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Japanese/Korean movies

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Sickkiee
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Japan607 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-02 00:40:41
March 02 2012 00:34 GMT
#1
Has anyone got a few good movies to share? Korean/Japanese specifically? Japanese ones don't specifically need to have subtitles, so yeah - I tried doing a search and there were no threads really that were active or alive.

I'd seen quite a few, but I want to find more! Plus it could be a good discussion point!

For me, a few good ones are:

The Sorcerous and the White Snake
1 Liter of Tears (so sad :'()
Koizora (Sky of Love/Sky Love)
Nobody Knows


Edit: Forgot to add in Chinese movies too! :D

*****
Lifes too short to be small.
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-02 00:42:12
March 02 2012 00:41 GMT
#2
The Man from Nowhere (Aejossi) (http://www.imdb.de/title/tt1527788/)
Memories of a Murder (Salinui chueok) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353969/)
Confessions (Kokuhaku) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1590089/)

all of them are very good. You might enjoy the vengeance trilogy as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vengeance_Trilogy
CommentatorPolt | MMA | Jjakji | BoxeR | NaDa | MVP | MKP ... truly inspiring.
Sickkiee
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Japan607 Posts
March 02 2012 00:46 GMT
#3
Ahh, I've heard of the Vengeance trilogy, just never got around it. I think I'll check that out first. The others look pretty good, especially Kokuhaku. :D

Lifes too short to be small.
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
March 02 2012 00:49 GMT
#4
Kokuhaku is nothing like you would expect from the describtion, but it is a very good movie.
CommentatorPolt | MMA | Jjakji | BoxeR | NaDa | MVP | MKP ... truly inspiring.
Sickkiee
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Japan607 Posts
March 02 2012 00:53 GMT
#5
Oh, how so? From the plot/description it looks like a psychological drama-movie. I kinda' like those movies, depending on how 'ease to digest' it is, as I hate easy to understand movies.

It still looks good regardless though! :D
Lifes too short to be small.
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
March 02 2012 00:59 GMT
#6
From the describtion it looks like the teacher is going into class, taking out a chainsaw cutting heads and arms off. At least to me, hahaha :p!
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Cham
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
797 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-02 01:00:30
March 02 2012 00:59 GMT
#7
[image loading]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0930083/

Noroi is probably the scariest movie I have ever seen. I highly recommend it. Starts off slow, but the later half of the movie is crazy.

Are you in Japan at the moment? I am moving to Tokyo in 2 weeks.
dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-02 01:04:09
March 02 2012 01:02 GMT
#8
korean

mother
lady vengeance trilogy

japanese

Grave of the Fireflies

anything by Hayao Miyazaki:

Director, screenplay and storyboards

Lupin III Part I, 1971–72 anime series (with Isao Takahata)
Yuki's Sun, 1972 (Pilot film for a never-realized anime series)
Future Boy Conan, 1978 anime series
The Castle of Cagliostro, 1979 film
Lupin III Part II, 1980 anime series (2 episodes in season 4 under the pseudonym Tsutomu Teruki)
Sherlock Hound, 1984 anime series

[edit] Films in the Studio Ghibli canon

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984 film
Castle in the Sky, 1986 film
My Neighbor Totoro, 1988 film
Kiki's Delivery Service, 1989 film
Porco Rosso, 1992 film
Whisper of the Heart, 1995 film (screenplay, storyboards)
Princess Mononoke, 1997 film
Spirited Away, 2001 film (winner, Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, 2002)
Howl's Moving Castle, 2004 film (nominee, Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, 2005)
Ponyo, 2008 film
The Secret World of Arrietty, 2010 film (screenplay)
From up on Poppy Hill, 2011 film (screenplay)


If you have a specific genre you like, I might be able to give you more.
Spekulatius
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2413 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-02 01:08:28
March 02 2012 01:04 GMT
#9
I'd recommend you reading the Korean Drama thread from this post onwards. There's been some discussion about Korean movies and a lot of good recommendations.

Japanese: everything by Takeshi Kitano.
Always smile~
skyR
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada13817 Posts
March 02 2012 01:07 GMT
#10
My Sassy Girl and A Moment to Remember are two of the best Korean romance movies if you're into romance genre.

Shinjuku Incident is a good movie about Japanese mafia and Chinese immigrants starring Jackie Chan.

