I saw that this is to be shown on the flight, I'm so excited.
I have wanted to see this movie since it was first announced!
I love Saito Takumi and Ayase Haruka is a great actress. I hope it will be good!!!
Showing posts with label Japanese movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese movie. Show all posts
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
高台家成員THE KODAI FAMILY
I saw that this is to be shown on the flight, I'm so excited.
I have wanted to see this movie since it was first announced!
I love Saito Takumi and Ayase Haruka is a great actress. I hope it will be good!!!
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
ビリギャル
I saw the trailer in Japan last year and found it interesting. I finally got the time to see it.
I enjoyed it very much, especially as it's built on a real story.
It really shows how important teachers are! They are the ones who can make students reach higher!
The movie is not complicated therefore it was great to watch when being tired after work.
I also like the song right before the end, it took me some time before I realized it was in English..haha!
Title: ビリギャル (Biri Gyaru)
English Title: Flying Colors
Directed by: Nobuhiro Doi
Produced by: Jun Nasuda, Junichi Shindō
Distributed by: Toho
Release dates: May 1, 2015
Running time: 117 minutes
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Plot
Sayaka Kudo is a gyaru who wears miniskirts and dyes her hair blonde. Although she is a 2nd year senior high school student, she is on par academically with 4th grade elementary school students. She frequently transfers between schools because she is unable to make friends, and was once suspended for being caught with cigarettes. Eventually she attends a private all-girls high school where she plays and enjoys her extra-scholarly activities to the nth degree while skipping study altogether.
To prepare her for her university entrance examination, her mother decides to send her to Seiho Cram School. However, when the school director, Yoshitaka Tsubota, hears about Sayaka's academic problem, he makes it his personal goal to help her enter the university of her choice, Keio University, a prestigious university that is considered one of the most difficult to enter in Japan and to get back at her father.
After her father, whose main goal is to get her brother Ryuta into pro baseball, labels her an "air-head" and says she and her mother are being scammed by the cram school only for money, Sayaka becomes determined to study hard to prove her father wrong. Over the course of the summer holidays of her second year through to the exams at the end of her third year in senior high school, Sayaka studies extremely hard and goes without sleep to the extent that she nods off in her high school classes. She even dyes her hair back to black and cuts it to show her resolve. Her results progressively improve on practice tests and her academic deviation value increases tremendously from 30 to 70 in this short span of time.
Cast
Kasumi Arimura as Sayaka Kudō
Atsushi Itō as Yoshitaka Tsubota
Shūhei Nomura as Reiji Mori
Yūhei Ōuchida as Ryūta Kudō
Kokoro Okuda as Mayumi Kudō
Morio Agata as Makoto Minegishi
Ken Yasuda as Takashi Nishimura
Airi Matsui as Mika Honda
Tetsushi Tanaka as Sayaka's Father
Yō Yoshida as Sayaka's Mother
I enjoyed it very much, especially as it's built on a real story.
It really shows how important teachers are! They are the ones who can make students reach higher!
The movie is not complicated therefore it was great to watch when being tired after work.
I also like the song right before the end, it took me some time before I realized it was in English..haha!
★★★
Title: ビリギャル (Biri Gyaru)
English Title: Flying Colors
Directed by: Nobuhiro Doi
Produced by: Jun Nasuda, Junichi Shindō
Distributed by: Toho
Release dates: May 1, 2015
Running time: 117 minutes
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Plot
Sayaka Kudo is a gyaru who wears miniskirts and dyes her hair blonde. Although she is a 2nd year senior high school student, she is on par academically with 4th grade elementary school students. She frequently transfers between schools because she is unable to make friends, and was once suspended for being caught with cigarettes. Eventually she attends a private all-girls high school where she plays and enjoys her extra-scholarly activities to the nth degree while skipping study altogether.
To prepare her for her university entrance examination, her mother decides to send her to Seiho Cram School. However, when the school director, Yoshitaka Tsubota, hears about Sayaka's academic problem, he makes it his personal goal to help her enter the university of her choice, Keio University, a prestigious university that is considered one of the most difficult to enter in Japan and to get back at her father.
After her father, whose main goal is to get her brother Ryuta into pro baseball, labels her an "air-head" and says she and her mother are being scammed by the cram school only for money, Sayaka becomes determined to study hard to prove her father wrong. Over the course of the summer holidays of her second year through to the exams at the end of her third year in senior high school, Sayaka studies extremely hard and goes without sleep to the extent that she nods off in her high school classes. She even dyes her hair back to black and cuts it to show her resolve. Her results progressively improve on practice tests and her academic deviation value increases tremendously from 30 to 70 in this short span of time.
Cast
Kasumi Arimura as Sayaka Kudō
Atsushi Itō as Yoshitaka Tsubota
Shūhei Nomura as Reiji Mori
Yūhei Ōuchida as Ryūta Kudō
Kokoro Okuda as Mayumi Kudō
Morio Agata as Makoto Minegishi
Ken Yasuda as Takashi Nishimura
Airi Matsui as Mika Honda
Tetsushi Tanaka as Sayaka's Father
Yō Yoshida as Sayaka's Mother
info @ wikipeida
Sunday, 23 November 2014
ルパン三世
I have wanted to watch this ever since it was announced! And the trailer made me wanting to see it even more. And while browsing the JAL catalog over movies they are showing during my flight, I saw that this is one of them!!! Could it be any better?
I'm happy to know that at least two movies will entertain me on my long distant flight that will take place in a few weeks from now!!! Oguri Shun is one of my fave actors in Japan, not only because he's good looking..haha
Title: ルパン三世 (Rupan Sansei / Lupin III)
Directed by: Ryuhei Kitamura
Written by: Mataichirō Yamamoto
Release date: August 30, 2014
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese, English
Plot
Lupin and friends infiltrate a highly secured fortress-like safe named "Ark of Navarone" (ナヴァロンの箱舟) to claim the "Crimson Heart of Cleopatra" (クリムゾンハート・オブ・クレオパトラ?)
