Akira Kurosawa is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time! The 'Baby Cart' series are AMAZING! The Godzilla films from the 60s (especially) are great fun with tremendous scope photography and set design and modern Japanese cinema has belched out such instant classics as 'Audition', 'Tokyo Fist', 'Uzumaki', 'Hypnosis' and 'Dark Water'. I saw 'Inugami' last week and it has style for sale! Man, they know how to make a film look good in Japan.
Kill this thread. I mean, whatever next - Hong Kong cinema, a load of shit or wot???!!!???!!!
― Calum, Tuesday, 29 April 2003 23:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 5 January 2004 19:55 (twenty years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 04:58 (twenty years ago) link
― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 05:09 (twenty years ago) link
― webcrack (music=crack), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 16:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Pete (Pete), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 17:04 (twenty years ago) link
― dean gulberry (deangulberry), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 17:29 (twenty years ago) link
― phil-two (phil-two), Tuesday, 6 January 2004 19:35 (twenty years ago) link
Note for people who haven't seen Afterlife, the Ritzy is showing as its world cinema matinee all week from Friday. 1-ish I think, £3 a pop. I am ver ver tempted to go see again.
― Pete (Pete), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 10:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 11:18 (twenty years ago) link
"bright future" was pretty good.
― amateur!st (amateurist), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 13:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 24 January 2004 01:10 (twenty years ago) link
because we were yammering about stuff and it was really, really gross.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 24 January 2004 01:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 24 January 2004 01:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 24 January 2004 10:24 (twenty years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 24 January 2004 13:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Eriik, Saturday, 24 January 2004 13:53 (twenty years ago) link
although i guess the dancing is foreshadowed a few times
that film left me pretty cold overall
― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 26 January 2004 11:21 (twenty years ago) link
anyone for Hiroshi Teshigahara?
http://www.bfi.org.uk/showing/nft/teshigahara/calendar/index.php
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 18 July 2004 18:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 18 July 2004 20:05 (nineteen years ago) link
Will def see 'rikyu' the following week.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 18 July 2004 21:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 18 July 2004 21:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Sunday, 18 July 2004 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 18 July 2004 21:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Layna Andersen (Layna Andersen), Sunday, 18 July 2004 23:29 (nineteen years ago) link
I found UB at Borders this weekend, but haven't had a chance to watch it.
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Sunday, 18 July 2004 23:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 21:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 26 July 2004 18:07 (nineteen years ago) link
Suicide Circle/Club is genius, yes - but is it any better than Uzumaki? I think not, although for non-horror material Wild Zero is about as good as it gets.
Someone on this thread might know... I've managed to pick up a fantran of the second Ringu TV series (Saishuushou/'The Final Chapter') - has anyone ever seen a subbed version of either the first (Ring: Kanzenban, admittedly only a one-off rather than a series) or third series (Rasen: The Series)?
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 07:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 14:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 15:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 15:57 (nineteen years ago) link
director mentioned upthread:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7943-1342630,00.html
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 4 November 2004 21:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 4 November 2004 21:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 4 November 2004 21:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 4 November 2004 21:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 4 November 2004 21:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:35 (nineteen years ago) link
xpost
― adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dan Quisenberry (deangulberry), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:39 (nineteen years ago) link
it's just a nice story about the modern japanese every-family.
― (Jon L), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 4 November 2004 22:55 (nineteen years ago) link
the best movie ever!! well second best. but certianly the scariest. hook up your player to your stereo if you can because the soundtrakc is crazy like eraserhead.
― :| (....), Thursday, 4 November 2004 23:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― cºzen (Cozen), Thursday, 4 November 2004 23:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― cºzen (Cozen), Thursday, 4 November 2004 23:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam... (nordicskilla), Thursday, 4 November 2004 23:45 (nineteen years ago) link