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j_pop
I have the new record by shibasaki kou, and
the last is super good, I charm, are all its
successes, it is very very good.

Shibasaki kou is the girl who starred in shaolin girl truth?... If it is, I believe is a super actress who love to everyone who see their movies.... my congratulations for the best actress Japanese and more beautiful by Else.



hb.gif I wish it were bad as it is in battle royale,
but she is a very good girl and super beautiful.

I understand that she is the goddess Asiatic......is really a very beautiful girl and very professional.

It is soma mitsuko in battle royale ... without extent that the marked role as an actress.

But I like more like shibasaki kou, it is most beautiful.......



The bad girl and beautiful at once in a battle royale of
the most viewed films in the world.....if she is a
very good actress and a singer very popular
in Japanese, asia and the rest of the
world for those who follow.

She is the girl shaolin ... the most
beautiful girl! Shibasaki Kou Ooops!

---justeen---
Music Career
In 2002, she started her singer career with her first single Trust My Feelings, but her singing skills were first recognized with her second single Tsuki no shizuku (used for the movie Yomigaeri), which was one of the most successful J-Pop hits of 2003. Many of her singles have become theme songs for various films, dramas, and commercials.

Her highly anticipated second album turned out to be quite a flop compared to her first album. It lasted only 9 weeks and had a peak position of #5 while her first album earned a peak position of #2 and spent 68 weeks on the Oricon charts. On the 25th of April 2007, Shibasaki's third album Kiki♥ was released and went straight to number one.

Shibasaki's first Christmas song, "Actuality", was released in December 2006. "At Home" was released later on February 21, 2007. Both failed to reach the top 10 on the Oricon charts. "Hito Koi Meguri", released on March 28, 2007, reached number 8 on the charts. It became her first single to reach the top 10 since "Invitation". On August 3rd and 5th, Kou Shibasaki held her first concerts - "Kou Shibasaki Premium Live" in Osaka and Tokyo. 2400 participants of the concert were selected from over 30,000 of the submitters of the tickets (which accompanied the KiKi album).


Acting Career
She was discovered at fourteen by a star agent and worked in many TV shows and commercials. Her stage name is taken from the main character of Junko Kawakami's manga Golden Delicious Apple Sherbet.

She became famous outside Japan for her role in Battle Royale (2000), where she performed the cold-hearted Mitsuko Souma; her acting career took off with this movie, and now she is well known in East Asia.

Her performance in the movie Go earned her several awards, among which the Best Supporting Actress Award of Japanese Academy, the Hōchi Movie Award, the Kinema Junpō Award.

In 2005, Shibasaki appeared in the independent Japanese film, Mazon Do Himiko. In this film, she plays Saori, an unhappy young woman whose father is gay. Saori meets her father's boyfriend who urges her to come and meet her dying father at a place called Maison Do Himiko where several aging gay men live together. Still angry that her father abandoned her mother and her when she was young, Saori hesitates, but agrees on the condition she will be paid handsomely working as a maid. The film opened in various Asian markets earning critical acclaim.[citation needed]

In 2006, the young actress took the role as Dororo in the Japanese film, Dororo along with Satoshi Tsumabuki (her co-actor from the drama Orange Days). The film made a sensation in Japan, and topped the box office for nearly six weeks. Shibasaki participated in two more movies in 2007: Maiko Haaaan!!! and Shaolin Girl, scheduled to be screened in 2008.

Currently, Shibasaki is filming the Fuji television drama Detective Galileo, co-starring Masaharu Fukuyama.

-----credit to wikipedia-----



j_pop
I love this girl, is the best of all the stars of this world
and its movies, novels and songs are the best in

the world, she is also very beautiful and that
makes it special among all since many

girls are not as beautiful as
Kou is shibasaki.......

Kou shibasaki much I love

you are the best of all !!!!

Shibasaki kou, I liked it as a...
battle royale, I understand....
that this movie she rose to...
fame.......that's very good...
because if she had never...
dreamed the world of....
Asian stars had never...
been the same.

Other Endeavors:
Other than acting and singing, Shibasaki has advertised numerous products such as Epson printers, Glico Pocky's, Daihatsu vehicles, as well as Volvic mineral water from France.

Discography:

Shibasaki's third studio album, "Kiki♥" released April 2007.Kou Shibasaki has sold over 4 million singles combined.

Albums
Mitsu (蜜, Mitsu?) – February 11, 2004
Hitori Asobi (ひとりあそび, Hitori Asobi?) – December 14, 2005
Kiki♥ (嬉々♥, Kiki♥?) – April 25, 2007
"Single Best" – March 12, 2008
"The Back Best" – March 12, 2008

Singles
"Trust My Feelings" – July 24, 2002
"Tsuki no Shizuku" (月のしずく, "Tsuki no Shizuku"?) (as Rui) – January 15, 2003
"Nemurenai Yoru wa Nemuranai Yume wo" (眠レナイ夜ハ眠ラナイ夢ヲ, "Nemurenai Yoru wa Nemuranai Yume wo"?) – June 4, 2003
"Omoide Dake dewa Tsurasugiru" (思い出だけではつらすぎる, "Omoide Dake dewa Tsurasugiru"?) – September 3, 2003
"Ikutsuka no Sora" (いくつかの空, "Ikutsuka no Sora"?) – January 14, 2004
"Katachi Aru Mono" (かたちあるもの, "Katachi Aru Mono"?) – August 11, 2004
"Irokoi Konayuki" (色恋粉雪, Love Affair, Powdered Snow?) – 2005
"Glitter" – February 16, 2005
"Sweet Mom" – October 5, 2005
"Kage" (影, "Kage"?) – February 15, 2006
"Invitation" – August 9, 2006
"Actuality" – December 6, 2006
"At Home" – February 21, 2007
"Hitokoi Meguri" (ひと恋めぐり, "Hitokoi Meguri"?) – March 28, 2007
"Prism" (プリズム, "Prism"?) – May 30, 2007
"O.ma.e Low Tension Girl" (お・ま・えローテンションガール, "O.ma.e Low Tension Girl"?) (as Group Damashii ni Shibasaki Kou ga) – June 13, 2007
"KISS Shite" (KISSして, "KISS Shite"?) (as KOH+; collaboration with Fukuyama Masaharu) – November 21, 2007

DVD's
"Kou Shibasaki Single Clips" – February 11, 2004
"Kou Shibasaki Invitation Live" – October 31, 2007

but she, she is the great queen......is the most beautiful girl I've seen in my life and is not now,
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not whether it is for three years now that I am a great admirer of her.

happens to Shibasaki kou? it seems never tires never! is already working again in three films.

saiko
at the moment she is working on three films and that is why it is the best actress in the world.



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battle royale not stop and see her whenever I do I say...it's great!!!!

Mitsuko Souma (相馬 光子, Sōma Mitsuko?) is a fictional character in the novel Battle Royale and its manga and film adaptations. In the English language manga she is nicknamed Mitsu, Mi-chan and "Hardcore" Souma.

Mitsuko is the second most dangerous person on the island next to Kazuo Kiriyama.She killed a total of 8 people. Mitsuko as a teenager is portrayed Kou Shibasaki in the film; the young Mitsuko in the flashback is played by Suzuka Tonegawa.

She was officially designated Shiroiwa Junior High School, 9th Grade, Class B, Girl #11. Mitsuko has blood type A.....





but she was...Shibasaki kou on the role of "soma Mitsuko" which emphasized the great movie.
aerosmith
to preserve the figure should be eating healthy....and to

preserve a good talk and a balanced brain

must be read much....as does Shibasaki koh!!!!

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Kou Shibasaki was born on the 5th august 1981 in Tokyo, her real name is Yukie Yamamura (Shibasaki Kou it's a main character of her favorite manga). She started her career at 14 when her talent was discovered by a star agent. She has worked in many TV shows and commercials. She's beginning to be more famous thanks to her excellent performance in the movie Battle Royale and its character Souma Mitsuko. She has reaching a star statute not only in Japan but all over East Asia. She has an impressing filmography and since 2002 she's started to sing with her first single Trust my feelings. But her singing skills I've been only recognized with her second single Tsuki no shizuku, a song used for the movie Yomigaeri, which was one of the best jpop hits of 2003. She is considered as one of the glamorous queen of drama, earning millions of yens and going out with bad boys.

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is the queen of the movies of fear, I understand that is already working on a new film of fear.

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I like this picture ... his gaze is mysterious, but

with a sweet temperament.
-Koushi-


she is the most important girl in my life, everything is a dream for me.....All I want is to know,

but that would be a great challenge for me since the distance and language are very



difficult.....Shibasaki kou is the largest among the largest and best of all, she is beautiful and

natural, it is always tender and sweet, but it is also a girl sexi, not because she is his due.

kossso
ehh !!!!!!! it is indeed the best actress and singer Japanese....there are rumors that he is unhappy with the couple or simply with the main player next to her in Dororo, also in orange days and now Dororo 2...I say....

yumi a missed call, my favorite movie, not seeing the left is very good and the good performance of it is brilliant

trust my fillings......was the song with which this girl was Lans the world of singing and later

took place among the best positions

""j-pop""

in magazines and front pages is that it sends..........

Romance?....... in

オレンジデイズ

Kou Shibasaki and Satoshi tsumabuki
make a very nice couple, both are good players and successful, I would love to see them together.

-------despite its role as crude in battle royale, it is sweet as honey-------



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everything that is good comes from it.......
saiko
she was going to be Yuki Yubari in kill bill, but not


because he did not, but apparently it's because


she was busy in other recordings.

would have been interesting to have seen in Shibasaki kill bill,
but it already knew, that movie the director wanted


her to choose especially for his great role
of a ruthless battle royale.

The Untold Story of Yuki Yubari
Yubari Sisters incomplete with only Go Go. Where's Yuki? Heavy spoilers. Do not read until you've seen Kill Bill Volume 1.