Cast
Shun Oguri as Arsène Lupin III
Tetsuji Tamayama as Daisuke Jigen
Gō Ayano as Goemon Ishikawa XIII
Meisa Kuroki as Fujiko Mine
Tadanobu Asano as Koichi Zenigata
Jerry Yan as Michael Lee
Kim Joon as Pierre
Nick Tate as Dawson
Nirut Sirijanya as Pramuk
Rhatha Phongam as Miss V
Thanayong as Royal
info @ wikipedia
Sunday, 16 November 2014
すべては君に逢えたから
I have wanted to see it since I first heard of it. I love Love Actually, but I do hope they have made it slightly differently. I saw on JAL that it will be shown on my flight to Tokyo next month, so I'm kinda excited ^^
I mainly will watch it because of Tamaki Hiroshi-kun, YES I admit it XD
But also, like I already said, It's inspired by Love actually so it makes it interesting!! And I haven't been able to find this with Eng sub before, so I'm overjoyed!!! ^^
Title: すべては君に逢えたから (Subete wa Kimi ni Aeta kara)
English Title: It All Began When I Met You
Director: Katsuhide Motoki
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Story
Inspired by the 2003 British romantic comedy Love Actually, the film is made up of six separate stories revolving around ten people at Tokyo Station just before Christmas. It was produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station, and was filmed with full cooperation by the railway company JR East.
The six stories are: Eve no Koibito (イヴの恋人, Christmas Eve Lover), Enkyori Renai (遠距離恋愛, Long-distance Love Affair), Christmas no Yūki (クリスマスの勇気, Christmas Courage), Christmas Present (クリスマスプレゼント), Nibun no Ichi Seijinshiki (二分の一成人式, Half a Coming-of-age Ceremony), Okurete Kita Present (遅れてきたプレゼント, Belated Present)
Cast
Story 1: Eve no Koibito
Hiroshi Tamaki as Kazuki Kuroyama, a company president
Rin Takanashi as Reiko Sasaki, an aspiring actress
Story 2: Enkyori Renai
Fumino Kimura as Yukina Yamaguchi, a fashion designer
Masahiro Higashide as Takumi Tsumura, a construction worker
Story 3: Christmas no Yūki
Tsubasa Honda as Natsumi Otomo, a cake shop employee
Story 4: Christmas Present
Miwako Ichikawa as Chiharu Kishimoto, an orphanage worker
Emiri Kai as Akane Terai
Story 5: Nibun no Ichi Seijinshiki
Saburo Tokito as Masayuki Miyazaki, a train driver
Nene Otsuka as Saori Miyazaki, Masayuki's wife
Ryutaro Yamasaki as Koji Miyazaki, their son
Story 6: Okurete Kita Present
Chieko Baisho as Kotoko Oshima, a Tokyo Station pastry shop employee
Nenji Kobayashi as Taizo Matsuura
I mainly will watch it because of Tamaki Hiroshi-kun, YES I admit it XD
But also, like I already said, It's inspired by Love actually so it makes it interesting!! And I haven't been able to find this with Eng sub before, so I'm overjoyed!!! ^^
Title: すべては君に逢えたから (Subete wa Kimi ni Aeta kara)
English Title: It All Began When I Met You
Director: Katsuhide Motoki
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Story
Inspired by the 2003 British romantic comedy Love Actually, the film is made up of six separate stories revolving around ten people at Tokyo Station just before Christmas. It was produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station, and was filmed with full cooperation by the railway company JR East.
The six stories are: Eve no Koibito (イヴの恋人, Christmas Eve Lover), Enkyori Renai (遠距離恋愛, Long-distance Love Affair), Christmas no Yūki (クリスマスの勇気, Christmas Courage), Christmas Present (クリスマスプレゼント), Nibun no Ichi Seijinshiki (二分の一成人式, Half a Coming-of-age Ceremony), Okurete Kita Present (遅れてきたプレゼント, Belated Present)
Cast
Story 1: Eve no Koibito
Hiroshi Tamaki as Kazuki Kuroyama, a company president
Rin Takanashi as Reiko Sasaki, an aspiring actress
Story 2: Enkyori Renai
Fumino Kimura as Yukina Yamaguchi, a fashion designer
Masahiro Higashide as Takumi Tsumura, a construction worker
Story 3: Christmas no Yūki
Tsubasa Honda as Natsumi Otomo, a cake shop employee
Story 4: Christmas Present
Miwako Ichikawa as Chiharu Kishimoto, an orphanage worker
Emiri Kai as Akane Terai
Story 5: Nibun no Ichi Seijinshiki
Saburo Tokito as Masayuki Miyazaki, a train driver
Nene Otsuka as Saori Miyazaki, Masayuki's wife
Ryutaro Yamasaki as Koji Miyazaki, their son
Story 6: Okurete Kita Present
Chieko Baisho as Kotoko Oshima, a Tokyo Station pastry shop employee
Nenji Kobayashi as Taizo Matsuura
info @ wikipedia
Friday, 24 October 2014
Arashi at Tokyo International Film Festival
Yesterday was the opening of Tokyo International Film Festival, many various notable and celebrities attended.
Among them Arashi and Japanese Prime minister Abe.
Prime minister Abe repeated the country’s ‘Cool Japan’ culture and tourism pitch and joshed with five part boy-band Arashi, who were dressed like the PM in sharp, dark suits. He also said “I hope some of their popularity rubs off on the government”.
To read the full story go here...Variet's original article
NICE...
Even the Prime minister recognize the popularity of Arashi ^^
photos cred @ owners
Friday, 17 October 2014
L♥DK (鄰居同居)
I saw the trailer earlier this year, I thought.. SO typical Japanese ^^
Anyway i saw it a few days ago, and it was kinda predictible. I mean from the trailer, see below, you can all guess what's gonna happen.
So no surprises there. Anyway it was nice to see a movie where I didn't need to put any effort into it!!
A typical girl teenage movie?!
