Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

bmwracer wrote:Wow, sounds like pretty heavy drama.

Of course, Rie-chan is always watchable, though. ;)

i won't disagree about rie miyazawa! but she excels at those parts! bias notwithstanding, she's proven to be one of japan's best dramatic actresses....in any event i'm eager to watch it when it comes out next month.

i just downloaded another of her movies, where she plays a librarian in Hiroshima after the a-bomb was dropped....it's called

CHICHI TO KURASEBA
aka "The Face of Jizo" (Japan, 2004)

SYNOPSIS:
Hiroshima, August 6, 1945: the atomic bomb transformed mankindfs fate. Three years later, Mitsue lives modestly working in a library, strugglingwith the burden of having survived. One day a young man appears, and a romance begins to blossom. Her emotions heave, but Mitsue states gI have no right to be happy.h As she tries to smoother her own love, her deceased father appears. Based on a play by author Inoue Hisashi, who hails from Kawanishi in Yamagata Prefecture.

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by the way did you view that copy of tokyo elevator girls?

Tu_triky wrote:by the way did you view that copy of tokyo elevator girls?

ahem, i'm listening.... :mrgreen:

Tu_triky wrote:by the way did you view that copy of tokyo elevator girls?

Yep, I got episode 1.

Now I've gotta merge it with the other ten episodes... ;)

bmwracer wrote:
Yep, I got episode 1.

Now I've gotta merge it with the other ten episodes... ;)

right on, just makin' sure it trickled down to your neck of the woods....

Tu_triky wrote:right on, just makin' sure it trickled down to your neck of the woods....

By way of Florida and NorCal. ;)

Tu_triky wrote:Anybody seen that new movie starring Rie Miyazawa and Issey Ogata, entitled Tony Takitani? I believe it's aired in Japan as well as some other European nations...I can't wait to see it...it's not airing in the U.S. until late July, early August depending what city you live in. it's played at several int'l film festivals already including Sundance, to good reviews i might add.

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from the official website, www.tonytakitani.com:

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Tony Takitani had a solitary childhood. Being alone was normal since his mother died young and his father was always away with his jazz band. At school he studied art, but while his sketches are accurate and detailed they lack feeling. Used to being self-sufficient, Tony seems to find emotions illogical and immature.




After finding his true vocation as a technical illustrator, he becomes fascinated by Eiko, a client who in turn is fascinated by high end fashion. Eventually he marries her, and his life changes. He feels vibrantly alive and for the first time he understands and fears loneliness. But her obsession with designer clothes begins to worry him. When he asks her to
economize, the consequences are tragic.


Alone again, Tony sits in his wife's closet gazing at her treasured couture pieces, the whispering ghosts of her soul. Finally, Tony places an ad in the paper searching for a woman who is a perfect Size 7.

Based on a story by Murakami Haruki... means it must rock :P

I just wish they'd film a few of his other stories... like Norwegian Wood, or Soutn fo the border, west of the sun...

bmwracer wrote:
By way of Florida and NorCal. ;)

yeah i knew the florida part.....just a tad bit circumspect for those of us not imbued with wonder gackt twin powers.

l.a. to florida to the yay area and back to the south bay.

Toranaga wrote:

Based on a story by Murakami Haruki... means it must rock :P

well i must say i AM looking forward to it....it will be a nice departure from the stereotypical summer film releases which tend to be devoid of substance or significance.

desho?

Tu_triky wrote:yeah i knew the florida part.....just a tad bit circumspect for those of us not imbued with wonder gackt twin powers.

Aggghh. That name..... *reaches for cross and garlic necklace*

l.a. to florida to the yay area and back to the south bay.

AKA "the scenic route." :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
AKA "the scenic route." :hehe:

yeah seriously....


garlic...u crack me up....

Tu_triky wrote:garlic...u crack me up....

Well, that whackjob does think he's descended from vampires...

Must be toxic poisoning from excessive makeup usage.

bmwracer wrote:
Well, that whackjob does think he's descended from vampires...

Must be toxic poisoning from excessive makeup usage.

i told u the fool is vampiric...he was supposed to play the vampire lestat instead of tom cruise in "interview with a vampire" but he didn't have enough blood to make the trip out 2 the united states....plus the only flights available were on alitalia airline or korean air and they put too much garlic in the airline food...basically gackt could not hack, the garlic attack

Tu_triky wrote:plus the only flights available were on alitalia airline or korean air and they put too much garlic in the airline food...basically gackt could not hack, the garlic attack

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... :hehe:

:hehe: thank you :bow: i think i will cease the humorous limericks on that high note.

:bonk:

I watched only a few japanese movies: Samurai Seven, Ran, Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring, Cutey Honey Live action movie, Ringu 1,2,0, etc.

well just saw another japanese movie

Sky High

the female villain is SOOO HOT .... she is nothing but sizzling HOT :bonk:

Kanae Uotani - is she a dorama artist also by any chance!

some of her for those who dont know her

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how about 'onibaba' with yoshimura jitsuko?

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not a good pic but she was stunning.

shot in black & white this film is very atmospheric and the scene where the samurai appears wearing the hannya mask is superb!

recommended.