Go Go's younger sister Yuki Yubari was completely written out of Kill Bill. In the early script of Kill Bill by Quentin Tarantino, there's an entire chapter called Yuki's Revenge. According to this old script, Yuki Yubari partied with the rest of her gang at the House of Blue Leaves but had to turn in early due to a cold. Maybe that's Tarantino's polite way to say it's passed her bedtime. Besides, Good Citizen Tarantino ™ can never allow warm sake to touch the lips of this underaged kid even though at 16, she's only a year younger than Go Go. She might be a Yubari (and therefore hot as hell), but she still hasn't developed that killer/psychotic edge yet. After kissing Sophie Fatale goodnight, she left just before Uma kickstarted her samurai disco. When she learned the piercing headache Go Go had to suffer thanks to the Bride, Yuki decided to off the miserable blonde lest the world thinks that she lacked the balls (pun intended) that Go Go had. The script called for Yuki to take revenge on the Bride on her home turf in the United States. After a whirlwind tour around LA, Hollywood, and Disneyland armed with her disposable Barbie camera, she decides that a submachine gun would be the perfect accessory for taking down the silly American. When Yuki finally confronts the woman who forced Go Go to drop out of school, the young girl demands revenge (and makeup tips. I kid you not; QT is a genius!). Black Mamba, however, has no time for the brat (two down, three to go, remember?). Now, the Bride's existence offends Yuki and we see her demonstrate that she can chew bubblegum and fire a loaded automatic at the same time while chasing The Bride through the streets of Los Angeles. Strangely, no one in LA is disturbed by a girl with pink fingernails spraying the neighborhood with bullets as long as she's hot. Finally, Yuki Yubari traps the Bride in a suburban home (metaphor on so many levels) and after much struggling on the floor for the ladies (to the much delight of the audience if this were made), Yuki is bested by Uma. Here's hoping there's room in heaven for bad girls who look chic in school uniforms. The Yuki's Revenge chapter never went to the production stage because Kou Shibasaki, the Battle Royale actress Tarantino wanted for the role of Yuki Yubari, could not sign on to Kill Bill due to other commitments. Quentin Tarantino also begrudgingly admitted that the movie is long enough already and therefore he dropped Yuki's Revenge from the final script. The original draft with Yuki Yubari is floating on the Net and is recommended reading for all those who are interested in Kill Bill. Perhaps one day, Tarantino will animate that sequence as a special feature for the ultimate Kill Bill DVD.

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esprique .... it is their model most beautiful of all

gary 1991
his last song is all a success!!!
is the song of the drama detective galileo.

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ehh!!!! clapping.gif koh Shibasaki drew new single and this is home.




All his works are wonderful and she is so versatile and successful.........
Shibasaki koh is the best.

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eyebrowes.gif Ah! I understand that it was the premiere of shaolin girl.... that good news.

we already know that Shibasaki is working on new projects....

2008 Shaolin Girl Rin
2008 Winter Kadee (Wife)
2008 Dororo II Dororo
2008 Yōgisya X no Kenshin Kaoru Utsumi

......they are
gary 1991
koh Shibasaki is synonymous with originality, strength, sophistication and beauty.

as I am fan of this girl that I have a super large photo of her in my room.

it is a cover girl....





yeah.gif I dream every day that I meet her in person, but
that is impossible... is a very brilliant as the photo album
of the world's best known stars, because it was not
happened to me duh.gif ????
gary 1991
it has no romance with another celebrity? I'd love to hear, besides it is always very tender with Satoshi tsumabuki, but are the two you want! make a nice couple, if they are together or there is something between them. clapping.gif



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she is my princess, is for me the most important girl in the world to me and takes away the breath... in front of my window there is a star too big and bright and I gave the name as Kou Shibasaki, the beautiful.
saiko


Tracklist :

01 - Kiss shite
02 - Hito koi meguri
03 - Katachi aru mono
04 - Kage
05 - Prism
06 - At home
07 - Invitation
08 - Nemurenai yoru wa nemuranai yume wo
09 - Glitter
10 - Omoide dake dewa tsurasugirui
11 - Ikutsuka no sora
12 - Trust my feelings
13 - Tsuki no shizuku
14 - Actuality
15 - Sweet mom




Tracklist :

01 - Memory pocket
02 - Kaze no hate
03 - Ukigomo
04 - Graybee
05 - One's heart
06 - Irokoi konayuki
07 - Kaerimichi
08 - Wasurenagusa
09 - Interference
10 - Oboro
11 - Shikkoku, juugoya
12 - Boukyaku
13 - No fear
14 - Bunshin
15 - Chiisa na heya (only for the regular version)






joykimlee
She's movie star status but i'd like to see her in jdramas again.
gary 1991
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Kou shibasaki-nemurenai yoru nemuranai yume

Kou Shibasaki Trust My Feelings

Remate this time....
two songs of Kou Shibasaki.

and if we go again with the same thing, she is brilliant and
all the save, there's nothing more to say.
gary 1991
Mitsuko v/s Chigusa

Battle Royale....
the film with which Shibasaki rose to fame.

otherwise we ez accompanying Shibasaki, believe me it will last much if God wants.





kou shibasaki - takako tokiwa
erika sawajiri - keiko kitagawa
and
miki nakatani.

all of them very beautiful and delicate with Kanebo!!!
gary 1991
Shibasaki Kou CM:

These malls are very good....

