Okada Masaki Monogatari

遅ればせながら、岡田将生のお誕生日のMVを作りました。お見てくださってありがといございます！ I understand it might be considered late to make an MV to celebrate Okada Masaki’s 30th birthday, and I have made two posts already in relation to his birthday (one is about the Bracken Moor review and the other is about my recollection on being there for his birthday – though he doesn’t know I was there). But, one only has one chance of being 30, and since this is Masaki, I thought it’s better late than never. Hence this MV. It’s using one of my most favourite Japanese songs Hanamizuki, sung beautifully by Taiwanese-Japanese Yō Hitoto (who also penned the lyrics). Music by Mashiko Tatsurō and piano by Takebe Satoshi. I sourced the music from this YouTube video and I modified the translation also based on that video. I actually heard this song again after years of absence when I was having dinner with Benio-san after watching the soiree during Masaki's birthday, hence the nostalgia. I’d like to acknowledge the many pho...

  Screen-shot from Bunkamura's Hamlet promotional video Before I watched Hamlet, I have wanted to made an MV of Hamlet. Since the beautiful stage and cast of Hamlet are still in my mind, I thought it was a good time to make one MV then. Here I use one of the most iconic opera songs, "O Mio Babbino Caro" by Giacomo Puccini, sung beautifully by the late Maria Callas. I thought the song choice is very apt because it talks about a girl (Lauretta) who was forbidden by her father to see her beloved. It captures Ophelia's sorrow for not being able to be with Hamlet (because Polonius and Laertes did not like the idea). The MV also - I hope - captures Hamlet's regret upon Ophelia's death, as well as his regret for the death of Polonius. Hamlet wasn't a perfect prince, but in the end, I think he grew up. To me, Okada Masaki's Hamlet perfectly captured that journey. The song lyrics is below.

Today is Okada Masaki's 29th birthday! He was born on 15 August 1989 as a cute baby, かわいい。。。and now he's this gorgeous young gentleman! I'm so excited because this is the first time I could catch up with his birthday and made time to make something for him. Thank you so much for being you, Masaki-kun! Always be healthy (stop smoking, please, 喫煙はダメですよ！Less drinking too! Gosh, I'm like your mother...). Always shine from within as you are... Always project that purity that is such a signature of you... That something is an MV from the 2014 'Hakugin Jack'. Song is 'Danger Zone', Kenny Loggins (Tom Cruise's Top Gun, anyone? Does anyone come from that age bracket? I certainly am!). I made it in one evening yesterday after days of wondering what song I should use. I usually pick the song first before making an MV, because the song choice totally dictates scene selections. I love Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone because of its beats - mainly - and als...

I didn’t know that in 2013 Okada Masaki had a voice appearance in Abe Mao’s (阿部真央) “Boyfriend” MV. Now that I’ve found it, I cannot help being smitten by the MV, and also by Masaki’s voice at the end (from min. 1:45).  Mao’s MV is a collection of doodle of a girl who is in love with her childhood friend since they met when she was 3 years old. They always played together until puberty hits, when she (or also perhaps he) was 11 years old. When she was 15 years old, she discovered that her friend liked playing guitar, so she also learned to play guitar. But then when she was a 17 yo girl with braided hair, she realised she was not the only girl rooting for this cute boy. During a rainy day when she was going to offer the boy her umbrella, a gorgeous long-haired girl outraced her, offered her own umbrella, and walked off with the boy, leaving our little heroine lonely. That boy is voiced by Okada Masaki ^_^ Then the song ended when our heroine was a bit older (already with...

After a few months of not making any MVs, I finally made time to make and finish this one! It contains a collage of Okada Masaki's latest photos (and some older ones). Music is 'Arabesque' by Rurutia. The lyrics were translated by Kiwi Musume; the Romaji and English are available after the break. Enjoy! Arabesque  by Rurutia Original translation by Kiwi Musume Zutto sagashite ita yo boku no kienai niji wo
 I’d been searching all this time for my rainbow that wouldn’t fade
 Kimi no hitai ni sotto kuchibiru wo ateru
 I softly put my lips to your forehead

 Atatakana yasuragi wa yume ja nai This warm comfort isn’t a dream

 Ref: 
Nanairo no hikari ga furu A rainbow coloured light pours down
 kagayaita kimi no egao wo
 kono mune ni dakishimetara When I hold your shining smile in my heart Nanimo kamo uketomerareru
 I can take anything
 Nemutte ita mirai ga ima ugokidasu My future that had been lying dormant is now beginning to move
 

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I agree with Twitter Biker Nagase who said that Yamada Haruhiko was the most gorgeous visual Okada Masaki has to-date. Masaki's Yamada Haruhiko surpassed all my expectations for him, both in terms of acting and appearance. Yamada is beautiful although imperfect. Sorting through Chiisana Kyojin for Yamada-related scenes is such a pleasing experience, that I'm very happy to produce yet another MV of Chiisana Kyojin here. I also included many Kosaka-san (Hasegawa Hiroki) scenes, hence I hope Kosaka Shinichiro fans will be happy too. This time, I'm using Duran-Duran's "Notorious", for its lyrics seem to hit right on the spot of political and criminal justice corruption that is the core of "Little Giants". Twitter feed and Duran-Duran's lyrics are below the break. Oh yeah, as I am now re-watching Seinaru Kaibutsutachi (2012), I just realised how cute Hasegawa-san was back then (he's more mature now, cos he's already 40 years old). The ...

