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| What is the best movie that Kitano has directed? |
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30% |
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| Dolls |
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23% |
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| Kikujiro |
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15% |
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| Brother |
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7% |
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15% |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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 Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 2:40 am Post subject: Takeshi Kitano - a living legend. |
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| One of the greatest movie actors/directors of all time, in my opinion. He manages to combine outright violence, slapstick humour and even romance. What do you think is his greatest movie so far (as a director)? Many people will know him from Battle Royale, although he didn't direct that particular movie. |
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Are they the lemmings
Joined: 15 Feb 2007
Location: Not here anymore. JongnoGuru was the only thing that kept me here.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:02 am Post subject: |
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You may wish to discount my views as I've not seen any of the movies he's directed.
Having watched him since his early days as "comedian" Beat Takeshi, I long ago came to the opinion that he is not funny. Unfortunately, that well-entrenched opinion has dissuaded me from spending time or money to watch any of his movies.
He may well be a genius and I a philistine, but in this particular case, I'm happy to be ignorant. I rate him equally with Tamori. |
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swetepete
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Location: a limp little burg
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I vote Zatoichi on account of the dance number at the end. Love that movie! |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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If you're interested in Takeshi Kitano, Hanabi is the film to see. It's the film he made directly after the motorcycle accident he had in real life that almost killed him.
The film is his statement about life, love and death. |
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swetepete
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Location: a limp little burg
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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What did you folks think of 'Takeshis?'
I'm not sure whether I liked it, exactly, but some of the imagery was pretty memorable...not his finest work, but eminently watchable nonetheless, I'd say. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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| swetepete wrote: |
What did you folks think of 'Takeshis?'
I'm not sure whether I liked it, exactly, but some of the imagery was pretty memorable...not his finest work, but eminently watchable nonetheless, I'd say. |
Not bad, but since it refers back to his earlier works, it should be the last film anybody sees.
It was okay. A little weird, but good weird. |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:44 am Post subject: |
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| Dev wrote: |
| swetepete wrote: |
What did you folks think of 'Takeshis?'
I'm not sure whether I liked it, exactly, but some of the imagery was pretty memorable...not his finest work, but eminently watchable nonetheless, I'd say. |
Not bad, but since it refers back to his earlier works, it should be the last film anybody sees.
It was okay. A little weird, but good weird. |
I agree. Takeshis' is definitely one for those who have seen some of his previous movies. But Zatoichi, Dolls and Kikujiro are class movies that need to be seen. |
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tigerbluekitty
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| Kikujiro, the only one I saw and liked.. saw another one of his movies which involved yakuza and man-on-man action, which i didn't enjoy too much |
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cwemory
Joined: 14 Jan 2006
Location: Gunpo, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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Also worth watching, though not directed by him, is Blood and Bones (と骨), the story of a Zainichi Korean gangster. It's especially enterntaining for those of us interested in Korea or Koreans abroad. Takeshi spends two hours playing the angriest man imaginable. It's probably his best acting performance It's available here under the Korean title 피와 뼈.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_and_Bones |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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I miss Kitsilano.
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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I like Hana-bi, Kiku-jiro and Sonatine with Hana-bi being the saddest, Kikujiro being the funniest and Sonatine being the saddest, funniest and most bad-ass.
However, he can't light a candle to Toshiro Mifune!
That would be the ultimate showdown: Takeshi Kitano VS. Toshiro Mifune facing off on the dusty street of the little village in Yojimbo.
Takeshi lost cool points after I moved to Japan and saw him on those comedy shows. Man, was I ever disappointed so my vote goes to Mifune hands down. The ichiban bad-ass-good-guy-anti-hero goes to Toshiro Mifune! |
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venus
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Near Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:51 am Post subject: |
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Ah, Dolls.
Sad, soft, poignant and poetic.
Love that film |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| I heard from one of my friends who is Japanese that his movies aren't that popular in Japan. Too many people still think of him as a stand up comic/TV host. |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:43 am Post subject: |
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| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
| I heard from one of my friends who is Japanese that his movies aren't that popular in Japan. Too many people still think of him as a stand up comic/TV host. |
I know...in Japan he is very much a mixed figure. But there is so much to him...he can be so funny in a slapstick kind of way, yet utterly convincing as a yakuza gangster. And he can be incredibly romantic and sensitive (Dolls etc), down-to-earth, all in the same movie. |
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swetepete
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Location: a limp little burg
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:22 am Post subject: |
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| I'm surprised nobody mentioned Takeshi's Castle yet. That show's great if you're in the right mood. |
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