19Chris and I also watched this masterpiece:
Trailer for Hair Extensions/Exte/エクステ (2007), dir. by Shion Sono
This trophy of morbid slapstick is directed by the weirdo that made the infamous Suicide Club. Interestingly, there is nary a fount - barely a trickle, really - of blood to bathe in in Exte, but that makes sense. Replacing the gross-out factor that blood would normally fulfill, is hair; even more hair than there was gore in Suicide Club. Cue creepy squirmy feelings.
Recommended for (intentionally) hilarious dialog, and validation for those who are okay with hating children. Also, Chiaki “GoGo Yubari” Kuriyama.
Hafu is a film about the experiences of mixed-Japanese living in Japan.
Japan is changing. Meet the new generation of mixed-Japanese.Check out more about the upcoming film here: hafufilm.com
Also, film needs donations. Help if you can!
Japan’s long been one of my desired destinations for a total immersion culture study. The concept of Hafu (a loan-word from the English word “half”) is not only meant to explore this phenomenon occurring in what once was an almost completely homogenized society, but to also give us insight into how we take “mixed race” for granted. I’m pumped to see how this turns out. And if you have the means to donate, click the link above!
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Trailer for Kuroneko (1968), dir. by Kaneto Shindo
The Gene Siskel Film Center here in Chicago is about to wrap up their ten-film retrospective of this amazing director and I’m sad I’ve missed out. Once I get a free night, I plan on re-acquainting myself with this brilliant director’s gorgeous work.
Trailer for the brilliant and haunting stop-motion feature 死者の書 / The Book Of The Dead (2005), dir. by Kihachiro Kawamoto
Featuring acclaimed animator and director Yuriy Norshteyn as a guest animator
This has been at the top of my “need to watch” list for a while, and I’ve been seeing it everywhere lately.
Robogeisha
Watched this tonight.
(2009), dir. by Noboru Iguchi
This poster is awesome. I should watch this sometime soon.
Gonna give us a review, atomicmovie?
Trailer for Tamala2010: A Punk Cat in Space (2003), by t.o.L
I’m not sure I have an actual desire to see this film, but Béatrice Dalle is one of the lead voices, and I love her voice so so much. The trailer itself is interesting, though.
Trailer for Bakuretsu Toshi/Burst City (1982), directed by Sogo Ishii
Mad Max punk rock yakuza explosion; totally grimy, groundbreaking Japanese cinema.
![The making of a kaijū (Japanese monster movie) in the 1950s. Godzilla ([1954], Ishiro Honda), perhaps? So cute!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lahsyhUa941qa9b8ro1_500.jpg)
The making of a kaijū (Japanese monster movie) in the 1950s. Godzilla ([1954], Ishiro Honda), perhaps? So cute!
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Clip from Almost Transparent Blue/Kagirinaku tōmei ni chikai burū (1976), written and directed by Ryu Murakami
Based on his own novel of the same name.
From Wikipedia (of the book):
Narrated by the main character Ryū (possibly Ryū Murakami himself) the novel focuses on his small group of young friends in the mid-seventies. Living in a Japanese town with an American air force base, their lives revolve around sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. The near-plotless story weaves a vividly raw image intensive journey through the daily monotony of drug-induced hallucinations, vicious acts of violence, overdoses, suicide, and group sex.
Ryu Murakami is best known for his novels, most notably Audition, which was later adapted to film by Takashi Miike.
