any good japanese movies out there?

DTJB · Post by **DTJB** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 4:17 pm

Battle Royale (don't forget to read the book NOW!)
I can't remember the full title, but it's a Kurosawa fill. (something) Yojimbo, sorry if my mind is blank right now.
Shall We Dance?
Ringu
Mr. Rookie (see avatar)

Besides B. R., the only other work I've seen from Kitano "Beat" Takeshi is MXC, the guy everyone calls Vic Ramano. I've found another one of his films at Blockbuster, I just haven't watched it yet.

GaavTheDemonDragonKing · Post by **GaavTheDemonDragonKing** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:59 pm

one movie says it all Seven Samuria. made by Akira Kurosawa and is the best jap director, I have seen almost all of his films. You can learn alot from him. Seven Samuria has also been turned into an anime called Samuria Seven, in which i havnt seen yet but onlyone that knows Akira Kurosawa should see this cuz its made in memory for him. Speaking about Godzilla, they released the 32 dvd set of all the Godzilla movies but i yet to hear from anyone who would pay $850 to get it

ArmoredGriffon · Post by **ArmoredGriffon** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 6:06 pm

I've heard Seven Samurai and Battlr Royalle aready mentioned so...
The Returner was a pretty good movie!
Itchi the Killer was great (albeit VERY violent)
and a re-release of Godzilla?!?!?!?!
*Runs out door*

GaavTheDemonDragonKing · Post by **GaavTheDemonDragonKing** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 6:18 pm

my bad I was wrong about the Godzilla dvd set, it is coming out in april 2005 and can only be pre-order limited realease. to see more info click on link, when i saw this, it was just to funny to be true

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TDV-15001D

narcted · Post by **narcted** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 7:41 pm

Zero Woman. Only the first one. The sequels suck.

Bullet Train. This movie was the basis for Speed. It stars Sonny Chiba of most recently Kill Bill fame.

Those are my additions to what wasn't mentioned. I've got a lot more I'm interested in but haven't seen yet. Is the Momoru Oshii series with Red Spectacle and Stray Dog any good? I want to rent those next. They look like prequels to Jin Roh.

bum · Post by **bum** » Thu Sep 09, 2004 11:30 pm

kitchen is an awsome movie, esspecialy if your into slow and emotional stuff

AquaSky · Post by **AquaSky** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 7:19 am

Most of the Japanese movies I've seen so far have been of the horror genre. The ones I'd recommend would be :
Dark Water
Ju-on (The Grudge) 1 & 2 - the movie versions rather than the TV versions
Cure
Kourei (Seance)
The Eye
Audition

Osakaness · Post by **Osakaness** » Sun Sep 12, 2004 11:52 pm

Zaitochi movies
Ichi the killer
Battle Royale
Audition
Any other sick, twisted, gang type jap movies