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Kokuhaku – Confession Trailer

Written by Amy on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 ( Start discussion ) | Heart It! (4) | Share This!

The film is based on an award-winning novel written by rookie author and housewife Kanae Minato. Actress Takako Matsu (K-20, Villon’s Wife) plays a dedicated teacher at a junior high school who’s young daughter is found brutally murdered. Believing two of her own students are responsible, she decides to leave the school, but not before a final chilling confession to her class in which she informs them that she’s already enacted her plan for vengeance.

Watch the trailer via Nippon Cinema.

Filed under: Books, English, Films, Japanese, Sharing, Stills, Trailers
Tags: japanese film, kokuhaku, masaki okada, nippon cinema, tetsuya nakashima

Burton’s Alice: It’s All About Girl Power

Written by Amy on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 ( 2 responses ) | Heart It! (10) | Share This!

Forgive the shameless reminder of Spice Girls. xD

I just got back from watching Alice in Wonderland~~

And how about it? TheAuteurs is showing a short film version of Alice in Wonderland done on 1903, if you would like to watch it (for FREE) just head over there. You will need an account.

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Filed under: Books, English, Films, Posters, Reviews, Sharing, Short Films
Tags: alice in wonderland, anne hathaway, disney, disney animation, johnny depp, mia wasikowska, short film, theauteurs.com, tim burton

Norwegian Wood (Tokio Blues) by Haruki Murakami

Written by Amy on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 ( 2 responses ) | Heart It! (6) | Share This!

I had recently bought a whole bunch of Haruki Murakami novels because I have fallen in love with his style. His narrative holds this air of melancholy… missing the past, but also a terrible sense of unhappiness. It’s utterly depressing, but this is why it’s so good.

Norwegian Wood (or Tokio Blues, in Spanish) is already being adapted into a film with a possible release for Dec’10, so it wasn’t a stretch to think about actual people playing the characters in the book.

It tells the non-chronological story of Watanabe Toru, who all of a sudden remembers Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend in high school, who ended up killing himself. It deals with the aftermath of the suicide, Naoko’s life pre and post-suicide, and Watanabe’s life pre and post-suicide as well.

Just as the other Murakami novels, the story has that vibe of quiet sadness, great soundtrack and a sense of great cinematography. The characters are often quiet, and internalize everything. They are so real, that you can’t help getting into someone else’s shoes and call someone a jerk or a bitch.

I had problems starting the novel, I read the first two chapters fine, but lost something during the middle part that made it almost tedious to continue with it. However, I was over it once I read about Midori, and how her developing relationship with Watanabe clashed with Watanabe’s feelings for Naoko… and then Reiko. As much as I wonder why these three end up sucked into the gravitational forces of Watanabe, and how I think that is somewhat sexist… I can’t help but want the best for him. And, in my opinion, that was with Hatsumi…

I can’t wait to see this on screen!

3.5/5

Filed under: Books, English, Japanese, Reviews, Sharing, Spanish
Tags: haruki murakami, japanese film, kenichi matsuyama, rinko kikuchi

Super(little)men

Written by Amy on Friday, February 19th, 2010 ( One response ) | Heart It! (3) | Share This!

This is so awesome. The most Batman I had was a sleeveless t-shirt with the batman logo. However, I did have a Spiderman pajama that had everything (even the mask) except for the hands, coz hands are difficult. So it was like a one-piece Spiderman pajama with a mask xD I totally rocked that one.

I know I should have a picture of that somewhere.

In the meantime, take a look at these super heroes! xD

Filed under: Comics, English, Photographs, Sharing
Tags: flickr, funny, marvel studios