CM Canebo

COFFRET DOR

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This business is very good!!!!!!!


Seiko Lukia "Kou Shibasaki"
gary 1991
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According to Japan Today, Kou Shibasaki is one of the highest paid television actresses. The reason for Kou's success on television is the acceptance accorded her by the female audience. Because women make up a majority of the viewership in Japan, one has to be well-liked by this group to be popular on the small screen.

QUOTE
Kou was never a child idol like Aki Maeda or Chiaki Kuriyama, her co-stars from Battle Royale. As popular child idols, Aki and Chiaki spent years posing for photobooks and their names were used widely during the Battle Royale marketing campaign to draw in their fans. As a virtual unknown at the time, Kou's name had little currency. However, thanks to Battle Royale, Kou leaped ahead of both Aki and Chiaki in terms of popularity and to this day, Aki Maeda and Chiaki Kuriyama can't compare with the supreme popularity of Kou Shibasaki despite years and years of fanbase building.

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Kou Shibasaki's breakout role was in Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale (2000). Despite the fact that the film didn't even list her as a main character in the credits, she played by far the most complex and controversial personality in the ultra-violent cult masterpiece. Her convincing portrayal of Mitsuko Souma as the misunderstood junior high student who just "didn't want to be a loser anymore" instantly distinquished her from the other lightweights in the film
gary 1991
New Work Kou Shibasaki

Shibasaki is working on a film suffers from fear call winter ... I hope it will be as good as the missed call 1

In any case I am sure that everything is going to be a success, because everything that comes from it is good!!!!
gary 1991
this picture is one of the most genuine Asian dramas and good that has ever seen, although they have not given in the tv open my country I saw on the Internet.



new CM, are very good.

gary 1991
Kou Shibasaki in Shaolin Girl


Nothing will prepare you for Shaolin Girl - except perhaps a Surgeon General's Warning and the complete upending of your expectations. Some hallucinogenic drugs would help, too. A Japanese-produced spinoff to a little Hong Kong movie called Shaolin Soccer, Shaolin Girl comes with a pretty good pedigree. It has Fuji TV's Bayside Shakedown braintrust behind it - producer Chihiro Kameyama and director Katsuyuki Motohiro - plus it stars capable actors in Kou Shibasaki, Toru Nakamura, and Yosuke Eguchi. Comedian Takashi Okamura, star of the Hong Kong Cinema lovefest No Problem 2 also shows up, strengthening the film's Hong Kong-Japan connection. Finally, Shaolin Girl features appearances by two Shaolin Soccer vets, Tin Kai-Man and Lam Chi-Chung, and it bears the stamp of the man himself, Stephen Chow, as the film's executive producer.

Given the crew, it's a winner, right? Well, perhaps in an alternate universe where "winning" is defined as making something so awful that it becomes compellingly watchable. Viewing Shaolin Girl is like rubbernecking at a car wreck involving 200 cars and millions of dollars in property damage; the sight is a marvel to behold, but you're gawking for all the wrong reasons. Any objective and unapologetic review of Shaolin Girl would rate it as a bad motion picture. That disappointment is magnified exponentially when you factor in obvious expectations, i.e. that it should capitalize on the supreme goodwill already created by Stephen Chow and be as funny and entertaining as Shaolin Soccer. Regrettably, it falls way short of the mark.

Kou Shibasaki (of Dororo, Battle Royale, and a one-minute appearance in the Hong Kong film Tokyo Raiders) plays Rin, a student of the Shaolin Temple who returns home to her little Japanese town after finally leaving the school. However, her local dojo has since closed and the students dispersed, with her former sifu Iwai (Yosuke Eguchi, who appeared in the Taiwanese thriller Silk) now running a Chinese restaurant. Among his employees are Fatty and Tin, two Hong Kong transplants who should be familiar to anyone who's seen Shaolin Soccer. Yep, they're the former cronies of Sing (the absent Stephen Chow), and what they're doing in Japan is not revealed until very late in the film. The reason is hardly interesting or relevant, but it's fun to see Tin Kai-Man and Lam Chi-Chung return for their roles. Still, the two do little except remind us that they've appeared in similar, superior films.

Like Sing from Shaolin Soccer, Rin is so enthralled with Shaolin Kung-Fu that she simply must teach it to everyone she meets. Sadly, nobody is interested except for Chinese student Minmin (Kitty Zhang of CJ7), who works at Iwai's restaurant and also plays lacrosse at Seikan International University. She offers to learn Shaolin Kung-Fu if Rin will play lacrosse in exchange. Rin agrees, both girls giggle happily, and that's how the setup happens for what should become Shaolin Lacrosse. There's no realization or narrative conflict driving the move, e.g., the lacrosse team sucks, and needs a Shaolin-powered boost to compete. Rin and her amazing kung-fu abilities join the lacrosse team simply as quid pro quo between two pretty girls with an interest in differing sports. How amazingly boring.

The boredom factor gets magnified when Iwai becomes the team's coach, genially teaching the girls how to use kung-fu to kick ass at lacrosse. However, he may have another agenda; Iwai immediately puts Rin in his doghouse, reprimanding or benching her whenever possible. Since Iwai is so nice and friendly, it seems impossible that his motives are selfish - and they aren't! Iwai really wants to protect Rin from herself. First of all, she doesn't understand teamwork, which is something the team only discovers when they play their first practice match (oddly, nobody figured it out during regular practice). The team ostracizes Rin after she messes up on the field, and after a few minutes of heartbreak she's ready to learn all about the intricacies of teamwork. The expected plot of this film should be obvious: Rin learns team play while the team suffers without her, leading to a rousing climax where she rejoins them just in time to prevent certain defeat at the hands of a surprisingly powerful opposing team. Cue celebratory montage.

Whoops, that description applies to a normal film that actually follows the sports film playbook, and Shaolin Girl is not normal at all. Lacrosse is only one of the film's two plotlines, and it seemingly exists only to provide Rin with a group of cute girls to recruit into her new Shaolin dojo. Not surprisingly, the girls all become good pals and stalwart teammates, a development detailed in an enormously tedious training montage where the girls practice Shaolin Kung-Fu in a slow, wannabe inspirational manner. These themes are similar to those in Shaolin Soccer - i.e., Shaolin Kung-Fu is cool, loyalty to your friends and teammates is also pretty cool - but Shaolin Girl treats the attainment of martial arts camaraderie with too much reverence. It's nice to know the girls are getting along, but how much of their getting along do we exactly have to watch? And wouldn't it better to see this girl's lacrosse team actually play lacrosse instead of just practice it serenely?

There's also another storyline, and if it doesn't ape Shaolin Soccer, it at least has some Stephen Chow connection in that it contains themes from Kung Fu Hustle. Unfortunately, that's all it does - resemble something from a superior inspiration - meaning the themes are present only to initiate a perfunctory kung-fu climax. Toru Nakamura (Who appeared in the Hong Kong movies Tokyo Raiders and Gen-X Cops - see the pattern here?) plays the President of Seikan International University - and in lieu of his real name, we'll call him a more appropriate one: Pure Evil. Mr. Evil is obviously a baddie because he wears all black, works out in his office while listening to status reports of his evil plans, and holds evil marketing meetings where people discuss, among other activities, the launching of Seikan's evil server and evil blog. Mr. Evil has an interest in Rin because he wants to beat up everyone he possibly can, plus she supposedly has massive power that could be turned to the Dark Side™. As you'd expect, Mr. Evil likes the Dark Side™ because, well, he's evil.

The film attempts actual foreshadowing by having Rin's Shaolin Monk teachers talk about this Dark Side™ at the start of the film. The Japanese actors butcher their Mandarin (an amusing turnabout since Hong Kong Cinema has long butchered the Japanese language) as they relate the Naruto-like prophecy of how Rin's powers are so strong that she may turn Sith if they're ever unleashed. Iwai is also aware of this, which is one reason he prohibits Rin from letting loose on the lacrosse field. Still, his demeanor is far too nice for someone in his situation, and his lack of intensity is shared by the film. Shaolin Girl is incredibly benign, and lacks the emotional or comedy beats needed to affect. Stephen Chow normally creates lovable losers and hissable bad guys, and has them clash frequently in order to develop the audience's identification and sympathy. The ideas in Stephen Chow films are not much removed from clichι, but Chow's gift has always been manipulating clichι to make it watchable and even emotionally compelling.

Shaolin Girl? It piles on the clichι and nixes any manipulation, going for straight-up maudlin sappiness that galls in its ineffectiveness. Katsuyuki Motohiro is a fine commercial director, but he seems out of his depth here - an odd thing to say since the very entertaining Bayside Shakedown movies are theoretically more complex than a silly action comedy like Shaolin Girl. If anything, this film proves that comedy is hard, as Motohiro can't apply his usual approach - light, earnest satire - and instead uses small throwaway gags as the basis of his film's comedy. However, the pace is too languid; the film seems to stop in its tracks whenever a joke flops. Motohiro compensates by magnifying the earnest part of his comedy formula, but he doesn't just add sap, he slops it on with the force of a steamroller, using assumed cheesy themes to sell the film's defining moments. Not surprisingly, the gambit fails. Stephen Chow films are able to sell cheese though lovable characters and rousing set pieces, but the emotions in Shaolin Girl are conveyed through the screenplay. The result? Tedium.