Title: L♥DK (鄰居同居/Rinkyo Dōkyo) Love cohabitation
Release date: Apr 12, 2014
Country: Japan
Plot
Shūsei Kugayama, the "Prince" of his high school, has a reputation of turning down confessions from admiring girls; Aoi Nishimori takes offense after he turns down her best friend, Moe Shibuya. Later that day, Aoi is greeted by her new apartment neighbor which turns out to be Shūsei! After a kitchen fire accident ruins Shūsei's apartment, Shūsei decides to move into Aoi's flat, but becomes more casual and friendly towards her at school. After getting to know him better, Aoi falls in love with him, although he does not initially return that feeling. Meanwhile, they must keep their cohabitation a secret. Aoi tries to divert the girls who are interested in Shūsei, the guys who are interested in her, and family members who reveal hints about Shūsei's past. The two eventually come to fall in love with one another.
Cast
Gouriki Ayame as Nishimori Aoi
Yamazaki Kento as Kugayama Shūsei
Okamoto Rei as Shibuya Moe
Shiraishi Mihoas Hoshino Kazumi (landlord)
Ishibashi Anna as Mizuno Satsuki
Anyway i saw it a few days ago, and it was kinda predictible. I mean from the trailer, see below, you can all guess what's gonna happen.
So no surprises there. Anyway it was nice to see a movie where I didn't need to put any effort into it!!
A typical girl teenage movie?!
★★★
Title: L♥DK (鄰居同居/Rinkyo Dōkyo) Love cohabitation
Release date: Apr 12, 2014
Country: Japan
Plot
Shūsei Kugayama, the "Prince" of his high school, has a reputation of turning down confessions from admiring girls; Aoi Nishimori takes offense after he turns down her best friend, Moe Shibuya. Later that day, Aoi is greeted by her new apartment neighbor which turns out to be Shūsei! After a kitchen fire accident ruins Shūsei's apartment, Shūsei decides to move into Aoi's flat, but becomes more casual and friendly towards her at school. After getting to know him better, Aoi falls in love with him, although he does not initially return that feeling. Meanwhile, they must keep their cohabitation a secret. Aoi tries to divert the girls who are interested in Shūsei, the guys who are interested in her, and family members who reveal hints about Shūsei's past. The two eventually come to fall in love with one another.
Cast
Gouriki Ayame as Nishimori Aoi
Yamazaki Kento as Kugayama Shūsei
Okamoto Rei as Shibuya Moe
Shiraishi Mihoas Hoshino Kazumi (landlord)
Ishibashi Anna as Mizuno Satsuki
Friday, 3 October 2014
白ゆき姫殺人事件
I found this by chance, I like most of the actors so I will try to give it a shot this weekend!
I haven't seen anything with Inoue Mao-chan for quite some time so I hope it will be interesting ^^
Eng title: The Snow White Murder Case
Japanese: 白ゆき姫殺人事件 (Shiro Yuki Hime Satsujin Jiken)
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Writer: Kanae Minato (novel), Tamio Hayashi
Runtime: 126 min.
Genre: Crime / Mystery
Plot
Yuji Akahoshi (Gou Ayano) for a television show. He receives a phone call from an old high school friend, Risako Kano (Misako Renbutsu). She tells him that her co-worker at a cosmetics compay was stabbed to death and then doused in flames. Yuji Akahoshi decides to interview workers at the company and others that knew the victim, Noriko Miki (Nanao), for his television show.
Yuji Akahoshi soon discovers that another co-worker, Miki Shirono (Mao Inoue) disappeared the same night of the murder. She was last seen running to the train station shortly after Noriko Miki's death. Yuji attempts to unravel the mystery of Miki Shirono.
Cast
Mao Inoue as Miki Shirono
Gou Ayano as Yuji Akahoshi
Misako Renbutsu as Risako Kano
Nanao as Noriko Miki
Shihori Kanjiya as Yuko Tanimura
Nobuaki Kaneko as Satoshi Shinoyama
Erena Ono as Emi Mitsushima (Mi-chan)
Mitsuki Tanimura as Minori Maetani
Shota Sometani as Hasegawa
Katsuhisa Namase as Mizutani
I haven't seen anything with Inoue Mao-chan for quite some time so I hope it will be interesting ^^
Eng title: The Snow White Murder Case
Japanese: 白ゆき姫殺人事件 (Shiro Yuki Hime Satsujin Jiken)
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Writer: Kanae Minato (novel), Tamio Hayashi
Runtime: 126 min.
Genre: Crime / Mystery
Plot
Yuji Akahoshi (Gou Ayano) for a television show. He receives a phone call from an old high school friend, Risako Kano (Misako Renbutsu). She tells him that her co-worker at a cosmetics compay was stabbed to death and then doused in flames. Yuji Akahoshi decides to interview workers at the company and others that knew the victim, Noriko Miki (Nanao), for his television show.
Yuji Akahoshi soon discovers that another co-worker, Miki Shirono (Mao Inoue) disappeared the same night of the murder. She was last seen running to the train station shortly after Noriko Miki's death. Yuji attempts to unravel the mystery of Miki Shirono.
Cast
Mao Inoue as Miki Shirono
Gou Ayano as Yuji Akahoshi
Misako Renbutsu as Risako Kano
Nanao as Noriko Miki
Shihori Kanjiya as Yuko Tanimura
Nobuaki Kaneko as Satoshi Shinoyama
Erena Ono as Emi Mitsushima (Mi-chan)
Mitsuki Tanimura as Minori Maetani
Shota Sometani as Hasegawa
Katsuhisa Namase as Mizutani
Thursday, 11 September 2014
万能鑑定士Ｑ - モナ・リザの瞳
I saw this movie on the flight back home from the US last week, It was much better and fun than I expected. Ayase Haruka is a great actor.
It had more suspense than I imagined, and I guess that's why I liked it. Ayase's French was also very cute ^^
I wonder what of the story is true or if it all was fiction!? Oh well, it got me amused I guess that was the part ^^
English Title: All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa
Japanese Title: 万能鑑定士Q モナ・リザの瞳 (Bannou Kanteishi Q Monariza no Hitomi)
Release Date: May 31, 2014
Runtime: 119 min.
