Thread 49781440

A thread for discussion and recommendation of Japanese TV and movies.

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Previous Thread:>>49709435

What is the best Kitano movie? I already watched Sonatine many aeons ago and I loved it.

>>49782384
i've taken a liking to Outrage 1+2
it's him gathering his friends and acting like yaks for 2 movies lol

>>49782631
>They're still doing this show two years after the fundraising embezzlement scandal
NTV have no shame.

At the end of yesterday's episode, Takeshi reminisced about his film Dolls and its lead actress Kanno Miho who was guesting on his show
>After the release of Dolls, I was invited to a film festival held by Putin in Russia. They me there was a party after the festival, but I was warned that I should never say anything bad about Putin. Anyway, from the hotel to everything else they were checking me-
Tokoro then cut him off
>This is some good information we never heard about before, but do you realize what you're wearing right now telling such a story?

>>49782384
You honestly should watch Kitano's entire directorial body of work, it's a crime not to do that if you enjoy watching films.

>>49782729
>dolls
i know kitano is most known for yakuza movies but dolls is my favorite of his

>>49782743
The Artistic Suicide Trilogy is very underrated, even among the Kitano followers I've interacted with, and that's probably due to the shift from the 90s Kitano Blue, his trademark. The more colorful theme was suited for the 2000s era of the Japanese filmmaking scene imho.

>>49782593
Whore.

What are some of your favorite films with good fighting choreography. I've liked Sonomura's work and Tak's also but I've been wondering if there's anything really good that I've missed, please tell me your recommendations!

>>49782593
今度はどうするんですか？もう終わりなのかな？

>>49785285
Kitamura Ryuhei's works.

Will there be a big tsunami?

>>49785328
What would happen if Ega-chan finally grows back his hair?

>>49785347
>Tsunami will last from half a day to a day
It's looking ヤバい
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQF6M0unHpg&ab_channel=MBSNEWS

>>49785285
Yuji Shimomura's movies. He's known for his action scenes from popular videogames like Metal Gear Solid, Devil May Cry, Death Stranding and Bayonetta.

>>49785349
That's about as likely as him finally coming out of the closet desu

>>49785347
>>49785366
nothingburger

>>49782593
Tanaka Kei is a lucky guy.
>>49785309
She's invited to the prestigious Fantasia International Film Festival in Canada where legendary filmmakers Miike Takashi and Toyoda Toshiaki are showing their new films, she's doing better than ever.

>>49784363
Sasuga Johnnys idol

>>49785285
Baby Assassins

>>49784363
Is Jun actually dating Mao or the fans just have been deluded for almost 20 years?

>>49785700
Great poster, I hope both leads have believable chemistry with each other.

>>49785767
Yes

>stupid tsunami warning all over my suiyobi
They haven't cancelled this shit yet? It's a nothingburger.

>>49786727
Better safe than sorry.

>>49788133
草

>>49788133
I didn't think this dokkiri was gonna end up this emotional. Didn't check on SNS reactions yet, but I bet some people are calling it unethical.

>>49788270
>but I bet some people are calling it unethical.
one tweet i read some hours ago said using deceased family members for a tv prank is shitty and makes the viewers extremely uncomfortable

>>49782729
When is Kitano's next movie? No Japanese movie hits like Kitano's movies

Actor and singer Imaichi Ryuji (38) from Sandaime J Soul Brothers from Exile Tribe was referred to prosecutors for threatening to kill a taxi driver and assaulting him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMF5yDzdU90&ab_channel=%E6%97%A5%E3%83%86%E3%83%ACNEWS

>>49789247
>Exile
This group is full of ヤカラ-looking men and I'm not surprised if some of them act like it, too.

>>49789247
nothing burger

>>49789218
Two weeks ago, Kitano on a press conference for his latest CM said he was on retirement mode but he kept receiving offers domestically and from around the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaDU2Xh7Szc&ab_channel=oricon
But, I wonder if he's ever gonna make a new film. Broken Rage felt to me like a final swan song. A commemoration of his career, both as a geinin and as a filmmaker, as he amalgamated both of these aspects to that film.

>>49782631
They're making them run in this unprecedented extremely hot weather?

