Hito ni Yasashiku
Since I wasn´t able to do cuts of the last Shounen Club ( I hope to get that finnished the next few days), I´m going to bring you something very diffrent that might also be of interest to you. This is the very first on-screen appearance of Takahata Misaki. It´s from the drama "Hito ni Yasashiku" Episode 6. This was filmed back in 2001 and aired in February 2002 on Fuji TV. I didn´t added a screencap of the actual scene, because it´s much more enjoyable if you watch the clip without seeing it before.
File-Type: WMV
Size: 20,72 MB
Download-Link (Mediafire): HERE
Note 1: The ratio of this file is 4:3 , so change the ratio of your player for watching this (if you use Windows Media Player this isn´t needed)
Note 2: subbed
To give you a better idea of "Hito ni Yasashiku" (also known as "Three Peace" or "Be nice to people") this is the short non-spoiler summary from the wiki of d-addicts.com:
This is a story about 3 men that live together. One morning they wake up to find out that they are now fathers; which helps them to grow right beneath their own eyes.
Zen, Taro, Ken
Although different ages, all three were known as the toughest cats in Harajuku Middle School. Now the 3 of them live together in a house they call "Peace." It may sound like a nice place to live, but in actuality, it is closer to poverty than you can imagine. But even so, they bide by their motto of "a cheerful, fun, and funky" life.
Suddenly one day, they find a first grader, Akira, on their doorstep. With Akira, they find a letter from his mother that reads "please take care of him for a little while." The bad part, which they soon find out is that Akira isn't like them. He's been raised in a glass house, and is "soft," quiet unlike the 3 of them, which proves to change their lives as they once knew it.
The main cast of "Hito ni Yasashiku" consisted of Katori Shingo (SMAP) and three actors who appeared for their first time in a drama: Kato Koji, Matsuoka Mitsuru (Lead singer of jrock-band SOPHIA) and Suga Kenta, who is now one of the "top-of-the-list" young actors in Japan. To some of you Matsuoka Mitsuru may look somewhat familiar, even if you don´t know SOPHIA. He starred in "Yamada Taro Monogatari" in the role of the father of Yamada Taro (Ninomiya Kazunari). The funny thing about this is that the name of his character in "Hito ni Yasashiku" is...Yamada Taro!
The cast of "Hito ni Yasashiku" also featured many other faces well known to viewers who enjoy dramas starring JE-Members. Miyada Yumiko (better known under her alias Ryo) from "Ryusei no Kizuna", Jinnai Takanori ("Tantei Gakuen Q"), Kamiji Yusuke ("Scrap Teacher", he rejoined with Suga Kenta in "Suisei Monogatari" 2007), Ikuta Toma and many others. Also starring (for the first time) was Ohgo Suzuka as the first love of Akira. Three years later she was one of the so called "Rainbow warriors" alongside Kamiki Ryunosuke and Kanata Hongo in the drama "Aikurushii". She rejoined with Kenta in 2007 for "Churaumi Kara no Nengajo" but than decided to go back to Ryunosuke (in the wonderful full-of-magic-moments-movie "Tooku no Sora nie Kieta" aka "Into the faraway sky").
The main cast of "Hito ni Yasashiku" - Clockwise from top: Suga Kenta, Katori Shingo, Matsuoka Mitsuru, Kato Koji
This is the opening sequence of the series featuring the highly addictive title song "Yume" by The Blue Hearts. Please take a look and a listen, it´s really worth it!
File-Type: wmv
Size: 32,39 MB
Download-Link (Mediafire) : HERE
Although "Hito ni Yasashiku" is not my "Number-1-Jdorama-of-all-time" (this award goes to "Aikurushii") I love it very much. It is rougher, noisier, very much faster in pace , more explicit and sometimes (much) more amoral than your usual J-Drama and it switches from ridiculous scenes to sentimental moments in under ten seconds. This series was back then something new and diffrent to the stuff you expected to see at the prime time on Japanese TV.
In some way this is comparable to what "Malcolm in the middle" did to American sitcoms. "Malcolm in the middle" started in 2000 and invited some new things to the genre like the breaking of the third wall, the lacking of a laugh-track, an unusal soundtrack ( by Indie-Band They might be giants) and unlimitations of the subjects you expect to be featured in a sitcom.
"Hito ni Yasashiku" did something similar to the J-Dramas. The Soundtrack, for example, consisted entireley of tunes of The Blue Hearts , a Japanese Punk-Rock Band that was formed in the eighties and disbanded in 1995. The title of the drama "Hito ni Yasashiku" is actually the name of one of their most sucessfull singles. The Blue Hearts are often described as "The Sex Pistols of Japan" but sound a much more like "Die Toten Hosen" from Germany (And does have a similar standing in Japan as "Die Toten Hosen" do have in Germany). I could go on in comparsions of "Hito ni Yasashiku" and "Malcolm in the middle", but I guess most of you aren´t with me anymore...(You were coming here just for the Takahata Misaki-Clip, weren`t you?^^...anyway... I don´t stop yet)
What "Hito ni Yasashiku" and "Malcolm in the middle" have most in common are the characters of Akira (Suga Kenta) and Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan).
