Tiger & Dragon
A tongue-swinging rough young yakuza discovers his love for rakugo storytelling when his boss sends him to collec the debt from his rakugo master friend, who has lost his rakugo heir to a bad fashion business idea.
Tagged: fumiyo kohinata
Top30 Favorite Film Discoveries of 2017
Happy new year, everyone! Here’s to a 2018 with more writing and more movies. Looking back at my movie-watching last year, I don’t think I watched too many films from the West, so this list seems incredibly unbalanced.
Mary and the Witch’s Flower Trailers with English Subtitles
Studio Ponoc continues to astonish with second trailer of the fantasy adventure, Mary and the Witch’s Flower (メアリと魔女の花).
Dr. Rintaro
Dr. Hino Rintaro vouches to cure the mental maladies that plague modern society with loads of Kumbaya. Yu Aoi also stars as a D.I.D geisha.
Experiment Awards: Best of 2014
There are a lot of movie all over the world, some left in distribution limbo, some others left unsubtitled, so this is my attempt at making some sort of comprehensive list of what I thought was great… with some surprises, like last year.
Double Face
Double Face is a two-part television drama collaboration between TBS and WOWOW. It is a remake of the successful Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs (無間道), starring Hidetoshi Nishijima as the undercover policeman, and Teruyuki Kagawa as the mole.
Udon (Japanese Film)
There’s nothing more pleasing than filling yourself up with a warm and savory bowl of noodles… udon noodles.
Ace Attorney (2012)
In a true blend of multiple genres he’s tackled before, Takashi Miike captures the essence of the Phoenix Wright games without losing his own style.
Around the World: It’s All About Japanese Cinema at the Shanghai Film Fest
The event of the week is the beginning of the Shanghai International Film Festival, starting on June 16th and ending the 24th, showcasing a broad variety of films… including A LOT of Japanese films in its different programs.
The Banana Guide to Asian Entertainment: It’s All About Japan: Part III
Greetings, YAMMies! We are on the third part of my Japanese entertainment journey of a series on the Banana views on Asian entertainment.
