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Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:22 pm
by damaged Bryan
Miike is awesome, Visitor Q is the only one that kind of went over the line to me a little bit. Me and my wife ended up on other ends of the couch and disgusted by everything after that movie.
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:43 pm
by psilo110
Onechanbara might take get bumped up a notch above Zebraman I & II this week...
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:24 pm
by psilo110
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:41 pm
by Lalo
the cinematography, acting, music are great. the story line moves along well and you can feel the tension throughout. some parts of the story are choppy. the action scenes are phenomal. it was supposed to be a three part saga, but the other two movies never got made. would love to see the two sequels get made by a competent filmmaker. knowing that it was supposed to be a saga explains the ending.
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:50 pm
by psilo110
I'll see your Sword of Doom and raise you one Ninja Kids
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:16 pm
by Lalo
haha
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:24 am
by RudeBeast
Never seen Swords of Doom, looks pretty awesome. Thanks!!
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:40 am
by The Moog
This is a great thread - i will have to check out a few of these !!
Here's two i bought over the holidays and enjoyed very much. Both are absolutely excellent
Kwaidan by
The Moog Image Dump, on Flickr
13 Assassins by
The Moog Image Dump, on Flickr
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:56 am
by damaged Bryan
Holy crap! Is the Love Ranger on Netflix, that looks horrible. I have to see it.
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:07 am
by Rich
Lalo wrote:the cinematography, acting, music are great. the story line moves along well and you can feel the tension throughout. some parts of the story are choppy. the action scenes are phenomal. it was supposed to be a three part saga, but the other two movies never got made. would love to see the two sequels get made by a competent filmmaker. knowing that it was supposed to be a saga explains the ending.
One of my favorite movies, great choice
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:28 am
by Lixx
I just watched Seijun Suzuki's "Youth of the Beast" a few weeks back and really loved it. Amazingly I found it on Youtube in parts of 10. Really great film with a great twist in the end. Now I want to see Tokyo Drifter.
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:49 am
by ultrakaiju
Tokyo Drifter is also excellent, you can't go wrong. You can really see where 'western directors' have drawn from these films. The soundtrack is also stunning. After years of searching I managed to find a few tracks in MP3 format.
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:20 pm
by backtrack
I watched Tomie: Unlimited last night, quality stuff. Driceted by Noboru Iguchi, the guy who did Machine Girl and Robo Geisha, creepy and fucking over the top insane at the same time, heavy Hausu influences as well.
He also did this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdnnC43CotwWhich I'm dying to see.
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:37 pm
by michael
tomie as in the junji ito comic about the girl who never dies? ill have to check that out!!!
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:54 pm
by Dean
Moog you were smart to buy that MoC version of "Kwaidan." It's vastly superior to the older original Criterion release. Criterion has rights to the same new/restored version but I don't recall if they've released it yet.
If you guys like those New Wave-ish Suzuki films, be sure to check out the Criterion Eclipse series box set called "The Warped World of Koreyoshi Kurahara." His work is similarly stunning in its cool modernity. "Black Sun" blew my mind when I first saw it last year.
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:22 pm
by backtrack
michael wrote:tomie as in the junji ito comic about the girl who never dies? ill have to check that out!!!
Yup, the latest in the series... I think there are 5, of varying quality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1DTZ6slrjQ
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:33 pm
by Martoy Black
Thanks for the info backtrack, I just finished watching Tomie Anrimiteddo. It blew my mind!!
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:43 am
by bbb
I want to see this so badly right now.
and HELL YES the photo is huge. it's epic.
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:50 am
by Lalo
mifune is such a great actor.
him in sword of doom.
don't know how everyone's library system works or how good they are,
but the library system over here is great!
there are about 20 libraries that are "connected" and you can order books/movies from other libraries to get sent to yours.
they have a great selection of movies, and i have watched at least 20 classic japanese films in the past 3-4 months because of it.
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:55 am
by The Moog
Watched this last night - really funny quirky little comedy
Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected by
The Moog Image Dump, on Flickr
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:17 am
by bbb
i don't really want to make a new thread for this, but i thought it was really funny. i don't think i'll look at yakuza movies the same way again
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17150847
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:47 am
by ---NT---
Did you hear about the Olympus scandal that may have ties to the yakuza?
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/th ... 62012.html
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:52 am
by The Moog
This book deals with very similar subject matter about the Yamaguchi-gumi . . . . its a great read
Tokyo Vice by
The Moog Image Dump, on Flickr
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:53 am
by bbb
Holy shit. This is a good read. Thank you!!
Re: Japanese Movie Thread
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:17 am
by SaintOfSpinners
I haven't liked a non-porn, or non-anime Japanese movie since A Taxing Woman (mid 80's). Since then the gangster, comedies, and horror flicks to me have seemed pointless with over the top, uninteresting characters. I keep giving up and then try again when something looks like it could be good, but then it sadly isn't. I am going to try again though with Monster's Club.
http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/02/japa ... s-club.phpAt least I have my Korean and HK flicks and now the Scandanavian film scene is booming as well.