December 2009
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25timesasecond:
great Japan + South Korea coverage of film
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Watchlist: The Boxer (1977)
Year: 1977
Directed: Shuji Terayama
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1h 38m
Cast:
Bunta Sugawara: Joji Hayabusa, ex-boxer
Kentarô Shimizu: Tetsuo Tenma, the boxer
Harukawa Masumi: Harumi
Yoko Natsuki: Mizue
Keiko Niitaka: Galacia the Prostitute
Yoko Ran: Ine
Yutaka Nemoto: Toshio
Takeshi Wakamatsu: Ikkaku
Salvador Tali: Uncle Totta
Toshihiko Hino: Dwarf
Plot / Synopsis
In mid-career, while...
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Zerachin Shiruba Love
Directed: Kazumi Kurigami
Genre: Thriller
Runtime: 01:27:58
Cast: Masatoshi Nagase, Rie Miyazawa, Yuki Amami, Koji Yakusho
Synopsis / Plot
“DVD release from erotic suspence film “Gelatin Silver Love” starring Masatoshi Nagase (”Sakuran”, Rie Miyazawa (”Hana Yori mo Nao”, Yuki Amami (”The Magic Hour”, and Koji Yakusho (”Tokyo Sonata”. Based on script written by...
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On my watchlist: Nobody to Watch Over Me (2008)
aka: Dare mo mamotte kurenai
Japan’s entry for the Academy Awards.
Year: 2008
Directed: Ryoichi Kimizuka
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 01:58:31
Cast: Koichi Sato, Mirai Shida, Ryuhei Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Yoshino Kimura
Synopsis / Plot
A 15-year-old middle school girl is picked up at school by the police when her elder 18-year-old brother is arrested on suspicion of...
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City of Life and Death: gripping, breathtaking...
I was blown away by Lu Chuan’ CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH (南京！南京！)
From the P.R.:
With his third film, acclaimed Mainland writer/director/executive producer Lu Chuan (THE MISSING GUN, MOUNTAIN PATROL: KEKEXILI) has created a stunning epic film, shot in luminous black and white, that recounts the true story of the 1937 Japanese occupation of China’s capital Nanking and the heroic defiance of...
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“NORWEGIAN WOOD
…Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung (“I Come With the...”
– Murakami’s “Norwegian Wood” being adapted to film - Tokyograph (via chickenbrothel)