Genre: Mystery / Suspense
Language: Japanese
Story
Riko Rinda is an appraiser with her own store "All-Around Appraiser Q". She is hired as a temporary employee by The Louvre for a Mona Lisa exhibition to be held in Japan. Yuto Ogasawara is a magazine editor and follows Riko Rinda for a story. The two soon discover a hidden puzzle of the Mona Lisa.
Cast
Haruka Ayase as Riko Rinda
Tori Matsuzaka as Yuto Ogasawara
Eriko Hatsune as Misa Ryusenji
Pierre Deladonchamps as Richard Ble
Hiroaki Murakami as Hisayuki Asahina
Jun Hashimoto as Koyo Ogino
Seminosuke Murasugi as Satoru Yamada
Kazuya Kojima as Yuzen Kiyan
Kazue Tsunogae as Kaori
It had more suspense than I imagined, and I guess that's why I liked it. Ayase's French was also very cute ^^
I wonder what of the story is true or if it all was fiction!? Oh well, it got me amused I guess that was the part ^^
★★★★
English Title: All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa
Japanese Title: 万能鑑定士Q モナ・リザの瞳 (Bannou Kanteishi Q Monariza no Hitomi)
Release Date: May 31, 2014
Runtime: 119 min.
Genre: Mystery / Suspense
Language: Japanese
Story
Riko Rinda is an appraiser with her own store "All-Around Appraiser Q". She is hired as a temporary employee by The Louvre for a Mona Lisa exhibition to be held in Japan. Yuto Ogasawara is a magazine editor and follows Riko Rinda for a story. The two soon discover a hidden puzzle of the Mona Lisa.
Cast
Haruka Ayase as Riko Rinda
Tori Matsuzaka as Yuto Ogasawara
Eriko Hatsune as Misa Ryusenji
Pierre Deladonchamps as Richard Ble
Hiroaki Murakami as Hisayuki Asahina
Jun Hashimoto as Koyo Ogino
Seminosuke Murasugi as Satoru Yamada
Kazuya Kojima as Yuzen Kiyan
Kazue Tsunogae as Kaori
info @ asiawiki
Sunday, 7 September 2014
神様のカルテ2 / Love chart 2
I got top see the movie on my flight to Vancouver 2 weeks ago.
I'm so lucky, last time I flew with SAS I saw Nazodi, and this time Kamisama no Karute! Both starring my fave Arashi member - Sho-chan ^^
I have seen the first movie which I liked and therefore looked forward seeing this! It was a good movie, a good story and actors!
Just like previous one, it brings up topics that is close to many and it tells it in a beautiful way!
I'm so happy I got to see this, to be honest, I watched it twice ^^
Title: 神様のカルテ2 (Kamisama no Karute 2)
Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Writer: Sosuke Natsukawa (novel), Noriko Goto
Producer: Naohiro Kawada
Cinematographer: Kosuke Yamada
Release Date: March 21, 2014
Runtime: 116 min.
Language: Japanese
Story
Dr. Ichito (Sho Sakurai) works at Honjo Hospital. His longtime friend Dr. Tatsuya Shindo (Tatsuya Fujiwara), who comes from Tokyo, begins working at Honjo Hospital. In their university days, Tatsuya was referred to as "the conscience of the medical school". Ichito notices a difference in Tatsuya now, as he leaves work on time. Then, Ichito's senior colleague Dr. Nukita (Akira Emoto) collapses.
Cast
Sho Sakurai as Dr. Ichito Kuriharai
Aoi Miazaki as Haruna Kuriharai
Tatsuya Fujiwara as Dr. Tatsuya Shindo
Jun Kaname as Jiro Sunayama
Michiko Kichise as Shizue Tomura
Akira Emoto as Seitaro Nukita
Yoshie Ichige as Chiyo Nukita
Tokuma Nishioka as Shunichiro Takayama
Aki Asakura as Yoko Mizunashi
Chizuru Ikewaki as Naomi Touzai
Taizo Harada as Danshaku
Gaku Hamada as Sugi Yaku
I'm so lucky, last time I flew with SAS I saw Nazodi, and this time Kamisama no Karute! Both starring my fave Arashi member - Sho-chan ^^
I have seen the first movie which I liked and therefore looked forward seeing this! It was a good movie, a good story and actors!
Just like previous one, it brings up topics that is close to many and it tells it in a beautiful way!
I'm so happy I got to see this, to be honest, I watched it twice ^^
★★★★
Title: 神様のカルテ2 (Kamisama no Karute 2)
Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Writer: Sosuke Natsukawa (novel), Noriko Goto
Producer: Naohiro Kawada
Cinematographer: Kosuke Yamada
Release Date: March 21, 2014
Runtime: 116 min.
Language: Japanese
Story
Dr. Ichito (Sho Sakurai) works at Honjo Hospital. His longtime friend Dr. Tatsuya Shindo (Tatsuya Fujiwara), who comes from Tokyo, begins working at Honjo Hospital. In their university days, Tatsuya was referred to as "the conscience of the medical school". Ichito notices a difference in Tatsuya now, as he leaves work on time. Then, Ichito's senior colleague Dr. Nukita (Akira Emoto) collapses.
Cast
Sho Sakurai as Dr. Ichito Kuriharai
Aoi Miazaki as Haruna Kuriharai
Tatsuya Fujiwara as Dr. Tatsuya Shindo
Jun Kaname as Jiro Sunayama
Michiko Kichise as Shizue Tomura
Akira Emoto as Seitaro Nukita
Yoshie Ichige as Chiyo Nukita
Tokuma Nishioka as Shunichiro Takayama
Aki Asakura as Yoko Mizunashi
Chizuru Ikewaki as Naomi Touzai
Taizo Harada as Danshaku
Gaku Hamada as Sugi Yaku
info @ asiawiki
Saturday, 16 August 2014
I Just Wanna Hug You
I have wanted to see this for quite some time, I think mentioned it earlier this year! Anyway it's finally out on dvd so I was able to watch it.
Despite knowing how it would end I'm happy I saw it. It's a really good story of life and it touches you, I think they made a good movie out of it. I hope the families both Tsukasa's and Masami's are happy with the outcome!
