now she's looking for a downtown man (that's what I am)

[esmenet]

Goodness, I think this is the longest period of radio silence I've had on this journal in months! Possibly the longest ever. Eventually I will comment on everyone's entries and post all those lovely things I've been planning to talk about.

However, right now I need recommendations for Japanese films (animated or live-action) from the last thirty years or so, so I have something to write my next paper on. Please? *_*

Recommendations for TV shows in Mandarin Chinese are also very welcome.

Comments

[littlebutfierce]

Hello! I've been wondering where you've been. :D I don't have any recs for you but hello!

Wait, hang on, write your paper about the Utena movie!

[esmenet]

I'm thinking about it! I love the Utena movie SO MUCH, and I even have a copy of it I could lend to my teacher, but I would feel really bad for making him watch it w/out the series background behind it. But. ARCHITECTURE.

[littlebutfierce]

You know how lots of anime series have architecture that is clearly a tribute to Utena? (Most recently I think of the school in Star Driver) Are there any movies that do the same thing... ?

[quadruplify]

I'm not sure what kind of Japanese movies you're looking for, and I don't know what you have/haven't seen yet, but I think I have a few I might suggest to you: タンポポ, 茶の味, Hotel Hibiscus, Summer Time Machine Blues, ちょんまげぷりん, クワイエットルームにようこそ (which I know is on YouTube). I'd also suggest Departures, 誰も知らない, メゾン・ド・ヒミコ, and 真夜中の弥次さん喜多さん, even though I haven't seen those yet.

If you can think of animated Japanese movies you've been thinking of seeing for a while now, that might help too. ;-)

[esmenet]

Anything with the title of Summer Time Machine Blues must be positively amazing. *_*

Thank you!

(Incidentally, I'm finding it SO WEIRD that everyone is mentioning Departures to me now, after having watched it two years ago in Japanese class and not heard of it again until just recently.)

[skygiants]

Have you seen Kamikaze Girls? If you haven't: WATCH KAMIKAZE GIRLS. It's about a semi-sociopathic goth-loli embroidery expert and a motorcycle-riding Yanki girl with a soft and squishy heart and their epic ladyfriendship!

[esmenet]

We're watching that next week in class! I'm super excited. (Finally I can make giant speeches to my classmates about lolita-as-rebellion-against-societal-norms!)

[skygiants]

Yessss excellent. ALL CLASSES SHOULD WATCH IT. Report back!