Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

Just about anything from Kurosawa or Ozu is worth watching. :D

I watched Twilight Samurai a couple days ago and I really wasnt too impressed. It wasn't bad, but there wasn't much to it, IMO. I didn't care for Azumi either, but the subs on my copy were really messed up, so I would like to see it again.

Dang, picking 5 must see movies from Japan is really hard...but here goes:

1. Battle Royale

2. Audition

3.Seven Samurai

4.Ran

5.Ping Pong

...and Ichi the Killer, Go, all other Kurosawa flicks, Wild Zero, Samurai Fiction, Gozu, and Returner. I knew I couldnt list just five.

Skullknight wrote:I watched Twilight Samurai a couple days ago and I really wasnt too impressed. It wasn't bad, but there wasn't much to it, IMO.

*shocked*

hey..can u tell me synopsis of the twilight samurai?
any one can tell synopsis bout this movies..
himitsu
all about lily chou chou
aoi no honou

doramafans wrote:hey..can u tell me synopsis of the twilight samurai?
any one can tell synopsis bout this movies..

aoi no honou

Aoi no Honou is that with Ninomiya Kazunari? Wow..that's a good one. He played a high school student who ploted a murder of his own Stepfather (or is it his father..forgot). Why he did it? because he was so upset of his father constant abuse toward his mother and his sister. If you want to see Nino's acting really good then this is the movie that you should see. I was so much surprised on how he can carry the character very well. It's a suspense-thriller story with unexpected ending.

Co-staring in the movie: Matsuura Aya, Suzuki Ann, Karasawa Toshiaki

akakage arigatou ne for the info
howbout the other movies's synopsis

doramafans wrote:akakage arigatou ne for the info
howbout the other movies's synopsis

I have not seen the rest of the movie just yet..maybe others in this forum can help you out.
Btw, I can also recommend you to see 13 Steps (Takashi Sorimachi) this movie went to Sundance Film Festival too.

doramafans wrote:hey..can u tell me synopsis of the twilight samurai?

:yell:sorta spoilers, but not so much since I try to address the plot minimally:yell:

Think the chambara answer to Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven.

Like The Last Samurai (The Twilight Samurai is a better film, in my opinion), The Twilight Samurai takes place at the exeunt of the samurai class. The Twilight Samurai also conveys the trials and tribulations of Senbei (played by Sanada Hiroyuki -- man, he really worked in 2002, no?), a samurai-turned-clerk at the end of the samurai's illustrious era. You will be awed by each fight scene. I think most of us get up in the morning easier than it takes Senbei to prepare for the fight of his life in this film; but, he handles the situation with a sense of duty that is unmatched (actually, for the record, I am SO a morning person; but, that's neither here nor there, eh?).

Also stars Rie Miyazawa, and a bunch of others (I think I saw at least TWO acteurs from Samurai Fiction). Directed by Yoji Yamada, whose film count reflects the same number that can be found on speed limit signs.

Zatoichi!!!
Watched the movie on sunday afternoon, got bored, needed to watch something. Zatoichi to the rescue! Wow! What a great movie! Kitano ownin the evil doers :hehe: The battle scenes are simple and beautiful, not over-the-board choreography.
We get to see typical Kitano jokes :mrgreen:
I haven't seen any Katsu Shintaro's Zatoichi works. Looks like I'll seek some :)

The tap dance scene is magnificent, the song too! Kinda similar to the Irish national dance. Poor actors and actresses, they must have had their feet swollen after hours of rehealsals and performances.

Zatoichi owns Azumi 6-0! There is no way Azumi's swordwomanship skill can handle the likes of Zatoichi's :hehe:

lol I just watched Battlefield Baseball (Battlefield Stadium). It was such a wacky, random movie. A lot of the parts were so stupid I had to laugh. Not gonna win any awards or anything, but it was entertaining.