If you are able to find this movie, please watch it ^^
Title 抱きしめたい ―真実の物語― / Dakishimetai - Shinjitsu No Monogatari
Director: Akihiko Shiota
Writer: Akihiko Shiota, Hiroshi Saito
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Runtime: 122 min.
Story
Set in Abashiri, Hokkaido. Tsukasa (Keiko Kitagawa) got into a severe car accident when she was a high school student. She still suffers from the aftereffects of that accident, with memory impairment and needing to use a wheelchair. Nevertheless, she tries to live life to the fullest. Tsukasa then falls in love with taxi driver Masami (Ryo Nishikido), who likes playing basketball. Even though they have various difficulties, they try to make a happy family together, but they encounter another serious situation.
Cast
Kitagawa Keiko as Yamamoto Tsukasa
Nishikido Ryo as Koyanagi Masami
Kamiji Yusuke as Tonden
Saito Takumi as Sonomura
Hirayama Aya as Natsumi
Kubota Masataka as Junpei
Tsunogae Kazue as Koyanagi Masami's mom
Kunimura Jun as Koyanagi Masami's dad
Fubuki Jun as Yamamoto Tsubasa's mom
Despite knowing how it would end I'm happy I saw it. It's a really good story of life and it touches you, I think they made a good movie out of it. I hope the families both Tsukasa's and Masami's are happy with the outcome!
If you are able to find this movie, please watch it ^^
★★★★
Title 抱きしめたい ―真実の物語― / Dakishimetai - Shinjitsu No Monogatari
Director: Akihiko Shiota
Writer: Akihiko Shiota, Hiroshi Saito
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Runtime: 122 min.
Story
Set in Abashiri, Hokkaido. Tsukasa (Keiko Kitagawa) got into a severe car accident when she was a high school student. She still suffers from the aftereffects of that accident, with memory impairment and needing to use a wheelchair. Nevertheless, she tries to live life to the fullest. Tsukasa then falls in love with taxi driver Masami (Ryo Nishikido), who likes playing basketball. Even though they have various difficulties, they try to make a happy family together, but they encounter another serious situation.
Cast
Kitagawa Keiko as Yamamoto Tsukasa
Nishikido Ryo as Koyanagi Masami
Kamiji Yusuke as Tonden
Saito Takumi as Sonomura
Hirayama Aya as Natsumi
Kubota Masataka as Junpei
Tsunogae Kazue as Koyanagi Masami's mom
Kunimura Jun as Koyanagi Masami's dad
Fubuki Jun as Yamamoto Tsubasa's mom
Tuesday, 22 July 2014
The chart of love
I found this in SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) entertainment magazine for July.
I hope they will show it next month too when I fly to US/Canada.
I so want to see this movie and it comes with Eng sub so it's PERFECT!
Last December when I flew with SAS to Tokyo they showed Sho's Nazodi movie!!!
I got to say, the English title of the movie, Japanese title: Kamisama no karute 2, is kinda cute ^^
I hope, wish and pray!
Monday, 14 July 2014
風立ちぬ
I finally got to see the final movie by Miyazaki Hayao, 風立ちぬ or The Wind Rises.
It's an animated historical drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, and is animated by Studio Ghibli. It was the final one by Miyazaki before his retirement in September 2013.
Although the story was appealing and of course as always great work.
I cannot feel to say it was a "wow" movie. I prefer となりのトトロ (My Neighbor Totoro), ハウルの動く城 (Howl's Moving Castle), 崖の上のポニョ (Ponyo), and 魔女の宅急便 (Kiki's Delivery Service).
Oh well, it was still a great final movie on a great era. I wonder how Ghibli will be from now on!!
Title: 風立ちぬ (Kaze Tachinu)
English Title: The Wind Rises
Release date: July 20, 2013
Distributed by: Toho (Japan)
Running time: 126 minutes
Plot
In Japan 1918, Jiro Horikoshi, a young boy living in a provincial town, dreams of being a fighter pilot, but his poor eyesight forbids it. After he reads an aviation magazine, Jiro dreams he meets the famous Italian aircraft designer Caproni, who tells him that building planes is better than flying them.
Five years later, Jiro is traveling to Tokyo by train to study engineering. He meets a young girl named Naoko traveling with her maid; when the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 hits, Naoko's maid breaks her leg, and Jiro carries her to Naoko's family. He leaves without giving his name.
Jiro begins work at aircraft manufacturer Mitsubishi, assigned to a fighter design team. He is sent to Germany to carry out technical research and obtain a production license for a Junkers aircraft. He argues with German soldiers and witnesses a night raid by German secret police. He dreams again of Caproni, who asks him: "Do you prefer a world with pyramids, or with no pyramids?" Even if humankind might put planes to ugly purposes, Caproni believes that the world is better for their beauty.
In 1932, Jiro is promoted to chief designer for a fighter plane competition sponsored by the Navy, which ends in failure. Disappointed, Jiro visits a summer resort where he meets Naoko again. They are engaged soon after. However, Naoko has tuberculosis, and refuses to marry until she recovers....
Cast
Hideaki Anno as Jiro Horikoshi
Miori Takimoto as Naoko Satomi
Hidetoshi Nishijima as Honjo
Masahiko Nishimura as Kurokawa
Stephen Alpert as Castorp
Morio Kazama as Satomi
Keiko Takeshita as Jiro's mother
Mirai Shida as Kayo Horikoshi
Jun Kunimura as Hattori
Shinobu Otake as Mrs. Kurokawa
Nomura Mansai as Giovanni Battista Caproni
It's an animated historical drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, and is animated by Studio Ghibli. It was the final one by Miyazaki before his retirement in September 2013.
Although the story was appealing and of course as always great work.
I cannot feel to say it was a "wow" movie. I prefer となりのトトロ (My Neighbor Totoro), ハウルの動く城 (Howl's Moving Castle), 崖の上のポニョ (Ponyo), and 魔女の宅急便 (Kiki's Delivery Service).
Oh well, it was still a great final movie on a great era. I wonder how Ghibli will be from now on!!