Is anything by Kazuyuki Izutsu worth watching

>>49789716
THE HERO SHOW really holds up. Meaty & funny original script, low wattage yet perfectly cast ensemble, & evocative use of Chiba locations.

>>49789456
Strangely the first part of that movie was funnier to me than the rest.

is it me or is d-addicts site dead?

>>49789716
Miyuki is the only one I watched.

>>49791693
Works on my machine.

>>49791780
english subs?

she's so pretty
i've got to hand it to japan, they've figured out how to adapt anime and all it took was shitloads of money and advanced cgi

>>49788133
The puke was perfect. Laughed my ass off.

so is glass heart good?

>>49792329
Raw.

>>49793174
Lots of bad reviews on Filmarks where women just gather there to give full stars for dramas with their favorite ikemens.
https://filmarks.com/dramas/14902/20260
Should tell you how bad it is.

>>49793174
They spent all the budget on the cast and forgot to hire a writer

>>49793412
Unsurprising. The trailer made me groan from how bad the premise looked.

Drummer girl a cute so I'll watch

>>49793174
Don't listen to the others, people on X have nothing but good things to say about Glass Heart.

>>49792476
>Next Kingdom movie won't be released for another 2 years
;_;

Anyone ever tried getting a mouseover dictionary working with movie subtitles? I have snagged physical copies of 人志松本のすべらない話 on a Japanese friend's suggestion, but now I'm wondering if I'll just have to look up every work I don't know. I think browsers can run video files, but who knows if that includes the subtitles attached.

>>49793419
you say that but I'm sure mari okada wasn't exactly cheap

>>49793806
https://github.com/animebook/animebook.github.io
https://github.com/ripose-jp/Memento

>>49793685
they did split the demon slayer movies into 3 films, each coming out in 2 year intervals. if the kids can wait for demons then you can wait for kento

>>49793174
>>49793412
>>49793419
It's unironically good.

speaking of reviews, there was a personal website run by a renowned film reviewer who writes really long and detailed reviews. it looked really basic without pictures and i remember it being distinctly wheat colored background and black text
don't suppose you guys know what i'm talking about. i'd love to be able to find it again after 15 years

>>49793685
I prefer the upcoming Golden Kamuy sequels because the story is already complete.

>>49785700
Gonna self-insert as him everyday come September 29.

>>49795363
couldve made the jk younger and sexier

>>49798642
>that
>女神
Please 昇天

Just finished watching Shinji Soumai's Yuki no Danjou (Lost Chapter of Snow) and I'm not really sure but it just gives me pro grooming vibes. I'm okay with films ending on an icky note if they show self awareness of how fucked up that shit is but this was not the case here. Idk there was a message about how adults are hypocrites who exploit children and how children eventually confront this in an attempt to come of age, but it just gets diluted and corrupted in the final act.
Really good cinematography tho

>>49798877
It was a different time. You shouldn't look at a 1980s film with a 2020s morality.

>>49798642
Failed nepo baby

which new nepo baby succeeded

>>49799159
Sonny Chiba's kids.

>>49799196
She was amazing in Unmet.

>>49799196
I love her.

>>49799169
shieet, first thing that popped up in my head

>>49799196
Looked up her parents out of curiosity, and her mom is only famous for being an anime singer.
What exactly was she benefited from her parents?

>>49800352
Not a lot of people got to know how to navigate the showbiz industry; a modicum of knowledge, especially if one of your parents experienced the know-how, no matter how small their role is in the grand scheme of things, is already an advantage.

>>49799196
helps when you’re genuinely talented

>>49784096
>The Artistic Suicide Trilogy
>Kitano Blue
never heard of these terms before (i'm a casual movie buff)

>>49801253
you're more talented when you're ugly

>>49801858
It depends. All actors are good looking compared to the average person. Actual ugly people wouldn't succeed unless they are very charming and have huge screen presence.

>>49798877
recc me pro grooming jdramas

>>49803171
中学聖日記

>>49803171
>pro
Did we watch the same show?

>>49801403
>>The Artistic Suicide Trilogy
That's what Kitano calls his three 2000s films Takeshis' (2005), Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007), and Achilles and the Tortoise (2008). They all share an autobiographical theme and more colorful editing.
>>Kitano Blue
Kitano Blue is the design/technique that Kitano used to apply to his early films to create his unique atmosphere. It's characterized by the blue color filter and the melancholic narratives.

