A thread for discussion and recommendation of Japanese TV and movies.FAQ: https://pastebin.com/BARFCHgFPrevious Thread:>>51196165
The Ghost of Johnny Kitagawa.
>>51239380>2 films>2 documentaries>1 TBA English-language film Koreeda is pulling a Miike Takashi this year.
>>51239651we are looking forward to his arashi documentary
what to watch thats available in 4k?
>>51239896Cure (1997) by Kurosawa KiyoshiAudition (2000) by Miike Takashi
>>51239906thanks
>His son didn't inherit any of his Jomon traitsTragic.
>>51239990Who is he? Who is his son?
Great Gidayu (67), one of Takeshi Gundan members has passed away. He was suffering from diabetes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do4ErgqRksM&t=1shttps://x.com/golf6761/status/1929015975233417559?s=20https://x.com/nami0101/status/2097153336537694279
>>51241163i know him from takeshi kitano's kikujirorip
>>51241163stumbled on a flight of stairs at his condo apartment. 67 is a relatively young age to go when everyone else is living into their 80s.it does seem like he has spent his entire life being overweight so his health caught up to him i guess.
>>51241169He looked very weak in the last days of his life, but that's the price he paid for making his overweight his owarai character.
is koreeda a hack? why is he adapting some shitty manga? did he flop recently and needs to gain the favour of the powers that be?
>>51241224>Look BackThe troubling shit is he's back to doing supernatural shit and now SF.
>>51241186yikes, it looks like his beetus has already taken him out and he was living on borrowed time. this is one of the reasons i don't like japanese comedy because it stresses too much on physical appearance, slapstick and the audience vibing with the owarai rather than letting the performance dictate it. it's like they're still stuck in the 50s with the three stooges.it doesn't feel right that we're supposed to get primed by someone being fat or having an ugly face and letting that lead into their act
>>51241224>>51241235personally i consider "look back" to be one of the best japanese works to come out in a long time. that chainsaw man guy is full of surprises.
>>51241224What's the problem? It's not Koreeda's first live-action film based on a manga.
>>51241235GMH is a good drama
Tsukamoto Shinya drew 8-minutes long standing ovation in Venice for his film "Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_n8e2SYtmM&t=1s
>>51241320Koreeda Hirokazu drew 12-minutes long standing ovation in Venice for his film "Look Back"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-yIE7VXSI8&t=1s
>>51241320>>51241323Do they have a chance to win the Golden Lion?
New drama when?
>>51241340Banned from tv
>>51241163He's the charcoal sumo wrestler from Takeshi's Castle, right? This is so sad.
>Hako no naka no hitsuji (2026) 1080p WEBRip x264 5.1 YTS YIFYdaigo's flick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw0YhiqOPFg
>>51241340Never ever
>>51241163Beat Takeshi mourned Great Gidayu on his official website>We've all gotten older, haven't we?>We'll all catch up with you eventually.>Let's meet again sometime.https://takeshi-kitano.jp/
>>51242437;_;
>>51242437is he the first member of takeshi gundan to pass away?
One of Koreeda Hirokazu's 2026 films is up.
>angry gf characterI will now watch your drama.
>>51242662>Uploaded 3 months after its release AND with English subsWhat sorcery is that? I wish all the movies I'm anticipating are like that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb5r3stIt2Y>The Japanese actress plays a Korean character and the Korean actress plays a Japanese character
>>51242052looks like another kaiju appeared? ghidorah because of the lightning and gravity attack?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzRLzp_q3iw
深夜2時過ぎまでテキーラを飲み交わし⋯⋯清純派ホワイトドレスの“エリカ様”こと女優・沢尻エリカが“6時間はしご酒デート”でA.B.C-Z橋本良亮に見せた「少女のような笑顔」ハイヤーに乗り込もうとする沢尻の腰に、橋本が優しく、しかしグッと手を回した。https://news-postseven.com/?p=2130651
>>51243667I'm jealous of him
>>51243650https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0L2XR2RJKwcould it surpass this tv drama tho?
>>51243650>>51243674well then. started seeing this in jav so we've made it mainstream.
Miike Takashi, Ichikawa Danjuro XIII and his son Ichikawa Shinnosuke VIII at Venice for the premiere of the documentary "Shumei"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLzcfdnvdN4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRsfeHvycMI
>>51243581arr, dare I say it, rook same?
>>51244377you think? one of them looks super japanese and the other one looks much less
>>51244137>Everyone shitting on Danjuro on the commentslol
>>51241330I haven't seen the films yet, but hopefully one of them can bring the Golden Lion to Japan. It would be the first time for Japan in 29 years, when Takeshi Kitano won it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVnwrqvpwnc
Just finished Vivant, it was so peak. What do I do now?
