Nadech “Barry” Kugimiya Archive

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The 4th annual Nataraja Awards 2012 winners

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It’s a bittersweet win for Nadech as people are debating whether he should have won or not at Pantip and even at Sanook, it should have gone to ‘Porche’ Saran Siriluksana for his highly popular lakorn ‘Yok Luerd Mungkorn’ on Ch7 or even to Aum Atichart for his leading role in the historical Thai lakorn ‘Khun Seuk’ on Ch3 by TV Scene productions. Personally, I did not watch either of those lakorns I can’t make a comparison. I did however watch ‘Torranee Nee Krai Krong’ with Nadech and Yaya, I thought Nadech did well. Besides the whole Pinky and Tanya issue, this seems to be a hot topic. Some argued the Nataraja awards is not voted by popular vote it’s voted like the Oscars by people who work in the industry. Maybe they saw something in Nadech that a normal viewer might not have seen.

The 4th annual Nataraja Awards 2012 took place today at the Royal Thai Navy Convention Hall in Bangkok, it aired live a few hours ago on Modern 9 TV. Channel 3 like always dominated the award show, winning nearly every category.

Winners for lakorns:
Best Lakorn:’Khun Seuk’ by TV Scene productions on Ch3
Best Director: Chanintorn Prasertprasat for ‘Rang Ngao’ on Ch3
Best Actor: Nadech “Barry” Kugimiya for ‘Torranee Nee Krai Krong’ on Ch3
Best Actress: Noon Sirapan Wattanajinda for ‘Buang’ on Ch3
Best Supporting Actor: ‘Pip’ Ravit Terdwong for ‘Rang Ngao’ on Ch3
Best Supporting Actress: ‘Tanya’ Tanyares Ramnarong for ‘Rang Ngao’ on Ch3
Best Cast: ‘Rang Ngao’ from Broadcast Thai Television on Ch3
Best Set: ‘Sin Chronicle’ on Ch3
Best Song: ‘Ngao Tee Mee Hua Jai’ by Min for ‘Rang Ngao’ on Ch3
Best Script:Wisuthichai Bunyakanjon for ‘Rang Ngao’ on Ch3
Best Cinematography:’Khun Seuk’ on Ch3
Best Editing: ‘Raak Boon’ on Ch3.
Best Art Direction: ‘Khun Seuk’ on Ch3
Best Costume: ‘Khun Seuk’ on Ch3

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Au Thanakorn joins the cast of The Rising Sun series

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Who is excited for this, veteran actor ‘Au’ Thanakorn Posayanon has been added to the Rising Sun series with Nadech Kugimiya and Mario Maurer as Uncle Koji, an important figure in the Onitsuka (Onizuka) yakuza clan and a strong male figure for Takeshi and Ryu, the two main characters in the series. Fans are pleased with the choice of Au as Uncle Koji when producer ‘Ja’ Yossinee Nanakorn posted pictures of Au with Mario and Nadech practicing kendo on her IG account.

I also approve of this choice, he looks the part and has a strong male presence on screen. Thumbs up. 

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Nadech and Richey featured in Praew magazine

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Over the Songkran holiday weekend, ‘Koo Gum’ suffered a major drop in revenue while the horror-comedy ‘Pee Mak…Pra Khanong’ is still holding strong at the number one spot taking in 69.4 million baht. The film is a smash hit and has already made 400 million baht, currently it is ranked as the second highest grossing Thai film of all time behind The Legend of Suriyothai.

Thailand Box Office 11-14 April 2013
Films:
1 Pee Mak…Pra Khanong (GTH) 69.4 million baht (total 379.2 million baht)–by Tuesday news broke out it made 400 million baht
2 Oblivion (UIP) 19.9 million baht (New)
3 Koo Gum (M๓๙) 6.2 million baht (total 37.9 million baht)
4 G.I.JOE RETALIATION (UIP) 4.9 million baht (total 106.1 million baht)
5 THE CROODS (FOX) 3.0 million baht (total 13.2 million baht)

Focusing less on the boxoffice numbers, Nadech Kugimiya and his co-star Richey Omrawadee look absolutely stunning in Praew magazine for their April 2013 issue. Perfectly enough the theme for the cover and spread was ‘Koo Gum’. Richey wore luxury brands from DOLCE & GABBANA, Louis Vuitton, and contemporary brand Massimo Dutti for the magazine’s feature. Nadech, he wore his Japanese uniform. 

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‘Pee Mak…Pra Khanong’ trumps ‘Koo Gum’ majorly in threaters

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[Nadech and Richey for Koo Gum]

The numbers are in and it’s not really surprising, considering the bad reviews from pantip forum and various other Thai media outlets. One of my favorite comments from a Thai netizen at mthai movies encouraged everyone to stop criticizing ‘Koo Gum or Khu Kam (Ill-fated lover, Sunset at Chaophraya)’ so others too could experience the hurt of wasting one’s money on a terrible film.

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Nadech carried ‘Khu Kam (ill-fated lovers)’

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As expected, come on. I saw her on the Tonight show, she doesn’t exuberant star quality, she was just there. Certain people have it,certain people just don’t. ‘Khu Kam (Ill-fated Lovers)’ premiered today in Thai theaters and the reception by viewers have not been positive. They love Nadech but not so much his leading actress Richey Omrawadee–her acting was described as non-existed. ‘We shouldn’t call that acting, we should call that just standing there,’ wrote a Thai netizen about Richey’s acting. She barely had lines, she was described as ‘abnormal’, she seemed immature more like a 10 year old girl than a young woman who attends a university.

‘The best part was when it ended,’ wrote a Thai netizen at Pantip.
‘Lower you expectations,’ several advised so that you won’t be disappointed if the film is terrible.

One funny review by a Thai netizen about the film:

‘Khu Kam, I went to watch it, it was very painful.

I wanted it to end quickly. As I watched it, I thought repeatedly, should I walk out?

Like they brought in Abnormal people, everyone in nang’ek’s family from her mother, dad, grandmother, the nang’ek, nang’ek ex-boyfriend, they were all ab ab (meaning abnormal).
Speaking of which nong Jeeja who played an abnormal person in the film ‘Chocolate’ did better than this.
You have to blame the director, he shouldn’t have let it pass since the first scene.
As for Nadech, he is like a soccer player running around exhausted (carrying the team) because his 10 teammates are playing like they are mentally handicapped.’

Some pitied Nadech for having his talents wasted on this film, he could have been more famous if this film did well, they said.

I chose a picture of Mario Maurer and Nadech Kugimiya in bed together for this post because currently their films are dueling it out in theaters and Mario Maurer’s horror-comedy ‘Pee Mak…Pra Khanong’  is dominating, by Friday it is predicted to reach it’s 200 million baht mark, which is quite a feat. According to a Thai netizen at Kapook, it is currently ranked as the second highest grossing Thai film of all time behind The Legend of Suriyothai.

Source: Pantip

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Pictures from the fitting of the Rising Sun series

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Doing part 1 and part 2 first according to the producers of the series Khun ‘Ja’ Yossinee Nanakorn of Maker Group productions, part 3 will come later. ??Mario Maurer is paired with Taew Nataporn for part 1 of the series titled  ’Roi Ruk Hak Liam Tawan’ and Nadech Kugimiya is paired with ‘Yaya’ Urassaya Sperbund for ‘Roi Fun Tawan Duerd,’ the second part. 

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