Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

O.K., I just got done watching Nezu no Ban a.k.a."Wakeful Nights" http://www.animeigo.com/OTHER/WAKEFULNIGHTS.T Has anybody else seen this? Some parts of it (especially the first 15 minutes) had me laughing till I cried, but other parts are VERY disgusting. I'm kind of confused as to whether I really liked it or not. :headscratch:

gaijinmark wrote:O.K., I just got done watching Nezu no Ban a.k.a."Wakeful Nights" http://www.animeigo.com/OTHER/WAKEFULNIGHTS.T Has anybody else seen this? Some parts of it (especially the first 15 minutes) had me laughing till I cried, but other parts are VERY disgusting. I'm kind of confused as to whether I really liked it or not. :headscratch:

I have the movie, but I haven't gotten around to watching it yet... :sweat:

Gaijinmark,

This is what I wrote about Nezu no Ban on this thread in Dec. '06.

shin2 wrote:Nezu no Ban (A Night without Sleep). This 2006 film takes place in the world of Rakugo. The story is structured around three funerals where family, disciples, and friends reminisce in flashbacks about events which illustrate the character of the deceased. This is a bawdy, scatalogically overwhelming movie. There are dirty jokes, dirty songs, dirty stories, and dirty events all thoughout the movie. The language, if the subtitles are accurate, is very ripe, to say the least. At times it can get to be too much, too forced, but there are enough funny and entertaining scenes that overall I thought it was a pretty good movie. Dorama fans will recognize Kiichi Nakai and Yoshino Kimura among the cast and the film is directed by Masahiko Makino (more familiarly known as Masahiko Tsugawa, a great actor who's appeared in over 100 films and scores of dorama). One thing for sure--if you view this film, you'll never look at a manta ray in the same way again.

Tu_triky wrote:Thanks to shin2, I finally finished Yoji Yamada's Gakko trilogy. I preferred the first installment among the three, with the third film second, and Gakko 2 as my least favorite, relatively speaking. Toshiyuki Nishida shines as usual in his casual, realistic portrayals as the inspirational teacher. The guy is one of a kind. Despite his absence in the third film the performances were quite compelling, especially in the context of the Japanese recession after the bubble economy burst. Solid filmmaking.

shin2, thanks again.

Tu_Triky,

I'm glad you enjoyed the Gakko movies. Yamada actually made four Gakko films, but I haven't been able to find the last one: 15 Sai--Gakko IV.

Nishida is a great actor, able to move easily between comedy and drama. And he's been equally prolific in both dorama series and theatrical movies. For example, he's been in 10 NHK Taiga series, and his Tsuri Baka Nisshi movies are up to something like 20 installments (Yamada btw, scripts this film series).

shin2 wrote: One thing for sure--if you view this film, you'll never look at a manta ray in the same way again.

So desu yo!!![/list:u] And the word "honeypot" takes on a whole new meaning. The best one line review I could come up with is: "This movie would make Richard Pryor blush" [/list:u]

shin2 wrote:

Tu_Triky,

I'm glad you enjoyed the Gakko movies. Yamada actually made four Gakko films, but I haven't been able to find the last one: 15 Sai--Gakko IV.

Yeah I realized that after I posted my msg, but I didn't go back and edit it...

Nishida is a great actor, able to move easily between comedy and drama. And he's been equally prolific in both dorama series and theatrical movies. For example, he's been in 10 NHK Taiga series, and his Tsuri Baka Nisshi movies are up to something like 20 installments (Yamada btw, scripts this film series).

Crazy....the big guy has probably been in more productions than most realize (myself included). They must have some good food on the set cuz you know that guy grubs. :hehe:

I was reading a review of the great Hayao Miyazaki's latest film (Gake no Ue no Ponyo) on the Japan Times website when I was pleasantly surprised to see that Tomoko Yamaguchi is supplying one of the voices.

Now if someone could come up with a live-action script good enough to get her back in front of the camera . . . .

Btw, another favorite actress of mine--Yuki Amami--is also part of the voice cast. And oh yeah, no surprise--the film got a glowing review.

Asian DVD Club has Shaberedomo, Shaberedomo available for download in its complete 7+GB form (movie + extras): http://asiandvdclub.org/details.php?id=17896&dllist=1

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bmwracer wrote:Asian DVD Club has Shaberedomo, Shaberedomo available for download in its complete 7+GB form (movie + extras): http://asiandvdclub.org/details.php?id=17896&dllist=1

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Thanks to shin2, I saw this movie...it was GREAT. Really funny with endearing characters...the child actor who speaks Kansai-ben (Kansai dialect) was one of the best child actors I've ever seen. Highly recommended...

Tu_triky wrote:

Thanks to shin2, I saw this movie...it was GREAT. Really funny with endearing characters...the child actor who speaks Kansai-ben (Kansai dialect) was one of the best child actors I've ever seen. Highly recommended...

I'd love to see this, but a 7 GB BT d/l...too rich for me!

runpup wrote:

I'd love to see this, but a 7 GB BT d/l...too rich for me!

Yeah that is quite large for one file. Lemme see if I can find a smaller file. Unfortunately my DVD recorder doesn't work properly so I can't be of service there.

Runpup, they have the moive over at Fantastic Super Club at 1.37GB...you'll have to ask for a reseed though...ppl aren't too bad about obliging though you may have to be patient since the movie was originally uploaded last year.

http://www.fantasticsuperclub.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=25054&hl=shaberedomo+shaberedomo

Tu_triky wrote:Yeah that is quite large for one file.

It is.

But it's a complete DVD ISO... Untainted and uncompressed for maximum quality. :victory:

Tu_triky wrote:Runpup, they have the moive over at Fantastic Super Club at 1.37GB...you'll have to ask for a reseed though...ppl aren't too bad about obliging though you may have to be patient since the movie was originally uploaded last year.

http://www.fantasticsuperclub.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=25054&hl=shaberedomo+shaberedomo

Thanks so much for your effort...

D/L PROCEEDING!!!!

Ah, word spreads fast. I only started uploading few hours ago :sweat:

Anyways, I will be encoding and uploading a x264 rip of "Shaberedomo", along with 9 other 2007 Jmovies I really liked in a week or so, in a huge batch.

bmwracer wrote:
It is.

But it's a complete DVD ISO... Untainted and uncompressed for maximum quality. :victory:

No arguments, here...My drives are usually near max fill so I would normally opt for a smaller file...unless I really wanted to watch a film and had no other recourse.

runpup wrote:

Thanks so much for your effort...

D/L PROCEEDING!!!!

You're welcome. Well 8th Sin just posted on this topic so you might be able to get your fix if you can't find a reseed at Fantastic Super Club...good luck. Hope you enjoy the film.

8thSin wrote:Ah, word spreads fast. I only started uploading few hours ago :sweat:

I typically check the Asian DVD Club site several times during the course of the day...

I hope someone puts Naoko up in the near future. :victory:

I just saw Utsukushisa to kanashimi to (1965) starring Kaoru Yachigusa (from Shaberedemo and Haikei Chichiue-sama)...a film about love and revenge. Interesting to see how filmmaking was back then. Good movie.

Tu_triky wrote:Kaoru Yachigusa (from Shaberedemo and Haikei Chichiue-sama)

And as Otsu from Inagaki Hiroshi's Miyamoto Musashi with Mifune Toshiro. :victory: