bmwracer wrote:Any insights on Sakebi, starring Yakusho Koji and Konishi Manami?
I'm downloading that puppy right now.
Sou desu. My download finished overnight :victory:
Sou desu. My download finished overnight :victory:
Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations
Started by angiemakino · 12 Sep 2003 · 4,597 replies
Japanese Entertainment
Sou desu. My download finished overnight :victory:
bmwracer wrote:Any insights on Sakebi, starring Yakusho Koji and Konishi Manami?
I'm downloading that puppy right now.
Sorry, buddy....I've only seen Manami in Udon, and various doramas such as Orange Days, Searchin' for My Polestar, Ruri no Shima, Boku no Madonna (quit this one)...lemme know what's up.
Anime Dad wrote:Sou desu. My download finished overnight :victory:
From eMule?
My download from eMule is sorta plodding for some reason... Oh well.
bmwracer wrote:
From eMule?
My download from eMule is sorta plodding for some reason... Oh well.
Plodding is par for the course for eMule :( No matter what I do, I can't get a high ID either. It gets there in the end though.
Are you having trouble finding decent servers to connect to?
Anime Dad wrote:Are you having trouble finding decent servers to connect to?
I don't think so...
I just look at the progress meter every now and then... I just have to run into the other room to do it. :beaten:
Still downloading... :sweat:
Guess I'll let it run overnight........ :fingerscrossed:
Guess I'll let it run overnight........ :fingerscrossed:
bmwracer wrote:Still downloading... :sweat:
Guess I'll let it run overnight........ :fingerscrossed:
Yeah, my comp usually runs 24/7.
Unless Mrs A.D. gets cranky and shuts it off :grumble:
Anime Dad wrote:Yeah, my comp usually runs 24/7.
Unless Mrs A.D. gets cranky and shuts it off :grumble:
Gehh, that's sorta mean... Is it too noisy?
Anyways, the download of Part 2 finished before Part 1... And it's still running. :sweat:
bmwracer wrote:
Gehh, that's sorta mean... Is it too noisy?
It can be. But she gets a bee in her bonnet about computers sometimes, and she thinks it's a waste of electricity :shakehead:
Anyways, the download of Part 2 finished before Part 1... And it's still running. :sweat:
Hang in there :)
Anime Dad wrote: Hang in there :)
Don't say "hang."
*looks for a noose* :beaten:
Anime Dad wrote:My download finished overnight :victory:
Agh, my download finally finished last night... :sweat:
Now to hardsub and author it. :victory:
I really have to stop downloading movies. I don't have enough time to author them, let alone watch them.
Although, I did author the Unfair movie last night :victory:
Although, I did author the Unfair movie last night :victory:
Anime Dad wrote:I really have to stop downloading movies. I don't have enough time to author them, let alone watch them.
Oddly, I have the time to download and author them, but not watch 'em... :headscratch:
bmwracer wrote:
Oddly, I have the time to download and author them, but not watch 'em... :headscratch:
I wish my lappy had a DVD burner, then I could do it at work. At home I have to share the comp with too many people :( So I can only do I DVD per day.
Anime Dad wrote:I wish my lappy had a DVD burner, then I could do it at work. At home I have to share the comp with too many people :( So I can only do I DVD per day.
Can you swap out the existing one for a DVD burner?
Or maybe get an external burner, though those are rather pricey.
Nostalgia permeates old Tokyo town
Mina Tsukui / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
Always: Zoku San-chome no Yuhi, (Always: Sunset on Third Street 2) is set four months after the end of the previous movie (Always: San-chome no Yuhi), when Japan was just about to enter a high-growth period in 1959 after Tokyo had been chosen to host the 1964 Olympics.
Would-be novelist Chagawa (Hidetaka Yoshioka), the guardian of a boy named Junnosuke (Kenta Suga), is pining for his girlfriend Hiromi (Koyuki), who has left him. One day, Junnosuke's father visits Chagawa and threatens to take his son home if the financially struggling Chagawa can't provide the boy with a better education and standard of living.
Meanwhile, Chagawa's neighbor Norifumi (Shinichi Tsutsumi), who sells and repairs cars, and his wife Tomoe (Hiroko Yakushimaru), are taking care of their relative's daughter, Mika.
Adding new characters, the film evokes laughter and tears. Junnosuke, whose story is the most potentially tearjerking, secretly saves up money to buy rice by giving up on school lunches while Norifumi, who is racked by guilt over having survived World War II, is encouraged by an old comrade. Snobby Mika remembers her late mother when Tomoe puts cream on Mika's hand after Mika helps her. The climax comes when Chagawa sets his mind on writing a story to submit for the Akutagawa Prize, motivated by the idea of helping Junnosuke and Hiromi.
Everybody in Always has some hope for tomorrow that keeps them going. Living in impoverished times, they cherish small pleasures and share them with everybody. This might be described as the spirit of Japan's good old days.
As in the previous movie, the real set and computer graphic images are deftly combined to elaborately and authentically recreate the scenes from back then--the crowds of people around a Ginza theater to see Arashi o Yobuotoko, a DC-6B airplane taking off and landing at Haneda Airport, a Kodama express train running between Tokyo and Osaka before the Shinkansen took over the route. The film also reminds us of how expansive the sky once was at Nihombashi bridge before it was covered by an elevated expressway, creating a nostalgic mood.
Some scenes in the 146-minute film may be unnecessary, but every scene has warmth and inspires the audience to go back to their own "San-chome" and talk to the people there. In this sense, Always could be termed a national movie.
The movie, in Japanese, is currently playing.
Mina Tsukui / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
Always: Zoku San-chome no Yuhi, (Always: Sunset on Third Street 2) is set four months after the end of the previous movie (Always: San-chome no Yuhi), when Japan was just about to enter a high-growth period in 1959 after Tokyo had been chosen to host the 1964 Olympics.
Would-be novelist Chagawa (Hidetaka Yoshioka), the guardian of a boy named Junnosuke (Kenta Suga), is pining for his girlfriend Hiromi (Koyuki), who has left him. One day, Junnosuke's father visits Chagawa and threatens to take his son home if the financially struggling Chagawa can't provide the boy with a better education and standard of living.
Meanwhile, Chagawa's neighbor Norifumi (Shinichi Tsutsumi), who sells and repairs cars, and his wife Tomoe (Hiroko Yakushimaru), are taking care of their relative's daughter, Mika.
Adding new characters, the film evokes laughter and tears. Junnosuke, whose story is the most potentially tearjerking, secretly saves up money to buy rice by giving up on school lunches while Norifumi, who is racked by guilt over having survived World War II, is encouraged by an old comrade. Snobby Mika remembers her late mother when Tomoe puts cream on Mika's hand after Mika helps her. The climax comes when Chagawa sets his mind on writing a story to submit for the Akutagawa Prize, motivated by the idea of helping Junnosuke and Hiromi.
Everybody in Always has some hope for tomorrow that keeps them going. Living in impoverished times, they cherish small pleasures and share them with everybody. This might be described as the spirit of Japan's good old days.
As in the previous movie, the real set and computer graphic images are deftly combined to elaborately and authentically recreate the scenes from back then--the crowds of people around a Ginza theater to see Arashi o Yobuotoko, a DC-6B airplane taking off and landing at Haneda Airport, a Kodama express train running between Tokyo and Osaka before the Shinkansen took over the route. The film also reminds us of how expansive the sky once was at Nihombashi bridge before it was covered by an elevated expressway, creating a nostalgic mood.
Some scenes in the 146-minute film may be unnecessary, but every scene has warmth and inspires the audience to go back to their own "San-chome" and talk to the people there. In this sense, Always could be termed a national movie.
The movie, in Japanese, is currently playing.
I FINALLY watched Heavenly Forest yesterday. It was such a touching drama and I plan on watching it again because there were some parts that I wasn't paying attention to. One of my relatives was watching with me and she really enjoyed it as well. :)
cori wrote:I FINALLY watched Heavenly Forest yesterday. It was such a touching drama and I plan on watching it again because there were some parts that I wasn't paying attention to. One of my relatives was watching with me and she really enjoyed it as well. :)
My niece had the same reaction: after watching it for the first time, she had to watch again... :)
bmwracer wrote:
My niece had the same reaction: after watching it for the first time, she had to watch again... :)
I wish I could do that, but I just started watching my next drama and don't want to get distracted. :(
Btw, is there any other movies you recommend me to watch?
cori wrote:Btw, is there any other movies you recommend me to watch?
Christmas on July 24th Avenue (w/ Nakatani Miki) and Udon (w/Konishi Manami) were pretty good... Not particularly deep or though provoking, but light and enjoyable in their own way. :)
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