Just finished Sakuran.... would have to be one of the most visually colourful movies i've ever seen. they really stretched the budget on sets and costumes :) but it was quite enjoyable.
Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations
Started by angiemakino · 12 Sep 2003 · 4,597 replies
Japanese Entertainment
Anime Dad wrote:Just finished Sakuran.... would have to be one of the most visually colourful movies i've ever seen. they really stretched the budget on sets and costumes :) but it was quite enjoyable.
a visual feast for your eyes to eat. i liked it man.
Ah now see... I really liked Aoi Miyazaki in Hatsukoi. I liked the idea of using the sweet, cute little girl. Getting her involved with demonstrations, robbery, basement afterhours clubs... There wasn't much to the plot, so I liked the way they put the flower in the junkyard.
I loved Heavenly Forest. It was easy. Sweet. A lovely little love story.
But Miyazaki made more of an impression on me in Hatsukoi.
As to Sakuran... danged if I know why, but I seem to be saving that one for a rainy day.
I loved Heavenly Forest. It was easy. Sweet. A lovely little love story.
But Miyazaki made more of an impression on me in Hatsukoi.
As to Sakuran... danged if I know why, but I seem to be saving that one for a rainy day.
can anybody recommend me japanese comedy movie? i'm a big fan of yaguchi shinobu's films. so far i've watched four: swing girls, waterboys, adrenaline drive and my secret cache. they are all very funny comedy and very very low on drama (almost no drama actually).
any recommendation? i've watched summer time machine blues. that is funny too. i dont really like ping pong because it gets too dramatic sometimes.
any recommendation? i've watched summer time machine blues. that is funny too. i dont really like ping pong because it gets too dramatic sometimes.
Tu, runpup, Geezer :applaud: sugooii... you guys actually finished watching that stuff til the end (Hatsu-Koi)
Geezer wrote:
As to Sakuran... danged if I know why, but I seem to be saving that one for a rainy day.
The colorful costumes will definitely offset the Bay area gray.
monta wrote:Tu, runpup, Geezer :applaud: sugooii... you guys actually finished watching that stuff til the end (Hatsu-Koi)
it wasn't easy for me...
I've seen a couple of... interesting... movies this week.
First up; Hana & Alice. The story of two teenaged girls who don't do much of anything interesting.
This is a slow paced, minimalist, somewhat puzzling film by one of my favorite directors, Shunji Iwai. I was, for the most part, bored. But for some reason I couldn't stop watching it.
The other was a ripper, slasher titled; "Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman"
Not as horrible as the title makes it sound, though if you don't like horror movies, or slasher movies... forget it.
Eriko Sato is in this one, playing it straight as the school teacher whose students are being terrorized. If you just want to see Eriko looking hot... rent "Cutie Honey". She doesn't push the sexy here.
One of the two shockers about this movie, for me, was Miki Mizuno's performance as The Slit Mouthed Woman. Shocking because I didn't recognize her until the movie was over and I was watching the "making of" section on the DVD.
I'm a Mizuno fan. I've spent countless hours watching her dramas, and movies. But she took on such a completely different look and personality in this film that I simply didn't know it was Miki. (And yes, there were scenes where she wasn't in the horror make-up.) Really impressive.
The other shocker, considering it was a Japanese Horror film, was that the monster wasn't a child. Yeah, the monster was going after children, but that's a big switch for Japanese horror.
For a genre film... not bad at all. The nice thing was, they didn't go overboard trying to gross the audience out with close-up shots of butchery. Horrible things happened, but most of it was implied rather than rammed down the viewer's throat.
First up; Hana & Alice. The story of two teenaged girls who don't do much of anything interesting.
This is a slow paced, minimalist, somewhat puzzling film by one of my favorite directors, Shunji Iwai. I was, for the most part, bored. But for some reason I couldn't stop watching it.
The other was a ripper, slasher titled; "Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman"
Not as horrible as the title makes it sound, though if you don't like horror movies, or slasher movies... forget it.
Eriko Sato is in this one, playing it straight as the school teacher whose students are being terrorized. If you just want to see Eriko looking hot... rent "Cutie Honey". She doesn't push the sexy here.
One of the two shockers about this movie, for me, was Miki Mizuno's performance as The Slit Mouthed Woman. Shocking because I didn't recognize her until the movie was over and I was watching the "making of" section on the DVD.
I'm a Mizuno fan. I've spent countless hours watching her dramas, and movies. But she took on such a completely different look and personality in this film that I simply didn't know it was Miki. (And yes, there were scenes where she wasn't in the horror make-up.) Really impressive.
The other shocker, considering it was a Japanese Horror film, was that the monster wasn't a child. Yeah, the monster was going after children, but that's a big switch for Japanese horror.
For a genre film... not bad at all. The nice thing was, they didn't go overboard trying to gross the audience out with close-up shots of butchery. Horrible things happened, but most of it was implied rather than rammed down the viewer's throat.
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THE BLUE WOLF (2007)
finished watching this movie starring Takashi Sorimachi.
he's becoming old.. so he's very perfect in this kind of role.. the story is great.. very well done.. all the actors/actresses and the thousands of extras did brilliant in their part. and a very nice locations straight from Mongolia!.. great movie!! recommend!!
now i knew why it sold Y195,796,400 ($1.67 million) on 444 screens in its first two days. :applaud:
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THE BLUE WOLF (2007)
finished watching this movie starring Takashi Sorimachi.
he's becoming old.. so he's very perfect in this kind of role.. the story is great.. very well done.. all the actors/actresses and the thousands of extras did brilliant in their part. and a very nice locations straight from Mongolia!.. great movie!! recommend!!
now i knew why it sold Y195,796,400 ($1.67 million) on 444 screens in its first two days. :applaud:
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THE BLUE WOLF (2007)
finished watching this movie starring Takashi Sorimachi.
he's becoming old.. so he's very perfect in this kind of role.
becoming old? the dood is only 34 years old...you're trippin' man......if you think 34 is old you must have been brainwashed by watching too many Morning Musume concerts...dreaming of enjokosai.
Tu_triky wrote:
becoming old? the dood is only 34 years old...you're trippin' man......if you think 34 is old you must have been brainwashed by watching too many Morning Musume concerts...dreaming of enjokosai.
i mean old... but not too old... or maybe you would like me to say he's becoming younger?! cmon!!.. and for your info im not a Morning Musume fan.. :beaten: :bleh:
You should have said "Getting older", it doesn't imply that anyone his age or above is old. :P
slashersam016 wrote:
i mean old... but not too old... or maybe you would like me to say he's becoming younger?! cmon!!.. and for your info im not a Morning Musume fan.. :beaten: :bleh:
i'm not offended...it's just that you made it sound like he's over the hill already...
numerous male japanese actors are in their 30s and i don't think they're resorting to jidaigeki roles because their age has anything to do with it..
kenji sakaguchi, kimura takuya, tsuyoshi kusanagi, yutaka takenouchi, etc...
Tu_triky wrote:
becoming old? the dood is only 34 years old...you're trippin' man......if you think 34 is old you must have been brainwashed by watching too many Morning Musume concerts...dreaming of enjokosai.
yep. 36 isn't old either! :beaten:
kenjilina wrote:
yep. 36 isn't old either! :beaten:
damn skippy.
Mid 30s ain't old.
Getting to your mid thirties just means your finally starting to mature into an actual adult.
Getting to your mid thirties just means your finally starting to mature into an actual adult.
Geezer wrote:Mid 30s ain't old.
Getting to your mid thirties just means your finally starting to mature into an actual adult.
i.e. you realize how stupid you acted when you were half your age.
new Eriko Sato film:
Enjoy Japanese black comedy in English
"FUNUKE, Show Some Love, You Losers!" (Original title: Funukedomo, Kanashimi no Ai wo Misero), a Japanese black-comedy that was among the acclaimed films at this year's Cannes Film Festival, will be screened with English subtitles from Aug. 4-10 in Tokyo's Shibuya.
Starring pinup-model-turned-actress Eriko Sato, the film revolves around an explosive relationship between two sisters, who hate each other and who try to make their dreams come true in very different ways, and the people around them.
Sumika (played by Sato), the long-lost older sister, who has been failing in her career as an actress in Tokyo, comes home to a small town after receiving the news of their parents' death. Kiyomi (played by Aimi Satsukawa), the withdrawn younger sister, is scared of the return of Sumika since a horror manga she drew, revealing her sister's secret (the fact Sumika sold her body to her classmates to make money), was published in a national magazine.
