Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

EstherM wrote:

I watched "Waiting in the dark" last night and I really liked it. ItLs definitly not a horror/action movie nor does it have any sexual scences. On the contrary, itLs slow, touching and sad at times. ItLs about a young Chinese-Japanese whoLs suspected for murder and hides in the house of a blind girl who at first is unaware of his presence.

Okay your commentary excited me enough, as many others, to download the film...I did...hopefully I'll watch it soon.

Where did you get it from Tu? I have it going with eMule, but it's typically slow..

Anime Dad wrote:Where did you get it from Tu? I have it going with eMule, but it's typically slow..

My un-austere Australian compatriot...I am a member of this website called, "FS Seeders" which usually provides the best and latest Asian films for download. Unfortunately they are very strict & rarely open up registrations for new members....I waited for several months before I was able to capitalize on a short window where they accepted new members.



I don't use eMule at all.

Sou desu. Arigatou. :)

I guess i'll have to rely on eMule then... it's slow, but the range of movies available is quite large :)

Anime Dad wrote:Sou desu. Arigatou. :)

I guess i'll have to rely on eMule then... it's slow, but the range of movies available is quite large :)

If the FSS registration opens up again to new members I'll be sure to let you know, brother.

Tu_triky wrote:

If the FSS registration opens up again to new members I'll be sure to let you know, brother.

Arigatou. The site said that donations are known to speed the process up somewhat ;)

Anime Dad wrote:

Arigatou. The site said that donations are known to speed the process up somewhat ;)

if you wanna e-mail somebody and go that route i'm sure you'll be grateful...no bullsh*t man...they get the best asian films and there are usually NUMEROUS seeders...in fact, they have MORE seeders than leechers on average...according to the site's statistics.

Triky.. has the Kimura movie come out on torrents yet? If it has.. is it subbed?

littlemissfab wrote:Triky.. has the Kimura movie come out on torrents yet? If it has.. is it subbed?

yes my dear girl! It's called Love and Honor (Bushi no Ichibun) I have it on my hard drive but I haven't seen it yet...

Tu_triky wrote:

yes my dear girl! It's called Love and Honor (Bushi no Ichibun) I have it on my hard drive but I haven't seen it yet...

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA with subs?????? Send it over! I'll pay! :say_yes:

littlemissfab wrote:\

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA with subs?????? Send it over! I'll pay! :say_yes:

gimme ur snail mail addy on PM...no pay, that's gay.

Tu_triky wrote:

gimmer ur snail mail addy on PM...no pay, that's gay.

OKay, jose-y.

I'm excited! Are you watching any of the new dramas right now?

littlemissfab wrote:



OKay, jose-y.

I'm excited! Are you watching any of the new dramas right now?

nothing "new" per se...i'm stuck watching fukigen na gene starring yuko takeuchi but it's not really that good to be honest...a fair dorama at the moment, even though i find her smile utterly sexy and delightful.

Zura Deka. Looks like a funny and weird movie. :hehe:

Director Minoru Kawasaki is no stranger to the absurd. His earlier comedies, Calamari Wrestler and Executive Koala, both featured giant anthropomorphic creatures injected into straight-faced, real-world situations with a knowing wink to the audience. Tackling fresh territory, the Japanese director's latest oddball effort, The Rug Cop (Japanese title: Zura Deka), features a crack police detective who has harnessed the crime-fighting power of his ill-fitting toupee by using it as a projectile weapon.

In the film, chrome-domed officer Genda (Fuyuki Moto) transfers to a new precinct just as a group of radical terrorists hijack a shipment of uranium. When a DVD arrives at the station demanding five billion yen in exchange for the lives of the entire population of Tokyo, his only choice is to solve the case by working closely with the talents of his bizarre police colleagues -- Tonko, the best tea server in Japan, champion eater Fatty, speedy weightlifter Shorty, ladies' man Gigolo, joke-cracking Gagster, and Big Willie, who lives up to his name when sexually aroused, brandishing a light saber-like phallus that comes in handy during many dicey situations. When the idiosyncratic police task force finally tracks down the bumbling criminals and their makeshift bomb, however, Genda is shocked to discover that the criminal conspiracy is tied to someone from his past.

An energetic, spot-on parody of 1970s cop thrillers and male pattern baldness, The Rug Cop is consistently entertaining, thanks to Fuyuki Moto's flawlessly deadpan performance as Genda. From the opening scene, where he uses his boomerang-like hairpiece to thwart the plans of an insane, bank-robbing puppet, to a later flashback in which he discovers his wig's true significance after being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, Moto plays the beleaguered detective with a tangible pathos. Genda would almost be a tragic figure, if scenes of him wandering the streets, carefully adjusting his slightly askew hairpiece, weren't so amusing. More than a series of visual gags and outlandish leaps of logic, though, the film is also a wry commentary on those who prefer to hide behind deception rather than stay true to who they really are, as underscored by a song about the inherent sadness of hairpieces that serves as the wildly offbeat and undeniably hilarious film's side-splitting centerpiece. The Rug Cop is further proof that Kawasaki is one of the brightest comic filmmaking talents in Japanese cinema today.

\Paul Corupe

Trailer: link

Okay. I've watched "Waiting in the Dark", and I must say that it's an very captivating film. I liked it. ^_^


Has anyone seen Ooku the movie yet?

So I started Otakus In Love yesterday. Got nearly half an hour in before giving up in disgust.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435107/

This is one boring film. It wasn't even funny - as it supposedly is. :grumble:

I have seen one great Japanese film recently though - Swing Girls! :victory:

@ Tabana - The Rug Cop looks fun. :mrgreen:

Kao (Face), a 2003 film directed and co-written by Junji Sakamoto. This movie is full of paradoxes: it's both hilarious and tragic, uplifting and grim. The main character is a frumpy chubby spinster, dull in mind, personality, and life. She is physically clumsy and socially retarded. Oh, yeah--she also commits fratricide early on in the movie when she strangles her younger sister after the funeral of their mother. Most of the movie is about her life on the lam where every positive experience is tempered by a horrible one. Somehow along the way, the audience comes to sympathize with this seemingly unsympathetic character, appreciating her resiliance and rooting for each little step she takes on this journey of personal growth. Naomi Fujiyama is terrific as the protagonist in a realistic, unsparing performance. She is funny without trying to be funny, likeable without trying to be likeable. The final scene is one of the most memorable I've ever seen. Like the rest of the movie it is a paradox: simultaneously funny and sad, surprising yet inevitable.

I recently saw Ooku (2006) starring Yukie Nakama & Reiko Takashima. It's a film that centers around the political intrigue of the women stationed at the Shogun's Palace during the feudal Tokugawa era. The costume design is sumptuous and rich and the principle photography is excellent.

I thought the film was okay but nothing above and beyond some other jidaigeki pieces. It may be worth checking out if you enjoy period films so as to formulate your own opinion.

Keps wrote:I have seen one great Japanese film recently though - Swing Girls! :victory:

Total agreement... Cheerful, exuberant, fun... :D

@ Tabana - The Rug Cop looks fun. :mrgreen:

Rug Cop??

A guy policing wigs and hairpieces?

That's gotta be hilarious. :hehe:

Keps wrote:So I started Otakus In Love yesterday. Got nearly half an hour in before giving up in disgust.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435107/

This is one boring film. It wasn't even funny - as it supposedly is. :grumble:

Yeah Geezer said this film was horrible as well.