Japanese Actors Discussion Thread

[Sakechick]

Wait...whoa....what? Talkien?

That is my favorite author. All I saw was his name and I kinda blacked out and went into my Haldir fantasies that I cant talk about because of Koi LMAO!

[Sakechick]

Originally Posted by Lree

No I didn't read, but I saw The hobbit as a theater play in York, England once. It was great.

I'll check it out koi.

BTW-any of you know elf quest?

Elf Quest the PC game? You can play a PC game by the name for free online if that's the EQ you're talking about, then yeah...I have heard of it.

Im a Elf nut

[Sakechick]

hehe....I posted this in my blog....his response was yeah, Imw orth at least eight dollars an hour....

[koi.no.michi]

hahahaha
that is an interesting interpretation of you 2

[miyuki_chan]

> Koi

I tend to be a sucker for historical dramas. Especially those from the Qing Dynasty because I love the costume from that era.

[koi.no.michi]

rele
haha
thats the opposite of me
but wu chun's gonna be in an historical movie
do you know the story butterfly lovers
thats what hes gonna be in

[miyuki_chan]

HAHA ~ Not a clue ~~~ Remember I don't follow him. LOL ~ And the first few pages of Entertainment paper is always skipped. LOL

What kind of story is it?

[koi.no.michi]

its like a love story
you might recognize the chinese name Liang Shanbo yu Zhu Yingtai

Spoiler

The legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is a beautiful, doleful, and moving love story. The story is set in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The legend begins with a beautiful, intelligent young woman named Zhu Yingtai from Shangyu, Zhejiang, who is the ninth child and the only daughter of the wealthy noble Zhu family. After much effort, she convinced her father to let her disguise herself as a young man traveling to Hangzhou to study. During her journey, she encountered Liang Shanbo, a scholar from Kuaiji (會稽, Kuàijī, now known as Shaoxing), in the same province. They felt like old friends at the first meeting. Therefore, they gathered some soil as incense and took vows of brotherhood in the pavilion of a thatched bridge.

For the three years in school, they shared the same room where there was only one bed and two quilts. Yingtai slowly fell in love with Shanbo. Although being every bit Yingtai's equal in studies, Shanbo was a bookworm and did not see any traces of female characteristics in Yingtai.

Time flew by quickly. Three years passed, and one day Yingtai received a letter from her father asking her to return home as quickly as possible. Yingtai had no alternative but to pack her belongings immediately and bid farewell. In Yingtai’s heart, she had decided that even if heaven and earth died, her love for Liang Shanbo would never change, and she wanted to be with him for all eternity. Hence, before her departure, Yingtai revealed her true identity to her headmaster's wife and requested the headmaster’s wife to hand her jade pendant as a betrothal gift to Shanbo.

Liang Shanbo, being Yingtai’s sworn brother, accompanied Yingtai for 18 miles to send her off. During the journey, Yingtai hinted to Shanbo that she was a girl. For example, she compared themselves to a pair of mandarin ducks, but Shanbo did not catch onto her hidden meaning and did not even have the slightest suspicion that she was a girl. Finally Yingtai thought of an idea: she told Shanbo that she would be a matchmaker and match make Shanbo with her sister. Before the two parted, Yingtai reminded Shanbo to pay a visit to her house so that he can propose a marriage to her "sister" (who was really herself). Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai reluctantly took leave of each other at the pavilion where they had first met.

When Shanbo arrived at Yingtai’s home, he discovered her true gender. They were devoted to and passionate about each other, and the lovers vowed that if they cannot live together, they will die together. The joy of the reunion of the two came to an end when Yingtai told Shanbo that her parents had forced her to marry Ma Wencai (馬文才, Mǎ Wéncái), a rich and spoiled gentleman.

Liang Shanbo was heartbroken. His health slowly deteriorated until he became seriously ill and later died in his office as a county magistrate.

On the day Yingtai was to be married to Ma Wencai, whirlwinds prevented the wedding procession from escorting Yingtai beyond Shanbo’s tomb. Yingtai left the procession to pay her respects for Shanbo. Yingtai descended in bitter despair and begged the grave to open up. Suddenly there was a clap of thunder, and the tomb opened as Yingtai had wished. Without hesitation, Yingtai leapt into the grave to join her beloved Shanbo. Yingtai and Shanbo's spirits had turned into a pair of beautiful butterflies and emerged from the tomb, flying together among the flowers forever, never to be apart again.

[koi.no.michi]

its like a chinese legend, well it actually is a chinese legend

[miyuki_chan]

Ah yes ~~ In chinese I recongnize ~~~ I saw the musical before.

My parents used to love the story when they were a child.

I don't know ~~ his face doesn't seem suited for historical ~~ He's got a more modern look.