Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

Watched Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_Fiction:_Boom_or_Bust

It's kind of fun, but not that special. I am sure I failed to appreciate a lot of the differences between the two decades.

xploring wrote:Watched Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_Fiction:_Boom_or_Bust

It's kind of fun, but not that special. I am sure I failed to appreciate a lot of the differences between the two decades.

It was fun...I thought it was hilarious. Given the fact that I started to become interested in Japanese popular culture in the 90s...I think I was able to appreciate most of the references to the past made in the film. I really laughed during certain parts.

I watched Kabei ("Our Mother") last night.

A fine, well written, Well directed, well acted film.

But way to freakin' sad for me.

Just to save myself from the mountain of depression that movie brought on, I slapped in Miki Nakatani's Jigyaku no Uta (Happily Ever After) (sans subs) and cheered myself right up.

Geezer wrote:I watched Kabei ("Our Mother") last night.

A fine, well written, Well directed, well acted film.

But way too freakin' sad for me.

It is a very tragic, sad story. The film is excellent though, as we both seem to agree.

Re: Bubble Fiction I liked it a lot as well. I'm normally not a big Ryoko Hirosue fan, but she was great in this, I can't imagine anyone else in that role. :applaud:

gaijinmark wrote:Re: Bubble Fiction I liked it a lot as well. I'm normally not a big Ryoko Hirosue fan, but she was great in this, I can't imagine anyone else in that role. :applaud:

I liked her and Abe very much in their respective roles. It was fun seeing her contend with the different circumstances of the past. I won't say any more so as not to include any spoilers.

Tu_triky wrote:

I liked her and Abe very much in their respective roles. It was fun seeing her contend with the different circumstances of the past. I won't say any more so as not to include any spoilers.

They were both very good. I watched it right after Medaka... I guess I'm used to the pace of watching dramas, the movie characters didn't have time to grow on me. I am a fan of Ryoko-chan, and in this movie, she reminded me of herself around the turn of the century.

xploring wrote:Watched Bubble Fiction: Boom or Bust

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_Fiction:_Boom_or_Bust

It's kind of fun, but not that special. I am sure I failed to appreciate a lot of the differences between the two decades.

Funnily I have just finished DL this (and the Kisarazu's world series :dancing: )
Something to watch for the weekend.

The last movie I watched was All about Lily Chow Chow, which I found quite appalling because its narrative and style (somewhat dogma 95). Not my cup of tea although the two main female teenage characters shone.

EstherM wrote:

Funnily I have just finished DL this (and the Kisarazu's world series :dancing: )
Something to watch for the weekend.

When you watch Bubble Fiction make sure you watch ALL the way to the end. After the credits, they have one of the funnier disclaimers I've seen. :hehe: [/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote: When you watch Bubble Fiction make sure you watch ALL the way to the end. After the credits, they have one of the funnier disclaimers I've seen. :hehe: [/list:u]

Okay :victory:

I recently saw The Glorious Team Batista. It was a odd and often quirky murder mystery. Abe Hiroshi stole the show in my opinion, even though Yuko Takeuchi was arguably the protagonist of the film. It had some funny moments. Not the best murder mystery I've seen but it was a decent film. Again Abe Hiroshi is the one to watch, as is so often the case.

Tu_triky wrote:Abe Hiroshi stole the show in my opinion

Doesn't he always? :victory: :applaud:

bmwracer wrote:
Doesn't he always? :victory: :applaud:

No doubt. He is an exceptional actor.

Tu_triky wrote:No doubt. He is an exceptional actor.

He pretty much makes anything watchable, since he can rise above the mediocrity if need be. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
He pretty much makes anything watchable, since he can rise above the mediocrity if need be. :victory:

Yeah, for sure. Often times when I see him in certain roles I can never imagine someone else pulling off that character. Abe or bust.

I recently saw The Haunted Samurai (2007), a comic jidaigeki film starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, Toshiyuki Nishida, Teruyuki Kagawa, Renji Ishibashi, Yosuke Eguchi, and other notable actors/actresses.

It is worth a few good laughs being lighthearted and far from serious often times.

Here is a short description I found (that doesn't give away too much):

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THE HAUNTED SAMURAI deconstructs the samurai genre and image with a comedic bent, both satirical and silly. Taking a humorously tragic look at the caste system, the film revolves around a samurai who works hard to get ahead, but keeps hitting a wall because of his caste status, not to mention some unfortunate divine intervention.

Ah, I have that to watch. One day....

Anime Dad wrote:Ah, I have that to watch. One day....

That's what all of us say about 80% of our collections....

Tu_triky wrote:I recently saw The Haunted Samurai (2007),
It is worth a few good laughs being lighthearted and far from serious often times.

just rented it :)

will be watching it tonight

Turtles Swim Faster than Expected, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455577/[/list:u] Anybody seen this? Any opinions?