Hello all. My favorites japanese movies are Ozu Yasujirô's movies 小津 安二郎.
I recommend you "Sanma no aji", "Tôkyô Monogatari", "Higanbana" and "Akibiyori". "Ohayô" is very funny. so you should see it too.

I really like his movies because he really show you how is Japan deep mentality and what is a family in there. Ôzu sensei was a deep lover of Tôkyô and shot most of his movie there.

Sanma no aji (my number one japanese movie ever) :


Higanbana :


Tôkyô monogatari :


His last 6 movies were shot in color... All previous are in black and white.
Any person interested in Japan's culture should see Ozu sensei movies...

Waw, that's very old movie , isn't it?

I prefer anime than jap-movie.

I like Death Note, Detective Conan, Sailormoon , Detective Kindaichi in real person playing too. Instead, all i prefer is came from anime too.

Taiyou no Uta

NANA live action*havent watched yet but i want to*

Death Note live action (both the first and last)

shimotsuma monogatari*havent watched yet but i want to*

a movie called dreams that my friend made me watch... i forgot who directed it but the director was good and he based the movie on his dreams...

uhh whatelse...

battle royale*i wanna watch the second one as well*

and...

azumi*i wanna watch this one too although i havent yet*

Not that old, they were shot in 1950's and 1960's. They are very good movies. You should see "Sanma no aji" first, it is in color. (released in 1962). I am sure you will like it. My little sister saw it with me and she liked it. (She was 17 when she saw it)
I have all the colored movies in DVD box. In France, Ozu have many fans, like Kurosawa Akira. A new box have just been released too.

!!!! Thank you Arte VIDEO !!!!
French Box 1 (five colored movies) :

French Box 2 :

I haven't seen too many Japanese movies either, but I liked the few that I have seen:

Taiyo no Uta
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman
Spriggan (animated)
Battle Royale

My buddy recommends Uzumaki, but I haven't watched it yet. He also suggested watching some of Takeshi Miike's work, some of which are supposed to be pretty gruesome.

1) Taiyou no Uta
2) Nana (waiting to watch Nana 2)
3) Death Note
4) Be With Me

These are the must watch j-movies. urm... i can only recall these more recent good works. have forgotten lotsa others. guess my memory's failin me. :huhuhu

1. Se7en Samurai (starring Toshiro Mifune..my fav actor ):thumbsup: :thumbsup: to Akira Kurosawa also my fav director
2. Sen To Chihiro/Spirited Away (great animation en story) :thumbsup: :thumbsup: to Hayao Miyazaki
3. Hotel Venus (starring Kusanagi Tsuyoshi) won some award in Rusia) :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
4. Water Boys (funniest movie , i have ever seen)
5. Ju-On (the scariest movie , i have ever seen)

Sorry for the grave-digging.. but I've been watching lots of Japanese eiga lately, lol.

1. NANA The Movie
2. Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru (aka Heavenly Forest)
3. Taiyou no Uta
4. Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (aka Spirited Away)
5. Mimi wo Sumaseba (aka Whisper of the Heart)
6. Ren'ai Shashin: A Collage of Our Lives

I also like the Korean movie "200 Pounds Beauty".

I'm a huge Miyazaki fan, but I only listed Spirited Away cause that's the movie that made me fall in love with his stuff.

Yup. Thumbs up to Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyasaki

I've watched both Uzumaki and it's sequel. They're both great movies.

I like Shinobi & Azumi...

7 samurai is sure a good movie, Even if Mifune is not my favorite actor. One of my favorite actors should be Sanada Hiroyuki. He is every where, he was in "RING" too. He is the bad guy in RUSH HOUR 3, with Jackie Chan and CHris TUCKER.


I saw Water Boys. I think it's a funny movie too. My fisrt movie with Tsumabuki-kun. (born the same year than me, like Takeuchi Yûko...LOL number 1...)

Of course, I saw all the Ghibli studio's movies, except the "Howl's Moving Castle" and the last "Teremer Legend" thing, by the son of Hayao Miyazaki.

Anna !!! I like Mimi wo sumaseba too. saw Ren'ai shashin too. :) (Hirosue Ryôko san was born the same year than me too. :) LOL number 2)

I saw Shinobi. Didn't like it to much, even I think Nakama Yukie and Odagiri Joe are cool. Saw Azumi too. This one, I already forgot it. LOL number 3.....

Do you mean "Gedo Senki" (aka Tales From Earthsea)? lol.

I bought the "Gedo Senki" DVD when I was in Japan because I found out that it's not going to be released in the US until some ridiculous year.. like 2009 or something, lol. Something about copyright stuff..

OH, I forgot to list "Water Boys"! And "Ringu".. oooh, and "Dark Water".

Speaking of Japanese movies, you all should check out http://www.crunchyroll.com! It's really amazing.. it has pretty much every Japanese movie you can think of :] Plus, it has J, K, and C-Dramas, anime, J-Pop vids etc; It's really great. You have to join to view vids, but signing up is free and fast.

Thank you Anna ! Yes, I meant "Dego Senki", by Goro Miyazaki (Miyazaki Goro). I said "Terremer Legends" because in France, it had been released under the name "Les Contes de Terremer", wich means "Tales of Terremer".


:rolleye Frenchs movies distributors always adapt titles ... I guess the "Earthsea" is called "Terremer" in this movie... maybe...