This MV is the second I made about Yamada Haruhiko’s hypothetical love story. I made this MV because I wonder how Yamada’s love story could be. Given that Yamada is a very career-oriented person, I imagine he would have broken the hearts of some women… or he himself was broken-hearted because of his decision to leave his love behind. I found that Matataki (with Kitagawa Keiko) could fit the story if I altered it (big time – chronologically). Hence this MV, featuring Kitagawa Keiko’s character as a past love that Yamada left behind to pursue his career, yet she was also the one who never left his heart. The black and white scenes refer to Yamada's wish of what he should have done, and the last scene refers to him watching the grown up Izumi (Keiko's character) suddenly walking into the building. I didn't have time to find a scene with Keiko's grown up character in another movie to use, so I leave the ending with Yamada's surprised expression. 最後のシーン ,...

I made this Okada Masaki MV for Aoki Ikkō fans, featuring the conflict between his desire and common sense in the Kinoko murder case. I hate Kinoko with all my heart, so I found it difficult to stomach the Himitsu Top Secret 2016 scenes to pick scenes for the MV. However, my love to Masaki won, hence this MV. Hope you like it. Oh, and it heavily features Ikuta Toma as Maki Tsuyoshi, so I hope Toma-chan fans will like it too. Music is Bon Jovi's classic 'You Give Love a Bad Name'. I'm glad that YouTube didn't kick out this (IMO) kick-ass MV (at least from the perspective of the music and the movie). Twitter feed is embedded after the break. Enjoy! Aoki Ikkō MV #okadamasaki with #ikutatoma , Himitsu Top Secret, ft. Bon Jovi. Full 3:47” YouTube https://t.co/3RANXEonDu #岡田将生 #生田斗真 #青木一行 pic.twitter.com/8l5f5GV41s — Southern River (@snowmoon74) November 4, 2017

The brooding Yamada Haruhiko I made this MV because I wonder how Yamada Haruhiko’s love story could be. Chiisana Kyojin wasn’t a series about love, hence we only had Kosaka-Misa’s relationship there. Given that Yamada is a very career-oriented person, I imagine he would have broken the hearts of some women… or he himself was broken-hearted because of his decision. When I was shifting through Okada Masaki’s old movies, I found that Matataki (with Kitagawa Keiko) could fit the story if I altered it (big time – chronologically). Hence this MV, featuring Kitagawa Keiko’s character as a past love that Yamada left behind to pursue his career, yet she was also the one who never left his heart. Midsummer Showery Rain from Icha74 on Vimeo . YouTube and Daiymotion rejected this MV (because of Utada Hikaru’s beautiful song I think). Thus I could only post it in Vimeo, and partly (140 sec) in Twitter as well. I adapted the lyrics translation by Nakari Amane (beautiful, beautiful trans...

If by now it's not yet clear that I love Chiisana Kyojin  小さな巨人 (TBS 2017), well here I say it again: I LOVE the series. I have summarised all episodes and gave a review. I love the series, very much. I love that Okada Masaki got that role, as I said here , it diversified his portfolio big time. It's not that Masaki has never played detectives before, but this is the first time he played a detective with such a jagged, shaded character, that it definitely is a breath of fresh air for me! Hence this MV, using Queen's classic 'Under Pressure' (feat. David Bowie). Okada-san himself has apparently been waiting for a long time for such a role that he got very excited when he was chosen to play Yamada Haruhiko. He also had to shoot at crazy hours, including up to 3 am in the morning (poor baby... no wonder he was often angry in the series, LOL!). The snippet of his interview is after the break, as well as the lyrics for 'Under Pressure'. 岡田将生「久々にこんなに胸が...

So I made my first Okada Masaki MV last night! I didn't think I'd finish it so quickly, but I did! I chose Rurutia's 'Hallelujah' as the music, and it's a beautiful arrangement by the very talented singer. The music, however, is full of beats that I have to sync with the clips, hence I thought I would need at least a full day's of work for that. Glad that I finished it in just a few hours. I combined three of Masaki's recent characters that I love: Nijimura Keichō 虹村形兆  (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure live action 2017), Yamada Haruhiko 山田春彦 (Chiisana Kyojin 2017) and Aoki Ikkō 青木一行 (Himitsu: the Top Secret 2016). I thought it would be nice to pit Masaki's characters against each other, in this case Keichō vs the team up of Yamada and Aoki.  I quite like the result. Was thinking of using Masaki's character as Hazama Kurō (the Young Black Jack 2011), but I had no space for him in the MV. Perhaps next time if I can find Seinaru Kaibutsutachi cl...