★★★★
Title: 風立ちぬ (Kaze Tachinu)
English Title: The Wind Rises
Release date: July 20, 2013
Distributed by: Toho (Japan)
Running time: 126 minutes
Plot
In Japan 1918, Jiro Horikoshi, a young boy living in a provincial town, dreams of being a fighter pilot, but his poor eyesight forbids it. After he reads an aviation magazine, Jiro dreams he meets the famous Italian aircraft designer Caproni, who tells him that building planes is better than flying them.
Five years later, Jiro is traveling to Tokyo by train to study engineering. He meets a young girl named Naoko traveling with her maid; when the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 hits, Naoko's maid breaks her leg, and Jiro carries her to Naoko's family. He leaves without giving his name.
Jiro begins work at aircraft manufacturer Mitsubishi, assigned to a fighter design team. He is sent to Germany to carry out technical research and obtain a production license for a Junkers aircraft. He argues with German soldiers and witnesses a night raid by German secret police. He dreams again of Caproni, who asks him: "Do you prefer a world with pyramids, or with no pyramids?" Even if humankind might put planes to ugly purposes, Caproni believes that the world is better for their beauty.
In 1932, Jiro is promoted to chief designer for a fighter plane competition sponsored by the Navy, which ends in failure. Disappointed, Jiro visits a summer resort where he meets Naoko again. They are engaged soon after. However, Naoko has tuberculosis, and refuses to marry until she recovers....
Cast
Hideaki Anno as Jiro Horikoshi
Miori Takimoto as Naoko Satomi
Hidetoshi Nishijima as Honjo
Masahiko Nishimura as Kurokawa
Stephen Alpert as Castorp
Morio Kazama as Satomi
Keiko Takeshita as Jiro's mother
Mirai Shida as Kayo Horikoshi
Jun Kunimura as Hattori
Shinobu Otake as Mrs. Kurokawa
Nomura Mansai as Giovanni Battista Caproni
Tuesday, 1 July 2014
そして父になる
I found out about this movie because of Fukuyama Masaharu, I usually watch the movies he's starring!
This story is really something! It's difficult to even imagine! Being adopted is one thing, but to be told that the child you have raised and thought is yours is suddenly someone's, and this is due to that someone at the hospital made a mistake. I was very touched by this movie and the children acts very well!! Although this have received publicity, I think it should have had received even more!! It's a movie, despite being quite dark, I'd recommend for others to watch!!
Story
One day, Ryota (Masaharu Fukuyama) receives a phone call from the hospital. The hospital informs Ryota that his 6-year-old son is not his biological son. After his birth, two babies were switched. Ryota and his wife (Machiko Ono) become torn by the news.The couple must decide whether to take back their biological son or keep the son they have raised for the last 6 years.
Cast
Masaharu Fukuyama
Machiko Ono
Yōko Maki
Jun Kunimura
Kirin Kiki
Isao Natsuyagi
Lily Franky
Jun Fubuki
With Eng sub
This story is really something! It's difficult to even imagine! Being adopted is one thing, but to be told that the child you have raised and thought is yours is suddenly someone's, and this is due to that someone at the hospital made a mistake. I was very touched by this movie and the children acts very well!! Although this have received publicity, I think it should have had received even more!! It's a movie, despite being quite dark, I'd recommend for others to watch!!
★★★★★
Story
One day, Ryota (Masaharu Fukuyama) receives a phone call from the hospital. The hospital informs Ryota that his 6-year-old son is not his biological son. After his birth, two babies were switched. Ryota and his wife (Machiko Ono) become torn by the news.The couple must decide whether to take back their biological son or keep the son they have raised for the last 6 years.
Cast
Masaharu Fukuyama
Machiko Ono
Yōko Maki
Jun Kunimura
Kirin Kiki
Isao Natsuyagi
Lily Franky
Jun Fubuki
With Eng sub
Sunday, 29 June 2014
ルパン三世
Maybe one the most anticipated movies this season is LUPIN III
Ever since I heard they started shooting I have been excited!
I finally had time to watch the trailer and well.. I so I wish I could hit the movies this August and watch it!!
Ever since I heard they started shooting I have been excited!
I finally had time to watch the trailer and well.. I so I wish I could hit the movies this August and watch it!!
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
ディアフレンズ
Also this movie I found by chance on Youtube. And well.. I blame Kei-chan for this one too!
It was interesting, I think I have missed out on Kei-chan's earlier work, I mean she was more fierce and angry back then ^^
This movie too brings up an interesting topic about how life can become, hardships and friendship.
It is adapted from the manga "Dear Friends" by YOSHI, and art by Watanabe Ayu.
Title: ディアフレンズ (Dear Friends)
Release dates: February 3, 2007
Running time: 115 min.
Story
Dear Friends follows a high-school student named Rina who believes that friends are not necessary and that they can only be used in times of need. Thus, she is unable to maintain a decent relationship with her friends and classmates. Her family's relationship is also lacking; her father does not care much about his family and her mother is over-protective.
Rina spends a lot of her time going to a club in Shibuya where Yousuke is the disc jockey with her friends Hiroko and Emi. Yousuke falls for Rina, but her attitude has a feral edge, and they neck but stop short of having sex.
After obtaining a large amount of money under false pretenses (i.e. claiming she is pregnant when she is not and forcing the guy [not Hiroko's boyfriend or Yousuke] to pay for the abortion) and spending it on a bottle of Dom Pérignon (which she sprays over everyone at the club), Rina collapses on the dance floor. She eventually discovers that she has cancer (non-Hodgkin lymphoma) and becomes hospitalized for an indefinite amount of time. In the hospital, she is not visited by her family, but by one of her classmates named Maki. Although Maki tells Rina that they were friends in primary school, Rina does not remember her, so Maki takes the opportunity to re-connect with her. A young girl, Kanae, who is also hospitalized tries to become friends with Rina, but she holds fast onto her mantra of friends being unnecessary.
Throughout her hospitalization, Rina begins to lose hope as her well-being falls apart...
