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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:42 am Post subject:
Finished Liar Game - exactly the same principle as the series, and didn't increase production budget - it had the same cheap look and feel as the series. I am pleased to report that
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Toda's character's silliness was toned down. She didn't get a lot smarter but she also didn't get the guy at the end.
Finished Liar Game - exactly the same principle as the series, and didn't increase production budget - it had the same cheap look and feel as the series. I am pleased to report that
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Toda's character's silliness was toned down. She didn't get a lot smarter but she also didn't get the guy at the end.
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But she didn't get killed, either... Much to your dismay, I'll bet.
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 4:23 am Post subject:
zooey wrote:
Damn! Oh well, you can't have it all...
I know
Watching Parade tonight - not sure if I like it. The filming is art school (hand cameras etc) and I am not sure if the script doesn't flow or if I dozed off and missed some bits. On the bright side the young cast from Karina to Koide Keisuke. Mind you I started to think that Fujiwara Tetsuya has a pancake face - will not buy his poster on Ebay.
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Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:26 am Post subject:
EstherM wrote:
I know
Watching Parade tonight - not sure if I like it. The filming is art school (hand cameras etc) and I am not sure if the script doesn't flow or if I dozed off and missed some bits. On the bright side the young cast from Karina to Koide Keisuke. Mind you I started to think that Fujiwara Tetsuya has a pancake face - will not buy his poster on Ebay.
I thought Parade was ok, wasn't expecting the film to take a darker turn near the end of the film, even if you can see the plot twist coming a mile away. Solid performanes all around, with Kanjiya Shihori the stand out, imo. Definitely would buy her poster on ebay
Fish Story - Can't say anything negative about this, such an entertaining movie with a wonderful payoff at the end that made my cheeks hurt from smiling so much. Sure, it might not be original, but the references and homages to other movies were classic that made me enjoy the film even more. Didn't know Moriyama Mirai could kick so much ass, he needs to try action movies in the near future.
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Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:50 am Post subject:
Don't know if anyone else is a Tomie fan, I am, seen every movie too many times to count, next spring expect another one!
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15-year-old actress Moe Arai will star in Tomie Unlimited, the Spring 2011 live-action film based on Junji Ito's popular horror manga series Tomie. The short stories in the original manga centered around a mysterious girl who appears again and again in various people's lives and haunts them until their eventual end.
Arai plays Tsukiko, a girl whose older sister is revived after an accident. 19-year-old actress and occasional manga creator Miu Nakamura will play Tomie herself. Director Noboru Iguchi began shooting the film on September 23.
Since 1999, there have been seven live-action theatrical Tomie films and one live-action television adaptation. (The last film, Tomie vs. Tomie, opened in Japan in 2007.) Other actresses who have played the heroines in the Tomie franchise include Aoi Miyazaki (NANA) and Sayaka Yamaguchi (Nodame Cantabile in Europe), while Miho Kanno (Hataraki Man) and Miki Sakai (SaiKano) have played the title character herself. ComicsOne and Dark Horse Comics published the original manga in North America, and Crunchyroll streamed several of the live-action installments last year. BCI/Eclipse and ADNESS released several live-action Tomie works on DVD in North America. _________________
Nankyoku Ryorinin (Chef of the South Pole), written and directed by Okita Shuichi, is a neat little movie that I enjoyed a lot. In tone and structure it is similar to Keimusho no Naka (Doing Time). Both movies have very little plot; they are instead often humorous, very perceptive character studies about men trying to cope in an enclosed environment for a long period of time. In the case of Keimusho no Naka, the setting is prison; in Nankyoku Ryorinin it's the Fuji Dome Base in Antarctica.
Sakai Masato, in an excellent performance, plays a coast guard chef who, through an unfortunate accident, is assigned to the South Pole where he must feed seven other members for the better part of a year. Every day he comes up with savory Japanese meals (and the occasional Chinese and French ones as well); it could be argued that he is the most important person in the camp for it's his meals which keep up the spirits of the men and are the highlights of their day as they battle the harsh environment, their absence from their families, and the mundaneness of their daily existence. The rest of the cast is also quite good, comprised primarily of recognizable character actors like Namase Katsuhisa (in a surprisingly restrained performance) and Toyohara Kosuke; Nishida Naomi plays Sakai's perky wife.
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:27 pm Post subject:
XX (X Cross) Makyo Densetsu (2007)
For those who are amused by Japanese Horror/slasher movies that simply transcend bad, and become... hilarious.
Staring Matsushita Nao (a favorite of mine) and Suzuki Ami, directed by the genius who was in charge of "Battle Royale II"... this thing started off with a plot that would have been deemed too damned dumb for an episode of "Trick". So in the middle they simply cut to a second, unrelated horror movie, and just sort of cut between the two plots until... Well, I wouldn't want to spoil it for anyone.
