I’m sure everyone of you already know this pricless new drama of Jun, and I’m so delayed in this one*bad, procrastinating fangirl*
Yes, our Jun-kun will be playing a half-Nipponjin(duh.) half-Filipino role in his new dorama SMILE together with Aragaki Yui. His name is Vito/Bito (whichever, we’ll just see when the drama starts) and Aragaki’s name is Hana who is a girl with some speech deffect something, I think? The dorama is about the smiles of the character that will uncover their dark, hidden pasts.
Sounds like a winner. But Jun/Vito/Bito’s Filipino otousan has long died so there’s really no connection at all, no? I hope Philippines will make a good impression on Jun and I pray, pray, pray that he’ll discover that there’s so much Arashi love going on here~ And I wonder…he’s gonna have a Filipino surname right? I mean he’s gonna carry the surname of his father even if he died already. Let’s just wait and see!
Can’t wait for April~!!!
yzha said,
February 23, 2009 @ 5:59 pm
Hi, Iam a Filipina. Hana Yori Dango was shown here last year. I think it was the first Japanese drama aired in the Philippines or Gokusen. I was not able to watch the series subbed at Tagalog. I asked my husband if he could buy me a Hana yori dango (korean version) but was surprised that the cd he bought is Japanese version. At first I was hesitant to watch it, I have never seen a series in Japanese, Most series shown here is Taiwanese and Korean. When I started to watch it because I need to kill time, (waiting for my laundry)… TARA!! I did not stopped. I watched it with 2 hours sleep and I wasnt able to go to office because I dont want to stop. The series is excellent. Story Plot. Actors. Songs. Props. Cinematography.. etc.. I hope there would be another. and I was looking foreward for more. Matsumoto Jun is a great actor, and a lot of Filipino were hoping he would visit us.
anne said,
February 25, 2009 @ 9:35 pm
I really love the japanese version and the korean version. The character Makino is someone I can relate to. She is very shy and she tries to stay invisible at first. But, when she comes face-to-face with the F4, she becomes so assertive and stronger. If you haven’t seen the drama, you must go to http://www.mysoju.com to watch Hana Yori Dango, okay…
shey said,
March 7, 2009 @ 3:44 am
hi! i’m shey from Philippines. and i’m a big fan of arashi.. i was really surprised to hear that matsujun is having a role of half pinoy..is it true that he’s going here?pls. inform us.we’ve been waiting for this to happen.=)
khimmy said,
March 8, 2009 @ 5:19 pm
hey there shey! i’m pinay tooXD check out my latest postXD
pootchie XD said,
March 21, 2009 @ 4:25 pm
well… i’m a bit dissapointed about this dorama because there are a lot of criticisms about this dorama and surely a lot of people will criticize filiipinos (negatively; well they always do that stuff). i’m just saying this cause i’m a filipino and i think that japan and philippines has a connection cause philippines has been colonized by japan. japanese conquered philippines in a long time too. so there is a huge possibility that filipinos have a mixed blood of japanese. so there shouldn’t be any discriminations with the filipino people!.
liezhie said,
May 7, 2009 @ 12:26 am
I agree with what you said. I feel bad after watching the first episode because I didn’t know there’s a discrimination against filipinos in japan. I hope it will change in the future because of smile.
hikari said,
March 25, 2009 @ 1:26 pm
i’m also a filipina..i can’t wait for this drama..i hope matsujun will visit the philippines then drag the rest of arashi!!ahahaha..hope that he will speak some tagalog in this drama,,^_^