Japanese film recommendations please

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by Todber, Oct 20, 2008.

  1. Roninblues

    Roninblues 猿も木から落ちる。

    Picked this up two days ago at B&N. Excellent upgrade. Currently 50% off and more with coupons.
     
  2. stepeanut

    stepeanut The gloves are off

    I recently picked up the Kiju Yoshida Love + Anarchism box set from Arrow Academy.

    Eros + Massacre is an interesting film. Like Jean-Luc Godard transposed to the late-Sixties Japanese New Wave.

    Also very happy to report that I finally own a copy of the rare Masters of Cinema Naruse Volume One DVD box set.
     
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  3. Roninblues

    Roninblues 猿も木から落ちる。

    Kinji Fukasaku's Battles Without Honour and Humanity

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  4. Roninblues

    Roninblues 猿も木から落ちる。

    Kiju Yoshida's Love + Anarchism Box Set

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  5. WilsonTTC

    WilsonTTC Forum Resident

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    Bay Area, CA
    Just finished this Miike's film.

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  6. slipkid

    slipkid Senior Member

    Have that on the "to watch" list. Looks very strange (in a good Miike strange way). Recently saw Yakuza Apocalypse which although I cannot recommend it as a "good" film I did enjoy the crazy incomprehensible weirdness about most of it.
     
  7. Roninblues

    Roninblues 猿も木から落ちる。

    Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru (Blu-ray upgrade)

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  8. yasujiro

    yasujiro Senior Member

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    tokyo
    Naruse is just great. I watched Flowing literally countless times and it makes me cry every time.
     
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  9. stepeanut

    stepeanut The gloves are off

    He really is. I have the BFI and MoC box sets, and love all the titles therein. I'm desperate to see more, but it's hard to find legit, English-subtitled editions of his films. Such a shame his stuff doesn't sell well in the West.

    My next move will be the Eclipse Silent Naruse box set.
     
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  10. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

  11. PhilJol

    PhilJol Forum Resident

    Kurosawa's 'Redbeard' is terrific as well (if no one has mentioned it yet)

    'Battle Royale' the original (and far superior) 'Hunger Game'
     
  12. Roninblues

    Roninblues 猿も木から落ちる。

    Kon Ishikawa's The Makioka Sisters

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  13. Roninblues

    Roninblues 猿も木から落ちる。

    Yoji Yamada's The Little House

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  14. The Absent-Minded Flaneur

    The Absent-Minded Flaneur Forum Resident

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    The EU
    Two fascinating Japanese films by non-Japanese directors:
    Like Someone In Love by the Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami
    Cafe Lumiere by the Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien
    Both are more or less overt homages to Ozu but bring a palpably different and illuminating perspective to Japanese culture.
     
  15. stepeanut

    stepeanut The gloves are off

  16. zbase

    zbase Forum Resident

    Location:
    Northeast
    As an amateur Go player (though, sadly, not a very good one), I am interested in films using Go as part of the plot. I recently watched Tokyo Newcomer (see link below), and enjoyed it quite a bit. Any recommendations for similar Japanese movies using Go as part of the plot or setting?

    Thanks,
    zbase

    http://asianwiki.com/Tokyo_Newcomer
     
  17. Dave Garrett

    Dave Garrett Senior Member

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    Houston, TX
    You will probably find this of interest:

    http://www.eurogofed.org/history/filmography.htm
     
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  18. Dave Garrett

    Dave Garrett Senior Member

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    If Janus did the restoration, then we should see a repertory release of some sort in the US, and presumably a Criterion Blu-ray at some point, which would be very good news.

    That last comment in the Guardian piece is quite entertaining, as well!
     
  19. stepeanut

    stepeanut The gloves are off

    Just an overwrought attempt at making a bad pun. The Guardian's comments section can be amusing, and sometimes even enlightening, but I found that particular post to be neither.

    I have The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums as part of the Artificial Eye BD box set, but any new restoration, or home video release, of Mizoguchi's work is always welcome.
     
  20. zbase

    zbase Forum Resident

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    Northeast
  21. Richard--W

    Richard--W Forum Resident

    I recommend:

    Onibaba
    Woman In the Dunes
    and Criterion's Teshigahara box-set.
     
  22. stepeanut

    stepeanut The gloves are off

    Teshigahara is great. I just watched the MoC DVD of Pitfall over the weekend.
     
  23. PhilJol

    PhilJol Forum Resident

    Woman in the Dunes is classic and mesmerizing...
     
  24. mBen989

    mBen989 Senior Member

    Location:
    Scranton, PA
    If you're still looking for suggestions, try Ryuhei Kitamura's Versus.
     
  25. stepeanut

    stepeanut The gloves are off

    I've had my eye on this for a while. Finally caved and ordered it from the Arrow store this morning. I used some reward points then gained double points on the remaining cash amount paid. Gotta love Arrow sales.
     

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