점 성장해가면서 음악으로 의리를 다지고. 배달해준 도시락을 먹은 원래 밴드 부원들이 식중독에 걸려서 '스윙 걸즈'가 얼떨결에 밴드를 시작했다는 엉뚱한 설정까지 완벽해. 그런데 우에노 주리는 사랑스러운 척을 안 해도 존재 자체가 어떻게 그렇게 사랑스러울까?

"재즈가 이렇게 멋진 건 줄 몰랐네요."

[litdorama]

[questintheskies]

Juri Ueno stars in Nodame Cantabile musical as Noda Megumi

[antinousamongthereeds]

[apple53-ak]

[lucy-hp]

Kishimoto Ruka, I watched the show for Ueno Juri but I stayed for her character. Her storyline moved me.

It is an emotional rollercoaster but it is a must watch. It was one of the first lgbtq+ japan show I watch and it wasn't marketed as such. I know Ruka made me cry more than once.

More than a decade later and it is one of the very few Japanese TV-show I regularly think about.

I want to rewatch it but I need to be in a specific mood for this one.

Poorest Little Meow Meow NOT from a BL: Bonus Round

[Submitted Reasons Under Cut]

Han Juwon: He is a typical kdrama lead in theory, his mom has been taken from him at a young age, his dad sent him far away to private schools and is using him in his political schemes. Han Juwon has mysophobia, not a social bone in his body and a RBF that do not endear him to people at all. He's not above using people and a little tweaking of the law to reach his goals.

Wave:

Ryu Sooyel: look how soppy wet he is. no one respects him. not even himself

Vier:

Kishimoto Ruka:

Katha: Khatha is such a poor little meow meow that he should be allowed to participate.

Lee Dongsik: He has been wrongly accused of killing his twin sister 20 years ago but never really cleared his name (no body, no crime, no convicted murderer) and is still searching for her. People still think he did it and are not afraid to treat him like shit. He's heavily traumatized. And let's say he's not above a little manipulation and crime to find his sister and her murderer

Jiang Zisuan: he spent like half of his life trying to avenge the death of his older sister and then for some reason just cant seem to actually do that before (SPOILER) dying in a random woman‘s arms who he employed because she looks like his sister and imagining that its actually her. she also was kind of in love with him which made this whole situation worse. and he killed so many people on the way except the guy he actually wanted to

Yun Biqui: SPOILER WARNING FOR SERIES: Ten years ago, Yun Biqiu was tricked into betraying the sect leader he idolized, Li Xiangyi. At the behest of a beautiful woman, he poisoned LXY; he only intended to temporarily incapacitate LXY, but the antidote he was promised turned out to be fake. LXY disappeared and was presumed dead, and Biqiu never stopped blaming himself and hoping that LXY would return. EXTREME SPOILER WARNING FOR END OF SERIES: When LXY eventually did return ten years later, Biqiu pretended to be re-beguiled by the beautiful woman in order to sabotage her evil schemes; to convince her of his loyalty, he also pretended to betray LXY again, stabbing him non-fatally and bringing him to her. His sabotaging allowed LXY to escape, though, and helped contribute to the defeat of all the baddies. Despite this, he still believed that he deserved to die for everything he'd done previously; when confronted with his past treachery and presumed current treachery, he did not defend himself, and would have willingly submitted to his own execution. Luckily, LXY arrived in time to reveal the truth of Biqiu's regret and loyalty, and also finally gave Biqiu peace by forgiving him for what he'd done ten years ago. And Biqiu cried 🥺

Master Amin: girlbossed to close to the sun

Shiro: Sleeping with a sleazy, much older politician in order to get information about his missing sister, who isn’t even his sister by blood. Openly gay yakuza and ready to fight about that. Cohabitating with a painfully strait laced and uptight virgin penguin. (A cop. Not a literal penguin.)

[san0ir]

swing girls (2004)

[t-h-e-e-y-e]

KAME WA IGAI TO HAYAKU OYOGU [Turtles are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers]

Miki Satoshi, 2005

[redsamuraiii]

Ouroboros (Ep 3)

Typical management. When something goes their way, they take the credit. When something goes wrong, they blame it on others. 😠

[1ongvacation]

のだめカンタービレ (2006)

[sookja]

summer time machine blues (2005) dir. katsuyuki motohiro

[mintdawn]

亀は意外と速く泳ぐ (turtles are surprisingly fast swimmers), 2005