Cast
Keiko Kitagawa as Rina
Yuika Motokariya as Maki
Airi Toriyama as Hiroko
Hatsune Matsushima as Emi
Masaya Kikawada as Yousuke
Mao Sasaki as Kanae
Avery Fane as Club DJ
Naoko Otani as Rina's Mother
Ren Osugi as Rina's Father
It was interesting, I think I have missed out on Kei-chan's earlier work, I mean she was more fierce and angry back then ^^
This movie too brings up an interesting topic about how life can become, hardships and friendship.
It is adapted from the manga "Dear Friends" by YOSHI, and art by Watanabe Ayu.
★★
Title: ディアフレンズ (Dear Friends)
Release dates: February 3, 2007
Running time: 115 min.
Story
Dear Friends follows a high-school student named Rina who believes that friends are not necessary and that they can only be used in times of need. Thus, she is unable to maintain a decent relationship with her friends and classmates. Her family's relationship is also lacking; her father does not care much about his family and her mother is over-protective.
Rina spends a lot of her time going to a club in Shibuya where Yousuke is the disc jockey with her friends Hiroko and Emi. Yousuke falls for Rina, but her attitude has a feral edge, and they neck but stop short of having sex.
After obtaining a large amount of money under false pretenses (i.e. claiming she is pregnant when she is not and forcing the guy [not Hiroko's boyfriend or Yousuke] to pay for the abortion) and spending it on a bottle of Dom Pérignon (which she sprays over everyone at the club), Rina collapses on the dance floor. She eventually discovers that she has cancer (non-Hodgkin lymphoma) and becomes hospitalized for an indefinite amount of time. In the hospital, she is not visited by her family, but by one of her classmates named Maki. Although Maki tells Rina that they were friends in primary school, Rina does not remember her, so Maki takes the opportunity to re-connect with her. A young girl, Kanae, who is also hospitalized tries to become friends with Rina, but she holds fast onto her mantra of friends being unnecessary.
Throughout her hospitalization, Rina begins to lose hope as her well-being falls apart...
Cast
Keiko Kitagawa as Rina
Yuika Motokariya as Maki
Airi Toriyama as Hiroko
Hatsune Matsushima as Emi
Masaya Kikawada as Yousuke
Mao Sasaki as Kanae
Avery Fane as Club DJ
Naoko Otani as Rina's Mother
Ren Osugi as Rina's Father
Info @ wiki
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
47 Ronin
I had a lot higher hopes for this movie, I heard about this one ages ago, but I haven't had the time to watch it until now. And well... it was a disappointment. So much US and Hollywood in it, it didn't feel real at all.
I like most of the actors but this movie felt well... weird!?
Oh well, now I have seen it. And will probably never do again.
Plot
In late medieval Japan, Kai is a half-Japanese, half-British outcast who lives in the domain of Ako, ruled by the benevolent Lord Asano Naganori, who found a young Kai lost in the forest and accepted him into his household. Despite being scorned by the samurai due to his lowborn status and mixed ancestry, Kai falls in love with Asano's daughter, Mika.
Before a visit from Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Lord Asano is visited by the Shogun's master of ceremonies, Lord Kira, who becomes attracted to Mika. He arranges a duel for the entertainment of the Shogun between his best warrior, the Lovecraftian Samurai, and one chosen by Oishi, principal counselor to Lord Asano. Ako's champion, Yasuno is found by Kai to be incapacitated before the duel by the sorceress Mizuki, working for Lord Kira.
Kai secretly dons Yasuno's armor and fights the Lovecraftian Samurai, but his disguise is broken and he is sentenced to punishment. Later that night, Mizuki bewitches Asano into believing Kira is raping Mika, causing Asano to attack an unarmed Kira in delirium. While the offense for attacking a Shogunate official is execution, the Shogun allows Asano to die with honor through seppuku, grants the domain of Ako to Lord Kira, and brands Oishi and his men Ronin. Kira demands Mika's hand in marriage on the spot, but the Shogun grants her one year to mourn the death of her father, and forbids the Ronin of Ako from seeking vengeance. To ensure there is no interference, Kira imprisons Oishi in an outdoor pit to break his spirit...
Cast
Keanu Reeves as Kai
Hiroyuki Sanada as Oishi, the leader of the Rōnin.
Kou Shibasaki as Mika, Lord Asano's daughter and Kai's love interest.
Tadanobu Asano as Lord Kira, Lord Asano's rival daimyo and the one responsible for arranging the killing of the Rōnin's master.
Rinko Kikuchi as Mizuki, an odd-eyed witch who serves Lord Kira
Min Tanaka as Lord Asano, the former master of the Rōnin
Jin Akanishi as Chikara, Oishi's son
Masayoshi Haneda as Yasuno
Hiroshi Sogabe as Hazama
Neil Fingleton as Lovecraftian Samurai, an enormous samurai who serves Lord Kira
Takato Yonemoto as Basho
Hiroshi Yamada as Hara
Shu Nakajima as Horibe
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shogun Tsunayoshi
Yorick van Wageningen as Kapitan
Gedde Watanabe as Troupe Leader
Rick Genest as Foreman
I like most of the actors but this movie felt well... weird!?
Oh well, now I have seen it. And will probably never do again.
★
Plot
In late medieval Japan, Kai is a half-Japanese, half-British outcast who lives in the domain of Ako, ruled by the benevolent Lord Asano Naganori, who found a young Kai lost in the forest and accepted him into his household. Despite being scorned by the samurai due to his lowborn status and mixed ancestry, Kai falls in love with Asano's daughter, Mika.
Before a visit from Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Lord Asano is visited by the Shogun's master of ceremonies, Lord Kira, who becomes attracted to Mika. He arranges a duel for the entertainment of the Shogun between his best warrior, the Lovecraftian Samurai, and one chosen by Oishi, principal counselor to Lord Asano. Ako's champion, Yasuno is found by Kai to be incapacitated before the duel by the sorceress Mizuki, working for Lord Kira.