Akakage, I want to thank you for recommending Waterboys. I looked it up and found out it was about a boys synchronized swimming team and I was going to pass but then decided to get it anyways. I just watched it and I really enjoyed it, in fact, I havent laughed that hard for a long time. Great movie, I still like Ping Pong better, but Waterboys is funnier. Anymore recomendations? Anything as good as Waterboys and Ping Pong? Doesnt have to be sports related, thats jsut a coincidence, I think.

bmwracer wrote:Just about anything from Kurosawa or Ozu is worth watching. :D

Who are those guys? :crazy:

hmm... just finished battle royale... maybe I'm the last person who watched this?? :beaten:

download it from e-donkey,
the movie is good... I think there are already comments of this movie since it was quite popular and old( for me it's old, 2000?)

hmm... I'm going to be japanese movies' fan now :sweat:
before... I only watch jdorama

zaza_tk87 wrote:hmm... just finished battle royale... maybe I'm the last person who watched this?? :beaten:

Nah, a lot of people here seen it. But I'm sure there are those who haven't.
A very good movie (IMO)

zaza_tk87 wrote:the movie is good...

Wow, I guess you thought so too?!

zaza_tk87 wrote:I think there are already comments of this movie since it was quite popular and old( for me it's old, 2000?)

I THINK we have a thread somwhere.............
(Not sure though :sweat: )

zaza_tk87 wrote:hmm... I'm going to be japanese movies' fan now :sweat:
before... I only watch jdorama

Movies are just as good as the dramas (IMO)

Skullknight wrote:Akakage, I want to thank you for recommending Waterboys. I looked it up and found out it was about a boys synchronized swimming team and I was going to pass but then decided to get it anyways. I just watched it and I really enjoyed it, in fact, I havent laughed that hard for a long time. Great movie, I still like Ping Pong better, but Waterboys is funnier. Anymore recomendations? Anything as good as Waterboys and Ping Pong? Doesnt have to be sports related, thats jsut a coincidence, I think.

No problemo, Skullnight. So, something funny like waterboys? Try "Messenger" (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Ijima Naoko) That one is also funny but perhaps not as hilarious as waterboys and ping pong, but it will keep you entertain, oh, and it's not sports related. "Kikujiro" is also funny, that's one of Kitano Takeshi's work which's non violent at all. If you want tragically funny..go for "Postman Blues" (Tsusumi Shinichi, Ren Ohsugi) Or..if you want funny cop film, try to find "Odoru Daisousasen/Bayside Shakedown" (Oda Yuji, Fukatsu Eri)

ahochaude wrote:
Movies are just as good as the dramas (IMO)

hmm... now I'm gonna buy and download more movies too
thanks Aho, the new mod :hehe:

zaza_tk87 wrote:hmm... now I'm gonna buy and download more movies too

Yeah, you should. If you don't, you're missing out!

zaza_tk87 wrote:thanks Aho, the new mod :hehe:

Anytime!

I still don't feel like a "mod" or anything. Pretty much all the same as it was prior to.

Akakage wrote: "Kikujiro" is also funny, that's one of Kitano Takeshi's work which's non violent at all.

I love this movie, hard to say why. It's a road-trip movie about a little boy in search of his mother he's never seen, and his unorthodox chaperone for the trip is a foul-mouthed, lunkhead of an ex-yakuza played by Takeshi.

It's very funny in parts, but not a laugh-a-minute comedy. It's a melodrama, and a little sappy in parts, but it has some nice touching moments. There is a little violence, but it is always shown indirectly, either as aftereffects or from a great distance (as when Kikujiro fights the trucker), so the movie would be ok for kids. The comedy is typical Takeshi burlesque, delivered in his deadpan style, but it works. And the score by Joe Hisaishi, as always, is great.

I recommend it.

go get PING PONG!!!!!!!! :D

vibius wrote:

I love this movie, hard to say why. It's a road-trip movie about a little boy in search of his mother he's never seen, and his unorthodox chaperone for the trip is a foul-mouthed, lunkhead of an ex-yakuza played by Takeshi.

It's very funny in parts, but not a laugh-a-minute comedy. It's a melodrama, and a little sappy in parts, but it has some nice touching moments. There is a little violence, but it is always shown indirectly, either as aftereffects or from a great distance (as when Kikujiro fights the trucker), so the movie would be ok for kids. The comedy is typical Takeshi burlesque, delivered in his deadpan style, but it works. And the score by Joe Hisaishi, as always, is great.

I recommend it.

I agree. Kikujiro was a great movie and it had some interesting music. Lol, the car scene was pretty funny! :applaud: