Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

Anime Dad wrote:I downloaded a Abe Hiroshi movie called Ubume No Natsu... but I can't find any subs for it :( Anyone seen this one?

I'm guessing you've checked out the usual places for subs, ne?

Hai :hehe:

I watched Wool 100% yesterday.

I didn't get it.

There's really no more I can say here. I got to the end, and went, "huh?".

Geezer wrote:I watched Wool 100% yesterday.

Was this a movie or were you staring at a sweater for two hours? :beaten: :hehe:

BMW

You're a lot closer to what the movie is about than you think.

Two very odd old sisters live alone in a house cluttered from basement to attic with the junk they salvage from people's trash.

One day... they find some balls of red wool.

As if by magic, a girl shows up and starts knitting a sweater. That's pretty much it. That's what she does. But at the end of each day, she finds that the sweater she's knitted isn't good enough, so she shouts, over and over again, "Oh No! I'll have to knit it all over again!"

She shouts that a lot. She shouts it so loud she can be heard miles off.

The old women seem to accept her as part of their collection of junk.

Then there are some scenes of the old women as kids. Then those kids knit. Then the girls knit.

Then... it sort of ends.

I really didn't get it.

LOL, Geezer, you must be determined to finish everything you watch. That sounds just plain weird.

I taped "Godzilla: Final Wars" the other day, because

1) It's Japanese,
2) It was on TV, and we rarely get Japanese movies on TV, and
3) I now have a DVD recorder, and wanted to try it out.

I know what the Godzilla movies are about, but I haven't really seen any, except for one of the original B&W ones many years ago. Should be interesting.

Anime Dad wrote:I know what the Godzilla movies are about, but I haven't really seen any, except for one of the original B&W ones many years ago.

But was it the Japanese version or the hacked up one with Raymond Burr?

The original, i think. It was a looooong time ago.

Anime Dad wrote:The original, i think. It was a looooong time ago.

I bought the original a couple of years ago... The story in the Japanese version is quite different from the Americanized one...

Awhile back, one of the Spanish TV stations here was showing a Godzilla movie. Japanese people with spanish coming out of their mouths. Talk about screwed up lip sync!!! :nut:

That would have been funny - messed up, but funny!

gaijinmark wrote:Awhile back, one of the Spanish TV stations here was showing a Godzilla movie. Japanese people with spanish coming out of their mouths. Talk about screwed up lip sync!!! :nut:

LOL, I'll bet you thought you were drunk: "Why is Spanish coming out of Shimura Takashi's mouth??" :hehe:

Recently saw Yomigaeri with Yuko Takeuchi, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Kou Shibasaki.....anybody here seen it?

Tu_triky wrote:Recently saw Yomigaeri with Yuko Takeuchi, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Kou Shibasaki.....anybody here seen it?

I think A-Dad has seen it... He mentioned it not too long ago.

What's it about? Worth downloading?

bmwracer wrote:
I think A-Dad has seen it... He mentioned it not too long ago.

What's it about? Worth downloading?

Oh, I see. It's a film about a town in rural Japan that suddently experiences deceased loved ones come back to life. It was okay in my estimation...but I don't know if you would like it. It's not as entertaining as Heavenly Forest or Nana, let's say.

If you haven't seen Drugstore Girl or Uchoten Hotel...I'd recommend those over this film.

Tu_triky wrote:Oh, I see. It's a film about a town in rural Japan that suddently experiences deceased loved ones come back to life. It was okay in my estimation...but I don't know if you would like it. It's not as entertaining as Heavenly Forest or Nana, let's say.

Hmm, the Japanese, at least the movie studios, seem to like the resurrection/ghost/horror themes a lot...

bmwracer wrote:
Hmm, the Japanese, at least the movie studios, seem to like the resurrection/ghost/horror themes a lot...

Seriously....even though their religious traditions of Shinto or Buddhism don't seem to dwell on that....

Tu_triky wrote:even though their religious traditions of Shinto or Buddhism don't seem to dwell on that....

Really?

I thought that was the inspiration/foundation for most of those films... :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
Really?

I thought that was the inspiration/foundation for most of those films... :headscratch:

Maybe...I won't sound like a know it all....but Shinto is an animistic belief system...not even a religion....perhaps the foundation you speak of lies more in Buddhist beliefs.

bmwracer wrote:
I think A-Dad has seen it... He mentioned it not too long ago.

What's it about? Worth downloading?

I have it, but haven't watched it yet. I actually downloaded it from eMule because i knew Wyn-chan was looking for it :)

PS Welcome back Tu :)