Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

Okuribito wins at the Oscars. I need to check that one when it's out with subs. :)

Anime Dad wrote:If anyone wants to know: the Japanese movie Detroit Metal City is up at one of the LJ communities for download, with English subs :)

Not sure how it compares storywise to the anime or manga :sweat:

I loooove the manga :victory: - I am not yet a member of LJ - do I have just to join?

EstherM wrote:

I loooove the manga :victory: - I am not yet a member of LJ - do I have just to join?

Yes, it's free to register, then you need to join the community.

http://community.livejournal.com/jdramas/profile

xploring wrote:

Yes, it's free to register, then you need to join the community.

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Cool arigatou, will do so tonight :victory:

Recently watched Still Walking . Bittersweet family drama starring a couple crowd favourites here (Natsukawa Yui and Abe Hiroshi). I recommend it, nice little film.

^absolutely! Shades of Kekkon dekinai otoko :victory:

sucigam wrote:Recently watched Still Walking . Bittersweet family drama starring a couple crowd favourites here (Natsukawa Yui and Abe Hiroshi). I recommend it, nice little film.

Ooh.

Two of my fave actors... Gotta hunt this one down... If it has English subs. :sweat:

EDIT: The torrent's available at AsianDVDClub.com.... Downloading NOW. :woot:

^ Yay! My download's almost done.... 7.24GB. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:^ Yay! My download's almost done.... 7.24GB. :sweat:

Sugoi! must be an .iso

I might send you a disc for that too, if that's ok :sweat:

Anime Dad wrote:Sugoi! must be an .iso

I might send you a disc for that too, if that's ok :sweat:

Sure thing. :victory:

Of course, I'll have to run DVDShrink on it to fit it onto a DVD-5 disc. :sweat:

The reason why the .iso is so big is because it includes extras: Making of, Trailers, etc....

bmwracer wrote:
Sure thing. :victory:

Of course, I'll have to run DVDShrink on it to fit it onto a DVD-5 disc. :sweat:

The reason why the .iso is so big is because it includes extras: Making of, Trailers, etc....

Oh yeah.
How about I send you a DVD-9 disc? I think I have one :sweat:

Anime Dad wrote:Oh yeah.
How about I send you a DVD-9 disc? I think I have one :sweat:

If you want.... I've NEVER burned a DVD-9 disc... Wonder if it'll work. :sweat: :sweat: :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
If you want.... I've NEVER burned a DVD-9 disc... Wonder if it'll work. :sweat: :sweat: :sweat:

I have, once, and it worked OK :)

Anime Dad wrote:I have, once, and it worked OK :)

I just took a look at the prices at Supermediastore: they're like a dollar a disc... :sweat:

It'll start getting expensive after several bad burns... :sweat:

Took a quick look at Aruitemo Aruitemo (Still Walking)... Looks good.

Natsukawa Yui and Abe Hiroshi are a great match. :victory: :applaud:

bmwracer wrote:Took a quick look at Aruitemo Aruitemo (Still Walking)... Looks good.

Natsukawa Yui and Abe Hiroshi are a great match. :victory: :applaud:

That's the next film on my list.

Just watched Calmi Couri Apassionati. Yutaka Takenouchi plays an art retorer. The main actress, Kelly Chen, is not good. Lovely but not good. And the English speaking scenes.... :sweat:
Nuf said.....
On the plus side the locations are lovely so it it is visually appealing on all levels. .

Eve wrote:

That's the next film on my list.

Just watched Calmi Couri Apassionati. Yutaka Takenouchi plays an art retorer. The main actress, Kelly Chen, is not good. Lovely but not good. And the English speaking scenes.... :sweat:
Nuf said.....
On the plus side the locations are lovely so it it is visually appealing on all levels. .

Ah, you've already watched it? Cool.

How did the conversion go? Sorry about the dual subs BTW :sweat:

Watched The Handsome Suits...it was great, very funny but also touching...

My primary interest in watching was, of course, seeing Keiko Kitagawa and she did very well indeed (she's getting better at crying and laughing)...

I must say though that the standout performance was by Tanihara Shosuke...I've seen him in at least a half dozen dramas and movies and always thought he was good, but he blew me away in this one...he showed huge versatility in the various aspects of his character...this was a great opportunity for him to show what he can do and he stepped right up and knocked it way out of the park...Excellent!

just watched Kame and Shun's Yuuki... It was really sad... but quite good.

Subs for Okuribito is out

http://community.livejournal.com/jdramas/2711122.html