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A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is on the run from the police. Director Shohei Imamura turns this fact-based story—about the seventy-eight-day killing spree of a remorseless man from a devoutly Catholic family—into a cold, perverse, and at times diabolically funny examination of the primitive coexisting with the modern. More than just a true-crime tale, Vengeance Is Mine bares humanity’s snarling id.
zinger wrote:I haven't seen a lot either, but I always recommend "Fukushuu suru wa ware ni ari" (1979).
Synopsis from Criterion:A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is on the run from the police. Director Shohei Imamura turns this fact-based story—about the seventy-eight-day killing spree of a remorseless man from a devoutly Catholic family—into a cold, perverse, and at times diabolically funny examination of the primitive coexisting with the modern. More than just a true-crime tale, Vengeance Is Mine bares humanity’s snarling id.
All smart-ass film buffs say: watch Ozu and Teshigahara, and personally I cannot recommend Teshigahara's "Suna no onna" (1964) enough. Ozu's movies are also beautiful, and unlike any other director's, so try him if you haven't already! I like "Ohayoo" (1959) a lot myself, but there are a couple of others that are more famous.
A few other classics I liked are: "Yabu no naka no kuroneko" (1968) by Shindoo and "Seppuku" (1962) by Kobayashi. "House" (1977) is a really cool and unique horror comedy -- perhaps a bit too goofy for my taste, but still a must-see. Out of the few Kitano films I've seen I think "Hanabi" (1997) is my favourite.
I used to watch a lot more recent or comtemporary stuff as a teenager, and was deeply impressed by the craziness in movies like "Burst City" (1982), "Tetsuo" (1989), "Electric Dragon 80.000 V" (2001) and a couple of Miike's films... It's been a while and I'm not sure I would like them as much now, but it's safe to say there's a lot of interesting and unusual directors out there to discover. Would love to hear some more recommendations myself, especially movies from the past decade!
By the way, I recently discovered this site, which has tons of reviews by people who seem very knowledgeable in Japanese film: http://www.midnighteye.com
Rade wrote:Finally received a reply by posting in a thread at that Gaijin forum:
Gaijin Punch wrote:zinger wrote:I haven't seen a lot either, but I always recommend "Fukushuu suru wa ware ni ari" (1979).
Synopsis from Criterion:A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is on the run from the police. Director Shohei Imamura turns this fact-based story—about the seventy-eight-day killing spree of a remorseless man from a devoutly Catholic family—into a cold, perverse, and at times diabolically funny examination of the primitive coexisting with the modern. More than just a true-crime tale, Vengeance Is Mine bares humanity’s snarling id.
Funny you mention this, as it's been on my HD for a while. I will watch it (and probably soon as winter has kicked in) but I was going to try to work back in time if possible. I watched Chung King Express last night and that whole "last dance with film" vibe, mixed with modern day Asia got to me. Hoping to find that aesthetic in something where I don't have to rely so heavily on the subtitles. I think the closest off the top of my head would be Shall We Dance, which isn't nearly as edgy, but when you read it on paper you're like, "whatever" but it is quite charming, and the humor isn't bad. Then again, I saw it literally 20 years ago.All smart-ass film buffs say: watch Ozu and Teshigahara, and personally I cannot recommend Teshigahara's "Suna no onna" (1964) enough. Ozu's movies are also beautiful, and unlike any other director's, so try him if you haven't already! I like "Ohayoo" (1959) a lot myself, but there are a couple of others that are more famous.
A few other classics I liked are: "Yabu no naka no kuroneko" (1968) by Shindoo and "Seppuku" (1962) by Kobayashi. "House" (1977) is a really cool and unique horror comedy -- perhaps a bit too goofy for my taste, but still a must-see. Out of the few Kitano films I've seen I think "Hanabi" (1997) is my favourite.
Cheers for these -- I will note them.I used to watch a lot more recent or comtemporary stuff as a teenager, and was deeply impressed by the craziness in movies like "Burst City" (1982), "Tetsuo" (1989), "Electric Dragon 80.000 V" (2001) and a couple of Miike's films... It's been a while and I'm not sure I would like them as much now, but it's safe to say there's a lot of interesting and unusual directors out there to discover. Would love to hear some more recommendations myself, especially movies from the past decade!
I saw Tetsuo back in university. Interesting and ambitious, but just not my thing. I can handle violence some times but that was just crazy. As such, I've never bothered with Miike's.By the way, I recently discovered this site, which has tons of reviews by people who seem very knowledgeable in Japanese film: http://www.midnighteye.com
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layzee wrote:Most of my favourite movies (some Japanese ones too). I'm mostly into thriller type movies so I can't really recommend any to GP since they tend to have violence in them and he seems to like the more arty films. The last remotely good Japanese film I liked is probably 告白 (Kokuhaku / Confessions) from 2010, which also happens to be excellent. I'm struggling to recall anything good after that.
As far as anime goes, I miss the (relatively) big budget groundbreaking anime films for adults. I'm talking ones that make the world notice, like Akira, Ghost in the Shell, or even the brainless yet entertaining ones like Kite and Ninja Scroll.
Unfortunately, Yoshiaki Kawajiri (of Ninja Scroll, Wicked City etc) seems to have gone missing in action and Satoshi Kon (with a very good track record of Perfect Blue, Paranoia Agent, and "shades of Christopher Nolan's Inception" Paprika) who I had pinned as the future hope of anime, died way too early.
On that note, I would recommend Kon's work to GP, or anyone really.
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Gaijin Punch wrote:We all miss those.But for the record, Ninja Scroll is basically unknown in Japan... at least not as big as it was in the west. A handful of those around, actually.
Gaijin Punch wrote:A non-anime dude recommended me Perfect Blue, so I might get off my ass and finally watch that.
layzee wrote:Sukiyaki Western Django was surprisingly decent (and had a Quentin Tarantino cameo, who wasn't)
Gaijin Punch wrote:Anyone wanna chime in on some hidden gems I'm missing?
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Gaijin Punch wrote:Thanks -- although I saw Tetsuo already... and barely made it through it. O.o
zinger wrote:Has anybody watched Shin Godzilla (2016) yet? Not a fan of the series/genre, but this trailer gave me goosebumps, and the movie seems to have gotten good reviews generally.
http://youtu.be/3WkxVHyzivg
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