Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

shin2 wrote:The character of Tora-san is an iconic figure, as instantly recognizable to Japanese as say, Sherlock Holmes or Tarzan would be to us.

Thanks for the info. I'm interested in cultural icons :)

vibius

The "Tora San" movies sounded interesting to me too so I started looking around.

Netflix doesn't carry them, and Amazon doesn't seem to have heard of them, but DVD Asian [http://www.dvdasian.com/] lists 5 of the movies.

Tora - San's Cherished Mother -- ('69) -- All Regions

Tora -San's Runaway -- ('70) -- All Regions

Tora - San's Shattered Romance -- ('71) -- All Regions.

Tora - San's Love Call -- ('70) -- Region 3

Tora - San's Good Samaritan -- ('71) -- Region 3

They are all very short movies. Ranging from 88 minutes running time, to 115 minutes.

Summer Snow wrote:R u trying to corrupt newbies like me with that pic LOL.

Well, newbie or not, hopefully you're over 18, so it won't corrupt you any more that you already are. ;)

niko2x wrote:Well, newbie or not, hopefully you're over 18, so it won't corrupt you any more that you already are. ;)

Well you gotta start somewhere.... :hehe:

niko2x wrote:Well, newbie or not, hopefully you're over 18, so it won't corrupt you any more that you already are. ;)

:hehe:

Hey!!!!

:angry: :hehe:

Folks,
Looking for some J-films or K-films in the genre of Love Letter or Il Mare, that I can watch with my GF. Any recommendations are welcome.



Thanks,
PCM

The character of Tarzan an iconic figure, thats kinda dating yourself... just a little. :beatyou:

pcmodem wrote:Folks,
Looking for some J-films or K-films in the genre of Love Letter or Il Mare, that I can watch with my GF. Any recommendations are welcome.



Thanks,
PCM

Try "Calmi Cuori Appassionati/Between Calm and Passion" starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Kelly Chen. (hmm I think the japanese title is reisei to jyonetsu no aida)

That is one heck of a J-romantic movie... :mrgreen:

Akakage wrote:

Try "Calmi Cuori Appassionati/Between Calm and Passion" starring Yutaka Takenouchi and Kelly Chen. (hmm I think the japanese title is reisei to jyonetsu no aida)

That is one heck of a J-romantic movie... :mrgreen:

Yeah, I know about that one... but I've only seen it for Region 3 and Region 2, haven't seen an All Regions DVD yet, or a Region 1 (USA). And I don't want a VCD.

Also, does Kelly Chen ever do anything else besides stand around in movies and pout and look beautiful?
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:

Yeah, I know about that one... but I've only seen it for Region 3 and Region 2, haven't seen an All Regions DVD yet, or a Region 1 (USA). And I don't want a VCD.

Also, does Kelly Chen ever do anything else besides stand around in movies and pout and look beautiful?
-PCM

Nah..she usually does that.. :hehe: like zhang zi yi pout..and pose..but Kelly is prettier than her.

Yeah... that's why I like Miriam Yeung and Sammi Cheng more than Kelly Chen as actresses. Plus, Miriam is really darn funny.

Has Miriam made a movie that was set in Japan? Sammi made Love On A Diet in Japan.

Hrm, Kelly's acted with Takenouchi Yutaka and also Kaneshiro Takeshi. Who do you think is next?
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:Yeah... that's why I like Miriam Yeung and Sammi Cheng more than Kelly Chen as actresses. Plus, Miriam is really darn funny.

Has Miriam made a movie that was set in Japan? Sammi made Love On A Diet in Japan.

Hrm, Kelly's acted with Takenouchi Yutaka and also Kaneshiro Takeshi. Who do you think is next?
-PCM

Yeah..I like Miriam and Sammi as well..they are darn funny.
Miriam has made a movie set in Japan called Anna in Kung Fu Land. She played the daughter of a Japanese Martial art expert, played by Yasuaki Kurata..darn funny movie.

Kelly..hmm..dunno who else...so far she got lucky with those two gorgeous guys..

pcmodem wrote:

Yeah, I know about that one... but I've only seen it for Region 3 and Region 2, haven't seen an All Regions DVD yet, or a Region 1 (USA). And I don't want a VCD.

Also, does Kelly Chen ever do anything else besides stand around in movies and pout and look beautiful?
-PCM

Kelly Chen also is a singer. I usually see her in a concert and saw a couple of her PVs

Akakage wrote:

Yeah..I like Miriam and Sammi as well..they are darn funny.
Miriam has made a movie set in Japan called Anna in Kung Fu Land. She played the daughter of a Japanese Martial art expert, played by Yasuaki Kurata..darn funny movie.

Kelly..hmm..dunno who else...so far she got lucky with those two gorgeous guys..

Ooops, that's right. :doh: I actually own a copy of Anna In Kung Fu Land, where Miriam co-stars with Ekin Cheng.
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:


Ooops, that's right. :doh: I actually own a copy of Anna In Kung Fu Land, where Miriam co-stars with Ekin Cheng.
-PCM

Go watch it! as usual, it's funny.. :hehe: but I still like Love undercover ..

Akakage wrote:

Go watch it! as usual, it's funny.. :hehe: but I still like Love undercover ..

Hey, we're supposed to be mentioning Japanese entertainment. So I'll mention that I saw Zatoichi in the theater's recently, it was entertaining and sad and funny, like the classic Katsu Shintaro series.

Yeah, Love Undercover is awesome and it also feature's a local, Daniel Wu, who my buddy L. lusts after -- she is crazy about him. The scene with Miriam and the bottle of ketchup had me laughing so much I nearly fell off the couch. Though my favorite Miriam film is My Lucky Star with Tony Leung.
-PCM

I just wanted to mention that I think the segment "Samurai Cellular" from the 4-part movie "Tales of the Unusual" is one of the funniest things I've seen. The other segments were ok, but I'm not really a horror buff.

Samurai Cellular is funny on its own, but if you know about the Chushingura incident that it lampoons, it's double the funny.

It stars Nakai Kiichi, who was also in the drama Uso Koi, and Mibu Gishi Den. He's a very funny guy with great comedic facial expressions.

vibius wrote:It stars Nakai Kiichi, who was also in the drama Uso Koi, and Mibu Gishi Den. He's a very funny guy with great comedic facial expressions.

Wow, I wouldn't mind checking that out... He's the same guy who plays the serious, semi-evil Yagyu Munenori in Musashi... Like Abe Hiroshi, he must be very versatile... :D :applaud:

pcmodem wrote:
Hey, we're supposed to be mentioning Japanese entertainment. So I'll mention that I saw Zatoichi in the theater's recently, it was entertaining and sad and funny, like the classic Katsu Shintaro series.

Yeah, Love Undercover is awesome and it also feature's a local, Daniel Wu, who my buddy L. . . . -PCM

Woah, you know Daniel Wu, pcmodem? That guy's up-and-coming. His English is as flawless as a Watabe Atsuro's. Wu might be able to do what was expected of Chow Yun Fat and Jet Li (not that "the Hollywood way" is the best one).

BMW

I'm getting to the point where I'll take a chance on anything Nakai Kiichi's in.

He was such a great bad guy in Musashi I wasn't sure if I wanted to see him in anything else. He made me dislike him.

Then I saw him take on one of the most complex, sympathetic characters I've ever seen in "When the Last Sword is Drawn".

And followed that up with his comic performance as the lead in "Uso Koi".

The guy really is something.