Kie Kitano: September 2014 news

 Kind of disappointed, not in Kii but how so many Japanese movies these days don't get subbed. Don't know the reason why, I have probably close to 1,400 DVDs from Japan that are either dramas or movies and about 98% of them are subbed but these days so many releases aren't that way, it's actually getting harder to find new Japanese films compared to a few years ago. Plus also there's many fewer people doing subs for dramas and films that haven't been released in the U.S. Bring that up because I have 4(!) Kii films from 2013 and 2014 and zero of them have been subbed which is kind of surprising, none of them were big hits but they're all very good with many stars besides her in them, actually one of her films from 2013 has been subbed and that's "Ken and Mary: The Asian Truck Express". The four Kii films that I have that don't have subs are:

Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai
Yokohama Monogatari
Joukyou Monogatari
Bakushin: Nagasaki no Sora

Would like to watch them and give some reviews about them here, been holding out on watching the films completely instead of skimming through them as I'm one who really needs subs to understand and enjoy a film. Guess that's my monthly rant, don't know if others have films they'd really like to watch too but really can't because of the lack of subs.

 On to some good things though and talking about Kii is always a good thing, been a while since I've posted about her here. On Monday the 29th she'll be starting as a co-host on the Zip! show which airs weekdays at 5:50 pm on NTV, think it may only be a 10 minute show but I'm not sure so correct me if that's wrong. On the 27th she was at a promo event for the show with her co-host Masuichi which is where these pics are from.

 Also she'll be appearing in a Korean movie called "The Tenor Lirico Spinto", don't know all the details but think he was a Korean opera singer who married a Japanese woman. Will have more info on the film probably next week as it's scheduled to be screened at the Busan Film Festival which starts next week so will try to find out more details about what it's about. This week Kii attended a special screening of it in Tokyo, it's scheduled to open in Japan on October 11th, here's some ultra kawaii pics of her at the event and there's also a video of it after the pics.

Kie Kitano: August 2014 news

 Finally Kii has been much more active lately, I truly have missed seeing new things from her. First off Kii is returning to TV but sadly it's not a new drama but she's going to be co-host of the weekday show "Zip!" which airs every day at 5:50 pm on NTV, here's some new promo pics for it, no one in the world has yet to attain her level of kawaiiness!

 Also Kii was in two TV movies over the weekend on Fuji-TV, the first one was called " Inochiarkagiri", it was a WWII movie that was shot in Japan and the Philippines, no screenshots from it but have some pics from the movie's site along with some blog pics of Kii on the set of the film.

 The other movie was called "Honkawa Scary Stories #15", here's a few screenshots from movie which hasn't been subbed yet but think it will be, last year's Honkawa movie was subbed so this one hopefully will also be and when it does will be back with many more screenshots and a recap, lot of other really good stars in the movie too.

 One last thing, Kii's 2010 movie "Love Come" has finally been subbed, just happened recently and will be posting about the movie soon. Have such a backlog to watch and it's taking forever to get to them all but did skim through the film and took a few screenshots, once again talk about kawainess!

Kie Kitano: A little of this and that #6

 Been a while since the last Kii post, mostly some more older pics but they're new for here, first batch here though are a few new ones from her blog along with some promo pics from Bath Magic.

 On to the older pics, these are from a Science Diet event back in January 2011, hard to top Kii in a kimono, actually it's really hard to top her in whatever she's dressed in.

 Looking so terrific in these pics from a Cinema Pia interview back in April 2010.

 Kii from a 2010 Live Door interview for her "Love Come" movie.

 And ending off with this set, Kii in 2010 won a Best Cotton Dresser award, these are from the Cotton USA 2011 awards show where she didn't win anything but sang her "Kizuna" single.