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| Renbutsu Misako |
So I’m watching this J-movie the other night called HANAMIZUKI (which I’d aquired for the sole reason of enjoying the screen antics of the lovely Aragaki Yui), and though it was probably a decent enough movie, sadly, I found it to be insufferably BORING! Your typical romantic feel-good movie, the story involved both Aragaki and her co-star Ikuta Toma running around confused about their love for each other, breaking up and then coming together, geez, I was wishing they’d make up their minds! Just about the only thing that piqued my interest was the appearance of an actress that I pegged to be Rika Adachi. When she came onscreen, I thought, “Hey! It’s the GeGeGe No Nyobo girl, and she’s all grown up and looking FINE here!”
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| Renbutsu Misako in Hanamizuki |
No kidding, throughout the whole movie I kept marveling at how pretty and sassy Rika had gotten as she portrayed Ritsuko, the girlfriend of Ikuta- imagine my surprise when I finally took the time to read the movie credits! Turns out that it WASN’T Ms. Adachi playing Ritsuko, it was an actress named RENBUTSU MISAKO, and as it turns out, I’d already seen before in the drama Q10 as the fiery-haired Tamiko! What a difference in roles! I never would have connected her to the sweet and earnest girl in Hanamizuki!
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| Hanamizuki |
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| As Tamiko in Q10 |
I had to marvel at the timing of my “discovering” Renbutsu Misako, for it turns out I’d recently downloaded the Haruma Miura/ Tabe Mikako movie called Kimi Ni Todoke which ALSO featured Ren-chan in all her glory, and you can bet that once I realized SHE was in it, I popped that movie in right away!
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| As Chizu in Kimi Ni Todoke |
And lo and behold, far from being anything LIKE Hanamizuki, Kimi Ni Todoke was terrific and blew me away! Unlike the wacky story I thought it would be, here was a heartwarming story of friends and friendship that really made my day and solidified my love of Ren-chan once and for all! More on this wonderful movie in the post below.
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| Chizu: Great in sports, lousy in Studying! |
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| in Nanase Futatabi |
After seeing her in these movies, I’m SO interested in seeing her other dramas, Glass No Kiba, and the TOTALLY OMOSHIROII sounding NANASE FUTATABI! Time to go on the hunt…
PS: Don't go away! My Kimi Ni Todoke gushing follows in the post below!
