There's a whole world of amazing cinema outside the usual circuit of Hollywood movies, and the Oscars. I'm inasmuch an anime junkie as I am a film junkie!
So I thought it would be nice to start a new thread, and see if there are others out there who are into Japanese films like I am!
You know if names such as
Akira Kurosawa, Shohei Imamura (who is famous for saying, and I quote:
"I am interested in the relationship of the lower part of the human body and the lower part of the social structure on which the reality of daily Japanese life obstinately supports itself."), or Yasujiro Ozu amongst others, strike a chord, this is a good place to exchange news, opinions, etc... Or if you would like to find out who these people are, this is a good place to ask!
General discussion on Anime movies would also be great... In general, just a bit of anything goes, as long as the topic relates to Japanese cinema either high, middle or low brow!
This is not a place, however, to make a listing of movies you like as there is already a thread for that here.
I would like to start with the Gamera series of monster movies...Imagine downtown Tokyo being blasted away by the fiery bad breath of an incredibly oversized turtle with a somewhat godzilla looking head... and those cars...do they look like toy cars! Yeah! You have entered the world of a Japanese monster movie! I love them! And the best place to watch them, the movie theatre! (if you are lucky enough) if not rent one! Like Godzilla (ignore American version), there's a whole series of them! Check out this Gamera trailertrailer!
Hopefully there will be others willing to join the general (irreverent) discussion...in any case I thought it was worth a shot in the dark! XXXD
You know if names such as
Akira Kurosawa, Shohei Imamura (who is famous for saying, and I quote:
"I am interested in the relationship of the lower part of the human body and the lower part of the social structure on which the reality of daily Japanese life obstinately supports itself."), or Yasujiro Ozu amongst others, strike a chord, this is a good place to exchange news, opinions, etc... Or if you would like to find out who these people are, this is a good place to ask!
General discussion on Anime movies would also be great... In general, just a bit of anything goes, as long as the topic relates to Japanese cinema either high, middle or low brow!
This is not a place, however, to make a listing of movies you like as there is already a thread for that here.
I would like to start with the Gamera series of monster movies...Imagine downtown Tokyo being blasted away by the fiery bad breath of an incredibly oversized turtle with a somewhat godzilla looking head... and those cars...do they look like toy cars! Yeah! You have entered the world of a Japanese monster movie! I love them! And the best place to watch them, the movie theatre! (if you are lucky enough) if not rent one! Like Godzilla (ignore American version), there's a whole series of them! Check out this Gamera trailertrailer!
Hopefully there will be others willing to join the general (irreverent) discussion...in any case I thought it was worth a shot in the dark! XXXD