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Other Japanese films worth seeing

posted 17 years ago by NikephorosPhokas
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I am starting a thread to list some other Japanese films I feel are worth viewing:

Gozu - written by the same guy that wrote Tokyo Zonbi, lots of morbidness and great humour

Perfect Blue- this is a great anime thriller, the best murder thriller I ever saw, it challenges your perception just enough

Kairo (2001)- a great psychological horror movie of the Japanese mould

Dare mo shiranai- a Japanese mother abandons her children in Tokyo leaving them to fend themselves, leaving the oldest in charge

Ichi the Killer- the quiet man is a killer you cannot understand

Drive (2002) - hilarious comedy, so funny that even with subtitles it is my favorite comedy

I would like others to add some Japanese movies that they think are worth checking out.

[–] leeconferido 15 years ago

I don't know, Japanese films are an acquired taste. So far I only like "safe ones" like Akira Kurosawa films and the ones that have Takeshi Kitano on it. I do love Tony Takitani.
Since we are on Tokyo Zombie board you may want to check out the works of Tadanobu Asano (Mongol and some others are not Japanese production but still worth checking). Particularly Gohatto and Zaitochi (again with Takeshi Kitano). Tadanobu made crazy stuffs that are truly entertaining. He would be a good start. Then linger around Kiyoshiro Kurosawa's (not related to Akira) works. He's slowly becoming my favorite writer/director.

Tale of Two sisters and Acacia - Korean not Japanese
Shutter - Thailand

[–] bowieeno3 15 years ago

Here are some some of my recommendations:

1. Linda Linda Linda

2. The Taste of Tea

3. Tokyo Story

4. Survive Style 5+

5. Kamikaze Girls

6. Graveyard of the Fireflies

7. Big Bang Love Juvenile A

8. Azumi

9. Makai Tensho

10. The first 3 Female Convict Scorpion movies with Meiko Kaji

11. The Lone Wolf and Cub series

12. Fires on the Plain

13. Pretty much all the Shinya Tsukamoto films up through Vital (I'd suggest
skipping over Hiruko the Goblin).

14. Electric Dragon 80,000 V

15. 2LDK

This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place!

[–] pete887 14 years ago

1.Sonatine
2.Survive style 5+
3.Tetsuo-The Iron Man

[–] Jyveturkey 14 years ago

Old Boy - it's Korean though. It has the greatest fight scene of all time.

Go s!

[–] beisserchen 11 years ago

I'd recommend

Versus
Cold Fish (not for the faint-hearted)
Ju-On the Grudge
Survive Style 5+
Any Miike film
K-20 The Fiend with 1000 faces (I just love Takeshi Kaneshiro)
Yo Yo Girl Cop (silly stuff, though)
Exte
Symbol (quite experimental)
Higanjima (for vampire lovers)
Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl
Strange Circus

And then of course there are also a lot of animated films.

[–] Induna 11 years ago

Noroi aka The Curse

Uzumaki aka Spiral

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