>>51246615Watch Legal High
>>51246615Anata no ban desuBloody mondayTodome no kissBorder
>>51246440Tsukamoto's anti-war movies are kino
Ogata's poor daughter is being slandered
first episode is out
thoughts?
>>51249630I’m just watching it because I don't wanna drop it. If I'm not autistic, I'd have dropped it by week 2. The premise piqued my interest, but the drama just feels cheap. I get the message they're trying to convey and the problems that come up every episode, but it’s just boring. Also, I know the lead actresses of 9 pm dramas always have catchphrases, but I'm not fond of Shuri’s character’s catchphrases. Like her saying “Anoo...”, shit is just annoying.
>>51241112Rentaro Mikuni, the father of Koichi Sato
>>51249862He looks Italian
9tsu added some incredibly cancerous drm to their site
>>51250192.vip? in what way?brave and ublock seems to clean everything up still
>>51250258no, .onethey added adblocker and dev tool detection
>>51250384ah so that's the variety mirror for it. my combo still seems to sidestep the blocks for now
I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned itt since it was /leaked/ in /v/, but allegedly Takeshi Kitano and Hiroshi Abe plus Aina the End but who cares will be part of the new hideo kojima game.
>>51250506No fucking way
>>51250506i don't play video games that much but takeshi kitano and hiroshi abe in a game sounds crazy, i will now buy your game
>>51250506>Directed, written and produced by Kojima Hideo and starring Beat TakeshiDay 1.
>>51250573These three are the only ones confirmed so far tho
>>51250577Still Day 1 with or without Takeshi. Kojima is a genius.
>>51250577>minami hamabei will now buy your game
>>51250506>>51250573>Takeshi Kitano and Robert PattinsonThis looks too good to be true. I call fake
>>51250573>>51250577i've been thinking about international productions lately like drive my car, vivant, etc. and the thing that sets your work apart form everyone else's is your genuine enthusiasm in using these guys. kojima is known for *collecting* these actors and actresses so you know he's not putting them in his games just for show. he gets to assemble like an "avengers" team of his favorite people and usually he's right about them
>>51250573It's always very funny when jeets see blatantly AI generated slop and go "omg look at this guys!".
>>51250623>he gets to assemble like an "avengers" team of his favorite peopleIt could be real but something about the leak smells fishy. Like someone knew Kojima likes Takeshi Kitano's movies, had a cameo in Hiroshi Abe's drama VIVANT S2 and liked Shunji Iwai's Kyrie where Aina starred
>>51246440
>>51250743Good for Tsukamoto. I hope he wins the main Golden Lion tomorrow.
>>51250506>>51250573>4chan leaksI don't know if it's true or not (the pic is AI-generated), but considering Takeshi's age, I'm not sure if he'd be willing to do it. Although 10 years ago, he did say that RGG6 was easy for him and that he just read the lines and the game did all the work and created all the action for him. And when I think about Kojima and his prestige and the fact that he's a longtime Kitano fan, I could see Takeshi rolling with him for this game.
>>51251908It could be the same situation as the filmmakers that appeared in death stranding, with him only providing his likeness and some other guy doing the mocap and voice.
>>51250743Tsukamoto Shinya and Koreeda Hirokazu failed to win the top Golden Lion prize. >Tsukamoto's film won the Leoncino d'Oro>Koreeda's film won 5 collateral awards including the CinemaSara AwardKitano Takeshi is still the last Golden Lion winner from Japan.
>>51253042japbros...
>>51253042Venice's president this year is American, go figure
What are some movies where the region / city it plays in in Japan is a fundamental part? Not Tokyo.
>>51253545Sound of the WavesLittle ForestLeaving on the 15th SpringRiverside MukorittaA Gentle Breeze in the Village Natsumi's Firefly
>>51253545Sonatine (1993) by Kitano Takeshi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSXbpLD4cwk
>>51255494pffff
>>51255558>Starring Miike TakashiI will now watch your film.
>>51255494(groan) ok bro alright, jeez. very nice. well done.smiley face cringe
>>51253545>FukuokaCharge! Hooligans of Hakata (1978) - Gakuryu Ishii>OkinawaAlmost Transparent Blue (1979) - Ryu Murakami>KanagawaThe Funeral (1984) - Juzo Itami>Okinawa Sonatine (1993) - Takeshi Kitano>Osaka and YamagataMaborosi (1995) - Hirokazu Koreeda>HokkaidoLove Letter (1995) - Shunji Iwai>YamagataWind (1998) - Sono Sion>YamagataCharisma (1999) - Kiyoshi Kurosawa>YamaguchiRitual (2000) - Hideaki Anno>KyushuEureka (2000) - Shinji Aoyama>HokkaidoSpeakerman: The Boo (2004) - Yoshihiro Nishimura >YamagataMonsters Club (2011) - Toshiaki Toyoda>IbarakiBunny Drop (2011) - SABU
>Volume 1: A new series inspired by artwork that captivated Twitter.How did the Japanese become so creatively bankrupt?
