Japanese Films

Toilet & Bowels · 09.30.2009, 07:51 PM

Who else is a fan?

I saw my first Ozu films this year, and they blew my mind.
Recently I've seen Lunch Box, and Frog Song, they're both pink films directed by this guy called Shinji Imaoka. Both really great and imaginative films, with a sweetness that I would never have expected from something aimed to titilate.

atsonicpark · 09.30.2009, 07:53 PM

Hang on, I'll list some of my favorites.

atsonicpark · 09.30.2009, 08:01 PM

EUREKA (best movie I've ever seen)
Hana-Bi
Sonatine
Dolls
Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Grass Labyrinth
Funeral Procession of Roses
Noisey Requeim
Tokyo Fist
Taste of Tea
Survive Style 5+
Id
Bright Future
Last Life in the Universe
Rampo Noir
Splatter: Naked Blood
Love Minus Zero Equals Infinity
Eli Eli Rema Sabatchtani
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Electric Dragon 80000v
Scrap Heaven
Izo
Dead or Alive 2
Fudoh
Gonin
Death Powder
Tetsuo
Gemini
Love and Pop
All About Lily Chou Chou
Hana and Alice
Tokyo Eyes
Screwed
Blind Beast versus Dwarf
Zoo
Those Were the Days
Waiting in the Dark
Hula Girls
Kamikaze Girls
The Buried Forest
The Man Who Wipes Mirrors
Man with the Scissors
Violent Cop
Visitor Q
Vital
Battle Royale
9 Souls
Blue Spring
Boy From Hell
Distance
Crazy Lips
Executive Koala
Strange Circus
Suicide Club
Pulse
Seance
Cure
Living Hell
Wild Zero
Tokyo Story

etc.
etc.
etc.

All the best films, in general, usually come from Japan (and Asia in general), especially in the past 10 years.

jon boy · 09.30.2009, 08:01 PM

i need to see more but yes i am a fan. but still learning about it all.

atsonicpark · 09.30.2009, 08:05 PM

Also, don't forget all the wonderful films from China, Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia!

notyourfiend · 09.30.2009, 08:23 PM

tetsou is one of my favorite films of all time.

!@#$%! · 10.01.2009, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

Who else is a fan?

I saw my first Ozu films this year, and they blew my mind.
Recently I've seen Lunch Box, and Frog Song, they're both pink films directed by this guy called Shinji Imaoka. Both really great and imaginative films, with a sweetness that I would never have expected from something aimed to titilate.

i am nowhere near as omnivorous or forgiving as mr. cooley but i do love some things here/there--- kurosawa being my saint patron. madame !@#$%! favors ozu.

in any case check out ONIBABA. just-- do.

the trouble with following some japanese directors is that they can be so fucking prolific. it'skinda like following merzbow's discography-- it never ends

kierkegaarden · 10.01.2009, 02:12 AM

like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBt1SihHDt0

Toilet & Bowels · 10.01.2009, 09:44 AM

a list of good ones:

visitor q
gozu
the bird people of china
late spring
tokyo story
lunch box
frog song
kwaidan
onibaba
tetsuo
wings of honneamise
spirited away
patlabor 1 & 2
dolls
ichi the killer
audition
sonatine
hana bi
violent cop
kikujiro
the ring
the eel
ai no corrida
early summer
freezer
dursu uzala
red beard
sanjuro
the seven samurai
dreams
the throne of blood
the hidden fortress
ran
freezer (aka freeze me)
uzumaki
female prisoner no.701 - scorpion
destroy all monsters
the mysterians
godzilla vs mechagodzilla
the sound of the mountain
manji
female yakuza tale
gohatto
ping pong
all about lily chou chou
princess mononoke
tampopo
the happiness of the katakuris
princess raccoon
nobody knows

phoenix · 10.01.2009, 09:49 AM

I want astonic to come over and bring a whole lot of jap films with him for me to watch.

Toilet & Bowels · 10.01.2009, 10:06 AM

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EUREKA (best movie I've ever seen)

i have this on DVD, i didn't enjoy it as much as i thought i would (i mean i love films where you've got a few japs sitting in a field and not saying anything) but i found it a bit long, i'll give it another go though.

atsonicpark · 10.01.2009, 12:14 PM

Well, considering it is 4 hours long, I can see why you'd find it "a bit long", haha.

