09.30.2009, 07:51 PM | #1 |
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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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09.30.2009, 07:53 PM | #2 |
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Hang on, I'll list some of my favorites.
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09.30.2009, 08:01 PM | #3 |
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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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09.30.2009, 08:01 PM | #4 |
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i need to see more but yes i am a fan. but still learning about it all.
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09.30.2009, 08:05 PM | #5 |
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Also, don't forget all the wonderful films from China, Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia!
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09.30.2009, 08:23 PM | #6 |
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tetsou is one of my favorite films of all time.
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10.01.2009, 01:51 AM | #7 | |
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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 |
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10.01.2009, 02:12 AM | #8 |
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like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBt1SihHDt0
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10.01.2009, 09:44 AM | #9 |
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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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10.01.2009, 09:49 AM | #10 |
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I want astonic to come over and bring a whole lot of jap films with him for me to watch.
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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. |
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10.01.2009, 12:14 PM | #12 |
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Well, considering it is 4 hours long, I can see why you'd find it "a bit long", haha.
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10.04.2009, 05:48 PM | #13 |
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i just watched it again, i liked it a lot more this time, really good film.
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10.04.2009, 05:52 PM | #14 |
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yeah it's great.
I just watched ANGEL DUST, which is awesome. |
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10.04.2009, 05:58 PM | #15 |
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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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10.04.2009, 06:00 PM | #16 |
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Most that I buy are region 0. Even ones that say they're not end up being region 0 somehow.
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10.04.2009, 06:13 PM | #17 |
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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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