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Japanese Movies
Spymon:
Japan has made many a fine film, unfortunately I've not watched many of them. Here is the place to recommend your favourites.
If you've seen any films directed by the legend from the past Ozu, or the big name star Takeshi Kitano then I wanna know. Oh and don't forget the horror king, Takeshi Mike!
Demn:
Some fun ones off the top of my head:
Dolls (Kitano)
Go (stars long haired actor from SOS)
Kids Return (Kitano's son or something)
Kikujiro (Kitano)
Ping Pong (stars long haired actor from SOS)
Stacy - Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies
Suicide Club
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Movies on my to watch list:
Audition (miike)
Dark Water
Hanabi (Kitano)
tokyo.Sora (the 1% of this movie with music is done by Yoko Kanno)
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Other Japanese movies, not worth noting above because of cultural setting, but that I have to watch/delete soon:
Lone Wolf and Cub 2-5
Ugetsu
Spymon:
Audition was excellent, I need to watch it again as I though it was a fantastic allegory for the alienation of the young from the old in Japan, though it could have just been the way it was translated. Great atmosphere and a well made film, not the gore fest I was expecting.
sosanimeboy:
The only movie I've seen is The Seven Samurais (I think I got the title correct ;D)
It was pretty good, and the story was moving and historically significant and informative. The fight scenes weren't too bad for a movie that old....but the worst was that a lot of the good characters died towards the end :'(
Demn:
The Seven Samurai was an awesome movie. Akira Kurosawa (the director) is one of the greatest. :-/ If you liked it go see Yojimbo first and foremost. Anything else he did is rad too.
However if you really just want lots of samurai fighting go see Ran (a new remastered dvd just came out, much better than my shitty old one). Ran is like King Leer but samurai, which is funny because alot of Kurosawa's films were also converted culturally, but into Western films! :D
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