SMAP in Professional Shigoto no Ryuugi

I finally got to watch SMAP in The Professional after waiting for so long. It was definitely worth the wait. It didn't matter that I understood only a little of it. I'm sure NHK World will have this in a few weeks (fingers crossed).

It's really interesting to go behind the scenes, what goes on before their concerts, how the SMAP members are before their cue to go on stage. I thought the bursting of energy begins backstage, it seems like they just let go of the energy when in front of the audience. Lots of pacing backstage, the boys looking all nervous.

If I were you, girl, I would smother him with kisses.

The girl above is a dancer. She's so, so lucky. Wishing I was that girl and Kimura touching me like that. I could imagine some sort of electric sensation passing through from his hand to my body. *sigh*

 

Different moods of Kimura (from NHK Shigoto no Ryuugi)

In the photo above where he was looking up to his right, Kimura must be visually recalling relationship with Mori. All the photos got me goshing right now.

So cute! All three of them!

I'll sneak in a few more screencaps later. I'll probably re-watch The Professionals again, hopefully English subbed.

SMAP to appear in NHK documentary Professional

Things are going absolutely great for SMAP this year. They celebated their 20th anniversary, had their first concert overseas - in Beijing - and will be featured in Professional Shigoto no Ryu-gi on 10 October!

There are two firsts about this documentary. First, it is SMAP's first time since their debut to appear in an NHK documentary. Second, it is NHK's first time to feature entertainment idols! (I know Kimura once said that he doesn't consider themselves as musicians. He's more comfortable being referred to as entertainers.}

Here's the link to the news from Tokyohive.com

By the way, Professional is one of my favorite shows in NHK because it is so inspirational. The subjects are mostly out-of-the-box thinkers. However, I've not seen it for a long time, (been too busy and I forgot its sked) the last one featured a road accident investigator and it was an encore.

The format is usually like this. The subject is followed by a camera for several months to document what they do, their daily schedule, how they work and how they deal with the problems they face each day. It seeks to unravel how they rose to the top and be successful in their field. Towards the end, the professionals will define what is a professional, and they will give lots of quotable quotes that provide for the motivation to be like the professional. Watching one episode of this is like attending a business/life coaching session. It's awesome.

I'm so excited because it will feature SMAP and I don't see them a lot on NHK except in the yearender Kouhaku. NHK is the only Japanese channel carried by the cable we subscribe to. I'm assuming that the English version will come out a week later. Fingers crossed.

Here's the announcement in NHK website.