Beat Takeshi's views on foreigners living in Japan today
>In the old days, it was common practice to coordinate with foreigners living in Japan. We were taught to do so, too. But now, it's clear that we have to take care of the Japanese people first and regulate foreigners.

>>49804054
Gaijins (both residents and tourists) are doing whatever the fuck they want in Japan with almost no consequences, and even when they're caught, their punishments are lighter than the Japanese.

>>49804054
This haafu must've felt awkward listening to him talking about that.

>>49804095
i feel like crimes are underreported in general but when it's a vietnamese or chinese guy doing something it's immediately headline news

>>49804054
>>49804095
Takeshi of all people should know that populists never solve any issues they ride voters' ears on. Nothing will change for the better for regular folks and actual troublemakers like rude tourists and overstaying thugs will continue to roam free of consequences. But hey I'm sure some poor eigo teacher or field worker will be getting in troubles for crossing a road on red a tad bit more often from now on.

>>49804218
She said
>"I myself am a Japanese citizen, but my father is a foreigner. People can tell by my appearance that I am haafu. I wonder if I will be subjected to discrimination from now on. Even now, in Tokyo, I am sometimes mistaken for an inbound tourist. But in Japan, there are people from China, Korea, and many other backgrounds, and they are all lumped together. I was simply saddened to think that such an era would come."
>>49804286
>Takeshi of all people should know that populists never solve any issues they ride voters' ears on.
Makes you realize how drizzling shit the LDP are and how much people are fed up with them, so much that they're supporting a populist party. Supporting Sanseito and other conservative opposition parties won't be as bad as the late-stage Abe/Post-Abe LDP years. Hell, there could be a chance, no matter how small, that they might actually do something positive.

>>49804286
> But hey I'm sure some poor eigo teacher or field worker will be getting in troubles for crossing a road on red a tad bit more often from now on.

no one is targeting those as long as they're not doing something illegal
the issue is the many misconducts and crimes that the gaijins do since the easing of the immigration laws and the floods of tourists arriving since post-covid as well as the preferential treatments for gaijins at the expense of the japanese

this idea that guyjeans are getting off scott-free is baseless and it's exactly what the japan first parties are feeding their voters
and also, are we really going to /pol/post in here because i'd rather not

>>49804095
that's the entire world japan just finally caught up with it

>>49804218
>>49804377
Cute. Who's she? What's her other hafu?

>>49804415
Model/actress Hasegawa Mira. Half-Japanese half-South African.

>>49804427
>half-South African.
Rare breed in the J-showbiz

>>49804409
what drama are you this season?

>>49804409
What drama are you watching this season?

>>49799159
Matto

i hate dramaotaku so much its unreal

>>49804492
no dramas these days, just a large backlog of movies
asiaflix dropped a boatload of pink films with jav actresses so i'm watching these alongside some of the classics. these jav actresses can really act and are on par with any up and coming jdorama actor, but they use the same digicams as they do in jav so these movies seem like actual jav movies except they're not

>>>/a/275015375
Kill yourself OrcTaku faggot

is filmarks full of pedos?

>>49806390
That's like asking if Twitter is full of pedos; all kinds of people use Filmarks.

>>49803882
>Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007)
Where to download? That's the only Takeshi Kitano movie I can't find

>>49806442
It's not AvistaZ

>>49802492
Worth watching?

post エガちゃん hugging milfs

>>49806442
I saw a drink link on xitter with all his films a while ago

>>49810248
>drink link
drive*

Do you guys know any films set during the meiji period that captures the zeitgeist of the era?

reverse rape chads continue to be the most deprived group in jav

>>49810712
Nothing about this realistically captures the Meiji Period, it's a fantasy story based on a shounen manga.

>>49810271
Notes of an Itinerant Performer (1941)
Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
The Wild Geese (1953)
Lady Snowblood (1973)
Nomugi Pass (1979)

>>49810271
Gemini (1999) by Tsukamoto Shinya

Is there anything like a Japanese Downtown Abbey?
You know, rich people living lavishly with some drama sprinkled in.