>>51255494Kino
Macchan announced that he will be undergoing surgery to restore his intestines to their original state earlier than planned, and will be hospitalized again for "about a week." He's recovering well.
>>51255494LMAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
【訃報】女優・中村ゆりさんが死去、44歳 直腸がんのため
>>51256955Oof
>>51257040Stacked as fuck
>>51256955I didn't know she had cancer and relapsed before seeing her acting on dramas. Sad.
>>51256955She was in this great show.
>>51257105why was this show so brutal and violent?
Usagi-san Beat Takeshi.
>>51257348Is that Natsuki Deguchi at the end?
>>51257354yes
>>51257687I can't wait for her upcoming film where she plays an autistic proofreader
>>51257040shun oguri cloned himself to star in 30 dramas a year
>>51256955RIP, so young
hori daisuke showed his dick on youtube live in front of 45k+ people (lmao)
Nozaki-saaaaan~~~
>>51257348he cute
>>51257770I kinda disliked the book
>>51258193Books focused on depressive, brainy, probably on the spectrum, about to break out or collapse MCs are my favorite, so I have no complaints.
>>51257348Fluffiest Takeshi Kitano in history
>>51257833i could fix him...
Netflix and Sega have announceda new partnership to co-produce live-action adaptations of Sega's game catalog.《First Project》◆『Crazy Taxi』｜Live-Action Comedy FilmLive-action film adaptation confirmed!In development▶◆『Sonic the Hedgehog』｜Kids Animation Series◆『STRANGER THAN HEAVEN』｜Live-Action Film
>>51258415>Crazy TaxiCould be good>SonicAbsolutely disgusting>STRANGER THAN HEAVENKino
>>51258415>◆『Crazy Taxi』｜Live-Action Comedy Film> written by Dan Gregor and Doug Mand >>>/tv/
>>51258415amazon is doing a second season of yakuza, right?...
Actress Kaho (35) got married to filmmaker, novelist and musician Hokimoto Sora (34)
>>51258415Wrong board if they're western productions like the Cowboy Bebop and One Piece live actions.
>>51258415>STRANGER THAN HEAVENDepends on the director, it might be good.
>>51258430
>>51253545Drive My Car is mostly focused on the Hiroshima area.
>>51257348>This is that yakuza boss I told you about when he's not shooting assholes on his day off
https://youtu.be/stMdcFrpWqE
>>51239380
>>51260130>監督：風間太樹>脚本：岡田惠和Most likely drizzling shit.
is avistaz down for anybody else?
>>51243581>intertwiningdo...do they fuck?
>>51262759It's down for me, too.Ogre?
>>51239380Thoughts on Badly in Love 2?I heard they caught some flak for putting on a dude who literally lit people on fire
>>51262759Uh oh
if it ever comes back online i am burning through my 500gb of quota and never coming back
>>51262759>>51262765>>51262920>>51262925We're back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kscp4lwa5Ns
>>51263070What the fuck did I just watch?
>>51263070i'm definitely gonna have yakisoba today
Does anyone remember the show about a boys school that was “bad” and they combined it with a girls school? I remember the intro was the guys singing JUST SHAKE IT SHAKE IT BABY
the AI pic of kitano and abe might not be true but this one is
>>51263480https://youtu.be/l23zarkp87s
>>51263651That’s it!!! Thanks man, all I remember was this song and me wanting the friend of the main guy to get with the main girl but he gets her ugly friend instead.
>>51263508>Minami HamabeWe will be buying this game
>>51263830Suga-chan?
>>51264165ww
>>51263508>Minami HamabeDoes Kojima hate Japanese actors that much? He's always casting the most mediocre ones in games that become popular overseas.
>>51264290More like bog
Not-Ano wants to be Ano so bad.AzuAzu wants to be Ano so bad.Ayuni D wants to be Ano so bad.Ano wants to be Non so bad.
>>51264290Man hands
>>51264476I want every person mentioned in this post to die a slow and painful death with the poster of this post.
