Yay!!!!!! Onmyoji was certainly a nice movie~ (onmyoji = yin1 yang2 shi1) One actor caught my eye: Nomura Mansai. He literally shone as Abe no Seimei. The talented, poised, aloof yet superbly charismatic onmyoji in the emperor's household. At first he attracted my attention and as the film progressed i felt myself attracted to him =D (this is the meaning of prescence i guess)
The other characters were ok. Ito Hideaki portrayed a tanjun (dan1 chun2) courtier pretty well with convincingly wide-eyed innocence. Imai Eriko (Speed, anyone?) was cute too as Mitsumushi. (she just echoed whatever Seimei said..cute!)
The whole Onmyoji thing is pretty cool, what with the magic, spells, spirits, etc. The movie gave a very exciting & engaging insight into Japanese mythical lore. Actually, real onmyoji did exist back then in the Heian period (794 to 1185).
Later into the show, the novelty kinda wore off but it was worth staying up to watch Nomura anyway. Heh i think he looked good in those robes. I like the one with a white outer layer & a bright blue underlayer best =D Nomura's character spouted some mushy lines to Ito's ("No, you cannot die! You cannot leave me now! When we've just started!") but i guess what's how japanese sounds in chinese...and probably Abe no Seimei meant in the context of friendship. (i hope) The flute music featured in it was pretty haunting (read: creepy) too.
Some complaints: The computer effects were pretty bad. And the film concluded in a very predictable fashion.
But i still tink it's damn good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^^
(i conclude that the way to enjoy a film most is to watch it without having any expectations abt it)
Arrgh. I found out that Nomura Mansai is 38. And married. And with kids. Nevermind i still have a crush on him cos i think he's really talented =D He's not like those typical big-eyed pretty boys seen in japanese teenage magazines (his eyes are quite small actually) but there's this irresistible charm about him. Oh wait. Maybe i'm confusing him with his character Abe no Seimei. Ok fine.
I'm in love with Abe no Seimei ^^
More abt Nomura Mansai
He's the 8th generation in a line of one of the 2 most famous Kyogen families. Kyogen theater is over 600 years old. It's part of the oldest Japanese traditional performing art, Noh theater. Kyogen works are usually comedies and are played in between serious Noh pieces.)
He graduated from the Tokyo University of Music & Arts in 1989. (err...when we were 3yrs old!) Mansai made his stage debut at the age of three in the Kyogen classic - Utsubozaru (Monkey Skin Quiver.) He's married, with a 5-year-old son called Yuki. And Yuki made his debut in Kyogen last year performing in Utsubozaru. Yes, the same play his father debuted in (cute!!!). This time round, the play showcases the 3 generations of Nomura acting alongside each other...so cool...his wife must be damn proud! =D
Mansai is performing in this year's cultural Olympics in Athens in a play called Oedipus Rex. (cool!)
Trivia #1: The other famous Kyogen family is Shigeyama.
Trivia #2: Nomura birthday is 5th April 1966. Yes, he's 20 yrs older than us *sobz*
The other characters were ok. Ito Hideaki portrayed a tanjun (dan1 chun2) courtier pretty well with convincingly wide-eyed innocence. Imai Eriko (Speed, anyone?) was cute too as Mitsumushi. (she just echoed whatever Seimei said..cute!)
The whole Onmyoji thing is pretty cool, what with the magic, spells, spirits, etc. The movie gave a very exciting & engaging insight into Japanese mythical lore. Actually, real onmyoji did exist back then in the Heian period (794 to 1185).
Later into the show, the novelty kinda wore off but it was worth staying up to watch Nomura anyway. Heh i think he looked good in those robes. I like the one with a white outer layer & a bright blue underlayer best =D Nomura's character spouted some mushy lines to Ito's ("No, you cannot die! You cannot leave me now! When we've just started!") but i guess what's how japanese sounds in chinese...and probably Abe no Seimei meant in the context of friendship. (i hope) The flute music featured in it was pretty haunting (read: creepy) too.
Some complaints: The computer effects were pretty bad. And the film concluded in a very predictable fashion.
But i still tink it's damn good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^^
(i conclude that the way to enjoy a film most is to watch it without having any expectations abt it)
Arrgh. I found out that Nomura Mansai is 38. And married. And with kids. Nevermind i still have a crush on him cos i think he's really talented =D He's not like those typical big-eyed pretty boys seen in japanese teenage magazines (his eyes are quite small actually) but there's this irresistible charm about him. Oh wait. Maybe i'm confusing him with his character Abe no Seimei. Ok fine.
I'm in love with Abe no Seimei ^^
More abt Nomura Mansai
He's the 8th generation in a line of one of the 2 most famous Kyogen families. Kyogen theater is over 600 years old. It's part of the oldest Japanese traditional performing art, Noh theater. Kyogen works are usually comedies and are played in between serious Noh pieces.)
He graduated from the Tokyo University of Music & Arts in 1989. (err...when we were 3yrs old!) Mansai made his stage debut at the age of three in the Kyogen classic - Utsubozaru (Monkey Skin Quiver.) He's married, with a 5-year-old son called Yuki. And Yuki made his debut in Kyogen last year performing in Utsubozaru. Yes, the same play his father debuted in (cute!!!). This time round, the play showcases the 3 generations of Nomura acting alongside each other...so cool...his wife must be damn proud! =D
Mansai is performing in this year's cultural Olympics in Athens in a play called Oedipus Rex. (cool!)
Trivia #1: The other famous Kyogen family is Shigeyama.
Trivia #2: Nomura birthday is 5th April 1966. Yes, he's 20 yrs older than us *sobz*
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