Tag Archives: Movies

Another Look at Kurosawa’s “One Wonderful Sunday” 11.16.11

Akira Kurosawa is a cinematic legend, and with good reason. His movies have withstood the test of time, elevating him to one of the more significant names in modern cinema in the history of the medium. The Criterion Cast recently … READ MORE
Screen Junkies’ list of Best Japanese movies of 2010 02.10.11

The movie fans over at Screen Junkies put up their list of the Top 10 Japanese films of 2010. Among the list include a film called Norwegian Wood, a Beatles reference. As their list states, “Norwegian Wood,” originally titled “Noruwei … READ MORE
Check out this list of the 10 Best Japanese Cartoon films 02.03.11

Head over to Screen Junkies to see their Top Ten list of the best Japanese cartoon films ever. As expected, it’s a pretty Hayao Miyazaki-heavy collection, including Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke. Feel free to leave comments … READ MORE
One Piece and Toriko in 3D 11.21.10

For all you One Piece fans out there, get ready for a new film coming out, but this time in awe-inspiring 3D! On  Friday, November 19, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra uploaded a trailer teaser on youtube, a  3D double-billing of … READ MORE
Geisha is Art… 10.18.10

” Geisha is Japanese Girl.Geisha is beautiful. Geisha is wild.” Geisha is a…..robot???!!! From Noboru Iguchi films comes an action-packed cult movie that is quite frankly one of  the strangest, jaw-dropping, most insane films I’ve ever seen. The narration in … READ MORE
“Jaws in Japan”?? Smells like a lawsuit… 08.19.10

Were I more creative with words, I could have crafted some sort of visual joke alluding to the business suits at Universal Pictures circling in the water like…well, like sharks at the thought of some random Japanese movie totally ripping … READ MORE
Hayao Miyazaki wants you to put down that iPad 07.15.10

Japan Probe tipped me off to an article about Hayao Miazaki, the legendary animator/filmmaker responsible for such classics as Ponyo, Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, and Kiki’s Delivery Service. Excerpts from an interview with IT Media, translated by the cool … READ MORE
Akira Kurosawa DVD box set out this week 12.11.09

As mentioned previously on this blog, the expansive DVD box set of legendary Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa‘s movies was released this week. The Los Angeles Times published an article about the release, saying, To mark the centenary of Kurosawa’s … READ MORE
More Astro Boy cast interviews, no Kristen Bell though 10.22.09

SuperHeroHype recently sat down with Astro Boy stars Eugene Levy, Freddie Highmore, Bill Nighy and director David Bowers, for more pre-release promotional hype-creating interviews. They don’t really say anything shocking or surprising, but it’s still a cool little montage of … READ MORE
Want a free T-shirt? Get an Astro Boy haircut! 10.20.09

This is a strange promotion…..apparently a theater in Dallas, Texas held a screening of Astro Boy. After the film, any kids who got their hair cut to resemble Astro Boy’s look received a free T-shirt. I guess this is an … READ MORE
Junichiro Koizumi to be in new Ultraman movie 10.15.09

Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is set to provide the voice for Ultraman King in the film Daikaijū Batoru Urutora Ginga Densetsu Za Mūbī, (Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend The Movie), the latest installment of the Ultraman series. … READ MORE
King of Fighters movie coming in 2010? 10.13.09

Apparently movie executives still haven’t learned the lesson that fighting video games/stories usually don’t make good movies….although I love the Street Fighter movie from 1994 with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia, it isn’t very good, and has little to … READ MORE
Even More Astro Boy stuff 10.08.09

In preparation for the October 23rd theatrical release of Astro Boy in US cinemas, lots of Astro Boy-related products are hitting the market to help familiarize American audiences about the manga series…for example, The Right Stuf released a DVD package … READ MORE