>>49811422
https://mydramalist.com/2240-karei-naru-ichizoku
https://https://mydramalist.com/708861-super-rich
https://mydramalist.com/720447-yangotonaki-ichizoku

>>>/a/275015375
Kill yourself OrcTaku faggot

>>49811647
Thanks.

>>49812969
Where do they find these weirdos all the time?

>>49812969
is he ok

>>49812997
most of them are either putting on an act for the camera or maliciously edited to make them seem stranger than they really are

>>49812969
This is what happens when a man stays a perma-virgin for 4-5 decades.

>>49813051
feature pieces which follow the lives of people who don't conform are often exaggerated and sometimes straight up lies

Machida Keita signed with a South Korean agency. Plans to have activities in South Korea.
https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202508050000245.html

>>49813694
>Married a Korean woman
>Signed to a Korean company
Makes you think

>>49809081
Yeah, only seen the 1st episode but from that I liked it.

>>49813698
It's his wife's influence. Definitely pushed him to do it.

>>49813694
it's over

Good movies released from 2022-2025?

Oh wow, I didn't know they made an Exit 8 movie. No torrents yet on Avistaz though unfortunately

>>49814508
Kubi and Broken Rage

>>49814508
Kubi (2023), Broken Rage (2024) by Kitano Takeshi
I Can't Stop Biting You (2022) by Oshii Mamoru
The Box Man (2024) by Ishii Gakuryu
Lumberjack the Monster (2023), Midnight (2024), Shin Abarenbo Shogun (2025) by Miike Takashi
Shin Kamen Rider (2023) by Anno Hideaki
Shadow of Fire (2023) by Tsukamoto Shinya
For 13 Days, I Believed Him (2022), Chime (2024), Serpent’s Path (2024), Cloud (2024) by Kurosawa Kiyoshi
Kyrie (2023) by Iwai Shunji
Holy Mother (2022), Onimanji (2023) by Nishimura Yoshihiro
Monster (2023), Last Scene (2025) by Koreeda Hirokazu

>>49814524
Too bad about the lead being that janiizu faggot. I was genuinely looking forward to it until they announced him.

>>49814508
The Wandering Moon (2022)
The Village (2023)
Faceless (2024)
Ghost Killer (2025)

Random question for those of you that watch live broadcast through iptv or some other form of internet/local television; Do you have any experience with live AI translation tools? I was reading a github comment on one of the jp-iptv m3u files that I frequently use, and one of the users claims that AI closed caption is now a thing. I tried running a google search on how-to for the KODI media player I'm using but no luck.

Just curious if it's worth it, and if something like an amazon fire stick is powerful enough for live streaming + AI translation.

Also, to make sure I'm still on topic, pic related is one of my favorite modern series to watch. Hoping for more seasons of this gentle slice of life programming.

>>49815871
I've seen good results from whisper, but I don't use anything like that because I'm not braindead, so I just learned Japanese.

>>49815871
vlc has an ai plug in now i believe
but like the anon above i also learned japanese. if you're going to consume jp media for the rest of your life then why not

>>49815895
>>49815946
Thanks, and I've currently been learning the language. Certain channels trip me up with the political talk, so I wanted some closed caption to help with the more difficult kanji.

I'll try whisper and VLC and see if that works for me. Thank you.

>>49814508
Godzilla Minus One

>>49814688
>>49815231
I just watched Kubi. It's both thrilling and hilarious, never seen anything like it before. Takeshi Kitano and his underlings are pure comedy gold.

This will be a tough one I need help identifying the J-drama that this frame comes from.

>From a Japanese drama, likely mid to late 90's.
>It stars or at least co-stars Takako Tokiwa (常盤貴子)
>In this scene, she is crossing off yet another job that she applied for on a piece of paper (pic related)
>She says: 「16連敗・・・あと2つか」
>https://voca.ro/11LLkif9sRlC
>The show seemed to also have two younger guys working at the same store/factory

>>49818064
https://youtu.be/WeQLuqG8WUI?t=758
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9C%9F%E6%98%BC%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%88_(1996%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AE%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9E)

>>49818104
King. I don't know how you found it unless you happened to have seen it before. Thank you!

>>49818104
>30 years ago
mother of god they all look so young
yuji oda aging pretty well tho

>>49785632
Hoe come the series still isn't fully subbed?

