Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

how about--- tears for you..
quite slow..but reli sad :shamefulcry:

gaijinmark wrote:Last night I saw Manami's OTHER new movie, Tenshi noTamago and I didn't think it was all that great. The male lead, Hayato Ichihara, just wasn't convincing. Manami did a good job as usual. HOWEVER, if you're an Erika Sawajiri fan, I would say check this movie out! Hard to believe that only about 3 1/2 years ago, she had a bit role as an airhead highschool girl in "Hotman". She has grown so much! :applaud:

I downloaded this from eMule... or what I thought was this movie... turned out to be an anime movie? Not that I have anything against anime of course, but it wasn't what I expected...?

*edit* My bad, Tenshi noTamago translates to Angel's Egg, which of course is an anime classic. But I will have to research the newer movie..

Coming June 12:

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Five works from master director Ozu Yasujiro:

Early Spring (1956) - In his first film after the commercial and critical success of Tokyo Story, Ozu examines life in postwar Japan through the eyes of a young salaryman, dissatisfied with career and marriage, who begins an affair with a flirtatious co-worker.

Tokyo Twilight (1957) - One of Ozufs most piercing portraits of family strife, Tokyo Twilight follows the parallel paths of two sisters contending with an absent mother, unwanted pregnancy, and marital discord.

Equinox Flower (1958) - Later in his career, Ozu started becoming increasingly sympathetic with the younger generation, a shift that was cemented in Equinox Flower, his gorgeously detailed first color film, about an old-fashioned father and his newfangled daughter.

Late Autumn (1960) - The great actress and Ozu regular Setsuko Hara plays a mother gently trying to persuade her daughter to marry in this glowing portrait of family love and conflict\a reworking of Ozufs 1949 masterpiece Late Spring.

The End of Summer (1961) - The Kohayakawa family is thrown into distress when childlike father Manbei takes up with his old mistress, in one of Ozufs most deftly modulated blendings of comedy and tragedy.



Needless to say, but I'm buying this set with zero hesitation... :)

bmwracer wrote:
Needless to say, but I'm buying this set with zero hesitation... :)

the film 4 movie channel had a yasujiro ozu season a while ago. yep they're worth buying. :applaud:

kenjilina wrote: the film 4 movie channel had a yasujiro ozu season a while ago.

Hope you had your recorder running non stop for that... :)

bmwracer wrote:
Hope you had your recorder running non stop for that... :)

i certainly did. :thumbsup:

kenjilina wrote: i certainly did. :thumbsup:

Excellent. :thumbsup:

hi..
has anybody watched the movie ANGELS EGG and RAINBOW SONG?!
they both have ichihara hayato in it, the main character from water boys 2. I really want to watch it but i dunno where to watch it.
if anybody has any idea where i can watch this video, or if they have seen it on sale out of japan. please tell me! thank you!

>anca<

>anca< wrote:hi..
has anybody watched the movie ANGELS EGG and RAINBOW SONG?!
they both have ichihara hayato in it, the main character from water boys 2. I really want to watch it but i dunno where to watch it.
if anybody has any idea where i can watch this video, or if they have seen it on sale out of japan. please tell me! thank you!

>anca<

Rainbow Song has been subbed in Chinese. I don't know about Tamago no Tenshi though.

subbed in chinese? ok dats ok but its still spoken in japanese rite?
where can i find it?

>anca< wrote:where can i find it?

Probably eMule.

bmwracer wrote:
Probably eMule.

im sry.. wats eMule? im rili new to dis forum/site and as u can see, im not familiar with how to use stuff.
like how do u put this thing that say ... says and then the box that has the quote??
oshietekudasai! onegaishimasU!

>anca<

eMule: http://www.emule-project.net/home/perl/general.cgi?l=1

Don't remember if I posted this before, but if you use EMule and like Japanese movies, there's a lot of ed2k links on this forum:

http://sharethefiles.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=83

I'd use it more if I had a bigger download limit :) But i've just downloaded Josee, The Tiger and The Fish and All About Lily Chou Chou, which are about 1.5G each... puts a bit of a dent in your download allowance :(

Anime Dad wrote:Don't remember if I posted this before, but if you use EMule and like Japanese movies, there's a lot of ed2k links on this forum:

http://sharethefiles.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=83

I'd use it more if I had a bigger download limit :) But i've just downloaded Josee, The Tiger and The Fish and All About Lily Chou Chou, which are about 1.5G each... puts a bit of a dent in your download allowance :(

Josee is a keeper...wonderful perfomance by the lead actress...

Lily Chou Chou is a mess...you wasted your bandwith..

No, no sorry ..

That link is very impressive...lots of good stuff there...Arigato

runpup wrote:

Lily Chou Chou is a mess...you wasted your bandwith..

Bugger :grumble:

Anime Dad wrote:

Bugger :grumble:

Well, you have it now...so, you might as well watch it...Sorry, I just thought it wasn't very good...

runpup wrote:

Well, you have it now...so, you might as well watch it...Sorry, I just thought it wasn't very good...

No probs :) I'll take a look anyway.

Not to pile on, but I was pretty disappointed in "Lilly Chou"

Okay, I didn't get it at all.

I' ve been a fan of Shunji Iwai's (the director/writer) for quite a while now. I loved, "Undo" and "Love Letter" and "April Story", "Picnic" and "Swallowtail Butterfly".

But I got to "Lilly Chou" and all I could think was... huh?

I liked the first Ooku drama, didn't see the 2nd. Now there's a movie, heads up for Yukie Nakama fans: http://www.oh-oku-movie.jp/main.html