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Written by Amy on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 ( Start discussion ) | 
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Viz Cinema (Pictures, etc etc) is the answer to J-Film fans in the US, Canada… and well, pretty much the whole continent. These coming weeks, besides showcasing 20th Century Boys 2, and Gurren Lagann, Viz will be screening two of Isshin Inudo’s films. The first one being Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish — on my bday xD — and La Maison de Himiko.
Josee counts with the presence of Juri Ueno in a small role ;P alongside Satoshi Tsumabuki, and Chizuru Ikewaki. While Himiko stars Joe Odagiri and Kou Shibasaki.
more info about the screenings over at Nippon Cinema.
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Tags: distributors, joe odagiri, kou shibasaki, nippon cinema, satoshi tsumabuki, ueno juri
Written by Amy on Thursday, October 1st, 2009 ( Start discussion ) | 
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The Japanese Cultural Center in Korea has been showing since the month of July films from 4 popular Japanese actors in Korea – Juri Ueno, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yu Aoi… and now this month, Joe Odagiri.
For free.
Damn, why doesn’t Centro Cultural Peruano Japones do this?
via this Japanese site.
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Tags: centro cultural peruano japones, japan, joe odagiri, korea, news, satoshi tsumabuki, ueno juri, yu aoi
Written by Amy on Saturday, August 29th, 2009 ( 5 responses ) | (2) |
While we wait for Juri’s WOWOW project (please, please! Someone sub this!!! And please, please WOWOW release this with subs), the programming (non-coding) people have decided to do a Juri Marathon with 6 films! (Sounds like Comfy Monki to me xD) starting on September 7th (That’s a Monday, just so you know~)
- Sept. 7th – Jozze to Tora to Sakana-tachi (Josee, the Tiger and the Fish)
with Satoshi Tsumabuki and Chizuru Ikewaki
- Sept. 8th – Kame wa Igai to Hayaku Oyogu (Turtles Swim Faster than Expected)
with Yu Aoi (!!! xD)
- Sept. 9th – Naoko
- Sept. 10th – Swing Girls (!!!!)
- Sept. 10th – Warau Mikaeru (Arch Angels)
- Sept. 11th – GuGu Datte Neko de Aru (Gu Gu the Cat)
with Kyoko Koizumi~~~
Why they chose Josee instead of Rainbow Song makes me wonder… after all she was barely in Josee xD – Anyway, if you get WOWOW, don’t miss the chance to watch these six Juri films!
Kame wa igai to hayaku oyogu
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Tags: kame wa igai to hayaku oyogu, satoshi tsumabuki, swing girls, turtles swim faster than expected, ueno juri, wowow, yu aoi
Written by Amy on Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 ( 10 responses ) | (13) |
Something about the film:
Quiet Room ni Youkoso is a 2007 dramedy telling the story of Asuka Sakura, a up-and-coming journalist who is trying to write an 800-character article, but one day wakes up and finds herself strapped inside the room of a psych ward. Inside, they tell her she had OD’ed, even when Asuka tells them it was an accident, they say she must go through mental treatment so she won’t do it again. During that time, she meets a few unique people that will or won’t mark her for the rest of her life…
Genre: Dramedy… mind you, Drama is pretty straight forward, but Comedy is pretty dark.
Starring: Yuki Uchida, Kankuro Kudo, Yu Aoi
Appearances by: Ryo, Shinobu Otake, Yuko Nakamura, Mai Takahashi, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hideaki Anno, Shinya Tsukamoto, Kami Hiraiwa
Duration: Almost 2hrs
Spoilers ahead, you’ve been warned. Really, these spoilers may ruin your watching…
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Tags: quiet room ni youkoso, satoshi tsumabuki, yu aoi, yu aoi film discussion
Written by Amy on Saturday, March 21st, 2009 ( One response ) | (2) |
Tetsuya Nakashima’s latest film, PAKO to Maho no Ehon is one horrorific Japanese film – and you should see it for it. Nakashima has become quickly in one of my favorite Japanese directors (alongside Shunji Iwai, who is, by the way, a total different approach to filmmaking) and Memories of Matsuko is my favorite Japanese film to date.
Nakashima is quickly turning into my Japanese sort of Tim-Burtonesque filmmaker stylist, in the way he uses rich visual enhancements to his storytelling – thanks to his background in CMs, and just found out and remembered watching this – He combines amazing color treatment, art direction, cinematography and mashes it all up with anything he can… be it a bit of violence, grandeur musical numbers, and animation.
In the end, it isn’t much of a surprise when you begin watching Paco and the Magical Book and find yourself in a very Disney-nesque world (the film starts with a Lion-King-esque chant, literally) – after all, this is supposed to be aimed at a younger audience. However, don’t ever fool yourself thinking that this will dumb down anything that Tetsuya wants to show… which includes a punk-goth-tatooed-blond nurse (Anna Tsuchiya), a psychologically-insane-ex-child-star-bum (Satoshi Tsumabuki), a raging-drag-queen whom a lot of people are referring to as ‘gay’ (Jun Kunimura), and a blood-sucking-neck-biting-vampiresque nurse (Eiko Koike). And don’t forget the grumpy old man who doesn’t back down when hitting the kid (Koji Yakusho)… well, I actually laughed at that bit. Does that make me an asshole??
Yes, the film is nuts, but it’s worth watching. For international audience, it might not be recommended to watch with their kids, unless they are willing to read subtitles… because films like this should be enjoy in its original language. I still think is not as brilliant as Matsuko, but I will have to see it once more with proper subtitles to form a strong opinion. And man! Those CGI animated sequences… and the whole thing, like I said~~ dramatic comedy meets Disney on LSD. I think that’s the perfect description for Nakashima’s style.
I’ll leave you with some links,
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Tags: anna tsuchiya, paco and the magical book, ryo kase, satoshi tsumabuki, tetsuya nakashima
