big thanks to @ca.rter.io for letting me borrow the flash-ass arrow video boxset. i watched this once raw on JP streaming and was lost with all the ancient hiroshima-ben. great to understand what’s going on now! looking forward to seeing the rest.
Today’s film: Battles Without Honor and Humanity (1973)
Screenshot from On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020)
Between its use of rotoscoping, expressive mix of art styles, with appearances of big names of music like Sakamoto and Okamura-chan, it's a quirky love letter to music in general. The final scene is a real performance, completely rotoscoped, and looks amazing.
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Screenshot from On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020)
Extremely simple, silly and genuinely funny story about dumb kids discovering music. However, it would simply be a fun diversion if not for the effort put into the production and casting. I have no idea how this got produced, but it's certainly elevated by how it great looks and sounds.
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Screenshot from On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020)
Screenshot from On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020)
Screenshot from On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020)
Screenshot from On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020)
On-Gaku: Our Sound (2020)
Written and directed by: Iwaisawa Kenji
Starring: Sakamoto Shintarō, Okamura Yasuyuki, Komai Ren, Maeno Tomoya, Serizawa Tateto
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look at this little baby boy
still hard to believe this arcade exists within tokyos 23 wards but I guess Koto-ku is kind of an exception
not when crossing the street "too slowly" it seems
Same in Paris -- maybe a EU thing?
This sets a dangerous precedent should anyone at AIC Artmic discover the Colony Drop zine with the fan novelisation of Riding Bean in it.
looks great dude
ah yess... cool japan
ah yes, u-jin -- they live in my mind due to their art being permanently emblazoned on a major chain of oppubs (which was of course referenced in sayonara zetsubo sensei, as i imagine the staff went often: www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm8152...)
Yeah I think I’ll be able to get thru part 2 in manga form
First series is an all-timer. I tried to watch the second series but dropped off — the juice wasn’t there, despite the awesome opening.
I really need to get around to reading the original comic.
Kenshiro balances upside down on someone's head while pressing their pressure points.
Kenshiro fends off two bulldozers.
'I searched all over the world and found this, the last tank!'
Kenshiro punches the tank.
Rewatched the episode (18) of Fist of the North Star in which Kenshiro fights a tank.
Limited resources, but perfect television.
today’s film: ongaku - our sound (2019)
yessir
Toy of Giant Robo
“JESUS!! You scared me!”
Yesterday I watched a bit of a Japanese movie with AI subs, just to see how good they are. And who would have guessed? It's bad. AI doesn't enable people, who don't know the language, to make an understandable version. Some easy parts were good enough to understand the...
Screenshot from Hana-bi (1997)
Screenshot from Hana-bi (1997)
Screenshot from Hana-bi (1997)
Screenshot from Hana-bi (1997)
Hana-bi (1997)
Written and directed by: Kitano Takeshi
Starring: Beat Takeshi
#AHWatching
Screenshot from Hana-bi (1997)
Takeshi's take on late-90s lost-decades malaise, mixing in his pension for crime stories, strange humor, and deeply human moments. However, unlike other films that focus heavily on the darkness of this time, Hana-bi is keen to include the small, happy moments as well.
#AHWatching
The film has a cool structure, and feels like it would do well on multiple viewings, given how it slowly reveals itself and comes together. It certainly does a hell of a lot in its under 2-hour run time, and does very well to show over tell.
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there was a burger place / bar in nakano back in time, and the owner would smoke pot in the bathroom with regulars often
i guess since i’m american he assumed i wanted in and offered me a hit a bunch of times but i refused cuz I didn’t want to get deported
anyway this song reminds me of that time
we made it to Friday once again!
The film has a cool structure, and feels like it would do well on multiple viewings, given how it slowly reveals itself and comes together. It certainly does a hell of a lot in its under 2-hour run time, and does very well to show over tell.
#AHWatching
Screenshot from Hana-bi (1997)
Takeshi's take on late-90s lost-decades malaise, mixing in his pension for crime stories, strange humor, and deeply human moments. However, unlike other films that focus heavily on the darkness of this time, Hana-bi is keen to include the small, happy moments as well.
#AHWatching
Screenshot from Hana-bi (1997)
Screenshot from Hana-bi (1997)
Screenshot from Hana-bi (1997)
Screenshot from Hana-bi (1997)
Hana-bi (1997)
Written and directed by: Kitano Takeshi
Starring: Beat Takeshi
#AHWatching
bbq bacon cheese burg at random hawaiian-themed cafe is surprisingly good