Basically, Shaolin Girl is incredibly boring, taking numerous could-be fun ideas and applying a buzz-killing pace that makes it all a chore to get into. Even the final fight is a drag, as the fighting lacks the impact or energy to offset its slower-than-expected speed and obvious fakeness. Too often, the tactic is to have Kou Shibasaki wade into a sea of bad guys, where she's obscured and they start reacting like they're being hit. Shibasaki reportedly trained very hard for the film, and she looks like she's developed some of the strength and flexibility required for her role. However, they could have used a better action director, or at least one who can handle decent impact and doesn't laze his way through set-ups. Both Tin Kai-Man and Lam Chi-Chung also participate in the fisticuffs, but neither is an action actor, making their appearance little more than an amusing shout-out to people who happened to see Shaolin Soccer.

Even worse, the climactic fight between Kou Shibasaki and Toru Nakamura is a nonsensical CG-assisted affair that could induce laughter if not audience rioting thanks to a bewildering climax that shocks in its over-the-top sentimentality. Shaolin Girl means well, but it's a wreck; it has limp set pieces, a plodding pace, a disjointed story, and cheesy, canned emotions. Worse, it doesn't even seem to understand what made Shaolin Soccer so damn fun. It's like someone saw Shaolin Soccer and said, "Hey, this is a fun movie. We can remake it in Japan! But we should add more friendship and love. Hold on, let's make that motherly love! If we need extra time, we can drop the sports." If that's the conversation that went on, then congrats to the filmmakers: they honored their intentions to the letter. Too bad those intentions were so misguided that not even Shaolin Soccer completists may wish to add this to their collection. It's that off-target.

Shaolin Girl may still delight junk movie aficionados who get off on watching films reach new levels of badness. There is some element of surprise in Shaolin Girl in that it goes from interesting to oddly boring to marvelously unfunny, and then to an insanely unsolicited level of audacious badness that has to be seen to be believed. There's some entertainment value there, but it's of the rubbernecking variety; even if you find someone who likes this film, it's doubtful that they can actually claim it to be a good movie. Shaolin Girl is an unworthy follow-up to Shaolin Soccer, and an onimous sign for future Stephen Chow-approved works. With Jump and Dragonball forthcoming, one can only hope this is an aberration, and not a sign of things to come. (Kozo 2008)
saiko
Full biography


Kou Shibasaki studied at the Tokyo Metropolitan Itabashi Senior High School. He began his career at age 14 when he was discovered by an agent. He worked in advertising and television programmes until it got more popular with his character of Mitsuko soum in Battle Royale. In 2001 the actress repeated success with Go, achieving numerous awards for its interpretation. After speaking on various films, television series and advertisements until Chakushin Ari starred in 2004, film directed by the master Takashi Miike.

From 2002 reconciling his work as an actress with muscial his career, which began with a single Trust my feelings, but the success he arrived with his second single Tsuki no shizuku, usado en la banda sonora de Yomigaeri, which became one of the greatest successes of J-Pop 2003.

In 2006 starred alongside Tsuyoshi Kusanagi Nihon Chinbotsu, remake of the film homonym 1973. The same year as Dororo partition in the film adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's manga, coinciding again with Satoshi Tsumabuki (with whom he worked in Orange Days). Following the success of partition in live action comedy Maiko HAA! and the sequel to Shaolin Soccer, Shaolin Girl.


gary 1991
shibsaki talk about is talk of a big movie star roles that not only makes good and kind, if not too bad.... example: battle royale, which is the film that consecrate it, whether it is good and that's great because it's a tremendous actress

she has a very good relationship with many Japanese artists, but the stress is that his friendship with Yukie Nakama.
gary 1991
* Kou Shibasaki
* Satomi Ishihara
* Yukie Nakama
* Matsuura Aya

in..... Glico Pocky XD
Glico Pocky
saiko
I am very keen to see new and beautiful Asian dramas, buahaha.gif but Japan saw a Korean full start to finish stairway to heaven..... it gives you something magical to drmas is why we have so much success, it is only like all Asian artists, well they are my favorite.




besides we all know that Asians are the best dramas, especially if the actors are good, because to do dramas or movies if the players do not do well, therefore, as the viewer note.
saiko
After several small roles, Kou Shibasaki became known after giving life to the evil Mitsuko archiconocida soum in the film Battle Royale (2000, Kenji Fukasaku), leading to a successful career highlights where productions Go (2001, Isao Yukisada) in the end it reported several film awards as Supporting Actress, lost Call (2003, Takashi Miike), Crying Out Love in the Center of the World (2004, Isao Yukisada), La Maison de Himiko (2005, Isshin Inudou) Japan Sinks (2006, Shinji Higuchi) or Dororo (2007, Akihiko Shiota).


At present, is completing the shooting of Shaolin Girl, pseudo-sequel to the success of Hong Kong Shaolin Soccer under orders Katsuyuki Motohiro. Shibasaki is also known to frequent the small screen by series like Orange Days or Galileo, newly bill.