To me they are not only looking somewhat alike (a bit at least) but are acting very similar.
Not only the characters of Akira and Dewey have much in common, but so have their actors:
Erik Per Sullivan (*1991) made his first movie appearance in the special-effect-overkill Sci-Fi-movie "Armageddon"
Suga Kenta (*1994) made his first movie appearance in the special-effect-overkill Sci-Fi-movie"Godzilla Final wars"
Erik gained kind of stardom by playing Dewey, the "little kid" in "Malcolm in the middle", a series wich caused significant changes to its genre.
Kenta debuted by playing Akira, the "little kid" in "Hito ni Yasashiku", a series wich caused some significant changes to its genre.
Erik performed parts of the soundtracks of the movies and series he starred in (on piano and vocals).
Kenta performed parts of the soundtracks of the series he starred in (on vocals).
Eriks first movie work after getting recognition as a TV-actor was an Indie Horror movie ("Wendigo")
Kentas first movie work after getting recognition as a TV-actor was an Indie-Horror short movie (wich was later on featured in "Zoo", wich also starred Kamiki Ryonusuke)
Erik starred in a very ridiculous Movie named "Joe Dirt" but only spoke ten words in it.
Kenta starred in a very ridiculous Movie named "Maiko Haaan!" but only spoke three words in it.
Erik starred lead in a short movie called "Once not far from home" that critics claimed as "as if David Lynch did a romance movie"
Kenta starred lead in a short movie that was on the "Unholy women"-DVD. Criticts described the short as "if it was a Twin Peaks Spin-off done by David Lynch himself"
Erik starred in "The cider house rules"(1999). This movie won 35 awards .
Kenta starred in "Always san-chôme no yûhi"( 2005). This movie won 35 awards.
Their most recent works: "Tsurikichi Sanpei" (2009) and "Mo" (2007)
There are some more similarities, but I already BYBBed (Bored you beyond belief), didn´t I ?
So I´ll stop talking about Kenta Suga and Erik Per Sullivan ( but just for now! )
If you have read all that up to this point you deserve some kind of reward:
This is BI Shadow redoing the beginning of SMAP (aired in the end of January 2009)
It was around on Youtube for a short while but it is gone now. I don´t know if someone has re-upped it there, if so I didn´t found it. So here it is: Can´t give Credits because I just don´t know who have posted this back then (as I said it is gone)...re-encoded it to MP4 . The quality is "okay"..
Dozo:
File-Type: MP4
Size: 32,39 MB
Download-Link (Mediafire) : HERE
File-Type: WMV
Size: 20,72 MB
Download-Link (Mediafire): HERE
Note 1: The ratio of this file is 4:3 , so change the ratio of your player for watching this (if you use Windows Media Player this isn´t needed)
Note 2: subbed
To give you a better idea of "Hito ni Yasashiku" (also known as "Three Peace" or "Be nice to people") this is the short non-spoiler summary from the wiki of d-addicts.com:
This is a story about 3 men that live together. One morning they wake up to find out that they are now fathers; which helps them to grow right beneath their own eyes.
Zen, Taro, Ken
Although different ages, all three were known as the toughest cats in Harajuku Middle School. Now the 3 of them live together in a house they call "Peace." It may sound like a nice place to live, but in actuality, it is closer to poverty than you can imagine. But even so, they bide by their motto of "a cheerful, fun, and funky" life.
Suddenly one day, they find a first grader, Akira, on their doorstep. With Akira, they find a letter from his mother that reads "please take care of him for a little while." The bad part, which they soon find out is that Akira isn't like them. He's been raised in a glass house, and is "soft," quiet unlike the 3 of them, which proves to change their lives as they once knew it.
The main cast of "Hito ni Yasashiku" consisted of Katori Shingo (SMAP) and three actors who appeared for their first time in a drama: Kato Koji, Matsuoka Mitsuru (Lead singer of jrock-band SOPHIA) and Suga Kenta, who is now one of the "top-of-the-list" young actors in Japan. To some of you Matsuoka Mitsuru may look somewhat familiar, even if you don´t know SOPHIA. He starred in "Yamada Taro Monogatari" in the role of the father of Yamada Taro (Ninomiya Kazunari). The funny thing about this is that the name of his character in "Hito ni Yasashiku" is...Yamada Taro!
The cast of "Hito ni Yasashiku" also featured many other faces well known to viewers who enjoy dramas starring JE-Members. Miyada Yumiko (better known under her alias Ryo) from "Ryusei no Kizuna", Jinnai Takanori ("Tantei Gakuen Q"), Kamiji Yusuke ("Scrap Teacher", he rejoined with Suga Kenta in "Suisei Monogatari" 2007), Ikuta Toma and many others. Also starring (for the first time) was Ohgo Suzuka as the first love of Akira. Three years later she was one of the so called "Rainbow warriors" alongside Kamiki Ryunosuke and Kanata Hongo in the drama "Aikurushii". She rejoined with Kenta in 2007 for "Churaumi Kara no Nengajo" but than decided to go back to Ryunosuke (in the wonderful full-of-magic-moments-movie "Tooku no Sora nie Kieta" aka "Into the faraway sky").
