Showing posts with label Actress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Actress. Show all posts

Wednesday, 31 August 2011

JAPANESE BEAUTIES KUROKI MEISA 黒木メイサ

Hello there.....
I kind of just noticed that my blog almost only has stuff about Japanese males. The majority of the videos that I've subbed are of males, the random posts that I've done also have generally been focused on males for some reason....well actually it's because I don't really want to put off female readers with some of my opinions but bare with me please since I'm sure/hope there's male readers. If not then hopefully I'll get more by doing this.

Well anyway..........

Today's post is about Kuroki Meisa 黒木メイサ, a Japanese actress, model, singer etc etc like everyone else these days. She's a very pretty person from the southern island of Okinawa, and was born to a half Brazilian half Japanese father and a Japanese mother which is why she doesn't look quite Japanese. I think they did a quite excellent job when creating their child......


Without taking notice of her beauty (which is pretty hard...) one reason that I like her is the her ability at playing spunky and macho characters. She played a Yakuza member in 'Ninkyou Helper', a drama about some Yakuza that end up working at a retirement home (can't remember the reason...) where she talks rough like a badass and bashes up several dudes. The contrast between her looks and personality was.......mmm,....not sure how to say......but she was very cool.

Another reason I like her is how different she is to her roles when she's on variety shows etc. Unlike the tough and fierce character that I was used to, I saw a shy, quiet and cute girl getting embarrassed ftom borderline harassment by comedians. I think it's kind of similar to the 'tsundere' effect often used in anime.....



Although I'm not particularly a fan of her music (mainly R'n'b) it's not that bad and I'm sure many other people would like it. You get to see a more sexy side of her in her videos for her singles........which is also nice. (dribble). She has recently done the ending theme for the anime 'Ao no Excorsist' called Wired Life, which I found quite decent with it's eerie sound.
(sigh can't embed any of the 10 or so on youtube sigh sigh sigh)


Anyway I'll let wikipedia do the rest of the talking if you're interested and want to know more about her
I'll probably end up translating a video with her featured in it someday but don't really have any plans to. If you would like me to do one sooner then feel free to say so......and well I will do so :)
Now to Kuroki Meisa pictures!









Wednesday, 27 July 2011

FLASH FROM THE PAST: SHOWA BEAUTIES, OOGI CHIKAGE

Hi there.

This is something that I've decided to start up and do once in a while when I feel like it/remember to.
Basically I'm going to be posting old pictures of stuff related to Japan. The 'Showa Beuties' section in particular will be dedicated to the good looking people of the Showa Period of Japan (December 1926~ January 1989).

***In Japan there on top of the Western way for counting years, there is a traditional Japanese way as well. Every time an Emperor dies and the next inline is appointed, a new period in history begins, and each period restarts from the year one. So as an example. I'll explain the most recent 3 periods.

Taisho Period                 ------------->              Showa Period             ------------>     Heisei Period
Emperor: Yoshihito                                        Emperor: Hirohito                                  Emperor: Akihito
1912~1926                                                         1926~1989                                         1989~Now

As I said each period start again at the year 1, so as I was born in 1991, I was born in Heisei Year 3.

OOGI CHIKAGE 扇千景
born 1933 (Showa Year 8)

Oogi Chisato was a famous actress back in the olden days, and had been a successful politician for around 30 years before retiring. An interesting fact of wiki:

"Oogi's husband is notorious as a womanizer as he admits. Interviewed as to his love affair with a maiko exposed in a tabloid magazine in 2002, Oogi answered "I know that girl. She is intelligent and I favor her, too," adding "A husband not attractive to women would be boring."




A retro advertisement for a Polaroid camera


 This is her now, or more recently.

I suppose age catches everyone at some point.....I don't want to get old...