Category: Ninomiya Kazunari

Ninomiya Kazunari to stars in Ooku adaptation

by Fiona

Kyaa~~ it has been finally confirmed!!

Kou Shibasaki (28) and Arashi member Kazunari Ninomiya (26) have been chosen to star in Fuminori Kaneko’s “Ooku,” a live-action film adaptation of the manga by Fumi Yoshinaga. This will be the first jidaigeki film that either has starred in.

Yoshinaga’s “Ooku” is a historical fiction set during the Edo period. A mysterious disease strikes Japan’s male population, reducing their numbers to a fraction of the female population. As a result, the traditional gender roles are overturned, with women becoming the dominant members of society and men becoming valued for their ability to produce offspring.

In the story, the shoguns of the time are actually women, and the “ooku” (the “inner chambers” of the shogun’s castle) consists of thousands of men rather than women. Shibasaki plays the role of the shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune, while Ninomiya plays a young man named Mizuno who enters the ooku.

The movie, said to have a budget of 1 billion yen, covers only the first of the 5 manga volumes released so far. However, producers are considering turning “Ooku” into a series of films.

“Ooku” opens in theaters on October 1, 2010.

From Tokyograph

The official website and CM has been released:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1EdvqNRbbE

Looks intensely dark and awesome! I especially intrigued by the plot and the Samurai period (have become an growing interest to me since I watched The Last Samurai). Who can resist a man with a blade, ne! I’m also quite fond of Kou Shibasaki’s acting and now she’s co-starring in a drama special and movie with our two beloved Arashi boy, definitely a dream come true. Just cannot wait to see Nino is a historical costume and looking forward to the series of films.

Now off I go searching for the Ooku manga, just one more series that I need to read along side with Gantz. Our Mr. Prankster is going to be mecha busy next year with two movies, ganbatte!!

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Ninomiya Kazunari – Super Mario Bros Wii CM

by Fiona

Nino was finally casted in a video game commercial, this is every otaku’s dream come true!!

Version 1:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6LAsZp9b1s

Version 2:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfSg2ocLk6g

Both versions are adorable, but I ♥ the second one, loved his cute little laugh when he had failed.

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Nino’s Cell Phone Wallpaper Is Jun-kun

by Fiona

Arashi member Ninomiya Kazunari is leading a successful career as an actor as well as an artist. For today let’s take a look at a rather strange side he showed during a recently broadcast radio program! It all started when a question sent by a fan was read out. “In [the magazine] POPOLO, [Matsumoto] Jun-kun said that Nino [Ninomiya] was using a picture of Jun-kun as his cell phone wallpaper. Is that true? What sort of photo is it?” Ninomiya pulled out his cell phone and showed the wallpaper to the other members inside the radio booth. “When I asked [Matsumoto] ‘Was this taken when you were 17 or something?’ he got mad and said ‘That’s when I was learning how to walk!’” He really was using a photo of a very young Matsumoto as his wallpaper. “(In the picture) His facial features are pronounced.” “He has long legs. He looks like Donald Duck. Why are all babies like that? How old was he?” Though nobody knew exactly why he was so interested, Ninomiya has been obsessed with baby Matsumoto ever since.

Ninomiya had used photos of people close to him as wallpapers, like his mother, sister and a young Ohno. Last year he even used a photo of Kansai Johnny’s Jr. member Kiriyama Akito. On a side note Aiba apparently is using a photo of a child actor who he is costarring with as his wallpaper. Matsumoto is using a black and white picture of Ohno Satoshi for a peculiar reason. “Because it looks like a photo of a deceased person.” Lots of different kinds of pictures are being used among the members as wallpapers. But from people outside the group it might all look a bit strange!

From: Music Japan Plus

Aww, Matsumiya is just too darn cute, brought such a big smile on my face. This is why I love Arashi sooo much, they genuinely care for one another with no shame!

Because it looks like a photo of a deceased person. LOL I laughed so hard when I read that! Poor Riida, Jun-kun is such a DoS, no really. LOL XDDD

Now I’m wondering what the other member’s wallies are — Riida: maybe his most prized catch(fish) or Chinen-kun; Aiba: probably Koharu-chan (read somewhere that he was, she is so kawaii) and Sho-kun: Yattaman??

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