She is an amazing actress and my favourite! Yes she is Japanese... The movies she stars in are amazing ... From comedy to serious drama's.. Juri can play them all.
She is still only 24 and has mad so many movies which have become some of my most favourite movies ever!
She just seems to choose the right films!
Even she has a supporting role or just a small part... When she
is on screen she really steals the show.
She is most famous possibly for playing Nodame, from the Manga
Nodame Cantabile ... but more of that another time..
So I have decided to post a little review each day of Juris' movies...
Swing Girls (スウィングガールズ Suwingu Gāruzu)
Is a 2004 comedy film co-written and directed by the Japanese filmmaker Shinobu Yaguchi about the efforts of a group of high school girls to form a jazz band.
Swing Girls is set in rural Yamagata prefecture, in northern Japan and the characters often use the local Yamagata-ben dialect for comic effect.
The film ranked 8th at the Japanese box office in 2004, and won seven prizes at the 2005 Japanese Academy Awards, including 'Most Popular Film' and 'Newcomer of the Year' awards for Yuta Hiraoka and Juri Ueno.
This movie pretty much launched Juris' career... It is a cute... and very Japanese. High School comedy.
It is such a feel good movie. If you are a fan of Jazz (Which I am) There are many classic Jazz pieces played throughout this movie. There are many... of these.. what I call Story movies in Japan. Foreign Cinema in general is all about great story lines and character building... Something which I feel lacks in the west. This is a prime example of storytelling.
There are many laugh out loud moments in this movie.... Not really coming from Juri herself... But the scenes themselves. A very memorable scene... is shot in the woods in a frozen time style matrix kind of scene involving a wild boar... Hilarious and very Anime. It's great as the budget is nowhere near that of the matrix. So the actors have to freeze themselves ... It makes it all the more hilarious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHnaP88VYS0
All in all it is the perfect feel good movie... Makes you wish you went to high school in Japan.. Or maybe that's just me?
This movie is worth the watch and can be found to download all over the internet via megaupload e.t.c. with eng subs. Also I have noticed you can watch the whole movie via You Tube!!! (In Parts)... So no excuse... see what i'm raving on about!
Check it Out!!
(Great for Couples or families)
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