Who is this mysterious veiled lady? Watch Dangermousie reel in shock...

[dangermousie]

I was going to post a lengthy treatise on feminism in dramas/anime/mangas, but I am tired and tea-deprived so instead I bring you this:

Comments

[boycottbananas]

...how's that possible. ._.

[dangermousie]

I am still reeeling. That genderbending (more like genderbreaking :P) shot is from 1996 or so I think.

[scottishlass]

LOL - you didn't know? You should see him in SxS when he plays a woman in one of the skits and as Cathy Bradshaw in Sexy and the City :)

[dangermousie]

OK. I am kinda shocked for life :)

Actually, I am more shocked that he makes a pretty nice-looking woman because unlike a lot of Japanese stars, he strikes me as so very masculine normally. I mean...he was Halu, for goodness' sake :)

[scottishlass]

What is kind of funny is that now where he is older he does a lot more crossdressing than when he was in his ethereal boy-toy stage where a lot of Johnnys do it :)

[dangermousie]

Cross-dressing does nothing for me whatsoever (I will never understand Japanese fascination with it) but it boggles me how so many of them can look convincing as a girl :)

[autumn_yaar]

wow.

[dangermousie]

I am still in shock...

[pashoshi]

I'm not sure what it says that I guessed that easily. Too used to Japanese guys being excellent at crossdressing, I guess.

[dangermousie]

Now I have a morbid curiousity to see other Japanese idols in drag. Kame would make a pretty girl :)

[pashoshi]

I'm not sure I have any crossdressing Kame pictures, but the odds are good he's done it. Some idols make great girls and some are terrible, and it's not always the ones you think would be good. (I remember there being skits some time ago where they decided to have Jin crossdress and Kame got to stay a guy, which is not what I would have expected...)

[dangermousie]

Well, Jin is more femmy-looking than Kame, and that's kinda a feat :)

(Kame comes across as such a boy in his dramas, but look-wise...yeah, girly. He reminds me of Lee Jun Ki this way).

[lydzi]

It's just really really wrong that I guessed right so quickly :/.

[dangermousie]

Clearly I've had a sheltered life :)

[dangermousie]

Also, icon!!!!!!!

OMG.