So Close and Naked Weapon are about hot girls kicking butt.
dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
March 02 2012 01:09 GMT
#11
On March 02 2012 10:04 Spekulatius wrote:

Japanese: everything by Takeshi Kitano.

especially battle royale. =)
Sickkiee
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Japan607 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-02 01:12:39
March 02 2012 01:12 GMT
#12
On March 02 2012 09:59 Cham wrote:
[image loading]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0930083/

Noroi is probably the scariest movie I have ever seen. I highly recommend it. Starts off slow, but the later half of the movie is crazy.

Are you in Japan at the moment? I am moving to Tokyo in 2 weeks.


Ya, I am living in Akabane with my host family. Been here for almost six months on my exchange uni course (I've known my family for longer than 4 years though due to High School :D).

However I am leaving soon. T_T

OT: I've seen Noroi and wow it was scary, hence not one of my favorites.

Lifes too short to be small.
Spekulatius
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2413 Posts
March 02 2012 01:23 GMT
#13
On March 02 2012 10:09 dAPhREAk wrote:
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On March 02 2012 10:04 Spekulatius wrote:

Japanese: everything by Takeshi Kitano.

especially battle royale. =)

Not exactly by Takeshi Kitano, but yeah Also, there's been a gameshow on German TV for several years, called Takeshi's Castle. That was so much fun =D
Always smile~
Sickkiee
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Japan607 Posts
March 02 2012 01:25 GMT
#14
On March 02 2012 10:04 Spekulatius wrote:
I'd recommend you reading the Korean Drama thread from this post onwards. There's been some discussion about Korean movies and a lot of good recommendations.

Japanese: everything by Takeshi Kitano.


Hahaha, I was going to, but didn't feel like trawling through 5000+ pages to find a few good movies.
Lifes too short to be small.
dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
March 02 2012 01:27 GMT
#15
On March 02 2012 10:23 Spekulatius wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 02 2012 10:09 dAPhREAk wrote:
On March 02 2012 10:04 Spekulatius wrote:

Japanese: everything by Takeshi Kitano.

especially battle royale. =)

Not exactly by Takeshi Kitano, but yeah Also, there's been a gameshow on German TV for several years, called Takeshi's Castle. That was so much fun =D

true. you should watch everything by him and WITH him. he is a great actor, as well as director.

another hilarious show in Japan is bakatono-sama. they make new ones every new years. your host family will know it.
Spekulatius
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany2413 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-02 01:28:38
March 02 2012 01:28 GMT
#16
On March 02 2012 10:25 Sickkiee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 02 2012 10:04 Spekulatius wrote:
I'd recommend you reading the Korean Drama thread from this post onwards. There's been some discussion about Korean movies and a lot of good recommendations.

Japanese: everything by Takeshi Kitano.


Hahaha, I was going to, but didn't feel like trawling through 5000+ pages to find a few good movies.

Nonono, what you mean is the Korean Music discussion which is pretty big, I agree. The KDD is only 20ish pages long.
Always smile~
UmiNotsuki
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States633 Posts
March 02 2012 01:44 GMT
#17
My favorite Japanese movies are:

Byousoku Go Senchimeetoru (5 Centimeters per Second)
Okuribito (Departures)
Perfect Blue

Just me and my foreigner tastes, though :D
UmiNotsuki.111 (NA), UNTReborn.932 (EU), UmiNotsuki (iCCup) -- You see that text I wrote above this? I'll betcha $5 that you disagree :D
UTL_Unlimited
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Korea (South)353 Posts
March 02 2012 02:16 GMT
#18
Tae Guk Gi Brotherhood of War is one of my Korean movie favorites. check it out!
Need to write more things...
Gao Xi
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Hong Kong5178 Posts
March 02 2012 02:34 GMT
#19
I remember watching Suicide Circle (Jisatsu Sakuru?) I thought it was creepy and at the same time, kinda funny...
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Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3624 Posts
March 02 2012 03:00 GMT
#20
On March 02 2012 10:44 UmiNotsuki wrote:
My favorite Japanese movies are:

Byousoku Go Senchimeetoru (5 Centimeters per Second)
Okuribito (Departures)
Perfect Blue

Just me and my foreigner tastes, though :D

Departures is an excellent film! Shocked that no ones mentioned it yet, but Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai is a legendary film.
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