Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

gaijinmark wrote:Way to go Manami, Best Actress!!! :woot:

Omedeto, Manami-chan...! :applaud:

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DVDBeaver review of Tora-San - Collector's Set 1: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews48/tora-san_collectors_set_1.htm

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Wow Manami won! I may need to check that movie out! :)

WD wrote:Wow! I may need to check that movie out! :)

Same here. :)

EDIT: Here's the trailer: http://www.nipponcinema.com/trailers/nonchan-noriben-trailer/

bmwracer wrote:
Omedeto, Manami-chan...! :applaud:

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Anybody know if this Nonchan Noriben film has been subbed or shown anywhere...doubt it's been subbed though . Know that I think of it the film just came out in Sept.

Tu_triky wrote:Anybody know if this Nonchan Noriben film has been subbed or shown anywhere...doubt it's been subbed though . Know that I think of it the film just came out in Sept.

Yeah, I started searching around for it last night... It's pretty recent.

Maybe when the DVD shows up it'll be subbed. :fingerscrossed:

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, I started searching around for it last night... It's pretty recent.

Maybe when the DVD shows up it'll be subbed. :fingerscrossed:

I'm sure it'll happen. The only other possibility would be if it airs at a local theater subbed but chances are pretty slim...the only Japanese films that hit our local indie or art house theaters are ones that have garnered a lot of critical acclaim, like Okuribito <Departures> which one the Foreign Language Film Academy Award.

Tu_triky wrote:I'm sure it'll happen. The only other possibility would be if it airs at a local theater subbed but chances are pretty slim...the only Japanese films that hit our local indie or art house theaters are ones that have garnered a lot of critical acclaim, like Okuribito <Departures> which one the Foreign Language Film Academy Award.

Or maybe the theaters in Little Tokyo. :)

bmwracer wrote:
Or maybe the theaters in Little Tokyo. :)

Yup. There used to be a theater called the Imaginasian Center on the outskirts of Little Tokyo on Main Street but it closed down. :shamefulcry: They used to occasionally show Japanese films there as well as hold an annual Japanese film festival. But yeah there are other venues for films in Little Tokyo.

Tu_triky wrote:Yup. There used to be a theater called the Imaginasian Center on the outskirts of Little Tokyo on Main Street but it closed down. :shamefulcry: They used to occasionally show Japanese films there as well as hold an annual Japanese film festival. But yeah there are other venues for films in Little Tokyo.

I'm seriously dating myself, but I remember catching movies at the Hokusai theater in the Crenshaw district ages ago...

bmwracer wrote:
I'm seriously dating myself, but I remember catching movies at the Hokusai theater in the Crenshaw district ages ago...

Whaaaaat? There used to be a Japanese theater off Crenshaw? :shocked: Wow, I'm not a young cat but that history is news to me. The demographics in Los Angeles have really changed over the last couple of decades, huh?

Thanks for sharing that tidbit.

Tu_triky wrote:Whaaaaat? There used to be a Japanese theater off Crenshaw? :shocked: Wow, I'm not a young cat but that history is news to me. The demographics in Los Angeles have really changed over the last couple of decades, huh?

Thanks for sharing that tidbit.

Ack, it's Kokusai. :banghead:

3020 Crenshaw Ave... It's a church now. :(

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bmwracer wrote:
Ack, it's Kokusai. :banghead:

No worries! :)

3020 Crenshaw Ave... It's a church now. :(

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Wow, man. I never knew such an establishment once held court in that neighborhood.

The times they are a changin' - Bob Dylan

Tu_triky wrote:Wow, man. I never knew such an establishment once held court in that neighborhood.

Yup.

A lot of Japanese folks lived there in the day... And not surprisingly, a lot of Japanese in the high school I went to. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Yup.

A lot of Japanese folks lived there in the day... And not surprisingly, a lot of Japanese in the high school I went to. :victory:

Wow, man. Thanks for sharing that. Like I said there has been quite a shift with regard to demographics in L.A. I for one know that Boyle Heights which is in East L.A., used to have a large Jewish community. Shocking when you consider how much things have changed, I guess. In fact one of L.A.'s most famous delicatessens, Canter's Deli, used to be located in Boyle Heights before it moved to the Fairfax District.

Tu_triky wrote:Wow, man. Thanks for sharing that. Like I said there has been quite a shift with regard to demographics in L.A. I for one know that Boyle Heights which is in East L.A., used to have a large Jewish community. Shocking when you consider how much things have changed, I guess. In fact one of L.A.'s most famous delicatessens, Canter's Deli, used to be located in Boyle Heights before it moved to the Fairfax District.

Speaking of East L.A., isn't there a Japanese restaurant there that's been around for ages?

I think the Times wrote them up a few years back.

bmwracer wrote:
Speaking of East L.A., isn't there a Japanese restaurant there that's been around for ages?

I think the Times wrote them up a few years back.

Really? You'll have to clue me in...b/c I've never heard of it! :sweat: Interesting tho'.

Tu_triky wrote:Really? You'll have to clue me in...b/c I've never heard of it! :sweat: Interesting tho'.

Whoops, my mistake: Boyle Heights... Otomisan.

http://www.calendarlive.com/dining/81345,0,6289273.venue

bmwracer wrote:
Whoops, my mistake: Boyle Heights... Otomisan.

http://www.calendarlive.com/dining/81345,0,6289273.venue

Wow man that's a trip! I'd go check it out just for the exceptional fact that it exists there. Thanks for the article.

Tu_triky wrote:Wow man that's a trip! I'd go check it out just for the exceptional fact that it exists there.

Yeah, I wonder if they have t-shirts there: "I've been to Otomisan in Boyle Heights." :mrgreen: