Tu_triky wrote:Hiroshi Abe to star in new Koreeda film
Wed, August 8, 2007
It was revealed on Tuesday that director Hirokazu Koreeda's next film is a comical family drama titled "Aruitemo Aruitemo."
Heading up the cast is Hiroshi Abe, known for his frequent roles as unusual characters. This time, he plays the part of a good-for-nothing man who fails to follow in his father's footsteps in medicine. He keeps his distance from his parents, leading a currently unemployed life with his soon-to-be wife, who already has a child. The story unfolds when he reluctantly returns home for the death anniversary of his older brother.
Also appearing are Kirin Kiki, Yoshio Harada, Yui Natsukawa, YOU, and Susumu Terajima. Filming is currently in progress. The movie opens next year.
who's you? do you mean me? i don't think i'm in a film. :headscratch:
I just wanted to recommend Dororo with Tsumabuki Satoshi. I loved the movie and I can not wait to see pt2 and 3. Also other movies that I thought are good are Princess Blade and Suicide Club. If you like the American movie Grimmlins then The Great Yokai War will be a fun one to watch
shiroi_tora wrote:I just wanted to recommend Dororo with Tsumabuki Satoshi. I loved the movie and I can not wait to see pt2 and 3. Also other movies that I thought are good are Princess Blade and Suicide Club. If you like the American movie Grimmlins then The Great Yokai War will be a fun one to watch
I have all those except Dororo... but have not watched any yet. What I need are more hours in the day :( Thanks for the recommendations though...
For a little bit of style over substance I have to recommend Ashura.
Okay, it's a bit of a fantasy with Samurai Demon Hunters battling the goddess of the demons who are about to take over and burn old Edo.
It stars; Rie Miyazawa, Atsuro Watabe, Somesoro Ichikawa.
But I think the key to the movie is watching Fumiyo Kohinata playing Nanboku Tsuruya
Nanboku Tsuruya was a playwrite, a novelist, a story teller back in the early 1800's, and he's pretty much responsible for all of the old Japanese Ghost stories and Demon stories that are still around and performed today.
Sort of a cross between Stephen King, and Edgar Allen Poe.
In style and location, half of this movie takes place in a theater, with much of it done as if it were a Kabuki performance. Kohinata as Nanboku Tsuruya is writing his new play as the story goes along, and he's pretty much just watching what's happening and taking notes.
It's not all Kabuki. There's a lot of action, a good deal of comedy, and of course, as with all of Nanboku Tsuruya stories, a love story that belongs in the Japanes version of the Twilight Zone.
Not an all time great, but a fun way to waste a couple of hours.
Well, you know I'm slow. Had to wait for it to become available as a rental via Netflix. According to them it came out in 2005... but they're not that reliable when it comes to dating Japanese movies.
Well, you know I'm slow. Had to wait for it to become available as a rental via Netflix. According to them it came out in 2005... but they're not that reliable when it comes to dating Japanese movies.
Anyway... yeah. It was pretty cool.
You know I love Rie Miyazawa, although I know you don't so I downloaded it from the net as soon as I found out it was available.
use these subs when you finish downloading sakuran...they are updated and cleaned up of mistakes...
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6a4ujn
I tried those, but the 2nd part subs are out of sync. I found some more here:
http://www.podnapisi.net/index.php/ppodnapisi/podnapis?i=240223
The 2nd part subs seem to be OK.
I tried those, but the 2nd part subs are out of sync. I found some more here:
http://www.podnapisi.net/index.php/ppodnapisi/podnapis?i=240223
The 2nd part subs seem to be OK.
Just finished watching Hatsukoi starring Aoi Miyazaki. It was a slow, somber film about a young girl and a group of disaffected youth in 1960s Japan. Her performance was quite reserved and didn't really entice me as much as the decidedly different, and better in my opinion, Heavenly Forest where she acted opposite Hiroshi Tamaki.
This film was somewhat dark and depressing...not that I necessarily detest that but it was a bit off putting.
Again I prefered Heavenly Forest in which Aoi Miyazaki played a more animated character.
Tu_triky wrote:Just finished watching Hatsukoi starring Aoi Miyazaki. It was a slow, somber film about a young girl and a group of disaffected youth in 1960s Japan. Her performance was quite reserved and didn't really entice me as much as the decidedly different, and better in my opinion, Heavenly Forest where she acted opposite Hiroshi Tamaki.
This film was somewhat dark and depressing...not that I necessarily detest that but it was a bit off putting.
Again I prefered Heavenly Forest in which Aoi Miyazaki played a more animated character.
How amazing...I watched Hatsukoi the night before...I agree with all you've said...Hatsukoi...First Love...
Strange title for a movie about an armored car (not really) robbery...I didn't like it much...first thing I've seen where Miyazaki didn't impress me...
How amazing...I watched Hatsukoi the night before...I agree with all you've said...Hatsukoi...First Love...
really? what a coincidence, of sorts :)
Strange title for a movie about an armored car (not really) robbery...I didn't like it much...first thing I've seen where Miyazaki didn't impress me...
dood, this thing depressed me.....like i said i'm not adverse to such things but i wasn't depressed in a thoughtful way....the ending was pretty much a bad trip.
yeah I think the role performed by Miyazaki didn't allow her to explore the qualities of her acting that ppl have come to know her for....well i guess it's cool to see her try something noir, if you will...but i don't know how successful the film can be considered as a whole.
you definitely have to be in a certain mood in order to be able to absorb this film....you definitely wouldn't want to watch something else somber after watching this.....
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