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ok, so i got a bit of a japanese moviecraze goin on right now, after watching "ichi the killer, kakashi,ninja scroll, spirited away". I saw some more before that but now I'm really into it. Any recommendations from you guys? Which japanese movies(new/old/anime) can't be missed out on? btw I've had "princess blade" in my hands several times but everytime i put it back on the shelf. Anyone see it? |
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seven samurais? |
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the ring |
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aint that a mu-ziq song? |
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just about anything directed by takeshi kitano. i recommend 1. hana bi (fireworks) 2. sonatine 3. kikujiro (this one is a very sweet movie, like sweet/touching, but it's very very good) 4. brother (this one has omar epps in it but again, very good) kitano's style is extremely low energy with very little dialogue. but if you can appreciate his style, most of his movies are good. otherwise, some people get bored with his stuff. one of his movies that i didn't like was boiling point, so i don't recommend it. |
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the japanese version (original version) of the Ring is actually called "Ringu" just to avoid confusion. much more subtle than the american version. both i thought were good in their own respects. |
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akira grave of the fireflies princess mononoke plus i enjoy watching these series: cowboy bebop mobile suit gundam (the original series) mobile suit gundam 8th MS team there's plenty out there to get into, i've really only just started tooo :D |
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ghost in the shell (forgot this one!!) |
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Anime: Ghost in the Shell Spirited Away Perfect Blue Evangelion Live Action: most Akira Kurowawa films The road home - Zhang Yimou Mr Vampire Bride With White Hair Audition Zu Warriors In the mood for love - Wong Kar Wai |
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Anything by Beat Takeshi. Anything by Kurosawa. Kobayashi's "Samurai Rebellion" and "Harakiri" (one of the best!!). Inagaki's "Samurai Trilogy" Also, Miyazaki's "Castle of Cagliostro" is my favorite anime. |
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some of japanese films are my all time favourites!!!ži absolutely love japanese films i'd suggest you to see: -eureka -dolls these two EVERYONE must see! -railroad man also try and her millennium mambo-this one is thai i think but awsome as well |
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her=get |
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check out stuff by the following directors Takeshi Kitano Akira Kurosawa (of course) Nagisa Oshima Kenji Mizoguchi (very beautiful films, like poetry) Shohei Imamura Kon Ichikawa and a few interesting crazy films i saw recently: Uzumaki Battle Royale ah world cinema... why must you be infinitely better than hollywood? |
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hey, thanks alot for all the response, I'll make sure to check 'em all out, if the local videostores have them in their collections. btw, if you liked ringu and spirited away I think kakashi may appeal to you too. |
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uzumaki is awsome! battle royale is they are working on a sequal? |
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yeah... i'm not sure if i approve... sequels tend to suck... but you never know... |
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yeah but as long as it has more 8th graders trying to poison and bludgeon eachother i'm sure i will be laughing all the way through it. |
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im going to take all your recomendations aswell, the only japanese movie iv seen it "baby cart in perel" if thats how you spell it. oh and i like it aswell |
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Kurosawa is my favorite: Yojimbo, High + Low, Throne Of Blood, Seven Samurai. i also dig the films Giants & Toys and Tetsuo (The Iron Man) a lot. |
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guys guys and girls , youhave missed best Kurosawa - - - RAN |
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what about Do Desu Ka Den? i thought Metropolis and Akira were good.. |
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have u seen flowers of fire. damn good! |
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and drunk angel? uuuuuhhhhhhhh pretty good |
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ok, so far I've recently seen: - Kagemusha - Yojimbo - Hidden Fortress - Seven Samurai - Battle Royale - Princess Mononoke - Ichi the killer - Tetsuo:iron man - Tetsuo II:body hammer - Kakashi - Ninja Scroll - Metropolis Some I've seen further back: - Spirited Away - Akira - Ghost in the shell - Ring O Still have lots to go, I've got sonatine and gonin rented. So far, there have been few disappointments, I must say I was totally blown away by princess mononoke(spirited away had the same effect), and kurosawa's films. After Yojimbo my appreciation for Sergio Leone's a fistful of dollars has decreased drastically, as it borrows(read carboncopies) heavily from this one. I also loved the over the top violence of ichi the killer and BR. Tetsuo was hardcore, I could even see where Aronofsky got some of his inspiration from, but of course tetsuo could be traced back to eraserhead too. the second tetsuo sucked though. That said, metropolis disappointed me in how they combined the CGI with the traditional anime, it didn't really work out very well imo, and I loathed the music and didn't dig the look of the characters much, but I understand it's supposed to be like that since it was a very old manga. Also, Ghost in the shell failed to impress me, perhaps I need to see it again, I found the way you got dropped right in the setting a bit confusing, so I couldn't follow the story very well. Ok I'm hungry for more. |
