What are your favorite Japanese movies?

flashjeff said:

Well, Miss A., your list is much more impressive than mine, but then, I'm only just starting out. In the anime category, forgot to mention that I have the following:

Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
Perfect Blue

As for horror, while the Tomie series is hardly the last word in Japanese horror films, it appealed to me from day one since it's unlike anything I've ever seen before. The idea of a malevolent teenage girl who keeps coming back to life after being murdered to kill and terrorize people did her wrong was pretty novel to me. I mentioned in another post that I'm surprised Hollywood hasn't snatched up Tomie to remake like they had Ringu and Ju-on as the teen slasher aspect alone would appeal to Hollywood types!

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Miss_apollo7 said:

What do you think of the other Tomie-films Jeff? Do you really recommend them? Maybe I should revise my thoughts about the Tomie-films? Or?

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flashjeff said:

Well, I had read the original manga (which is damn hard to find these days, don't ask why) and found it gory, violent and scary, that was what attracted me to the first movie. Tomie was moody, violent and blood splattered, I guess that the quirky nature of it all was what attracted me to it in the first place. It wasn't as scary as the manga, but it had its moments.

As for recommendations, perhaps you should start with the first movie which I thought was the best of the lot while I thought that "Forbidden Fruit" was easily the weakest of the bunch. The fourth installment, "Another Face" was an analogy with three vignettes of Tomie at her malevolent, seducing best. Like I said, the series is nowhere near as great as Ringu, but I found it enjoyable for the eerie sort of atmosphere they all had. But then, I'm weird, so perhaps my taste is seriously lacking!

At the very least, check out the first movie. After that, you can form your own opinion on the rest of the series. Hopefully, that was of some help to you.

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Miss_apollo7 said:

Thanks for your feeback!
I have Forbidden Fruit....too bad it is the weakest in the series....
I might have to check the other films out some day, beginning with the first of course.

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