Jap Movies

[roguebishop]

I'm looking for some titles of some good Jap movies newwer and such.

I love CG more than anime so leave steamboy and akira out. But movies like Shinobi Heart underblade, Devilman.
THings like this .

[mobyrox]

Akira
Ghost In The Shell
Blood: The Last Vampire
Perfect Blue

just for starters...

[mobyrox]

d'oh I misread your post....

I hear Appleseed is a good CG Japanime....

I have not seen it but you might like Ghost in the shell 2

[mobyrox]

Are you looking for movies or like anime?

have you checked out any of the tartan asia extreme titles? Like "A Tale of Two Sisters"? Also if you like outrageous asian cinema, the films of Takeshi Miike might do the trick. I would recommend "The Happiness of the Katikuri's" a splatter musical comedy or "Audition", a truly creepy horror flick.

[dave]

Haha, the title of your thread reminds me of the Bill Parcells press conference when he said at practice his ofensive coordinator likes to throw in "a few Jap plays...no offense to the orientals" You may want to reconsider as this is generally considered a slur...just a thought.
Now in answer to your question. These are all live action Asian flicks (not all Japanese):

Takeshi Miike: (in addition to the ones Moby mentioned)
* Ichi the Killer - very disturbing
*Visitor Q

Three Extremes - 3 short films that are all compelling and shocking (Moby, if you like Miike, you should check this out)

OldBoy - Korean revenge flick that is absolutely awesome

A bit more mainstream:
Hero - one of the most visually stunning movies i have seen.
Kung Fu Hustle - hilarious
Shaolin Soccer - same guy that did Hustle. Funny

For truly classic amazing cinema. You have to check out some Kurasawa. All are good, but I highly recommend:
Seven Samurai - the quintessential samurai flick. simply a masterpiece
Rashomon - cool story telling. A murder is told from several character's point of view.
Ikiru- amazing story about a beurocrat who develops cancer and changes the way he lives the remainder of his life
Yojimbo - bad ass samurai flick - it was remade as Western - A Fistful of Dollars
Sanjuro

[mobyrox]

dave said:

Haha, the title of your thread reminds me of the Bill Parcells press conference when he said at practice his ofensive coordinator likes to throw in "a few Jap plays...no offense to the orientals" You may want to reconsider as this is generally considered a slur...just a thought.
Now in answer to your question. These are all live action Asian flicks (not all Japanese):

Takeshi Miike: (in addition to the ones Moby mentioned)
* Ichi the Killer - very disturbing
*Visitor Q

Three Extremes - 3 short films that are all compelling and shocking (Moby, if you like Miike, you should check this out)

OldBoy - Korean revenge flick that is absolutely awesome

A bit more mainstream:
Hero - one of the most visually stunning movies i have seen.
Kung Fu Hustle - hilarious
Shaolin Soccer - same guy that did Hustle. Funny

For truly classic amazing cinema. You have to check out some Kurasawa. All are good, but I highly recommend:
Seven Samurai - the quintessential samurai flick. simply a masterpiece
Rashomon - cool story telling. A murder is told from several character's point of view.
Ikiru- amazing story about a beurocrat who develops cancer and changes the way he lives the remainder of his life
Yojimbo - bad ass samurai flick - it was remade as Western - A Fistful of Dollars
Sanjuro

I definitely second "The Seven Samurai" The new Criterion box is amazing.

wasn't too sure of "3 Extremes", might be too brutal for me from what I heard.