Imou Haruka, Hagiwara Minori & Ishikawa Ruka, 3 actresses who got unique vibe different from a typical Japanese…
I think Minori is by far the most unique among them, even by indie actresses standard. She is in more flexible side and can shuffle between indies and mainstream scenes.
I noticed the lead is Nakamura Shuri from Last Idol (as the name suggests, an idol group). She deserves her own page in the database. Saw her acting for the first time in Alps Stand no Hashi no Hou and I'd say she is pretty decent youngster.
Finally a show that can restore my faith in Japanese horror. This one is well-produced and acted (would say the best-acted among the entire Ju-on franchise). They really don't hold themselves back in disturbing scenes. Another positive point is that the storytelling, they cram several plots over different time frames (and the ghosts indeed transcend into time and space) without leaving too many significant plot holes. I believe some of them could be resolved in another sequel, if any. Props to the screenwriter for conceptualizing and eventually pulling a concept of ghosts that can transcend and even transferring tangible things across multiple timelines as if they have Doraemon's time machine.
In the end, I really, really want to give 9.0/10 rating to this series but I can't, due to several plot conveniences (i.e. why does the husband in 1997 suddenly got vaporized out of the blue? Can't they think any better way to end that arc?).
Of course some would stand out of the rest, that is, the really gifted ones. But I'm happy to see even the ones…
Sorry for the super late reply. I revisited this article and felt an urge to reply. I think the best works of young actors in Japan tend to be in non-mainstream, low key, indie projects. Some unassuming youngsters in mainstream doramas/movies could (and do) turn out to be really good. And to join that indie shows, one just needs to be competent enough and it's less of agency power. These kinds of project often come very surprising, it seems there's always high potential youngsters out there waiting to be discovered.
Anti-hero Ono Machiko and lil Mone with hot scenes. Just MINDBLOWING
EDIT: For those saying Mone should stick only to bubbly rom-com shows, you have to watch to see this short miniseries. She's so much more than what you imagine.
This. Kiyohara Kaya and Makita Aju are the future of Japanese acting and I will continue to assert it to anyone…
I'd say a very complete talent like Kaya happens to appear once every 25-30 years. Within that period one could have 40-50 'average' great actresses appearing here and there in high-profile projects (think someone like Yoshitaka Yuriko/Toda Erika/Ishibashi Shizuka/Suzu etc), 5-6 elite talents on world-class or near-world class level (Kuroki Haru, Mitsushima Hikari, Mayu), and only one like Kaya.
To think that not even young/teenage Hikari was ever that good. She is so far ahead of the curves compared to others in the same age group (or even above that such as 97-00 liners). The problem is that if you think Suzu's near-complete monopoly on good roles is crazy enough, I bet it will even more pronounced among the sub-2000 liners. If I were a talented actress in that age group, I'd rather learn foreign language ASAP (English, Korean, or Mandarin) because I know there would be too few good roles left to contest and obtain in Japan.
I haven't seen much of her acting where would you place her? This list is in order.
Haven't seen enough of Nana's acting so far (just in 3A and Eerie) to evaluate her ceiling potentials, but who knows she might be indeed super good. Based on my tier of likeability, Nana stands pretty high my list (oh yeah you know what I mean lol). But so far based on performance shown on screen, I think Nana and Hiyori could be even. Actually Hiyori as child actress was clearly talented btw.
Can't agree more. It's the most underrated WOWOW dorama and Sakamoto Yuji's writing ever. I can say it deserves to belong to top 5 best scripts ever written by him.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=n1L7ud99OXQ&feature=emb_title
In the end, I really, really want to give 9.0/10 rating to this series but I can't, due to several plot conveniences (i.e. why does the husband in 1997 suddenly got vaporized out of the blue? Can't they think any better way to end that arc?).
EDIT:
For those saying Mone should stick only to bubbly rom-com shows, you have to watch to see this short miniseries. She's so much more than what you imagine.
To think that not even young/teenage Hikari was ever that good. She is so far ahead of the curves compared to others in the same age group (or even above that such as 97-00 liners). The problem is that if you think Suzu's near-complete monopoly on good roles is crazy enough, I bet it will even more pronounced among the sub-2000 liners. If I were a talented actress in that age group, I'd rather learn foreign language ASAP (English, Korean, or Mandarin) because I know there would be too few good roles left to contest and obtain in Japan.
https://mydramalist.com/10374-mosaic-japan