The main cast of "Hito ni Yasashiku" - Clockwise from top: Suga Kenta, Katori Shingo, Matsuoka Mitsuru, Kato Koji
This is the opening sequence of the series featuring the highly addictive title song "Yume" by The Blue Hearts. Please take a look and a listen, it´s really worth it!
File-Type: wmv
Size: 32,39 MB
Download-Link (Mediafire) : HERE
Although "Hito ni Yasashiku" is not my "Number-1-Jdorama-of-all-time" (this award goes to "Aikurushii") I love it very much. It is rougher, noisier, very much faster in pace , more explicit and sometimes (much) more amoral than your usual J-Drama and it switches from ridiculous scenes to sentimental moments in under ten seconds. This series was back then something new and diffrent to the stuff you expected to see at the prime time on Japanese TV.
In some way this is comparable to what "Malcolm in the middle" did to American sitcoms. "Malcolm in the middle" started in 2000 and invited some new things to the genre like the breaking of the third wall, the lacking of a laugh-track, an unusal soundtrack ( by Indie-Band They might be giants) and unlimitations of the subjects you expect to be featured in a sitcom.
"Hito ni Yasashiku" did something similar to the J-Dramas. The Soundtrack, for example, consisted entireley of tunes of The Blue Hearts , a Japanese Punk-Rock Band that was formed in the eighties and disbanded in 1995. The title of the drama "Hito ni Yasashiku" is actually the name of one of their most sucessfull singles. The Blue Hearts are often described as "The Sex Pistols of Japan" but sound a much more like "Die Toten Hosen" from Germany (And does have a similar standing in Japan as "Die Toten Hosen" do have in Germany). I could go on in comparsions of "Hito ni Yasashiku" and "Malcolm in the middle", but I guess most of you aren´t with me anymore...(You were coming here just for the Takahata Misaki-Clip, weren`t you?^^...anyway... I don´t stop yet)
What "Hito ni Yasashiku" and "Malcolm in the middle" have most in common are the characters of Akira (Suga Kenta) and Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan).
To me they are not only looking somewhat alike (a bit at least) but are acting very similar.
Not only the characters of Akira and Dewey have much in common, but so have their actors:
Erik Per Sullivan (*1991) made his first movie appearance in the special-effect-overkill Sci-Fi-movie "Armageddon"
Suga Kenta (*1994) made his first movie appearance in the special-effect-overkill Sci-Fi-movie"Godzilla Final wars"
Erik gained kind of stardom by playing Dewey, the "little kid" in "Malcolm in the middle", a series wich caused significant changes to its genre.
Kenta debuted by playing Akira, the "little kid" in "Hito ni Yasashiku", a series wich caused some significant changes to its genre.
Erik performed parts of the soundtracks of the movies and series he starred in (on piano and vocals).
Kenta performed parts of the soundtracks of the series he starred in (on vocals).
Eriks first movie work after getting recognition as a TV-actor was an Indie Horror movie ("Wendigo")
Kentas first movie work after getting recognition as a TV-actor was an Indie-Horror short movie (wich was later on featured in "Zoo", wich also starred Kamiki Ryonusuke)
Erik starred in a very ridiculous Movie named "Joe Dirt" but only spoke ten words in it.
Kenta starred in a very ridiculous Movie named "Maiko Haaan!" but only spoke three words in it.
Erik starred lead in a short movie called "Once not far from home" that critics claimed as "as if David Lynch did a romance movie"
Kenta starred lead in a short movie that was on the "Unholy women"-DVD. Criticts described the short as "if it was a Twin Peaks Spin-off done by David Lynch himself"
Erik starred in "The cider house rules"(1999). This movie won 35 awards .
Kenta starred in "Always san-chôme no yûhi"( 2005). This movie won 35 awards.
Their most recent works: "Tsurikichi Sanpei" (2009) and "Mo" (2007)
There are some more similarities, but I already BYBBed (Bored you beyond belief), didn´t I ?
So I´ll stop talking about Kenta Suga and Erik Per Sullivan ( but just for now! )
If you have read all that up to this point you deserve some kind of reward:
This is BI Shadow redoing the beginning of SMAP (aired in the end of January 2009)
It was around on Youtube for a short while but it is gone now. I don´t know if someone has re-upped it there, if so I didn´t found it. So here it is: Can´t give Credits because I just don´t know who have posted this back then (as I said it is gone)...re-encoded it to MP4 . The quality is "okay"..
Dozo:
File-Type: MP4
Size: 32,39 MB
Download-Link (Mediafire) : HERE