>>51264205He said the reason he doesn't use them often is because Japanese are too beautiful for face scanning and motion capture
>It has been revealed through an investigation by "Shukan Bunshun" that Katsuo Fukuzawa (62), the director of the hit drama "VIVANT" (TBS), pushed a staff member to the ground during filming, causing a fracture. TBS responded, "As a result of our investigation, we have confirmed that his actions constitute power harassment, and we have taken strict personnel measures."https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/92163
>>51264870did nothing wrong
pushing someone off a ladder is in fact wrong
>>51264870is the show cancelled?
>>51264870I would die for this man
>Alice is just a stage name given to her by her agency>she isn't mixed race>she's Suzu's sisterI never knew these things even though I've seen so much of her work. Interesting.
>>51263830watching the first episode why japanese so low moral?
>>51266393good on netflix for showing boobs
>>51266393So this is why they add those "This story is fiction" disclaimers, huh
>>51264870he was framed
>>51266338she just looks super jomon that's all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QlX974XPekJohnny's idol (from timelesz) arrested for punching his girlfriend in the face
badly in love s3 idea: one of them is a cannibal
>>51267400is he kicked out? he's a newly debuted one
>>51267902He's been placed on suspension by the company for now. It'll probably follow the same pattern as the gay monkey from Ae Group where he'll be forced to quit later on.
https://gendai.media/articles/-/171054A cancelled movie directed by a famous filmmaker was in production that would have revolved around Shinzo Abe's assassination. The plot would have had a fictional South Korean spy be the assassin who kills Abe, while Tetsuya Yamagami (the assassin IRL, played by Masaki Suda) is used as a scapegoat to divert attention away from the real (evil Korean) culprit.
>>51268024Release it on Netflix
>>51268024could be kin->played by Masaki Sudanever mind
is it even a japanese drama if no one cheats on their spouse?
>no Vivant this week, and the next one tooThe world should just fast-forward.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxuJF4y1j2w
>>51272262i thought j horror died or something?
fujii kaze is cringe
>>51269727vivant is dead (see >>51264870), bury it. Consider this mercy.
is this show available to watch anywhere? https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/start_tobisuku/
>>51273700There's literally a tver link on that page.
sexy zone bros, did they fuck up by debuting a non johnnys jr trainee!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvcWAcZcECk
>>51274441being a jpop boyband member in current year when the entire world is captivated by perfectly selected korean men is suffering
>S&X.....it was ok. a bit disappointing because i expected something more bold tackling sex issues head-on and what i got was something very mild and surface level with no real ground being broken. like several little PSA's with some distracting melodrama here and there. i think i went into this expecting to see more sex being shown at some level. they did it a few times like in the first ep where it was sort of abstractly conveyed which i thought was really good -- i don't really want to see other people having sex on screen to be honest. i don't care for it if you're just going to have 2 actors with body tape awkwardly move their hips out of sync. we got jav for that.
yuko araki. they keep trying to push her into these movies and dramas and i'm just so not convinced. is it her resting-bitch-face and general stiffness? there's a sex scene at the every end where she's naked but has a sheet around her and it's the most unsexy thing i've seen in a while i don't know. she always looks so bored and so am i.
>>51277607"Actresses" like her are for endorsement deals.
>>51277679yeah man, it feels like jdrama only exists to have actors sell shit during the commercials.i don't know if it's the boomer in me wanting to watch better content as time goes on because my tastes keep getting refined as i age, but these fucking people are so talentless and it feels like there's no point to 95% of these jdramas.i'm sorry guys, i don't want to doompost about my disappointment about jdrama all the time and i hope i'm not ruining your enthusiasm for it, but goddamn i'm trying to keep an open mind for them but keep getting let down.
>>51277798You should notice this thread shits on it while enjoying selected titles only. It's just kinda pointless as that's how its works. Stick to "artsy" directors and actors while avoiding most commercial stuff and you'll have a better time.
>>51277810i enjoyed asura a lot. possibly one of the most significant series made this decade. i would put it on the level of "band of brothers" and "true detective". but you know, it's koreeda and he can only make so much.
>>51277798>>51277815Curate your watchlist and filter out the bad. Don't watch shit just because you like some jp media.
>>51274483being a japanese man in current year is a humiliation ritual
>【WEST. 解散】>WEST.が9月30日をもって、グループ活動を終了することが発表されました。>10⽉1⽇以降も、7名全員STARTO ENTERTAINMENTに所属し、それぞれタレント活動を続けられるとのことです。//>It has been announced that WEST. will end its group activities as of September 30.>From October 1 onward, all 7 members will remain affiliated with STARTO ENTERTAINMENT and continue their individual talent activities.Just because one of them got a kid.
>>51279323Bye fangirls
