Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

Rysuke wrote:

Well I can give u my views on taiyou No Uta nad Kagen No Tsuki. Taiyou No uta is good but not that great because the story is not that touching but the plus side of this show would be the songs cause they are beautifully written. As for kagen no tsuki, I would recommend it because its quite a sad love story and the pace of the movie is not that slow.

arigato..
i'll watch both then..
if i have enough time :p

Just finished watching Daiyukai: Rainbow Kids, a 1991 movie written and directed by the late Kihachi Okamoto. He is known in the West primarily for his jidaigeki movies (Samurai Assassin, Sword of Doom, Kill, Red Lion, Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo), but Rainbow Kids is set in contemporary times, and was one of the last movies he made. It's a comedy about a trio of young petty criminals who decide to kidnap an 82-year old, extremely wealthy woman and hold her for ransom. The first 15 minutes or so of the movie is so pedestrian I thought I might have made a mistake in buying it, but once the kidnapping occurs the pace and level of entertainment pick up considerably. A number of institutions are skewered, from the mass media to the government to the concept of saving face. Some of the ironic twists which occur are predictable, but there is at least one which is a total surprise. The star is undoubtedly Yae Kitabayashi, who plays the old woman: she is much more than the seemingly naive, harmless obaa-chan the kidnappers think she is. Not a great movie, but I found it amusing and entertaining.

.kasumi. wrote:
Anyways, who here has watched Death Note yet?

I've watched the Movie!
I liked it very much (although it was very much manga related)...
The bad thing is that this is only the first part... so just when the movie got really exciting it was over -.-


I also enjoyed LoveCon very much! Well, it mainly adresses to young viewers but well just my style^^ i can't remember that i laught so much during a movie before! Furthermore I like the aspect that everything is so colourful :)

can someone please upload the soft subs for the movie Shinobi? The English subs that is.. can't find it anywhere :crazy:

Finally got my DVD copy of Koki Mitani's latest movie, Uchouten Hotel. First of all, it's got one of these "all-star" type casts which is usually only seen in a Taiga drama or a celebrity telethon: Koji Yakusho, Takako Matsu, Ryoko Shinohara, Masahiko Tsugawa, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shingo Katori, Keiko Toda, Joe Odagiri, Koichi Sato, Katsuhisa Namase, Toshiaki Karasawa, Mieko Harada, Kumiko Aso, Shiro Ito. Plus there's a raftful of other veteran character actors whose names may not be familiar but whose faces certainly are. Next, there must be at least eight or nine different storylines; these threads alternately converge and then diverge throughout the movie. The entire movie takes place on New Year's Eve at a mega-star hotel. Characters include employees, guests, performers, the press, intruders, and, oh, yeah, a ventriloquist's dummy which just happens to be a live duck. At times the pace is frenetic as the movie tries to keep up with so many things happening; at other times, it slows down for some soul-baring introspection. At the end though, as written and directed by Mitani, it is typical Mitani: witty, hilarious, satirical, and observant. It's not his best work, but it's very good.

shin2 wrote:Finally got my DVD copy of Koki Mitani's latest movie, Uchouten Hotel. First of all, it's got one of these "all-star" type casts which is usually only seen in a Taiga drama or a celebrity telethon: Koji Yakusho, Takako Matsu, Ryoko Shinohara, Masahiko Tsugawa, Toshiyuki Nishida, Shingo Katori, Keiko Toda, Joe Odagiri, Koichi Sato, Katsuhisa Namase, Toshiaki Karasawa, Mieko Harada, Kumiko Aso, Shiro Ito. Plus there's a raftful of other veteran character actors whose names may not be familiar but whose faces certainly are. Next, there must be at least eight or nine different storylines; these threads alternately converge and then diverge throughout the movie. The entire movie takes place on New Year's Eve at a mega-star hotel. Characters include employees, guests, performers, the press, intruders, and, oh, yeah, a ventriloquist's dummy which just happens to be a live duck. At times the pace is frenetic as the movie tries to keep up with so many things happening; at other times, it slows down for some soul-baring introspection. At the end though, as written and directed by Mitani, it is typical Mitani: witty, hilarious, satirical, and observant. It's not his best work, but it's very good.

i JUST finished watching this and i couldn't agree more - quite an enjoyable piece - shinohara ryoko and matsu takako were just so fun :)

suave_yamapi wrote:can someone please upload the soft subs for the movie Shinobi? The English subs that is.. can't find it anywhere :crazy:

Uh, wrong thread to make that request, ne? :headscratch:

Backdancers!

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These are the main girls in the movie.

Not up yet on Yesasia.
Will make further comments on the movie when I buy it and watch it.


right thread????
didn't see one where you can just talk about japanese movies instead of making recommendations :sweat:

One Missed Call! :D :victory:
...Or...
Silent Hill : THe Movie :dancing:

K.T.Tran wrote:right thread????
didn't see one where you can just talk about japanese movies instead of making recommendations :sweat:

Ehhhh? :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
Ehhhh? :headscratch:

did i make any sense?

K.T.Tran wrote:did i make any sense?

I didn't know what you were referring to... :sweat:

K.T.Tran wrote:Backdancers!

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These are the main girls in the movie.

ah...new movie eh?
like "friends" that had Ai Otsuka? same kind of story in a way? :headscratch:

Not up yet on Yesasia.
Will make further comments on the movie when I buy it and watch it.


right thread????
didn't see one where you can just talk about japanese movies instead of making recommendations :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Uh, wrong thread to make that request, ne? :headscratch:

really? :doh: Which thread is the right thread then? I only found music request threads... or did I miss a new thread or something? :headscratch:
but sorry!! :bow: won't happen again :victory:

edit: uwaaaa I found the English Subtitle thread :doh: once again, sorry for posting in the wrong thread :sweat:

suave_yamapi wrote:edit: uwaaaa I found the English Subtitle thread :doh:

Good job. :thumbsup:

once again, sorry for posting in the wrong thread :sweat:

It's cool. :victory: :)

K.T.Tran wrote:Backdancers!

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These are the main girls in the movie.

Not up yet on Yesasia.
Will make further comments on the movie when I buy it and watch it.


right thread????
didn't see one where you can just talk about japanese movies instead of making recommendations :sweat:

I recognized the speed girl. I'll try to find more info. :)

tabana wrote:
I recognized the speed girl. I'll try to find more info. :)

Hiro san??? :mrgreen:

She's quite good looking imho :victory:

Actually....all of them are :mrgreen: :woot: :dancing:

I think I posted this before, but here's a DVD Beaver comparison of Gojira: http://www.compare.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews20/godzilla_dvd_review.htm

K.T.Tran wrote:

Hiro san??? :mrgreen:

She's quite good looking imho :victory:

Actually....all of them are :mrgreen: :woot: :dancing:

Yup. :mrgreen:

Found some info, but not much. link. There's a song by hiro on it. :) They're selling pink combs, mirrors and tank tops. Looks like a chix flick. :pout:

This is a little late, but several nights ago as I was channel surfing I came across Yojimbo being shown on TCM. I have seen this film many times--in theaters, on TV, and in DVD format--and watching it the other evening, I marveled again at what a superb movie this is in so many respects: acting, directing, screenplay, cinematography, music. A movie that is both a comedy and an action flick, satirical in its point of view, yet striving incessantly to be entertainingly fun--this is Kurosawa and Mifune in their heyday. A great film not to be missed.