>>49818473
welcome to the sub scene
>sub the first few eps
>not enough people dl your subs or thanks you
>or it takes up way too much time
>lose all motivation to continue
>series is in limbo forever

>>49818244
Nagisa a cute and a delight to have on your screen, but that's exclusively on variety shows. Casting her for this movie was a mistake. She comes off as a joke and not scary. Well, even if they chose a better actress, it won't improve shit. I tried really hard to concentrate on the story, but the content was so utterly boring that I couldn't keep my eyes open. Nothing scary, nothing thrilling.

please can someone give me the raws for Kono Hatsukoi wa Fiction desu the ones on nyaa has no seeders i already have the subs i just need the raws

>Chewed on by Takeshi Gundan's nastiest member Edamame
>Terrorized by burned fundoshis
These geinins must've been compensated handsomely for going through such an unpleasant experience.

why hasnt this been updated since 2024?

>>49821126
Hikari Raiders 2h5ad

Hikari Raiders have not updated in a few year but maybe some people may find things they want there 4chan thinks the links are spam so just search it up.

when will under ninja live action be posted on public trackers instead of private ones?

>>49821373
I always wondered how gyara works for dokkiris, do they get paid the same rate as the fake program would pay? how about when they set cameras in cars or homes?

>>49821373
this was amazing

>>49821034
I thought it was amusing because it was a mix of the Grudge and the Ring.

>>49821526
This. I'm dying to watch it.

>>49821879
>Odagiri casting his wife in his film
Nice, she rarely appears on anything anymore so I'm glad he brought her in. The cast is stacked.

whats next for nagase tomoyo

>>49821373
Takano's reaction was good, but since they've been using him in dokkiris so many times, I think he started to notice when they're pranking him. He's a pro and continues acting believably without letting the viewers feel that he's faking it, but I think the show should use him less frequently. There are lots of other geinins who do great reactions, like the guy in your webm for example.

>>49823001
The staff love a guy who is dependable, though.

I would like to see a great detective Tsuda style bit for Tadano, I feel like there's something you could do with him that'd work.

>>49823171
I'd like to see the detective setsu come back in general. That shit was kino.

>>49823212
I think they went too large scale with it too fast, so it costs too much to make. Victim of its own success. By comparison something like the electric chair game got way more episodes because it cost barely anything to make and had a much better usable footage to dead air ratio.

>>49822833
https://j7p.jp/147147

Netflix and TBS drama by KudoKan.

>>49823308
The more updates I read about this drama, the more it feels like a total mirage. A Netflix drama written by Kudokan, starring Hamachan and Yakusho Koji. And now Nagase Tomoya, who's done with the mainstream showbiz, is making his comeback on it? This is just too good to be true.

>>49823429
you know, that's kind of the feeling i get whenever i hear tomoya nagase getting announced for a new work. i think to myself, "oh it's been 10 years already huh. time for a new project" and he knocks it out of the park before disappearing again
this new thing, it's like bigfoot and a unicorn walking into a bar together

but you know, netflix just throwing money at japanese production companies and making shows that i never thought would happen like cowboy bebop and tokyo fucking vice
and then all the old japanese properties that suddenly got revived
it's a nice surprise

>>49823506
>cowboy bebop and tokyo fucking vice
Those aren't Japanese productions and Tokyo Vice is on HBO Max. You mean stuff like Alice in Borderland and Naked Director of mix like House of Ninja. Disney+/Star has Gannibal, Fukuro to Yobareta Otoko and Tanabata no Kuni.

i love young japanese schoolgirls so much because without them there would be no shoujo doramas

>>49826801
good

anochan's melting plastic face

>>49827223
Still would, and raw.

>>49827223
I told you all it was 整形, none of you listened to me!

>>49827243
We really needed your insight to figure that one up.

>>49827223
NO!

just wondering
does someone knows where i can watch both "fly me to saitama" movies?

i tried to look on google and only found a 480p indonesian version of the movie

>>49827754
https://nyaa.si/?f=0&c=0_0&q=tonde+saitama

>>49827223
>>49827256
You'll Melt More!

>>49827223
>>49827243
>>49827256
ただのメイク

>>49827223
>整形
LMAO

https://mdpr.jp/news/4622284
its over

>>49828212
>JO1
Literally
>鶴房汐恩
who?