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ow yeah I also saw castle of caglioastro, which was brilliant indeed. Now I couldn't find alot on the directors deadeight recommended so that's a shame. |
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. knock yerself out, guy. greatest place on earth. might i suggest giving naruto and tenshi na konamaiki a try? hehe. |
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VAMPIRE HUNTER D VAMPIRE HUNTER D: BLOODLUST this isn't a request or a suggestion. |
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hehe, actually I've had vampire hunter D in my hands quite a few times, as I like both anime and vampire flicks. Ok I'll rent them next, but I prolly won't find those other 2 you suggested. But try I will. If only because it's nice to see where hollywood rips all it's ideas from. |
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welluh, iuh no speakuh tuh japonase, so iuh no watchuh tuh japonase moviaeh, so iuh cannoh recommenduh tuh moviaeh. |
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so if you wanna watch some japanese movies, just find anything with "bukkake" in the title... |
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well. go to animesuki.com and download bittorrent. trust me. all your anime needs are suddenly taken care of. naruto is a popular television series in japan right now. you can pull the first 38 episodes offa there. and anything and everything else. just check it out. you won't be disappointed. |
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if you're into horror or the surreal i recommend the following (all live action, some might be chinese or from hong kong, it's tough to remember, but i think they're all japanese) - pulse cure dark water seance gemini bullet ballet the phone st. johns wort the untold story story of ricky ebola syndrome audition and my personal favorite as of late - be warned it is offensive in every possible way - Vistor Q (by Takeshi Miike same director as Ichi the Killer and Audition). my .02 |
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ok that sounds really promising ambsace. ok herbwest I'll check that out too. |
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haha. oh. and someday if you can ever get your hands on ping pong club...oh man. greatest show EVER! i AM the panty-master... ...use the fore-finger! other greats include: initial d, the aforementioned cowboy bebop, trigun, FLCL, love hina, vandread...hmm. i'll come up with some more. gimme time. gimme time. |
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i'm too lazy to read everyone else's comments, so i dont know if this has been recommended yet... Battle Royale. a bunch of schoolchildren are put on an island and have to fight each other to the death. |
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that show is fucking brilliant. ...and i do believe it was mentioned... |
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and i'm still suffering from avatar-envy... |
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i've said this before and i'll say it again: ikiru. one of kurasowas greatest. grave of the fireflies. probably the best anime movie out there besides ghost in the shell and spirited away. |
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but ghost in the shell wasn't that good. i can't say the same for spirited away, because i haven't seen it yet, actually. and ikiru...i've been meaning to see for quite some time. i'll get around to it someday. |
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ehhh.. pantalaimon...Zhang Yimou is chiense and Wong Karwai is from HK. My fav jap film is "All about Lily Chouchou". |
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it's probly been mentioned a million times but it's my fave movie ever, battle royale |
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Violent Cop Boiling Point Hana-Bi Dead Or Alive Battle Royale Audition Ichi The Killer Stray Dog Yakuza Graveyard Street Mobster Brother Akira Ghost In The Shell |
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Tetsuo: Iron Man, Tetsuo: Bodyhammer, Ringu |
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Takeshii Miike's DOA1 DOA2 Graveyard of Honour Audition |
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man there are so many good japenese movies (and asian for that matter... "Shaolin Soccer" is one of my favourite movies from that year!!!). Can anybody reccomend some underground movies? I know they're into gore (even "Faces of Death" beat "Star Wars" in the theatres when it was released in 1978)... So underground movies, please reccomend them. Not just for the gore, but because they are great movies! |
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i recommend every Takeshi Kitano movie. also some Nagisa Oshima and Shoei Imamura. Takashi Miike has some nice ones. |
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Key_Secret: Of the ones I previously recommended, I strongly suggest 'Vistor Q". It has all the elements of an underground ie 'cult' film. A few of the topics touched upon in this family in crisis film (somehow it ends on an uplifting note) include: incest, massive amounts of lactation, drug abuse, self abuse, necrophelia, murder, urine humiliation and more. It's by Takeshi Miike who also made: Ichi the Killer, Audition, Dead or Alive, Fudoh and Happiness of the Katukuris. Others in the underground style but good vein include - Evil Dead Trap, Ebola Syndromw, The Untold Story, Wild Zero, Versus, BioZombie. Finally, if you want REALLY, REALLY underground gory, does this have any value whatsoever kinda stuff. you can check out 'The Guinea Pig' Series. Borders on Snuff. Some of them are good, others terrible. Hope that helps a bit. |
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Ok, now I definitely need to see this movie. And i saw a guinea pig once I think, one where some japanese woman is being followed on the streets, and then she clubbed and drugged, next shot she's bound up on some operating table and still under heavy influence of sedatives, and some hobby-doctor starts working away on her with all sorts of peripherals. Cutting off limbs and stuff, gutting her til she's gone. Looked well disturbing enough to me though. |
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