Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

eightysix wrote:Hm, I gotta pick this one up then. I read a review about it and seems like it's a classic.

I think the critics in the States think it's a classic, like Tampopo... :)

Shall we dance is absolutely a classic (IMO).

And I think most of the critics and "experts" are already blowing taps for the Richard Gere, J-Lo version.

Geezer wrote:And I think most of the critics and "experts" are already blowing taps for the Richard Gere, J-Lo version.

Good to know. :applaud:

When I saw the trailer in the theater, most of the people groaned. :bleh:

eightysix wrote:Has anyone seen the movie Shall We Dance? I caught the last part of it on a movie channel. It looked like a good movie.

As several people have already said, this is a great movie. It won all the major Japanese movie awards when it came out. The director, Masayuki Suo, made another movie a few years earlier entitled Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (Shiko Funjatta). This is also a very entertaining movie. It's about the efforts of a small group of "misfits" to try and keep a collegiate sumo club going despite the overwhelming odds. Naoto Takenaka, who had a memorable role in Shall We Dance? (he played the guy with the dual personality) has an equally memorable role in this movie. In fact, there are several actors who appear in both movies. It's a funny, heartwarming movie, just like Shall We Dance?

Just because it's kind of related:

Koji Yakusho was the star of "Shall we dansu?"

He was also the "Man in the White Suit" in Tampopo.

And in '97 (?) he followed up Dansu with the staring role in "The Eel" (Unagi)... which I thought was freakin' brilliant.

And just because we were talking about the movie on another thread... He's in "Memoirs of a Geisha" which is slated to come out next year.

Man, has this guy had a career!

Hi all,

I will vote for "Good Luck" as this is really a great drama which recently shown on TV in Hong Kong.

What I am deeply impressed is Mr. Tsutsumi Shinichi's great performance. Also, the theme for the story is also fresh to Hong Kong fans.

Akina

tsutsumi wrote:Hi all,

I will vote for "Good Luck" as this is really a great drama which recently shown on TV in Hong Kong.

What I am deeply impressed is Mr. Tsutsumi Shinichi's great performance. Also, the theme for the story is also fresh to Hong Kong fans.

Akina

Uh, sorry, but this thread is about Japanese movies, not TV dramas... Gomen.

Geezer wrote:Just because it's kind of related:

Koji Yakusho was the star of "Shall we dansu?"

He was also the "Man in the White Suit" in Tampopo.

And in '97 (?) he followed up Dansu with the staring role in "The Eel" (Unagi)... which I thought was freakin' brilliant.

And just because we were talking about the movie on another thread... He's in "Memoirs of a Geisha" which is slated to come out next year.

Man, has this guy had a career!

Additional note: He also played Miyamoto Musashi in a jdorama in '79-'80 (?).... :applaud:

just watch last night last night the trailer of the movie i think it's title was 2054

starring:
KimuTaku
Faye Wong
Sammy Cheung

i was :shocked: in theater and said this is a freaking all start cast movie and looks really good :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:Additional note: He also played Miyamoto Musashi in a jdorama in '79-'80 (?).... :applaud:

Correction: it was '84-'85... Here's the link: http://www.pymmik.com/miyamoto-musashi.html :D

zchendevlemh wrote:just watch last night last night the trailer of the movie i think it's title was 2054

starring:
KimuTaku
Faye Wong
Sammy Cheung

i was :shocked: in theater and said this is a freaking all start cast movie and looks really good :hehe:

Actually the title is: "2046"

Movie database trivia about the movie:

Originally conceived as a story of a hit man in Bangkok. The hit man was to be played by Japanese superstar Takuya Kimura.


Production was shut down during the SARS epidemic in March 2003.


The print for Cannes arrived three hours before the delayed premier, escorted by police. It is the first film in Cannes' history to arrive so late that re-schedulings were necessary.