>>49827776
thanks anon

>>49828261
Yoshimoto idol group

>>49828212
>賭博罪
But why though?

>>49821419
what's the source? maybe they have the info

>>49833200
>Directed by Naito Eisuke
Kino incoming.

I'm gonna go to japan next month. Tell me some TV&Movie related activities I can do or places to visit?

>>49836659
Ikebukuro Nishiguchi Park

>>49836659
Go to Fuji TV's HQ in Odaiba and watch ぽかぽか live from the outside where outsiders can view the shooting of the show.

I'm about to embark on a marathon of Sion Sono 2010s movies. I hope they're good as the 2000s movies like Jisatsu sakuru/Noriko no Shokotaku/Hazard/Ai no mukidashi.

>>49838157
God, I miss Sono so much.

>>49836910
Can I pick up a girlfriend here?

>>49838157
If you've been watching Sono's works since his first film Love Songs in the 1980s, you'll realize that they evolve with the eras and the times they are released in. He always reflects the cultures, the trends, the styles and the social issues that pertain a decade. Just like in the 80s, the 90s and the 2000s, Sono had both dark works, light works and experimental works in the 2010s. People mainly focus on his dark works and then get turned off by his lighter and experimental works from the 2010s because they're more accessible, not realizing that he's been doing such styles every decade. And especially in the 2010s, with iconic films like Cold, Fish, Himizu and Guilty of Romance that showcase the dark themes he's most famous for, he made subdued films like The Land of Hope, mainstream-y films like Shinjuku Swan and experimental films like The Whispering Star. I just hope you don't compare them to his darker works and judge them unfairly. And if you haven't yet, watch his lighter stuff from pre-2010s to prepare yourself.

>>49836659
National Film Archive of Japan in Tokyo.

>>49838157
Antiporno and Forest of Love are his top 3 next to Love Exposure imo.

>>49836659
>places to visit
Mt. Fuji where the town of Hot Spot sets in

>>49838953
Hot Spot was a very good drama

>>49838960
All Bakarhythm's dramas are. You just wanna live in a world written by him -- cozy, familiar, and scenic.

>>49838953
Beat Takeshi talked about Mt. Fuji and how to curb the problems of Mt. Fuji's overtourism
>Mt. Fuji is so popular, huh? It's popular so take more money from tourists. Like 10,000 yen per person. They should take more money and build a nice restaurant up there or something to make even more money
He should visit Mt. Fuji before Fujisan Honguu Sengen Taisha Shrine that manages Mt. Fuji hears about Takeshi's proposal and go with it, charging 10,000 instead of 4,000.

>>49839014
>10,000 yenrinos to climb a meme mountain
Is he for real?

>>49839013
>Kazureza married Nikaido
EEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHH

https://mainichi.jp/articles/20250810/spp/sp0/006/238000c

>>49839027
Shocking.
Is Kazlaser the first geinin to marry a top actress since Yamachan and Aoi Yuu?

>>49839027
I thought Kazu was already married.

>>49839027
I don't know who that guy is but he's a lucky motherfucker

>>49839027
Being funny is literally all you need. イケメン are mostly クズ anyways.
>>49839036
Yeah, he kind of gave off that vibe.

>>49839027
How did he do it

>>49839058
Nikaido Fumi was always a fan of Kazu. She once said that Kazu's face is her type and that they should go out for dinner after a show they were in. He seized the opportunity of his lifetime.

>>49839056
busumen are equally evil >>48822056

>>49839027
>Nikaido Fumi
Poor man's Miyazaki Aoi.

>>49839058
he's a very smart bisexual man

Just finished Cold Fish. I didn't like the plot but the movie was overall good.

>>49841612
Sono is truly an artist of mysterious intention. Most people who'll watch Cold Fish will be absorbed by the violent and gore-filled scenes. On the surface, it looks like a meditation on meaningless violence and what it means to push someone over the edge, but it never feels like it's just there to be shocking. It all fits the depressing, nihilistic narrative. There’s some sort of thesis statement here on the love triangle relationship between sex, power, and respect. Not to say that this film isn’t precise, in fact, I think it’s perfect, it’s just mysterious. Which is fun because it’s also so simple, in terms of structure, visuals, and even narrative too, as it's based on a real life serial killer couple and the crimes they committed. Sono had a number of minamalist moments in previous works, but I love this minimalist version of Sono the most. Minimalist in form but still so absurdist in tone. Such a difficult balance to strike but it’s done so well in this film that you imagine there’s no other way one could possibly make a film.

