Movies From Japan ~ Recommend your favorites!

Jeaniessi Author

Aug 1, 2012 03:39 pm

I haven't watched any movies from Japan and would like to start. I like Romance, Adventure, Quirky, Strange, Comedy and General Drama.

I am not at all into horror but I do like suspense.

Can you recommend some of your top rated "Must Watch" favorites?

I would be so grateful!

Thanks.... Jeanie.

twinklelie

Aug 1, 2012 03:48 pm

hmm I could recommend you some I liked very much: A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth: very funny and with Matsuda Shota :D M.W. Kisaragi Akihabara at Deep Sakuran Shinobi: Heart Under Blade Zatoichi Lovely Complex I think that's it, for now

Jeaniessi Author

Aug 1, 2012 04:15 pm

twinklelie wrote: hmm I could recommend you some I liked very much:
A Cheerful Gang Turns the Earth: very funny and with Matsuda Shota :D
M.W.
Kisaragi
Akihabara at Deep
Sakuran
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
Zatoichi
Lovely Complex

I think that's it, for now

Thanks Twinklelie... Is M.W. The name of the movie or is that short for something?

twinklelie

Aug 1, 2012 04:16 pm

Jeaniessi wrote: Thanks Twinklelie... Is M.W. The name of the movie or is that short for something?

nope, it's the name of the movie ^^

M0niisek

Aug 1, 2012 05:34 pm

Hey there, I recommend Surely Someday which is romance/friendship/music/yakuza ... a lot of twists, good soundtrack if you like something like indie rock.
And Tenshi no koi aka My Rainy Days which is romance/friendship, once again excellent soundtrack, mostly instrumental.
I hope you'll like them :-)

ladyfaile

Aug 1, 2012 06:17 pm

I second the rec for Zatoichi, one of my favourite movies. I recommend almost anything by/with Takeshi Kitano, he's brilliant, though some of his works go a little over my head LOL Nobody Knows is a good tear jerker Quill is also a tear jerker

Jeaniessi Author

Aug 1, 2012 08:53 pm

Two for Zatoichi! Must look this up. p.s...Ikigami is killing me! so sad. so Orwellian!

twinklelie

Aug 1, 2012 08:57 pm

Jeaniessi wrote: p.s...Ikigami is killing me! so sad. so Orwellian!

Read the manga, then :) It's a masterpiece

ladyfaile

Aug 1, 2012 09:16 pm

there are different versions of zatoichi, not sure about twinklelie but the one i recommend is actually called Zatoichi: the Blind Swordsman and is starring and directed by Kitano, there's a series from like the 70's or something and one or two other movie adaptations that i haven't seen. it's feudal Japan, swordfighting and such, but has a bit of humour in it here and there (dark/dry humour mind you) trying to look at my dvd collection for more recs but they're almost all Chinese haha.. or anime

twinklelie

Aug 1, 2012 09:20 pm

ladyfaile wrote: there are different versions of zatoichi, not sure about twinklelie but the one i recommend is actually called Zatoichi: the Blind Swordsman and is starring and directed by Kitano, there's a series from like the 70's or something and one or two other movie adaptations that i haven't seen. it's feudal Japan, swordfighting and such, but has a bit of humour in it here and there (dark/dry humour mind you)

trying to look at my dvd collection for more recs but they're almost all Chinese haha.. or anime

I was talking about the version with Kitano ^^

ladyfaile

Aug 1, 2012 10:57 pm

I kind of figured, it IS awesome after all :D I especially love the geisha

twinklelie

Aug 1, 2012 11:02 pm

ladyfaile wrote: I kind of figured, it IS awesome after all :D I especially love the geisha

Yup, I couldn't agree more :D
I've seen quite a few Kitano movies and this one is one of my fav. I also like Aniki

ladyfaile

Aug 1, 2012 11:13 pm

yes! Aniki was awesome. some of his films are pretty brutal though, I had a hard time getting through Blood and Bones (though it's not directed by him just starring)