Kai secretly dons Yasuno's armor and fights the Lovecraftian Samurai, but his disguise is broken and he is sentenced to punishment. Later that night, Mizuki bewitches Asano into believing Kira is raping Mika, causing Asano to attack an unarmed Kira in delirium. While the offense for attacking a Shogunate official is execution, the Shogun allows Asano to die with honor through seppuku, grants the domain of Ako to Lord Kira, and brands Oishi and his men Ronin. Kira demands Mika's hand in marriage on the spot, but the Shogun grants her one year to mourn the death of her father, and forbids the Ronin of Ako from seeking vengeance. To ensure there is no interference, Kira imprisons Oishi in an outdoor pit to break his spirit...
Cast
Keanu Reeves as Kai
Hiroyuki Sanada as Oishi, the leader of the Rōnin.
Kou Shibasaki as Mika, Lord Asano's daughter and Kai's love interest.
Tadanobu Asano as Lord Kira, Lord Asano's rival daimyo and the one responsible for arranging the killing of the Rōnin's master.
Rinko Kikuchi as Mizuki, an odd-eyed witch who serves Lord Kira
Min Tanaka as Lord Asano, the former master of the Rōnin
Jin Akanishi as Chikara, Oishi's son
Masayoshi Haneda as Yasuno
Hiroshi Sogabe as Hazama
Neil Fingleton as Lovecraftian Samurai, an enormous samurai who serves Lord Kira
Takato Yonemoto as Basho
Hiroshi Yamada as Hara
Shu Nakajima as Horibe
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shogun Tsunayoshi
Yorick van Wageningen as Kapitan
Gedde Watanabe as Troupe Leader
Rick Genest as Foreman
info @ wiki
Monday, 7 April 2014
Lots of movies
I went through four movies last weekend!
I'll post my reviews throughout this week, to be honest, I can say most now.
I was disappointed with most of them.. But well, now I have watched them so I don't need to think about them anymore!
Monday, 17 February 2014
抱きしめたい ―真実の物語―
I've found a new movie I want to see, this came out a few weeks ago. so I'm hoping for the dvd!
It seems to be a very sweet story and I like the actors ^^
Movie: 抱きしめたい ―真実の物語― / Dakishimetai - Shinjitsu No Monogatari (Want to hold you ~A true story~)
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Runtime: 122 min.
Story
Set in Abashiri, Hokkaido. Tsukasa (Keiko Kitagawa) got into a severe car accident when she was a high school student. She still suffers from the aftereffects of that accident, with memory impairment and needing to use a wheelchair. Nevertheless, she tries to live life to the fullest. Tsukasa then falls in love with taxi driver Masaki (Ryo Nishikido), who likes playing basketball. Even though they have various difficulties, they try to make a happy family together, but they encounter another serious situation.
Movie is based on a true story. Japanese broadcasting station TBS air a documentary on the couple on July 3, 2011
Cast
Kitagawa Keiko as Tsukasa
Nishikido Ryo as Masaki
Kamiji Yusuke
Saito Takumi
Hirayama Aya
Sato Eriko
Sato Megumi
Kubota Masataka
Terakado Jimon
Tsunogae Kazue
Kunimura Jun
Fubuki Jun
It seems to be a very sweet story and I like the actors ^^
Movie: 抱きしめたい ―真実の物語― / Dakishimetai - Shinjitsu No Monogatari (Want to hold you ~A true story~)
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Runtime: 122 min.
Story
Set in Abashiri, Hokkaido. Tsukasa (Keiko Kitagawa) got into a severe car accident when she was a high school student. She still suffers from the aftereffects of that accident, with memory impairment and needing to use a wheelchair. Nevertheless, she tries to live life to the fullest. Tsukasa then falls in love with taxi driver Masaki (Ryo Nishikido), who likes playing basketball. Even though they have various difficulties, they try to make a happy family together, but they encounter another serious situation.
Movie is based on a true story. Japanese broadcasting station TBS air a documentary on the couple on July 3, 2011
Cast
Kitagawa Keiko as Tsukasa
Nishikido Ryo as Masaki
Kamiji Yusuke
Saito Takumi
Hirayama Aya
Sato Eriko
Sato Megumi
Kubota Masataka
Terakado Jimon
Tsunogae Kazue
Kunimura Jun
Fubuki Jun
info @ Asianwiki
Sunday, 8 December 2013
真夏の方程式
I also found that this will be watchable on the flight to Tokyo ^^
I actually was supposed to go in see it in Sapporo last July, but in the end I was too tired and went to bed instead.
So I'm happy I can see it now, and with English subs!
My friend said it was good so I'm anticipating some awesomeness ^^
Title: 真夏の方程式 (Midsummer Formula (English title) / A Midsummer's Equation (literal title))
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani
Writer: Keigo Higashino
Producer: Yoshihiro Suzuki, Naohito Inaba, Shinya Furugori, Megumi Osawa
Cinematographer: Katsumi Yanagishima
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Runtime: 129 min.
Plot
Manabu Yukawa (Masaharu Fukuyama) is invited for a presentation on Submarine Mineral Resources Development in Harigaura. He stays at an inn. Manabu meets Kyohei who came to the inn, which is run by his aunt's family, for summer vacation. The next morning, Tsukahara, who is another guest at the inn, is found dead on the bank of a port. Manabu becomes involved in the case.
Main cast
Fukuyama Masaharu as Yukawa Manabu
Yoshitaka Yuriko as Kishitani Misa
Kitamura Kazuki as Kusanagi Shunpei
Watanabe Anne as Kawabata Narumi
Maeda Gin as Kawabata Shigeharu
Official trailer with Eng subs
謎解きはディナーのあとで The Movie
OMG... I just checked some stuff for my flight tomorrow and guess what!!!
They are showing Nazotoki wa dinner no ato de -The movie on the flight, with Eng subs!!!!
I start to feel that this trip is gonna be even more awesome than I thought!
Last summer when I visited Japan there were posters all over the place. But I missed out on the movie as it was released later during that summer.
And now i get to see it with English subs ^^
Screen shots from SAS entertainment catalogue
It's all Arashi. Sho-kun on the flight.
Arashi doing CM at the airport then their concert!! ^^
An all Arashi week ^^
Official trailer
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