>>49842180
>based on a real life serial killer couple
God, this makes it even more creepy.

Just watched Himizu. I liked the main female lead character. She was really cute. But I don't know if I should feel bad after everything that happened in the movie or if I should feel hopeful with the ending.

>>49842626
>SUMIDA GANBARE
>YUME WO MOTTE

>>49833200
I was anticipating a horror movie about bears to pop up soon given the recent bear incidents in Hokkaido these past few years, and here we are.

>>49839027
this is actually shocking. not who i was expecting at all

>>49843476
Moving scene.

I always ask this every year. So what was the most talked drama of last year?
I'm just looking for recs.

>>49845187
I don't know about most talked but The Hot Spot is a must watch.

>>49845187
Unmet
Futekisetsu ni mo Hodo ga aru
Umi no Hajimari

I didn't expect this movie to be so erotic. I think it could be labelled as a pink movie, a dark pink movie.

>>49846677
My favorite title from Sono's Hate Trilogy.

>>49846677
A beautiful and horrible tale of moral descent caused by frustration. Sono at his erotic thriller peak.
>>49847257
All three are 10/10 but mine is Cold Fish because of how mentally exhausted it made me.

The elderly couple part was sad and heartwarming at the same time.

this nigga wants to be white so bad

>>49850349
i always confuse him with dean fujioka

which ones are most likely to get eng subs?

This was a fun movie and nice piece of meta fiction.

>>49851050
I originally only watched this movie a while back because Tak Sakaguchi was in it, and it ended up being the movie that got me into Sono. It'll always hold a special place in my heart because of that.

>>49850901
half of them have subs already

why does he look indian?

>>49836659
Postpone your trip until October and visit Hamada Masatoshi's first solo exhibition.

>>49851490
I liked this show.

>>49851490
>Brown skin
>Colored hair
WOAT look.

>>49847788
The Pokemon craze will never die

>>49793174
It's the only kind of series I can stomach and sort of enjoy. Full of melodrama but not tremendously corny plot wise, not that much of overacting, with better production values than the average show out of a TV channel.
The actor who plays the faggot MC is a little too on the nose, but so far so good.

>>49812969
I look like that and do that

It's fucking hot. Movies for this feel?

sometimes it feels like allen-sama is the only funny talent on tv nowadays desu

>>49851519
I've seen worse "modern art", but it's still funny.

>>49855091
The cow he drew on Gakitsuka and got teased to hell and back by the studio two decades ago is iconic and fondly remembered by people. I think the people who told him to open that exhibition came up with the idea because of it.

>>49853723
Being homo freaks for comedy purposes is actually hilarious.

>>49853426
Summer Time Machine Blues

This is kinda fun.

>>49855721
Sono Sion revamped the very foundation of commercial tv dramas with Minna! ESPer Dayo. And to be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Minna! ESPer Dayo. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of Japanese culture and television revisionism, most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also the typical Sono's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his cinematography - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature and pinku films, for instance. Sono fanatics understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize that they're not just funny and pervy- they say something deep about life. The film version however isn't as good, solely because they replaced best girl Kaho with that ugly Filipina.

A new Fukumoto Nobuyuki-esque game on Suiyoubi.

when will they bring asadoras to netflix like with those old jdramas?

>>49855954
They're property of NHK so the rights may be different. Which one were you interested in watching?

>>49855876
This is lame, I'd rather see 芸人 getting fucked with in public.

>>49855971
why is she so fkn sexo?

>>49855994
One of the most beautiful and talented right now
>>49856007
looks interesting

what can kanna hashimoto do to bounce back?

>>49856188
Pray for scandals to wipe out her rivals.

>>49856266
i meant how can she improve her looks?

>>49856283
It's too late, being a drunk since 20 has massive ramifications to your looks.

>>49855876
>Ryochan wanted to win with Chicken Rice
Ryochan wanted to win with Macchan

>>49856007
Is there nothing but romance and melodrama crap on Netflix this year? Where are the thriller and action dramas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNTMgT7pKNI

>>49856402
Alice in Borderland is next month.

