Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

Hihi...

Waterboys is funny lol!

another Kurosawa movie... Rashomon but i didn't like that one

i'm looking for some movie recommendations on romantic comedy themed japanese movies. anyone care to contribute? thanks ;)
I dont think i've seen any japanese romantic comedy movies so i want to try it out...

i like movies where the girls dont get the guys, and where the theme mostly relies on brotherly love and the guys always look out for each other and always stick 2gether . I LOVE BROTHERLY LOVE :love_eyes: (especially amongst sexy men). i hate stupid girls, :nut: :muack: they ruin almost every film i see . and i hate love stories. :evil:
any films in mind???

arnel98 wrote:i'm looking for some movie recommendations on romantic comedy themed japanese movies. anyone care to contribute? thanks ;)
I dont think i've seen any japanese romantic comedy movies so i want to try it out...

All can think of is Shall We Dance? (not the US one) now. Can't remember the others.

Pemu wrote: All can think of is Shall We Dance? (not the US one) now. Can't remember the others.

I was thinking of that one too. :)

I think that the best movies are:
Ringu - 1,2,0
Rasen and Dark Water. And also GTO, Beach Boys etc.

Pemu wrote: All can think of is Shall We Dance? (not the US one) now. Can't remember the others.

hmm, sounds familiar, just cant remember if i watched tha ton ealready. thanks...
i'll see if i havent watched it yet ^_^

arnel98 wrote:
hmm, sounds familiar, just cant remember if i watched tha ton ealready. thanks...
i'll see if i havent watched it yet ^_^

It stars Yakusho Koji as a man bored with his life until he discovers ballroom dancing... :)

There was a wonderful wave of Japanese movies during the 80's and 90's.

Some of my favorite movies and their directors:

Masayuki Suo:
"Shall we Dansu"

Juzo Itami:
"The Funeral"
Tampopo"
"Taxing Woman"

Shohei Imamura:
"The Eel"
"Dr. Akagi"
"Warm Water Under A Red Bridge"

ShunJi Iwai:
"Love Letter"
"Undo"
"April Story"
"Swallowtail Butterfly"
"Lily Chu"
"Picnic"

The films I've listed here aren't action movies. There's not much slap stick, and not a lot of soft core passing istelf off as art.

For the most part they're just well made films, about people, and their lives at the end of the 20th century.

I think this is the good stuff.

There are lots and lots of others. But these are the directors who seem to deliver film after film.

bmwracer wrote:
It stars Yakusho Koji as a man bored with his life until he discovers ballroom dancing... :)

ahh, now i remember. hehehe
yeah, i think i watched that one already - like 5 yrs ago... :)

I just saw "2LDK" and it was a blast.

For anyone with a taste for black comedies this thing will have you on the edge of your seat.

Take two stressed out young actresses who already dislike one another, have them audition for the same part, let them know that this is pretty much make it or break it time for their careers, and then send them home to the luxury condo they share to wait for the director's phone call in the morning.

The fight scene between these two young ingenues (which takes up about 40 minutes of this 70 minute movie) is probably the most memorable movie fight scene since the John Wayne vs. Victor McLaglen brawl in "The Quiet Man."

This is a violent, funny movie.

Geezer wrote:The fight scene between these two young ingenues (which takes up about 40 minutes of this 70 minute movie) is probably the most memorable movie fight scene since the John Wayne vs. Victor McLaglen brawl in "The Quiet Man."

Anyone besides myself and Geezer who knows of the Quiet Man please stand on their head... :)

40 minutes??? Yow. Heavy duty.



Is hot oil or jello or any other slimy liquid involved in the fight scene??

Just curious. :hehe:

BMW

The 40 minute fight scene in 2LDK goes by so fast there's no time to blink.

What's involved? Everything found around the home that you might think could be used as a weapon is used.

I started making a list, but I realized that it would come out like a spoiler, and I don't want to ruin it for anyone.

But yes, both girls spend time getting very wet. (Also very bloody.) This ain't your run of the mill, made for American TV, movie cat fight.

Now, as to the thought that anyone in the world doesn't know about the fight scene in "The Quiet Man"...

eh. Maybe you're right.

EVERYONE! GO OUT AND RENT "THE QUIET MAN"!

There. That should take care of it.

Hi Geezer and bmw...

All you can remember is the fight scene?????

What about the sexiest kiss on film between JW and Maureen O'
in the barn??? ;)

Not really a JW fan but that was once of his best performances.

Dear ol Victor was game for any fight wasn't he.

Peg

brad2 wrote:What about the sexiest kiss on film between JW and Maureen O' in the barn??? ;)

I barely remember that. :sweat:

I do remember Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman's really long kissing scene in Hitchcock's Notorious... :)

Peg,

I didn't say the fight scene was all I could remember. Just that these were two great fight scenes.

Re: Victor ready for a fight... I guess you could say that. He was, after all, the Heavy Weight Champ of Ireland and was a legit contender for the World Heavy Weight Championship before he became an actor.

On the I SHOULD'A KNOWN front:

Because I was so impressed with "2LDK" I went in search of some other movies or shows directed by Tsutumi, and wouldn't you know it? He not only directed the "Keizoku" Theatrical release "Beautiful Dreamer", but he also directed "Trick".

I think I'm gonna have to add this guys name to my list of all time favorite directors.

Radio no Jikan (Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald) is a comedy I would recommend. It was written and directed by Koki Mitani who has written a number of dorama, including the current Shinsengumi !. The film is in the style of 1930's screwball comedies with witty dialog and increasingly preposterous dilemmas that characters either created or have to overcome.

Yukihiko Tsutsumi's 2LDK played alongside Ryuhei Kitamura's (yes, THAT "Ryuhei Kitamura" of Versus and of Godzilla: Final Wars fame) Aragami, (http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0362417/, http://www.asianfilms.org/japan/aragami.html) which is about SPOILER AHEAD two samurai (played by Takao Osawa and Masaya Kato) in a duel to the death. One of the samurai turns out to be tengu, or something like that.

Both directors agreed to create both films as part of their "Duel" project; the more popular "duel to the death" film would have the losing director bolo their hair or something like that.

I think Tsutsumi won.

shin2 wrote:Radio no Jikan (Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald) is a comedy I would recommend. It was written and directed by Koki Mitani who has written a number of dorama, including the current Shinsengumi !. The film is in the style of 1930's screwball comedies with witty dialog and increasingly preposterous dilemmas that characters either created or have to overcome.

Ah, yes. Ya'll's should also see Koki Mitani's All About Our House. Really nice, comforting, comedy-drama that a lot of other filmmakers seem to have forgotten how to make.

Sorry, bathtub gets involved, but not in any real fanservice kind of way. It's still a pretty amusing film. Some of the weapons are oddly convenient, but you don't gripe about it and just accept and go along for the ride. I liked both Duel project films, but I think 2LDK edged out Aragami.

just watched love letter and azumi last night

damn

bijoumaru is hot :mrgreen: :beaten: