Archive for the category Cinema
No more “Eiga dorobou”
In many Japanese movie theaters, just before the movie starts, the following video is shown. It explains that uploading/downloading movies to/from the Internet and recording with a camera inside a theater are crimes punished by law. No More “Eiga dorobou”; “Eiga dorobou” means “steal movies”:
Azumi
Azumi is a 2003 Japanese movie directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. The action in this movie takes place right after the great Sekigahara battle. Sekigahara battle is one of the most prominent events in Japanese history. It took place on September 15, 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu’s forces defeated shogun (governor) Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s men. From that battle [...]
Confessions, 告白
Confessions (告白) by Tetsuya Nakashima was the Japanese movie selected as the entry for the Best Foreign Language Film of this year. The movie is based on a novel by Kanae Minato, which was one the most sold books in Japan in 2008. I hadn’t seen the movie until my brother recommended it to me [...]
Live-action Akira movie will be set in Manhattan
Some months ago we already knew that a live-action movie based on the manga film Akira was being made. On that time I said: “at least let’s hope it’s not as bad as the Hollywood adaptation of Dragon Ball…”. According to the latests news it seems that the movie is not going to be very [...]
Live-action Akira movie
The project to make a live-action Akira movie is progressing well. The director will be Albert Hugh (one of his last movies was The Book of Eli) and the screenwriter will be Albert Torres. The movie will be based on the first three volumes of the manga, and in the future maybe there will be [...]
Avatar in DVD and Blu-ray in Japan
New movies are usually released in theaters in Japan several months after the release in United States and Europe; the same thing happens with DVD and Blu-ray versions. However, this didn’t happen with Avatar, and we already have it in DVD as well as in Blu-ray. To promote the release some Bic Camera employees were [...]
10 Japanese movies
Due to lack of funds not many new movies are made in Japan these days, the Japanese movie industry is in crisis. Even so, the movies produced are usually pretty interesting. To watch movies made in different countries is an excellent way to understand the diversity of cultures, values, ways of thinking and lifestyles around [...]
