Ueno Juri

[redkazuo]

bmwracer wrote:

Not sure about the movies, but there was one premiere or whatever where she was obviously wearing a wig... Not sure why.

I don't know where the first image is from. It reads "Nodame Cantabile suddenly joins the battle!" The second image seems to be from this announcement of the first movie.

In 2009 it was friday on december 25th, so I guess it's from the same show(?).

I agree that looks like a wig, anyway.

Maybe they thought "whatever, it can't be THAT bad having just one more character in a wig!"

[redkazuo]

oops.

[bmwracer]

I still haven't figured out why she'd be wearing a wig in the first place...

[po0t]

bad hair day? is there a vid for that anywhere?

[redkazuo]

bmwracer wrote:

I still haven't figured out why she'd be wearing a wig in the first place...

Hmm... I guess it could be that

- air humidity in Europe in the season they filmed was different enough from Japan so that her hair didn't look like Nodame's hair anymore;
- they couldn't wait for her hair to grow (that'd be a really bad reason...);
- Juri's hair changed for some reason (for example, a medication she had to take).
- She was already growing her hair to do Gou;
- They had her wear a wig that looks more aesthetically pleasing to the Korean and Chinese public;
- Juri is very moody and doesn't want to have the Nodame hair ever again;
- The director has a wig fetish;

The last two seem to be the most likely to me.

I haven't seen any video of that. Apparently, there was a road show to promote the movie, too.

[bmwracer]

^ The odd thing is that there were various promotions before and after her "wig appearances" where her hair looked absolutely normal...

I could understand if she were wearing a wig at the beginning or the end of the promotions, but in the middle???



BTW: Episodes 91-120 are up: http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_127919.htm ...But missing a number of episodes.

[redkazuo]

bmwracer wrote:

^ The odd thing is that there were various promotions before and after her "wig appearances" where her hair looked absolutely normal... I could understand if she were wearing a wig at the beginning or the end of the promotions, but in the middle??? BTW: Episodes 91-120 are up: http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_127919.htm ...But missing a number of episodes.

I guess it's the bad hair day thing, then.

Thank you!

[bmwracer]

redkazuo wrote:

I guess it's the bad hair day thing, then.

Maybe she was getting her hair dyed or bleached... Her hair was brown at the start of the promotions and was black at the end, if I recall.....

[bmwracer]

The final batch of Teruteru Kazoku is up: http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic_127991.htm

[po0t]

thanks for all the uploads racer

[bmwracer]

po0t wrote:

thanks for all the uploads racer

No problem... Wish I had the missing and incomplete episodes...

[bmwracer]

[bmwracer]

[po0t]

http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/7296524/

possibly more stuff about Juri's temperament? aghh.. reading bad translations hurts my brain!

[bmwracer]

po0t wrote:

http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/7296524/ possibly more stuff about Juri's temperament?

Meh, lots of speculation, zero proof.

[po0t]

i came across one that was talkin about illegal drug use or some crap.. don't know if that was just the bad translation : P

[0xDEADBEEF]

bmwracer wrote:

Meh, lots of speculation, zero proof.

My fave is supposedly a boozing, chain-smoking, co-star killing slut.

One learns to ignore it.
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[bmwracer]

po0t wrote:

i came across one that was talkin about illegal drug use or some crap.. don't know if that was just the bad translation : P

That sounds like Sawajiri Erika's field of expertise.

[po0t]

is that all the article was? pure speculation? sounded like they were quoting some of the costars from Gou.. though i don't know that for sure

almost like slander/libel then isn't it? never understood how tabloids get away with some of the stuff they write..

[redkazuo]

po0t wrote:

is that all the article was? pure speculation? sounded like they were quoting some of the costars from Gou.. though i don't know that for sure almost like slander/libel then isn't it? never understood how tabloids get away with some of the stuff they write..

They're quoting quite a handful of people, from Joudan Janai to Gou, saying she's left completely by herself every single time.

I'm a huge fan of Juri myself, but they do seem to have pretty good arguments, citing public speeches by costars (including Asami Mizukawa, who played nodame, last friends and gou with her)

I think it all looks like she just knows she's really good at acting and isn't afraid to show it.

In Japan, being self-centered is really, really really really looked down upon. I guess it makes sense that she may not be so well liked in the industry. And it would explain why she has little work these days, and she always had fewer CMs than she seemed to deserve.