Japanese Movies/Discussion/Recommendations

[Bsalez]

Just seen me latest J movie which title Ichi the killer..Which come to a shock Dat movie contain alot of violence ....blood organ n gross stuff not reccomend watch dat with ur gf..

Well Seing alot of things happening here...Sorry for being late but Omedeto ne Loveless kun for being our mod

[solidsonya]

Bsalez wrote:

Just seen me latest J movie which title Ichi the killer..Which come to a shock Dat movie contain alot of violence ....blood organ n gross stuff not reccomend watch dat with ur gf..

ooh, that movie's at Rogers' Video!
is it good?

[Little Adol]

Little Adol says this about Ichi the Killer. The movie is based upon a very strange and sometimes perturbing manga called Koroshiya 1 which can be found on the internet. The movie itself is incredible, just seeing the aftermath of bullying on screen. This is extreme in every way, there is no doubt about that. But if you scrub away the violence and gore, you see a very human tale, that has no real answers.


I would give it three stars out of four. I liked the direct-to-video Ichi which was not made by Takashi Miike, but by Masato Tanno. 1-Ichi is about when ichi was a young adult in highschool, in other words the place where he was bullied.

Answering the question of five movies to study for a project:

Tokyo Story is an incredible story about generations in a family and how people deal with other members.

Seven Samurai in my eyes is the best drama/adventure movie you will ever encounter.

Go is a very fast paced story about a Japanese-Korean boy trying to understand why he has to be put into a certain group.

Tampopo (Dandelion) is about a ramen shop, but there is so much more. It includes Takeshi ('Beat') Kitano.

Hideaki Anno's Ritual has kept me brooding over for a long time. It's about a guy that tries to document a girl that lives by herself in a seven story building that does rituals each day.

Good Luck!! "You Have!"

[solidsonya]

Little Adol wrote:

Little Adol says this about Ichi the Killer. The movie is based upon a very strange and sometimes perturbing manga called Koroshiya 1 which can be found on the internet. The movie itself is incredible, just seeing the aftermath of bullying on screen. This is extreme in every way, there is no doubt about that. But if you scrub away the violence and gore, you see a very human tale, that has no real answers.

thanks for the comment, i was going to rent it soon, but now i definitely will

offtopic: welcome to jdorama

[leesun]

DT04 wrote:

Thanks IkenmatsuSosuke and Akakage. I'll be looking for Takki's movie too.

There's another one - Speed Star with Takizawa Hideaki, Hinano Yosuikawa and Ohno Satoshi.

[DT04]

Hey Leesun..... thanks.... I'll be looking for this movie too.... I hope it's subbed in English. Heck I hope I can even find it.

[Longman]

I just saw the trailer for Devilman the movie, it's a live-action adaptation of Go Nagai's occult manga/anime series. I'm looking forward to it, it's another visual fest like Casshern! Really hope it lives up to it's hype..

For people interested, you can streamload the trailer at the official site,
http://www.devilmanthemovie.jp/

or just download it onto your harddisk in Quicktime format.
http://www.apple.com/jp/quicktime/trailers/toei/media/devilman_large.mov

Sheez!! more of such movies need to come out of Japan!!

[Pemu]

Devilman looks very promising, indeed! Tekken, anyone?
I hear the movie has been pushed back to late Autumn. Originally intented to be released in the Summer.

[cass_dust]

Not sure if this has been indicated before, but these are my few movies.
- inochi (Makiko Esumi)
- Blue (Manami Konishi)

- Himitsu (Hirosue Ryoko)
- 3 days 2 nights (Makiko Esumi)
- Undo (Yamaguchi Tomoko)

Top 2 (inochi, blue) i think the actress won a price in some international film festival.

[deleted_user]

just finish watching akakage...
japan sure has so many hot man... I think I'm attracted to masanobu ando
for me the movie is entertaining and watching masanobu ando is far more entertaining

[Akakage]

zaza_tk87 wrote:

just finish watching akakage... japan sure has so many hot man... I think I'm attracted to masanobu ando for me the movie is entertaining and watching masanobu ando is far more entertaining

Go to his special thread for Godsake..Zaza..and I'm waiting... (he's my no. 5 in the chart)

Oh..yes, Just finished watching Onmyouji II, it's better than the first one Imo and also KCE which I still prefer the series rather than the movie although it's equally hilarious.

[deleted_user]

Akakage wrote:

Go to his special thread for Godsake..Zaza..and I'm waiting... (he's my no. 5 in the chart)

I'm coming....

[Longman]

Pemu wrote:

Devilman looks very promising, indeed! Tekken, anyone? I hear the movie has been pushed back to late Autumn. Originally intented to be released in the Summer.

Me heard too, just hope that the final product is worth the delay.

They should post up more pics at the official site though, I wanna see more of Silene!!

[Baka Senpai]

i watched the movie "Go" tonight...beginning and the various camera ways it wus shot in were interesting...but most of the time i found it to be pretty boring...i liked how they portrayed the different schooling that the people of different nationalities had to go through but there were too many dull moments to save this film
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whats the dealyo

[cass_dust]

Baka Senpai wrote:

i watched the movie "Go" tonight...beginning and the various camera ways it wus shot in were interesting...but most of the time i found it to be pretty boring...i liked how they portrayed the different schooling that the people of different nationalities had to go through but there were too many dull moments to save this film

have watched the show.. and i basically quite agree with baka senpai that the show is a bit too dull some times.. but overall, i find that the show is good in terms of the plot.

[Michi]

Right now, there are 3 movie i wanna watch!!1

Two of us (Nagase n kyoko)
Dolls (Kyoko)
Shimotsuma Monogatari (Kyoko)

Shimotsuma Monogatari looks so cute n fancy

[Pemu]

Laundry
A pretty decent movie, stumbled on its own over creativity, the director tried too much. Kubozuka was funny and his dense character fit him. Koyuki's character was a bit sad, could have more cheerful, I like her smile.
Got few full dramas left Watchin jmovies instead for a little while

[Geezer]

Takita Yojiro's "When the Last Sword is Drawn". (Mibu Gishi den)

Featuring: Nakai Kiichi // Sato Koichi // Nakatani Miki

This film is a glorious, epic, tragedy.

"The Last Samuri" was good. But "When the Last Sword..." was, in my opinion, much much better.

It's as exciting and as beautifully filmed as "Last Samuri", but "Last Sword..." does more to show the tragic aspects at the end of the Samuri era.

I'll probably watch "Last Samuri" again when it shows up on cable. But I know I'll watch "Last Sword..." over and over again.

[zchendevlemh]

Baka Senpai wrote:

i watched the movie "Go" tonight...beginning and the various camera ways it wus shot in were interesting...but most of the time i found it to be pretty boring...i liked how they portrayed the different schooling that the people of different nationalities had to go through but there were too many dull moments to save this film

i was not bored in watching Go

i find the opening scene kinda the best scene in the movie

Kubozuka is like Takuya

Kubozuka -> jmovie
Takuya -> jdrama

they both choose a goods script

[The Man]

www.aint-it-cool-news.com is showing The Ring 2 (yes, U.S. sequel) promotional poster:

http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/image/ring2.jpg