Yonosa Wrote:

bodhisamaya Wrote:If you are looking for something serious, you will never learn Japanese. Only those who are looking to have fun will succeed.

My my.... It just so happens that I find intellectually stimulating content entertaining and enjoyable... perhaps this is unthinkable to you or something that you would post such a response. But do not think I am going out looking for things I do not enjoy, the whole post is about how I do not enjoy most of the media because it is shallow in my opinion, and looking for alternatives that may be more to my tastes. I can already read most of the newspaper, save some trouble when reading about Government(which is ok since that is the most shallow corrupt mainstream perspective and falsifies what's going on, but I will still work to understand that completely, just a matter of a few thousand more vocabulary to push myself to 99% or so in that area.) So don't spout your ideas about fun and assume what is fun for you might be fun for everyone, in my case, quite the contrary.


In the drama Galileo do they really stick to the science? I have never found that they really care much about the science used, it's more about the "cool" factor than anything I have found.

caivano Wrote:http://www.thegreathappinessspace.com/

is a really good documentary about hosts in Osaka. It's pretty depressing tho.

chamcham Wrote:

Yonosa Wrote:In the drama Galileo do they really stick to the science? I have never found that they really care much about the science used, it's more about the "cool" factor than anything I have found.

The original novels were written by Higashino Keigo(東野圭吾). The TV show was based
on 探偵ガリレオ and 予知夢. I've seen a few japanese people reading his books
on the subway. He also wrote Yōgisha X no Kenshin (容疑者Xの献身), a
spinoff of Galileo that won many literary awards (and was turned into a movie
that many people raved about).

buonaparte Wrote:What about Japanese cinema?
Almost anything by these guyes is either good or very good.

黒澤 明 or 黒沢 明 Kurosawa Akira
成瀬 巳喜男 Naruse Mikio
小津 安二郎 Ozu Yasujirō
溝口 健二 Mizoguchi Kenji
清水 宏 Shimizu Hiroshi
木下 恵介 Kinoshita Keisuke
稲垣 浩 Inagaki Hiroshi
鈴木 清順 Suzuki Seijun
大島 渚 Ōshima Nagisa
新藤 兼人 Shindō Kaneto
今村 昌平 Imamura Shōhei
山田 洋次 Yamada Yōji
若松孝二 Wakamatsu Kōji
伊丹 十三 Itami Jūzō
北野 武 Kitano Takeshi
是枝 裕和 Koreeda Hirokazu
三池 崇史 Miike Takashi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_cinema
http://www.asiatorrents.com/index.php?page=torrents&search=&category=2&options=0&active=1

raeesmerelda Wrote:

chamcham Wrote:

Yonosa Wrote:In the drama Galileo do they really stick to the science? I have never found that they really care much about the science used, it's more about the "cool" factor than anything I have found.

The original novels were written by Higashino Keigo(東野圭吾). The TV show was based
on 探偵ガリレオ and 予知夢. I've seen a few japanese people reading his books
on the subway. He also wrote Yōgisha X no Kenshin (容疑者Xの献身), a
spinoff of Galileo that won many literary awards (and was turned into a movie
that many people raved about).

The experiment to test a theory is a major part of every episode. It's "cool" science though (the flashy kind with explosions), intended to better explain it to the actual detective. Whether the science is completely true, I wouldn't know.

I swear I'm going to read those books someday.

Bokusenou Wrote:@Javizy
Hmm, the only thing I can think of when it comes to WWII anime is the "childrens' everyday life during WWII" type of movie like Ushiro no Shoumen Dare and Hotaru no Haka. Burma no Tategoto is supposed to be good, but I haven't watched it yet.

Javizy Wrote:火垂るの墓は悲しかった、クッ... I came across a live action version too. I'm not sure what it's like, but that site is pretty good.

buonaparte Wrote:I have a question:
Does anyone know about any movies about burakumin 部落民?

KanjiDevourer Wrote:Very nice, thanks for the list! 黒澤 (くろさわ) is awesome and a very well known pioneer in the cinematic world (see f.i. 七人の侍 [しちにんのさむらい]).
I saw an (in)famous movie of Miike's: Ichi the Killer - 殺し屋１.... that was by far the most revolting, disturbing movie I've ever seen. Yet I can't regret having seen it, somehow. I am glad I saw it in a theatre, or probably I would not have endured it. A warning is in place: this is not for the weak at heart or stomach.