But another facet of the most successful Japanese music after his debut in 2002 with Trust My Fellings, his first single which has been followed so far and 16 more as a total of 5 albums, the last newly edited last March .
saiko
The horror film is the best Asian, especially Japanese horror film, is Shibasaki who starred missed call, one of the Japanese horror film more views and better achieved, but missed call 2 I have not seen. thumbsup.gif

saiko
yeah.gif I like the dramas Asians, are the best,
but as long as they appear artists
who knows, 1.gif if not in this
case would prefer not to see them,
but if I ever Kou Shibasaki
of the lost.




saiko
and I still insist on this word, film Asia is to my taste the best, so much action, is also good, but is also something good drama and horror and that the Japanese are very, very good.

this picture is really good, Shibasaki when it debuted with its role in interpreting a battle royale Soum mtitsuko.

saiko
she won many awards for the film "go" That was good because the prizes and congratulations to grow even more artists, more than what we already have been overtaken by common.
saiko
Awards for Kou Shibasaki

Awards of the Japanese Academy
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Award of the Japanese Academy Best Supporting Actress
for: Go (2001)

Newcomer of the Year
for: Go (2001)

Blue Ribbon Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Blue Ribbon Award Best New Actress
for: Go (2001)

Hochi Film Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Hochi Film Award Best Supporting Actress
for: Go (2001)

Kinema Junpo Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Kinema Junpo Award Best Supporting Actress
for: Go (2001)
Also for Kakashi (2001).

Mainichi Film Concours
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award
for: Go (2001)

Nikkan Sports Film Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2001 Won Nikkan Sports Film Award Best New Talent
for: Go (2001)

Yokohama Film Festival
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2002 Won Festival Prize Best Supporting Actress
for: Go (2001)
Also for Batoru rowaiaru (2000).


I forgot two awards more
Here you are...


•55th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress for Galileo (2007)

•33rd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress for Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi (2002)
saiko
clapping.gif Happy Birthday Shibasaki Kou clapping.gif

on a day like today in Tokyo, Japan, was born a girl with an incredible future...





...this little girl was Yuki Yamamura, but better known as "Shibasaki kou" a star that shines more Japanese than ever to hold its "27 YEARS" woowwwww... Many Congratulations!




Shibasaki happiness... I love you!







gary 1991
All I want is to be premiered then the new film by Shibasaki, has been very good.
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Here is his complete profile....

Name : Shibasaki Kou
Birthday : 05 August 1981
Star Sign : Leo
Blood Type : B
Height : 160cm
Weight : 45kg
Hobbies : karaoke, cooking, cleaning her place
Specialities : volleyball, ping-pong, pool
Favorite films : Leon, Dancer in the dark
Pets : 2 cats
Favorite food : Natto (fried, with curry... she's natto addicted), noodle, ketchup
Favorite drink : japanese tes and shochu
Favorite perfume : Aqua nova her & Contradiction (CK)
Favorite Music : Kemuri and everything which is "hardcore" in general
Favorite Actors : Gary Oldman, Jean Reno et Audrey Hepburn
Particularity : short-sighted
Official Site : http://www.stardust.co.jp/rooms/kou/

yeah.gif yeah.gif yeah.gif


gary 1991
clapping.gif this is now the advancement of the last film of Shibasaki kou, well it's hard to say which is the last one, especially when this girl for not working.

Galileo The Movie [YOUGISHA-X NO KENSHIN]

柴咲コウ...他のハードワークを探して、継続的で大きな役割を果たす他の映画やドラマ、彼女は決して狂信的なタイヤと少ないとしてお祈りして、しかしそれは良いことは、休憩、アーティストはありませんが、非常に頻繁に真実を言うです。



Yesterday I saw the essence of the new film by Shibasaki, as is the drama Galileo in film, the idea is quite good. thumbsup.gif

QUOTE
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shibasaki is absolutely beautiful!

Look at this picture... is beautiful.

she is cute


gary 1991
I read that the launch of shaolin girl was a success in Japan, Hong-kong and asia whole.... that's good for this girl and she deserves all the great successes that will happen.
gary 1991
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New CM Kou Shibasaki....

Glico : New cm....



of the great company

"Glico"

the best products, are part of the star.
gary 1991
in the CM COFFRET D'OR is where most stressed their sensuality and makes clear that a girl is sexy and beautiful, but of course it always does so well.

Here are Keiko Kitagawa, Takako Tokiwa, Kou Shibasaki, Miki Nakatani and Erika Sawajiri in one of the CM that COFFRET D'OR launched in cosmetics and also that not for fans of Japanese stars.... the most popular are making these CM





.... Keiko Kitagawa, Takako Tokiwa, Kou Shibasaki, Miki Nakatani and Erika Sawajiri.

....These are the four main stars of these cosmetics.
gary 1991
She was discovered at the age of 14 by an agent and has worked in numerous television shows, movies and commercials. Her stage name is taken from the main character of Junko Kawakami's manga Golden Delicious Apple Sherbet.

She became famous outside Japan for her role in the controversial 2000 film, Battle Royale, where she portrayed the cold-hearted and ruthless Mitsuko Souma; her acting career took off with this movie and also raised her international profile particularly in East Asia. Shibasaki also won acclaim for her role in 2001 film, Go, which earned her several awards, among which the Best Supporting Actress Award of Japanese Academy, the Hōchi Movie Award, the Kinema Junpō Award.