THANK YOU for the crunchyroll link ! I will register... i'm curious.

my top 5:
1.taiyou no uta
2.lovely complex
3.nana
4.sekai no chusin,ai wo sekaibu
5.death note

love them all!!!

my fav are Taiyou no Uta,Death Note and Batte Royale.
Not really into japanese movies thought.. :sry

TNU
NANA
DEATH NOTE (ALL) XDDD :suki

wow...

here is my list of fave movies(including animated ones):

~ Sekai no chûshin de, ai o sakebu / Crying out Love, in the center of the World
~ Taiyou no Uta
~ Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai
~ Battle Royale

animated movies:

~ Paprika
~ 5 centimeters per second
~ Kiki's Delivery Service
~ Millennium Actress

yes those are my favourite too :good

hmm, i have several..

battle royale
survive style 5+ (asano tadanobu is a bad @$$.. >> "Ichi the killer")
last life in the universe
twighlight samurai
zatoichi
and taiyou no uta

animes:
princess mononoke
fist of the north star
ninja scroll
howl's moving castle

hope i'm not forgetting any.. still have to watch death note (erika toda :suki) and nana.. they SHOULD REALLY make a movie for BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad.. by far, one of thee best animes out there, in my opinion.. really want to watch custom made 10.30 for kaera-chan too! hehe

anyway, currently watching "All About Lily Chou Chou".. also, i've been itching to watch this for the looongest time.. a fairly old classic horror, "Uzumaki"..

My top favorites...
•　Swing Girls
•　Linda Linda Linda
•　Shimotsuma Monogatari
•　Ima, ai ni yukimasu
•　Tada, kimi wo aishiteru

I only like two anime films...
•　Toki wo kakeru shoujo
•　Spirited Away

i love ALWAYS: SUNSET on 3RD street

then azumi and lastly water boys.

what else... taiyou no uta :YUIFace

well...easy for me! taiyo no uta!

wud anime movies count?

I love Japanese movies!! ^^
Let's see, my favourites are:

- Ima ai ni yukimasu (this is my nº1 ^^)
- Taiyou no uta
- Kisarazu cat's eye Nihon series
- Dare mo shiranai
- GO
- NANA
- Kikujiro no natsu
- Tada kimi wo aishiteru
- Laundry
- Yoru no pikunikku
- Lovely complex
and some more =)

And from Ghibli I like Mononoke, Sen to Chihiro, Howl, Kiki and Totoro ^^

waah haha XDDD :clap

TNU
NANA
Death Note 1&2
Closed Note
Honey & CLover
Tada kimi wo aishiteru (Heavenly Forest)
Dear Friends
Heat Island
Kamikaze Girls
Lovely Complex
Sugar & Spice
Moon Child
Last Quarter

all Glibi anime movies

[B]L Changed the World :suki :suki :suki My Lovely L
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just watched 'CROWS ZERO'... it's a kick@ss movie...

BATTLE ROYALE......
i strongly recommend this movie

awesome movie.......but apparently the sequel, battle royale 2:requiem is a let down...

another one....NANA

i've seen only a handful but my favorites are

seven samurai
taiyou no uta :D

CROWS ZERO XDDD haha 2nd one is coming in 2009 :clap

yet Battle Royale :good

Taiyo no Uta!

But I can't say I've seen a lot of Japanese movies (The Ring, Battle Royale, Versus, Grudge etc. all those weird movies only haha).

For animated movies, it's definately Nausicaä or Totoro.

waah haha g@me is a good one :good

i have a few... (no particular order)

Battle Royale [action]
Honey and Clover [romance/comedy/drama]
Survive Style 5+ [action]
Twilight Samurai [drama/action]
Uzumaki [horror]
Swallowtail Butterfly [drama]
Linda Linda Linda [drama/comedy]
Last Life In the Universe [romance/drama]

and of course... Taiyou no Uta [drama]

Taiyou No Uta and Detective Conan Movies :clap
Bleach first movie ain't bad too... :sry

Oh, add The Ring, (The?) Grudge, Battle Royale (1 or 2, I forgot), Wishing Steps (Or something like that)... Basically, horror movies :sry

waah haha i watched wishing stair it wasnt scary yet boring made me sleepy

A lot of people already listed mine. I guess only so many Japanese movies are publicized/known outside of Japan.

In no particular order:

1. Taiyou no Uta (shouldn't this be on everyone's list somewhere? lol XD)
2. Budou no Ki (aka "Grapevine" YAY YAMAPI! <3)
3. Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru (aka "Heavenly Forest")
4. NANA (1st movie only. I wasn't a huge fan of the 2nd one except for Hongo Kanata as Shin :suki )
5. Death Note (Both - haven't watched "L: Change the World" yet)
6. Howl's Moving Castle (aka Howl no Ugoku Shiro - my FAVORITE Miyazaki movie)
7. Lovely Complex (cuz Koike is just TOO cute XD)
8. HINOKIO (Hongo Kanata is SO cute!!!!!! and YUI's Song!!!!!)
::coughPrinceofTennisMoviecoughcough:: (Okay it kinda sucked, but I still love Hongo Kanata <3)

I don't even want to get into Japanese Dramas. There are SO many that I like that the list would be never ending @_@

:YUIFace hehe

Yeah, it wasn't scary. But it was one of the most recent japanese movies I watched so my views on it are kinda biased...
Besides, the ghost there doesn't look bad at all... :hee

Taiyou no Uta
Sweet Rain - Shinigami no Seido
Koizora
Hero
Bushi no Ichibun

Taiyou no Uta
Closed Note
Battle Royale
Shibuya Kaedan 2
One Missed Call
Koizora
Hinokio
Azumi

Taiyou no Uta!! of course

and....

Summer's Tail!

Utatama :suki
Tokyo shojo (girl) :gboy
Tokyo Boy
Hinokio
A tale of mari and three puppies

XDDD :clap