SMA SMA SPECIAL KIMURA'S tribal experience

[scottishlass]

A huge thank you to ginger001 for providing me with this special episode of SMAPxSMAP.
As I had already suspected in Kimura's 22 year old Cowboy Special Takuya looked very much like a young brave in this episode. Man, he looked more like the Western concept of the beautiful and proud Native American brave than the actual Native Americans in this episode.

I loved that it was made like a spiritual road movie, first Takuya meeting the Apache Tribe and walking a part of the path of Geronimo (his hiding places, the Geronimo musem etc.) and then they sent him on a journey that brought Takuya back to Colorado, his friend Jerry Rapp from Macos Valley ranch and to the Ute Tribe with their chief Sir Terry Knight.
There was one moment where Takuya totally was confused when asked if he is a man and what did he do to become a man. You could really see how his mind was working ... like I'm a superstar in my home country but what did I do to become a man?? Getting my driver's license? Nope. Being a heartthrob? Nope. Being wanted by millions of women?? Nope.
He then went on a spiritual trail to get wild mountain sage and he learnt a lot about Ute customs and how they lived. At the end of the ep, the Ute took him to the sweat hut and then blessed him and gave him a new name, namely Little Man. The shaman also told him to be a good man with a good heart, a good body and that he should always be successful. Kimura was quite touched, even more so when some Ute family invited him to dance with them, transforming him into a Ute brave first. A really nice and interesting episode.

	Kimura at the Apache Reservation in New Mexico where he is invited to a session in a sweat hut. Here he starts his journey ...
	On the trail to find mountain sage. Now I know why he could ride safely in full gallop, sword drawn in Oda Nobunaga. He is a good horseman.
	Visiting old Ute habitaul places and finding gum ... pine tree gum.
	He receives his Indian name - Little Man
	Dancing the spirit dance

Comments

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

aww looks like such a great ep ^___^ gotta watch it soon :)

and icon love ^_^

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

It was and I didn't even mind that I can't understand Japanese, some stuff he said, you could get the gist of it just from his awed voice :)
Ginger001 has uploaded the ep onto MU, if you want to download it. We are not too sure about the date though, so for now it is a undated SxS ep. I'll let you know the URL.

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

*nods* I'm thankful that Japanese is such an expressive language ^^

yeah, I downloaded it from her, I just haven't quite had the time to sit down and watch it, I so need to catch up on my SMAP stuff *nod nod*

ohhh more icon love...lol..boy love is always great :D

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure if you had friended her so I sent you the link in an email :)

[barefootatkheb.livejournal.com]

thanks, I appreciate that ^^ I added her just yesterday :)

[winterspel.livejournal.com]

Wow. I definitely want to see this! :) Thanks for sharing the lovely pics.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

You are welcome. It is a really good episode and it is just lovely to see young Kimura and his awe for the Indian traditions.

[crimsonredd.livejournal.com]

There was one moment where Takuya totally was confused when asked if he is a man and what did he do to become a man.
I was pretty amused by Takuya's expression when he was asked by this thought provoking question :)

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Yep, and I think it really bugged him that he couldn't come up with a definite answer.

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing the pics :) Seems really interesting. I love seeing Kimura from his "younger" years to how he has become now. And I am in awe that he seems to only get better and better! Yay!

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Yep ... and he is such a cute guy in his younger years like a cup or puppy ... and now he is just ... HOT :)