Why are long hair actors popular?! EW!!

I am a 24 yr japanese female. i am somewhat repulsed still at the percentage of popular long hair actors in all asian cultures, japan, taiwan, korean and HK (maybe less here). personally, i do not find these "long hair" actors not attractive.maybe i'm a weird girl, but seriosuly what is so good about long hair... to me.. its just too femine. i prefer the more manly looking short to medium hair..

i am an intl student in canada, its good that at least here, not as many guys on the street do not have long hair. but still quite a few. back whe i was younger, there used to be more popular short hair actors, but now... there's very few left!

can anyone post some pictures of good lookng asian actors (doesnt matter where) with shorter hair styles!?

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:44 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

yeah, me , too! i do also prefer men wiht short hair.
but three points:
first: in europe, there are most men with short hair, because it´s common for the punks and rockers to have long hair
second : long hair suits really beautiful men ( well, most are beautiful)
third: i think, that asian men have smooth and soft features like women.

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I'm with the creator of this topic... I am totally anti-metrosexual.

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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

groink.. you always have the funny quote Laugh

Questions :

1) can some one upload the pics of Brad Pitt with short hair and long hair?
2) can some one upload the pics of David Beckham with short hair and long hair?
3) can you imagine Tanaka Koki with really long hair? scratch

4) can you imagine all KAT-TUN members bald? or all NEWs members with red indian mohawk style especially YAMAPI (Tomohisa Yamashita)?? hahaha Whistling

my opinion.. whether it is short hair or long hair, it depends on the people, well for the Korean actors, short hair looks more macho.. for the Japanese, they are really influenced by anime and manga character, well doesn't matter if their attitude and skill of acting very very good.

like Yamapi and Takashi Sorimachi, they among best Japanese drama actor... no matter what hair they do.. still like to watch their drama... haha Laugh

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

malay_tiger- actually koki did have long hair for a while before he finally got sick of it and shaved it off
and ueda from KAT-TUN entered the company bald, though i don't ebelieve there are any pictures of him from back then
and yamap has actually stated the desire to shave his head though he says everyone tells him not to

anyways, when i first got into asian entertainment i wasn't a fan of the long hair either. but then i changed my mind and decided that on them long hair can look good. however every time i see a caucasian male with long hair it's such a turn off.

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

The anime and manga are definitely the root of the trend. Like I've mentioned in other topics, I believe the geinokai is behind a conspiracy of sorts where they're using anime/manga to attract the fans of that material towards live entertainment. JE figured this out a long time ago. The TV networks figured it out by the late 1990s. And everyone else just followed suit. In all forms of marketing, the number-one formula for marketing success is to attract consumers using tactics they feel comfortable with - marketing through association.

Is it a long-term trend? In Asia it is. In the West, I don't think so because consumers there aren't as hooked on feminine looking guys, as they're not as exposed to bishonen like the Japanese. As for South Korea, just give them a few more months.

Long hair is one thing. But for a male to stay in the bathroom for a long period of time grooming themselves - I'm sorry but IMHO that is a feminine trait. My personal appearance takes less than five minutes of preparation in the morning. It lasts all day, and I'm quite successful with it.

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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Not claiming to be an expert on the topic, but I believe in Asia there has always been a more feminine ideal for men than we've enjoyed here in the West and the way a man's masculinity and beauty is measured is very different indeed. I've read many times that in Japan and Korea, there is the ancient ideal of the man who is more beautiful than a woman and indeed the Koreans have a word to describe these effeminate men - 꽃미남, meaning flower pretty boy. I also heard that, when one reads ancient Japanese literature, one will quite frequently stumble upon very feminine and extremely beautiful men, whereas there is no classic Western literature (that I know of) that stresses such an ideal. Thus I think it's not just a recent phenomenon, but something engrained in Eastern Asian culture that disappears and re-surfaces in regular intervals.

Speaking from my own experience, I must say that in the beginning I was quite puzzled when Japanese/Korean men would so honestly talk about another man's beauty, not even being ashamed of calling another man cute. In the West, many men are inclined to say, "I'm not gay but I guess XX would be quite attractive to women" or similar things and it is generally considered a taboo to openly talk about another man's attractiveness. Asian men, in my experience, are also much more likely to wear clothes that no Western man would ever touch unless held on gunpoint, including, but not limited to, pink shirts, extremely tight clothes and, yes, yellow shirts with cute monkeys on them. I saw quite a lot of such guys in Asia and in the beginning, it puzzled me. Now, I've learned to find it attractive and just accept it as part of who they are.

