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What are your favorite Japanese movies?

Well my favourites are probably Ichi the Killer, Sonatine and Ring.
Also, both Tetsuo movies are from 1991, so not that old. I'd recommend Bodyhammer (the second one). When I first saw it, it was breathtaking
 
From Kurosawa: Ikiru, Stray Dog, most of the samurai epics

From Imamura: Ballad of Narayama, Unagi, Vengeance is Mine

From Itami: Tampopo, Minbo woman, Taxing Woman

That's what immediately comes to mind ...

[EDIT] Also, the guy who directed Maboroshi and After Life. Those were real nice.
 
This may sound childish, but I loved the storyline of Spirited Away! It was so unique,..........and the art totally blew me away!!!! I don't think I've seen so much beauty in one movie, and if I had imagined any characters from that movie, they would look exactly like Miyazaki had made them. I have nothing but good things to say about it. Truly astounding.
 
Originally posted by Tonma
Aniki(Brother) was pretty good.
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I saw that last week. Its pretty good! Takashi is so cool!

Sgt. Wang ~ I really want too see Spirited Away. It looks soo good! the artwork does look really really good.

Porl''
 
Aniki (brother) is great but no way Beat Takashis best movie!

i dont think ive got a fave japanese movie but ill list some of my faves...

dark waters, spirited away, graveyard of the fire fies, Ghost in the shell, battle royale, audition and ringu, thats the few off the top of my head without looking threw my collection!

does anyone else like any other Hayao Miyazaki movies? i like also Princes Mononoko (if thats how you spell it) and i was given a copy of Kiki's Delivery service but not watched it yet!

his style is so magical and kool i think!
 
I love Kiki's Delivery Service. I know some people think it's not nearly his best, but it's my personal favorite of Miyazaki's.
 
thats kool, ill look forward to watching it but the one i really want to watch and will buy as soon as i get some spare cash is My Neighboure Totoro! it just looks so kool and the characters look so cute !
 
Ive heard Grave of the Fireflies is amazing - anyone recommend it?
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What is "Grave Of The Fireflies", about ?

Its constantly mentioned as great movie.
 
Originally posted by kirei_na_me
I love Kiki's Delivery Service. I know some people think it's not nearly his best, but it's my personal favorite of Miyazaki's.
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I thought you liked Kiki's Delivery Service from your old avatar.

I saw it in one of my local games/dvd shops here and was contemplating getting it. But i dont really know anything about the film. must look it up I guess.

Porl''
 
My vote's for Millennium Actress. An excellent film with a strong and gripping story that just pulls you in.
 
Favorite Japanese Movies? (Not Anime)

Here's my favorites, from top to bottom.

1.) The Seven Samurai
2.) Chushingura
3.) Onmyoji
4.) RAN
5.) Ringu

The first four are pretty much classics in my book, nothing else I've seen has come close. Ringu is pretty recent, at least compared to the others, but it's interesting and unique (and of course, scary). I've also seen the American version 'The Ring', which is very spiced up compared to the movie it originated from, but I still prefer the Ringu.

I still wish they made old-style, 4 hour long Japanese movies like they used to..All these new special effects and explosions in movies only entertain me for so long..Where's the content? The depth?

What do you think?

 
You speak for both of us, thats my list too.
 
I have a trailer for battle royale, looks pretty damn sweet. Can you buy it in the USA or is it still banned?
 
looks like it, imdb.com says you can get it in the US but then when you click it says it hasnt been released yet, so...
but you can prolly download it. though i havent seen the 1st one anywhere in awhile.
 
Actually, I found you can get DVDs here
http://www.battleroyaledvd.com
 
Don't we already have a specific forum to discuss J-movies with this very same topic currently bumped to the top?


What are your favorite Japanese movies?

I was thinking to myself, 'hey we need a poll for the movies that we watch and love.' So here are my favorites; I like scary movies. I don't know. It's just the feeling I get when I watch them. Quite fun. Favorite movies: Ringu, Kakashi, and Firefly Dreams (this movie isn't even in the same...
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godzilla stuff
ultraman stuff
masked rider stuff
princess blade
and many more
 
Don't we already have a specific forum to discuss J-movies with this very same topic currently bumped to the top?
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Ah!! I didn't even notice, you can move this thread.
ごめんなぁ！
 
Hi. Any of you know the movie called SHARK SKIN MAN AND PEACH HIP GIRL? It's the funniest Japanese movie I've ever seen.
The director made PARTY 7.It wasn't so good though...
Well,my favorite movie is Evil Dead,and my favorite Japanese film is
RING. when i first saw that film,it completely freaked me out.
 
I've seen Shark/Peach for rental at my local Blockbuster but have yet to pick it up. Maybe I will check it out...
 
Originally posted by Ichi

Well,my favorite movie is Evil Dead...
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Dude!!! Thats what I like to hear!!!!! Im a huge fan of all the Evil Dead films and have many copies of all three with different covers.

Porl''
 
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