Toilet & Bowels · 10.04.2009, 05:48 PM

i just watched it again, i liked it a lot more this time, really good film.

atsonicpark · 10.04.2009, 05:52 PM

yeah it's great.

I just watched ANGEL DUST, which is awesome.

Toilet & Bowels · 10.04.2009, 05:58 PM

i really need to get myself a multi-region DVD player, so many more japanese films get released in the US than in the UK

atsonicpark · 10.04.2009, 06:00 PM

Most that I buy are region 0. Even ones that say they're not end up being region 0 somehow.

gmku · 10.04.2009, 06:13 PM

I'm not very familiar but I love Sundance's Asian Extreme selections. Great shocking stuff. I also like those Japanese mafia movies that one guy whose name escapes me makes so good.

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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,268	Who else is a fan? I saw my first Ozu films this year, and they blew my mind. Recently I've seen Lunch Box, and Frog Song, they're both pink films directed by this guy called Shinji Imaoka. Both really great and imaginative films, with a sweetness that I would never have expected from something aimed to titilate.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	EUREKA (best movie I've ever seen) Hana-Bi Sonatine Dolls Emperor Tomato Ketchup Grass Labyrinth Funeral Procession of Roses Noisey Requeim Tokyo Fist Taste of Tea Survive Style 5+ Id Bright Future Last Life in the Universe Rampo Noir Splatter: Naked Blood Love Minus Zero Equals Infinity Eli Eli Rema Sabatchtani Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl Electric Dragon 80000v Scrap Heaven Izo Dead or Alive 2 Fudoh Gonin Death Powder Tetsuo Gemini Love and Pop All About Lily Chou Chou Hana and Alice Tokyo Eyes Screwed Blind Beast versus Dwarf Zoo Those Were the Days Waiting in the Dark Hula Girls Kamikaze Girls The Buried Forest The Man Who Wipes Mirrors Man with the Scissors Violent Cop Visitor Q Vital Battle Royale 9 Souls Blue Spring Boy From Hell Distance Crazy Lips Executive Koala Strange Circus Suicide Club Pulse Seance Cure Living Hell Wild Zero Tokyo Story etc. etc. etc. All the best films, in general, usually come from Japan (and Asia in general), especially in the past 10 years. __________________
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Also, don't forget all the wonderful films from China, Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia! __________________
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notyourfiend expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: baltimore, murderland by way of new york city Posts: 1,454	tetsou is one of my favorite films of all time. __________________
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10.01.2009, 09:44 AM	#9
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,268	a list of good ones: visitor q gozu the bird people of china late spring tokyo story lunch box frog song kwaidan onibaba tetsuo wings of honneamise spirited away patlabor 1 & 2 dolls ichi the killer audition sonatine hana bi violent cop kikujiro the ring the eel ai no corrida early summer freezer dursu uzala red beard sanjuro the seven samurai dreams the throne of blood the hidden fortress ran freezer (aka freeze me) uzumaki female prisoner no.701 - scorpion destroy all monsters the mysterians godzilla vs mechagodzilla the sound of the mountain manji female yakuza tale gohatto ping pong all about lily chou chou princess mononoke tampopo the happiness of the katakuris princess raccoon nobody knows
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phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	I want astonic to come over and bring a whole lot of jap films with him for me to watch. __________________ tiny and lost.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Well, considering it is 4 hours long, I can see why you'd find it "a bit long", haha. __________________
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,268	i just watched it again, i liked it a lot more this time, really good film.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	yeah it's great. I just watched ANGEL DUST, which is awesome. __________________
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,268	i really need to get myself a multi-region DVD player, so many more japanese films get released in the US than in the UK
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Most that I buy are region 0. Even ones that say they're not end up being region 0 somehow. __________________
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I'm not very familiar but I love Sundance's Asian Extreme selections. Great shocking stuff. I also like those Japanese mafia movies that one guy whose name escapes me makes so good. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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