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:23 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Long hair is awesome! I think it was Final Fantasy that pulled the trigger. =D

Why long hair you must ask? I would think simply because not every man can pull it off w/ long hair. They ALL can pull it off w/ short hair but long hair isn't for everyone. Asian men have more 'style' when it comes to long vs. western men w/ long hair that mainly associated (but not limited to) w/ punks and surfer.

I have this trend going on... from short to long to short and back to long hair. Eventually I will go back to short hair but in the time being I enjoy the long hair. It actually takes just about the same amount of time to fix my long hair w/ my short hair.

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Genmai_cha, it is true by research, most Asian people hair is straight black, so it is more easier to make as many hair style as you want.. Laugh

but in Hollywood, they can make it too (using technology).. look at Nicole Kidman, Elizabeth Hurley, Catherine Zeta Jones.. (woman, men usually wear fake hair.. Mr. Green

) their hair when they are child are unbeliaveble Laugh

[quote="Genmai_cha"]Long hair is awesome! I think it was Final Fantasy that pulled the trigger. =D
quote]

some off topic : if they want to make Final Fantasy live-action movie, I think it will be Hideaki Takizawa (Japanese) as the hero and Faye Wong (Chinese) as the heroine.. Laugh

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Genmai_cha, it is true by research, most Asian people hair is straight black, so it is more easier to make as many hair style as you want.. Laugh

but in Hollywood, they can make it too (using technology).. look at Nicole Kidman, Elizabeth Hurley, Catherine Zeta Jones.. (woman, men usually wear fake hair.. Mr. Green

) their hair when they are child are unbelieveable Laugh

[quote="Genmai_cha"]Long hair is awesome! I think it was Final Fantasy that pulled the trigger. =D
quote]

some off topic : if they want to make Final Fantasy live-action movie, I think it will be Hideaki Takizawa (Japanese) as the hero and Faye Wong (Chinese) as the heroine.. Laugh

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I have been in love with a man whose hair was waist-long (longer then mine) and it did not threaten my femininity. For me it was a sad day when he cut his hair...

So some general comments...pretty boys are truly not that common in western culture, although the anicent greeks mention some butiful ones. In the classical literature we also have Samson, a long-haired guy. (he was super strong due to his long hair). In "A thousend and one nights" (persian/arabic)there is a story about a truly beautiful man and woman living in different countries. The djinns bring them together to compare them but cannot decide who is the prettier. So the djinns wake up first one and then the other. The man thinks the woman beautiful but does not do anything. The woman when awake showers the man with kisses, so it is decided that the man was the better looking of the two....

I dont think that the long hair is from manga...I think it is older then that. In wester culture I think it is "rebellous and dangerous" , in asian "noble" (look at Samurai, to be able to do that topknot you need to have some hair...) I guess long hair took longer to groom only the rich who dont need to work physically can have it...

Anyway, after all this rambling, I guess my opinion is that it does not matter if a guy has long or short hair, thats not where his masculinity is located. But I agree that anyone (man or woman) who hogs the bathroom for eons of time in the morning is an annoying person!!!

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

geminihc, the best combination is :

- Man with short hair and Woman with short hair too.

Why? already for hygiene it is much more practical and two if you are really handsome, short hair or long hair , the result is the same. Why tire itself with all its disadvantage.

The problem it is that very little of people are in this case (or they do not see it…), so with long hair , we emphasize our beauty, but it is not true , it is the same thing with the make-up.

It is the life, it is done like that, so for your question, why they have long hair? Because with short one, they are not handsome .... Smile

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:43 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:54 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Wait, are you talking about long hair or loooooooong hair? Because I think if guys have nice, soft hair, they should grow it out a bit (like 3-4 inches or so) so that the girl can run her fingers through his hair. But if it's looooooooooong hair, then I don't think it's attractive. The only exception being if it's a period drama, because nobody cuts their hair in Chinese period drama (since it was cutting off a God-give gift and all that).

On the other hand, I don't think that short hair is and more hygienic than long hair, and it certainly doesn't take longer to take care of. I have hair that goes down to my butt and it takes me 15 min. to shower and 10 min. to get ready in the morning, including getting dressed and brushing my teeth. It's true that I don't do make up, but I'm not a sloppy dresser either. Most days, I wear heels.

Anyways... I think that long hair is okay. At least, it's infinitely better compared to big beards. I would consider dating a guy with long hair. I would NEVER, EVER date somebody with a big beard.