Source: ??? (seriously someone sent me this without the source, please tell me if you find one)
I can’t make out of anything except the big quotation in the first pic. He said he made too many mistakes during the filming of Onna Joshu Naotora because he felt tense.
Well, I haven’t watched any episodes, so...
But d-addict team has picked the series up. They have released the sub up to ep. 3 (out of 11). I feel so tempted to skip straight to ep. 5 (in which Haruma’s character debut).
I don’t know what to say. These days, I’m kinda busy and haven’t paid attention to Haru’s news as usual. So this post as another congratulation might be late. But still...
Anyway, I’m very delighted to tell you that Miura Haruma has won the Best Actor Award AND the special Rookie of the Year (Sugimura Haruko Award) in the 24th Yomiuri Theater Award for the role of Lola (Kinky Boots).
The ceremony will be held on February 27th.
2016 - What a year for Haruma. He seemed ‘quiet’ in general ‘public’ eyes (perhaps the only thing got him on first page is his dating story), yet he gained so much career experience.
That being said, 2017 will be a challenging year (as he has said). As a long time fan, I will support whatever choices he makes, no matter how ‘bizarre’ it is.
Miura Haruma won the Male Category of the 28th Japan Best Jewelry Wearer Award
This kind of award sounds unnecessary but it’s actually a big event. Let’s just say that the winners were there to promote the “International Jewelry Exhibition” which was held every year in Tokyo.
Haruma also shared an interesting fact, “I got a necklace given by my close friend. I wear it as a lucky charm.”
Hmmm... who is that friend? Can’t you show us the necklace?
Do you know if Onna Joshu Naotora is the sort of thing that is likely to get English-subbed and available for download or streaming?
You know, it’s a taiga drama. In case you don’t know, taiga is a historical drama that airs on NHK (almost) every Sunday for a year, which is hella long. So it will take time and patience to sub the whole thing.
So far, I haven’t heard anyone planning to sub it. But I’m pretty sure it will get subbed eventually (let’s hope so). Just be prepare for the irregular schedule!
If you want to watch the raw, it’s quite easy. Just search it by the original title in Japanese on any Chinese video site (bilibili, tudou, youku, .etc,). It’ll be uploaded very soon on those sites.
Anyway, I’ll update more if there’s more information about it.
An Interview with Miura Haruma on Shukan Josei (Jprime) about “Onna Joshu Naotora” (17/1/1)
“Now that I’ve become an adult. It has been a while since the last time I starred in a taiga drama. This time, I attended a horse riding club and learned archery from the scratch to prepare for various scenes. Because I had such a proper preparation period for this role, I could enter the scene with confidence.”
In taiga drama “Onna Joshu Naotora” starting from January 8th, Miura Haruma starred as Ii Naotora, the adult Kamenojo and the fiancé of the title character Naotora (Shibasaki Kou) since childhood. This marks his return to taiga drama since child actor period.
“That was when I was in 5th or 6th grade. I just felt I really have to give it to my best. Taiga staff at that time was all nice people.
One of the member in the costume crew at that time has now become the chief staff in this project. He told me “I used to pat on your head, lead you to the scene by your hand all the time.” I was honestly glad I could return to taiga once again after growing up.”
He wants to achieve even further development especially in acting.
“The experience from acting in projects related to Japanese culture and history has become my ultimate strength. I was given a very good opportunity and was meticulously taught various things by gestural instructors at the scene. Step by step, it’s interesting. From now on no matter what kinds of historical drama I’m going to do in the future, I’m sure that I could deliver it.
As for my private life, I’m starting to become interested in Bushido. Things like dealing with others with compassion or how to live a private life…
As a person, I’m still immature, but since I’m in this industry, I have to and I will definitely pay respect to that kind of propriety. Sometimes, because people give me a great applause or other good comments, I may feel disconcerted. At those times, I don’t want to become arrogant but keep my feet on the ground.”
Rival actors from the next generation born in the 90s
Beside Miura, this taiga drama is packed with young actors who are gaining much attention such as Yagira Yuya and Suda Masaki.
“Yagira-san was my senior at high school. I had met him in person at school. It’s a shame that we did not share any scene together, but it’s elated to think that we engaged in the same project.
Suda-kun used to play the role of my student in another work before. This time, his role is my son. When the time for his role comes, it’s my role that ends. If I got the chance, I’d like to tell him ‘Do your best’”.
2017 will be a challenging year!
This time, Miura played a man growing up to be strong in order to protect the Ii family. When he was asked how to keep a lean body,
“Before I engaged in this project, I got to play in a musical called Kinky Boots. Because it was the role of a muscled drag queen, I simply kept myself that way. It was just right timing.” (smile)
Looking back on 2016, how was that a year to you?
“It seems just a role of drag queen but it’s actually a result of all luck combined that I get to choose a project that I am passionate about and really want to do.
That being said, I’m not sure that can be defined as a true challenge for myself or not. For 2017, I want to make it a challenging year.”
Plot introduction for the 56th taiga drama “Onna Joshu Naotora” - “Naotora: The Lady Warlord”
In 1544 in Totomi Province (the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture), a girl named Otowa, who later gets through the Warring States period with a brave male name of Naotora Ii, lives peacefully with her parents. One day, she receives a marriage proposal with her childhood friend Kamenojo. She hesitates at first but determines to support the Ii family as his wife. In the meantime, Kamenojo's father Naomitsu Ii is suspected of planning a rebellion by his master Yoshimoto Imagawa. (nhkworldpremium.com)
If you’re not in Japan, you can still watch it on NHK World Premium (no English subtitle, though and you have to register with your local cable provider).
As for me, I’ll probably wait for someone kind enough to sub it :D
The last taiga I watched from start to finish is Atsuhime, which was like 5 or 6 years ago. As much as I love Japanese history, following a taiga can be quite tiresome because of various reasons (it’s super long, few people want to sub it, or worse no sub at all, too many characters, bias character died, plot can be VERY draggy blah blah blah)
But I’ll try to follow this one ^^ at least until Naochika-Haruma died, hopefully...
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