In 2002, Shibasaki took a supporting role as Yuki Mazashita in the television mystery drama, Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi, where she co-starred with Takuya Kimura earning her an award as "Best Supporting Actress" while the show was named Best Drama at the 33rd Television Drama Academy Awards (Japan). She also starred in both seasons of Fuji TV drama, Dr. Koto Shinryojo, which aired in 2003 and 2006 respectively. The show was awarded Best Drama at the 38th Television Drama Academy Awards for its first season.

In 2005, Shibasaki appeared in the independent Japanese film, Mazon Do Himiko. In this film, she plays Saori, an unhappy young woman whose father is gay. Saori meets her father's boyfriend who urges her to come and meet her dying father at a place called Maison Do Himiko where several aging gay men live together. In 2006, she took the role of Dororo in the Japanese film, Dororo along with Satoshi Tsumabuki (her co-star from the 2004 television drama, Orange Days). The film made a sensation in Japan, and topped the box office for nearly six weeks. Shibasaki participated in two more movies in 2007: Maiko Haaaan!!! and Shaolin Girl, scheduled to be screened in 2008.

Shibasaki returned to television in 2007 in Galileo as the female lead co-starring with Masaharu Fukuyama. Highly rated among viewers (it finished its 10 episode run with an average viewership rating of 22%), the role continued her winning run in the medium when she won "Best Supporting Actress" at the 55th Television Drama Academy Awards. The show also won 5 other awards, including "Best Drama".

gary 1991
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I looked Dororo, wowww! is a very good movie, but still remain 28 demons that kill .... I would bore myself silly if I had to kill 48 demons, but it has been the second part of Dororo and I think that this will kill the 28 remaining demons, a long way and work very hard on both in the roles of movie.


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Ahh! kou was working on another CM cosmetics COFFRET D'OR.... is the last that she has made since it began with five stars.
Here are some pictures....



gary 1991
New Work

25/08/2008 : New single : Sai ai


A new single from the band KOH+ (Kou Shibasaki + Masaharu Fukuyama) , untitled 'Sai ai', will release in october, the 1st.

You can already listen a sample of it here
This ballad is the theme song of the movie 'Yougisha X no kenshin' which will release in october, the 4th.

Pre-order it on Cdjapan

gary 1991
ail new projects in the field of singing, well I think you go up very well indeed because if she sings well and Masaharu Fukuyama is also a great singer.... I buy what I say!!!
gary 1991
20/08/2008 : Glico : New cm

New cm for sugarless gum from Glico called 'Pos-ca'.

You can get more informations and watch the cm on Glico official website : Glico.co.jp

the new CM Shibasaki are fantastic, and here I will
publish some photos, which are certainly very good








http://kou-shibasaki.nihon-zone.com/caps_c...ca/pos-ca08.jpg
http://kou-shibasaki.nihon-zone.com/caps_c...ca/pos-ca11.jpg
http://kou-shibasaki.nihon-zone.com/caps_c...ca/pos-ca14.jpg
gary 1991
Kou Shibasaki was born on the 5th august 1981 in Tokyo, her real name is Yukie Yamamura (Shibasaki Kou it's a main character of her favorite manga). She started her career at 14 when her talent was discovered by a star agent. She has worked in many TV shows and commercials.
She's beginning to be more famous thanks to her excellent performance in the movie Battle Royale and its character Souma Mitsuko. She has reaching a star statut not only in Japan but all over East Asia. She has an impressing filmography and
since 2002 she's started to sing with her first single Trust my feelings. But her singing skills I've been only recognized with her second single Tsuki no shizuku, a song used for the movie Yomigaeri, which was one of the best jpop hits of 2003.
She is considered as one of the glamourous queen of drama, earning millions of yens and going out with bad boys.




gary 1991
Shibasaki is a star very well paid, many are considerably high amounts, that is due to its innate incredibly professional.
gary 1991
I'm impatient with Upcoming movies of Shibasaki, especially Dororo 2, the first was very good, I laughed a lot and now the second part, who knows, maybe in this kills the last remaining demons.
gary 1991
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rumours that she marries?
if, yesterday I read a thread that said .. Shibasaki kou marries Satoshi tsumabuki, wow, when I read the news stayed with their mouths open, but make a very nice couple truth?
Ah! I read in the thread said that the girl who wrote that thread was not 100% sure that the news were true, and since then I'm trying to figure out something else.


gary 1991
25/09/2008 : Kumikyoku new collection




You can see the new Kumikyoku clothes and jewelry on
kumikyoku's official website and buy jewelry on shop smooch.
gary 1991
Collections under which this Shibasaki latest designs are getting some pretty good and modern, of course, wow.... if you are very good and here is a picture to show you one of the last collections...

hippiefairy
I really liked her when she played Mitsuko in Battle Royale =)
gary 1991
I think that the battle royale launched to
fame and go! devoted his career as an actress.


XD
enter
who?...
Shibasaki gets married?
I can not believe it! I absent for a while in this site and if you lose
things to know ah! good .. it's OK to marry if that is what she really wants?
ah! and the latest photos published in 1991 gary are very good, I missed a lot of pairs.
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