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Kyoka Suzuki's ideal son - Tom Cruise

Entertainment Jan. 11, 2012 - 05:00AM JST ( 22 )

TOKYO —

Actress Kyoka Suzuki thinks Tom Cruise would make an ideal son. Cruise, who is six years older than Suzuki, 43, got the nod at an event to promote NTV’s new TV drama, “Ideal Son,” which starts airing on Saturday from 9 p.m.

Suzuki co-stars with Ryosuke Yamada, 18, from the boy band Hey! Say! JUMP. Suzuki plays a single mother who has raised her son (Yamada) to be obedient and always trying to please her. But whenever a man tries to approach his mother, the son always drives him away.

Yamada said his idea of an ideal son would be a big eater. Suzuki said she picked Cruise because he is faithful, healthy and like a breath of fresh air. “Tom’s mother must be so happy to have him,” she told reporters.

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22 Comments

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JeffLeeJan. 11, 2012 - 07:45AM JST

Don't we all dream that our offspring will become couch-jumping Scientologists?
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NetNinjaJan. 11, 2012 - 08:44AM JST

Oh check this out. Mainstream media pushing a drama on how cool it is to be a "Single Mother". To make matters worse they portray the son as driving other men away. This is just another show promoting women to try to shape men into what they want them to be and not an identity of their own.
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electric2004Jan. 11, 2012 - 08:50AM JST

Tom Cruise faithful? Married more than once.
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Mirai HayashiJan. 11, 2012 - 08:54AM JST

Suzuki said she picked Cruise because he is faithful, healthy and like a breath of fresh air.

Cruise faithful? REALLY? Since when and to whom? Let's count how many wives he's had shall we? 1. Mimi Rogers ('87-'90) 2. Nicole Kidman ('90-'01) 3. Katie Holmes ('04-present). Of course let's not forget the little fling with Penelope Cruze after/during his marriage with Kidman. Hardley faithful is he? Obviously she's confusing Cruise's with his movie characters.
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ratpackJan. 11, 2012 - 09:36AM JST

Yamada said his idea of an ideal son would be a big eater

So i guess all the junior sumo wrestlers would make ideal sons hey
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anglootakuJan. 11, 2012 - 10:04AM JST

I think Nicole only became famous for marrying him and the large settlement she received after the divorce..
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j4p4nFTWJan. 11, 2012 - 10:11AM JST

Mirai Hayashi,

I don't see the need to bring facts into the issue and spoil the image of Tom Cruise that Ms Suzuki has. Mr Cruise has a PR team that works very hard to shape his image, and it isn't really fair to cite facts demonstrating the contrary.
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oginomeJan. 11, 2012 - 11:33AM JST

Mr Cruise has a PR team that works very hard to shape his image, and it isn't really fair to cite facts demonstrating the contrary.

Why not? It's the truth. So you think we should just accept all the PR crap we're fed, because people have worked hard to create this false image?
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ReformedBasherJan. 11, 2012 - 11:38AM JST

Misguided or not, she is one nice looking lady
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1or2whiskeysodasJan. 11, 2012 - 12:52PM JST

Why not? It's the truth. So you think we should just accept all the PR crap we're fed, because people have worked hard to create this false image?

I think there was some sarcasm that got misinterpreted here.
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oginomeJan. 11, 2012 - 01:14PM JST

I think there was some sarcasm that got misinterpreted here.

From reading other things j4p4nftw has said , I would only wish his posts were sarcastic.
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Mirai HayashiJan. 11, 2012 - 03:47PM JST

I saw it as a sarcastic comment as well
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Al StewartJan. 11, 2012 - 04:24PM JST

Sounds like a rather boring show. Is it a short?
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warnerbroJan. 11, 2012 - 07:15PM JST

Is she familiar with his religious beliefs?
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smithinjapanJan. 11, 2012 - 07:43PM JST

Obviously she really doesn't know a thing about Cruise if she thinks he is the ideal son. I'm not saying he's a bad guy, but does she know anything about his Scientology beliefs and through them his image of an 'ideal woman'? Lest we forget Cruise got into a LOT of hot water after an interview in which bashed women, and of course psychiatry. It sounds more like she knows nothing about him at all.

As for the show itself, it sounds like a pretty stupid premise for a program. I guess we'll see -- errr... those who bother to watch it will, that is.
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unreconstructedJan. 11, 2012 - 08:23PM JST

Lest we forget Cruise got into a LOT of hot water after an interview in which bashed women, and of course psychiatry

Who is 'we' ? People who sit in front of the TV for hours on end with their mouths agape? What was there to forget? He got in a LOT of hot water? Yeah, and then his career tanked ? He 'bashed' women? He bashed 'psychiatry' ? Ooooh noes.
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Wanda-kunJan. 12, 2012 - 03:28AM JST

anglootakuJan. 11, 2012 - 10:04AM JST I think Nicole only became famous for marrying him and the large settlement she received after the divorce..

Hardly. Kidman has always been more respected as an actor than Cruise and had a well established career before they married.
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oginomeJan. 12, 2012 - 05:31PM JST

I saw it as a sarcastic comment as well

He wasn't being sarcastic, Mirai. Read his other posts. He's a deeply nationalistic Japanese. You interfered with the tatemae by bringing up the honne.
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LH10Jan. 13, 2012 - 11:38AM JST

ewww i hate Tom Cruise
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LH10Jan. 13, 2012 - 11:40AM JST

the guy in the picture is hot! o oishii~
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Mirai HayashiJan. 13, 2012 - 12:08PM JST

Mr Cruise has a PR team that works very hard to shape his image, and it isn't really fair to cite facts demonstrating the contrary.

I don't see how this statement couldn't be sarcastic.
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HategoboJan. 13, 2012 - 01:15PM JST

I wouldnt swap my sons for anyone elses offspring, and even if I had to Tom Cruise would not be on the list.