>>49856468
>デスキスゲーム いいキスしないと死んじゃうドラマ
This looks like something out of ゴッドタン, wonder if it's produced by Sakuma. Gekidan Hitori and Yahagi are there. Also some of the AV actresses that appeared there are ゴッドタン regulars.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/j-pop-idol-kenshin-kamimura-found-guilty-indecent-assault-hong-kong-2025-08-13/

why did he do it

>>49856468
>Alice in Borderland
Is it good?

>>49856402
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeMm88f5n2E

>>49856468
Finally a show crafted specifically for me

do you still watch the newest pink films?

>>49856634
Does they still make those kind of films?
Since now even mainstream actress like Yumi Kawai had no problem showing her tits for award-bait films.

>>49856524
it's campy as hell but i'm into that shit
it's fun, give it a chance

>>49856634
all the time

>>49855876
Psychological warfare games is my favorite thing about modern 水ダウ. Glad they already filmed a second game.

>>49856634
Depends on the filmmaker.

did anyone watch?

>>49856506
He was framed.

>>49856691
Where to watch?

Japan needs to produce more White-Japanese cute haafus like this actress.

>>49856944
Eww, put that away

>>49856944
She's only 1/4 Japanese

>>49856969
and 3/4 busu

>>49856980
She might not looks as good as other hapa like Tina Tamashiro and Erika Murakami, but still looks great nonetheless.
Also she was cuter back when she did junior gravure.

Will you watch her movie?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSnQfOckAzo

People are seething at anochan because this commercial is making them motion sick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thr4s1MP4rA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4RbPRvEYLE

>>49857114
Is every geinin today want to be the next Kitano Takeshi or something?

>>49857127
I read an article about it yesterday and watched it, I agree with these people (as someone who suffers from the Ménière's disease.) They should take it down for causing motion sickness due to the direction and for causing nausea due to anochan's face.

>>49857114
Filtered plebs.

>>49856995
Swimsuit? I can't find anything.

>>49857232
Toyoda announced this film, I don't know, three years ago? Since then, he made a new short films trilogy starring Shibusawa Kiyohiko between 2022 and 2024 and for the love of me I cannot find it anywhere. It was screened at a film festival in Australia around two months ago, though. Since this is his first feature film in 7 years, I'm hoping it gets a proper release next year. Good to see his all of his former collaborators are starring in it, especially Kubozuka.

>>49856995
>Erika Murakami
>Tina Tamashiro
Meh they skew more to the Japanese side. More suitable for acting roles where you need to blend in though.

This looks interesting. Dunno if it counts for this thread though.

>>49857859
>they're making #didyouknow #japan into movies now

>>49856501
Did you miss all the ゴッドタン movies? They're literally this premise.

>>49857859
guy who plays ishido has that middle aged japanese man look down pat. he's so good looking.

>>49857859
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0pqP6ClcE8&ab_channel=SearchlightPictures
>Emoto Akira
Kinda is

>>49856923
>>49856944
why so busu?

>>49859513
No jomon blood

>>49857232
I don't normally say this word, but I must say it here: Kino.

Gotta get back, back to the past

We getting a new thread soon?

>>49861755
who could actually play Jack well in a live action show?

>>49861762
all shows (not just jp) which are like 40 years past air date should be put up on a special archive and available worldwide

Can anybody see if they can find this episode of Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari? I've got a thread up on /wsr/ but no hits yet. I've been looking for ages. It's close to the top on my "lost" media wishlist.

>It stars Erika Toda (戸田恵梨香)
>The episode I'm looking for was released in 2008 and was titled: "これ……見て……"
>It was about a creepy stalker girl (pic related) that is under these insane delusions that she is with a guy that already has a girlfriend
>Was on YouTube for a time but got taken down because Japan is super anal about copyright, I was able to recover a link though https://youtu.be/1MrHBiEsH10
>I know that the episode is on a DVD collection titled: "世にも奇妙な物語 2008 春の特別編"

>>49863433
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1L4jnzVEyx/

>>49863518
You the best, anon. Thanks a lot! It's in much better quality than the original YouTube upload that I remember.