Lets see, two pretty girls running through the woods, on a dark and foggy night... a village full of... well, toward the end I think they became some sort of mutants. I'm not sure about that, but they were all carrying torches, and farm tools. An unidentified mad woman with a four foot long pair of dress making scissors, and a brother who'd apparently been on hold for two weeks in the middle of a cell phone conversation with his sister.
If you have rather a juvenile and twisted sense of humor... this one might give you a chuckle. _________________
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:53 pm Post subject:
shin2 wrote:
Nankyoku Ryorinin (Chef of the South Pole), written and directed by Okita Shuichi, is a neat little movie that I enjoyed a lot.
I liked this one as well. Once I adjusted to the fact that there was no plot I was really able to get into it. Sakai was excellent as you said, and the supporting cast was very good as well. The scene with the guy eating raw butter still cracks me up.
I liked this one as well. Once I adjusted to the fact that there was no plot I was really able to get into it. Sakai was excellent as you said, and the supporting cast was very good as well. The scene with the guy eating raw butter still cracks me up.
There were a number of funny scenes in this little gem of a film. And Sakai's expressions were hilarious and revealing.
My favorite episode in this movie was the ramen dilemma. I dunno, maybe you have to be a ramen lover (like I am), but I could really empathize with what the character was experiencing during this crisis and found the resolution both gratifying and poignant.
Movie I watched last night instead of the Eagles/Giants game:
White on Rice is not a Japanese film but much of the dialog is in Japanese. It's the second effort of American filmmaker Dave Boyle who is fluent in Japanese. Boyle's first movie, Big Dreams Little Tokyo, also had a significant amount of Japanese dialog; it was a low-budget, quirky amusing comedy about a nerdy caucasian (played by Boyle) who desperately wants to be a Japanese businessman (the movie was set in San Jose's J-town).
White on Rice is also a quirky comedy set in America. It's a more polished film than Big Dreams Little Tokyo, in part because the three principal leads--Watanabe Hiroshi, Nae Yuki, and Takada Mio-- are actual veteran professional actors, all originally from Japan but now working at least part of the time in the U.S. The protagonist is "Jimmy" (actual name Beppu Hajime), a divorced, former extra in Japanese movies who has made his way to the States and is currently living with his sister, her husband, and their elementary school-age son. He's basically an incompetent ne'er-do-well who tries the patience of his sister, is loathed by his brother-in-law, and is tolerated by his nephew (with whom he shares a bunk bed and goes to for dating advice).
The situation has similarities to the Tora-san movies (Boyle acknowledges the Tora-san connection in a special features segment on the DVD). Like Tora-san, Jimmy has an inflated opinion of himself all the while struggling in a humorous way with work, love, and his relatives. I liked this film.
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 8:28 am Post subject:
Haruma Miura stars in Shinji Aoyama's "Tokyo Kouen"
Director Shinji Aoyama ("Sad Vacation," "Eureka") is working on a new movie titled "Tokyo Kouen," his first feature-length film since 2007. Haruma Miura has been cast as the star, along with actresses Nana Eikura, Manami Konishi, and Haruka Igawa.
The film is based on a novel of the same name by author Yukiya Shoji, best known for his "Tokyo Bandwagon" series. Miura takes on the role of Koji, a college student aiming to become a professional photographer. One day, he receives an unusual request to shadow the client's girlfriend and take pictures of her, and that leads to subtle changes in his relationships with the women around him.
Eikura plays the ex-girlfriend of Koji's childhood friend, Konishi plays Koji's sister after one of his parents remarries, and Igawa plays the woman that Koji is photographing.
"Tokyo Kouen" is scheduled for theatrical release in 2011.
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:01 pm Post subject:
Satoshi Tsumabuki stars in Katsuhito Ishii's "Smuggler" adaptation
Shohei Manabe's manga series "Smuggler" is being turned into a live-action film, and the cast was revealed on Thursday. Satoshi Tsumabuki will star, supported by Masatoshi Nagase, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Hikari Mitsushima, Masanobu Ando, and Tatsuya Gashuin.
Katsuhito Ishii ("Funky Forest," "The Taste of Tea") is directing. Filming is already in progress and is expected to finish in early December.
Manabe, whose other works include "Yamikin Ushijima-kun," published "Smuggler" in 2000. The story revolves around a young man named Ryosuke (Tsumabuki) who is frustrated in his dream of becoming an actor, so he takes up a part-time job in a pachinko parlor. One day, he receives an offer that seems too good to be true, and he winds up falling into massive debt. As a result, he is forced to take on a job transporting illicit goods.
"Smuggler" is expected to open in theaters in fall 2011.
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seen every movie too many times to count, next spring expect another one!