The arrogant Sumika blames Kiyomi's manga for her dismal failure in her acting career and starts to bully her. Kiyomi tolerates Sumika's cruel revenge for a while, but as she looks at Sumika as a hopelessly funny character, her strong desire to portray her older sister in manga gets out of control.
With their older brother (played by Masatoshi Nagase) and his wife (played by Hiromi Nagasaku) involved in their fight, the relationships and situations of the four erupt, and the story takes a new turn. (By Akiko Uematsu, Mainichi Daily News)
-- "FUNUKE, Show Some Love, You Losers!" (2007, 112 minutes) is based on the novel "Funukedomo, Kanashimi no Ai wo Misero" by Yukiko Motoya and directed by Daihachi Yoshida.
July 25, 2007
Enjoy Japanese black comedy in English
"FUNUKE, Show Some Love, You Losers!" (Original title: Funukedomo, Kanashimi no Ai wo Misero), a Japanese black-comedy that was among the acclaimed films at this year's Cannes Film Festival, will be screened with English subtitles from Aug. 4-10 in Tokyo's Shibuya.
Starring pinup-model-turned-actress Eriko Sato, the film revolves around an explosive relationship between two sisters, who hate each other and who try to make their dreams come true in very different ways, and the people around them.
Sumika (played by Sato), the long-lost older sister, who has been failing in her career as an actress in Tokyo, comes home to a small town after receiving the news of their parents' death. Kiyomi (played by Aimi Satsukawa), the withdrawn younger sister, is scared of the return of Sumika since a horror manga she drew, revealing her sister's secret (the fact Sumika sold her body to her classmates to make money), was published in a national magazine.
The arrogant Sumika blames Kiyomi's manga for her dismal failure in her acting career and starts to bully her. Kiyomi tolerates Sumika's cruel revenge for a while, but as she looks at Sumika as a hopelessly funny character, her strong desire to portray her older sister in manga gets out of control.
With their older brother (played by Masatoshi Nagase) and his wife (played by Hiromi Nagasaku) involved in their fight, the relationships and situations of the four erupt, and the story takes a new turn. (By Akiko Uematsu, Mainichi Daily News)
-- "FUNUKE, Show Some Love, You Losers!" (2007, 112 minutes) is based on the novel "Funukedomo, Kanashimi no Ai wo Misero" by Yukiko Motoya and directed by Daihachi Yoshida.
July 25, 2007
Tu_triky wrote:new Eriko Sato film:
Enjoy Japanese black comedy in English
"FUNUKE, Show Some Love, You Losers!" (Original title: Funukedomo, Kanashimi no Ai wo Misero), a Japanese black-comedy that was among the acclaimed films at this year's Cannes Film Festival, will be screened with English subtitles from Aug. 4-10 in Tokyo's Shibuya.
Starring pinup-model-turned-actress Eriko Sato, the film revolves around an explosive relationship between two sisters, who hate each other and who try to make their dreams come true in very different ways, and the people around them.
Sumika (played by Sato), the long-lost older sister, who has been failing in her career as an actress in Tokyo, comes home to a small town after receiving the news of their parents' death. Kiyomi (played by Aimi Satsukawa), the withdrawn younger sister, is scared of the return of Sumika since a horror manga she drew, revealing her sister's secret (the fact Sumika sold her body to her classmates to make money), was published in a national magazine.
The arrogant Sumika blames Kiyomi's manga for her dismal failure in her acting career and starts to bully her. Kiyomi tolerates Sumika's cruel revenge for a while, but as she looks at Sumika as a hopelessly funny character, her strong desire to portray her older sister in manga gets out of control.
With their older brother (played by Masatoshi Nagase) and his wife (played by Hiromi Nagasaku) involved in their fight, the relationships and situations of the four erupt, and the story takes a new turn. (By Akiko Uematsu, Mainichi Daily News)
-- "FUNUKE, Show Some Love, You Losers!" (2007, 112 minutes) is based on the novel "Funukedomo, Kanashimi no Ai wo Misero" by Yukiko Motoya and directed by Daihachi Yoshida.
July 25, 2007
Thread started by don: http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.10578.htm :)
bmwracer wrote:
Thread started by don: http://jdorama.com/viewtopic.10578.htm :)
oops. sorry, man. didn't know about that one....thanks for the heads up.
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