The title of the film refers to the last year before the 50-year period the Chinese Government promised to let Hong Kong remain as it is. Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997.


In one of the original versions, Tony Leung was to play a futuristic postman.


The director declined the invitation to screen the film in the New York Film Festival.


Was supposed to be the closing film of the Edinburgh Film Festival.

Geezer wrote:

Actually the title is: "2046"

Movie database trivia about the movie:

Originally conceived as a story of a hit man in Bangkok. The hit man was to be played by Japanese superstar Takuya Kimura.


Production was shut down during the SARS epidemic in March 2003.


The print for Cannes arrived three hours before the delayed premier, escorted by police. It is the first film in Cannes' history to arrive so late that re-schedulings were necessary.


The title of the film refers to the last year before the 50-year period the Chinese Government promised to let Hong Kong remain as it is. Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997.


In one of the original versions, Tony Leung was to play a futuristic postman.


The director declined the invitation to screen the film in the New York Film Festival.


Was supposed to be the closing film of the Edinburgh Film Festival.

Wow...sounds like a good film. Thanks for the info. I like Tony Leung. Also it's a Wong Kar Wai film.

Here's the official site BTW...:

http://www.wkw2046.com/

Also...(correction from first post)...starring Maggie Cheung (not Sammi Cheung).

Looked at the website... it's an all-star cast.

zchendevlemh wrote:just watch last night last night the trailer of the movie i think it's title was 2054

starring:
...
Sammy Cheung

I don't see Sammi Cheung in the credits. Are you confusing Sammi Cheng with Maggie Cheung?
-PCM

pcmodem wrote:Looked at the website... it's an all-star cast.




I don't see Sammi Cheung in the credits. Are you confusing Sammi Cheng with Maggie Cheung?
-PCM

I think she is.

Geezer wrote:

Actually the title is: "2046"

Movie database trivia about the movie:

Originally conceived as a story of a hit man in Bangkok. The hit man was to be played by Japanese superstar Takuya Kimura.


Production was shut down during the SARS epidemic in March 2003.


The print for Cannes arrived three hours before the delayed premier, escorted by police. It is the first film in Cannes' history to arrive so late that re-schedulings were necessary.


The title of the film refers to the last year before the 50-year period the Chinese Government promised to let Hong Kong remain as it is. Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997.


In one of the original versions, Tony Leung was to play a futuristic postman.


The director declined the invitation to screen the film in the New York Film Festival.


Was supposed to be the closing film of the Edinburgh Film Festival.

gomen :(
i got a fuss that i got the title all mixed up :hehe:

gregsan wrote:

I think she is.

Does the DVD already release????

QQ wrote:

Does the DVD already release????

Uh...I don't think it's even made the theatres yet...



EDIT: then again I may be wrong. Seems there have been some DVDs released (pirated?). Here's a link to details about certain DVDs:

http://www.monkeypeaches.com/041014A.html

Also, Yesasia has it on pre-order for 12/24/2004:

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1003829424/did-0/code-c/section-videos/

anyone watched 'Nobody Knows' already.. is it good?.. it seems interesting.. a strory of four childrean left by their mother (thats what i read).. and the main actor (he's 14) won best actor award at cannes festival..

gregsan wrote:

Uh...I don't think it's even made the theatres yet...



EDIT: then again I may be wrong. Seems there have been some DVDs released (pirated?). Here's a link to details about certain DVDs:

http://www.monkeypeaches.com/041014A.html

Also, Yesasia has it on pre-order for 12/24/2004:

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1003829424/did-0/code-c/section-videos/

Supposedly the final cut isn't even complete yet, but there are pirated copies out already, dubbed in Mandarin. The final cut is supposed to be in Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese.

The twilight samurai-- hiroyuki sanada wonderful!!!

and the best japanese movie i've ever seen is grave of the fireflies-anime. :bow:

i wish i could see 2046.. I heard kimura's part was small.. and that website is soo spooky..