‘Movies, Drama’ Archives
Sushi Chef, Jiro, becomes a documentary film by American Director, David Gelb
Some months ago, a new unique film reached my attention. That was a film making story about a famous Japanese Sushi Chef, called JIRO. He runs a small sushi restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo, the name of it is Sukiyabashi Jiro. But the Sushi restaurant is always full of sushi lovers who made reservations for dinner some [...]
SORA AOI 蒼井そら A popular Japanese girl in China
To be honest, I didn't know until recent days about Sora Aoi. Recently she often appears on international news on internet and she seems to be very famous ( or popular ) especially in China. I don't often watch TV in Japan, so she might be on Japanese TV programs sometimes but as far as I know, I've never seen her on TV. A news says [...]
Cyril Takayama, the top magician of Japan
In the recent several years, a young magician called Cyril Takayama suddenly appeared in Japan. What he shows us through TV programs is beyond our comprehension. Once we see his magic, the impression we get often binds us to be like a speechless doll. We can't judge if what he does is just magic we know or human super power. For [...]
Original Silent Library from Japanese comedian team, DOWNTOWN
Some may have seen a TV program called SILENT LIBRARY in the USA. It's funny that everyone there tries to keep silent while they are playing funny card game. I think it's really good for laughing. American program is funny, but maybe comparing the Japanese one is more interesting because you would know the cultural difference there. [...]
Akira Kurosawa and Takeshi Kitano
For movie fans, probably Akira Kurosawa is the most famous director among Japanese directors. Also recently Takeshi Kitano became popular with totally unique approach to movie fans. When Akira Kurosawa was still alive, these 2 masters talked about film making and their life. As you see, Takeshi Kitano also looks young and his face is still [...]
My Boyhood, the old days of Japan
This movie is an old movie, but it still captures the time of old Japan just after the second world war. This is not a war movie but it tells about boyhood for those who lived in the era. As you see in the video, in Japan there were not enough things like cars, radios, TV sets, or even telephones. Everything was swept away by war but pure [...]
Departure, Okuribito theme song by Joe Hisaishi was recorded with London Symphonic Orchestra
Okuribito or Departure was filmed in 2008 and it took many film contest prizes including the Best Foreign Language Film Prize at Academy Award in the USA. If you missed this film, it's not hard to recommend you see it as most of the people are moved with it. Ryoko Hirosue ( photo) is a graceful film star of Japan, and she acts also very well [...]
KABUKIZA to close for reconstruction
In Japan, there is a very traditional entertainment called Kabuki, which started about 600 years ago. Kabukiza means Kabuki Theater, and it's located in central Tokyo, Ginza. Kabukiza is not that old because the present one was built about 60 years ago, but probably something got old for today's play style, I suppose. It's going to be [...]
Takeshi Kitano Biography
Takeshi Kitano's Biography is going to be published in France. Well, I sometimes talked about him here. So somewhat I think it's already enough about him here. Recently I saw his TV show, and I thought he really got old. When he was a comedy boy rather than a movie director, his talks on stage was like the thunder storm. That was really [...]
AVATAR outsells TITANIC
In Japan, TITANIC has long had a record of biggest theater sales among foreign movies. Including domestic movies, the top3 biggest selling and highest grossing movies are all Hayao Miyazaki animation films, Spirited away, Howl's Moving Castle, and Princess Mononoke. But the foreign movie's sales record seems to be replaced by AVATAR [...]
