After being #1 by a mile for most posts Erika was eclipsed by a trio of Nogi members which dropped her to fourth though she was still number one for actresses. However there's been a bit of a comeback this past year as she's now back in the third position, now if she had been in an Idol group she would easily have twice as many posts as any other fave.
This is the second Erika post in ten days and for her horde of fans there will be another one in three days or least there should be. The "Ano Hi no Organu" film will have it's premiere this Friday, should be an event for it but it may not be until Saturday. Also am hoping for at least one more Erika post for March as the 'Code Blue' movie is coming out on DVD at the end of the month. Plus she has another film coming out in June so this is shaping up to be one of her busier years in a while.
That's a new pic from the Cinema Today site but sadly all of the other pics were too teeny. Not too many happenings for this post but all of the pics are guaranteed to be perfect or your money back. Will never say that Erika has never looked anything but magnificent but there was a stretch from 2014-16 where she didn't look as good, she had really become too thin.
These days she's back to setting an example for how women should look, at one time she was very popular here but don't know if that's still the case(?). Erika has been appearing in many more mags recently though my complaint is that the spreads are usually too small. Such is the case for this first set which is from the April issue of Harper's Bazaar, she's thirty now and will be 31 in August.
Much bigger spread here plus the pics are beyond ideal, a pic doesn't have to be a gravure one to be perfect. This set is from volume 59 of Omosan Street.
Erika has the lead role in the "Ano Hi no Organu" film which was set towards the end of WWII. May have posted these before which are some promo stills for the movie.
Surprised there was an event yesterday for the film seeing as how it's coming out on Friday. The event was an answer and question session for "Ano Hi no Organu" which featured Erika and the director. Also in attendance was the film's co-star Sakurako Ohara who is someone I like a lot, she does have some really decent rock tunes but is also an actress. May have to have a post for her soon as she's also done many interviews for the movie. This event was held at the Tokyo Nihon University of Art on the 19th, it doesn't appear to be a film that will be appealing to the masses but you never know. Plenty of superb pics from the event followed by a video of it.
Erika will always be my favorite Japanese actress. It was just so hard following her after Summer Nude because she literally did nothing for a couple of years after that except for the SPEC movies (which were filmed before Summer Nude.)
ReplyDeleteI'm just glad she's more active these days. I'm fine with one drama and one movie per year since she's an established actress and doesn't need to work as much. Just nothing like 2013-2016 again haha.
You're right about that three year stretch which may have been the biggest reason she dropped to 4th on my all time list. The asadora "Scarlet" doesn't begin until September but have a feeling that's going to be an interesting show, lead actresses usually get about 70% of the screen time.
ReplyDeleteThat'll make five dramas and four movies for Erika since April 2017. While not as busy as she once was she's still appeared in more dramas/films the past 2+ years than Masami, Gakky, Manami and a few other fave actresses.