Japan is crazy (PG-13).
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insert generic sigh
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Did not know sighs could be generic.
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That video made me laugh, laugh, laugh. I didn't know what exactly I was supposed to be looking at until the singers turned around.
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Did not know sighs could be generic.
In this thread there might as well be a function.
That video made me laugh, laugh, laugh.
Mission Accomplished.
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So here's something I spent too much time on. Originally it was a post on my Mixi. I think anyone that's a fan of Japanese cinema will get a chuckle.
There was a time when I went to Blockbuster scouring the shelves for Japanese films.
Succumbing to their methodical but meaningful progression was like being in a trance for two hours. The films were on an entirely different level than Hollywood films and that's not to say one was necessarily better than the other, just that it was an entirely different experience.
Watching City of Lost Souls or the Happiness of the Katakuris you're constantly on your toes. Despite the simple progression of the story, strange and unique events can happen so quickly that before you even realize it, the story has been turned on its head and you're watching an entirely different film and yet the story is still moving ahead along an unbroken chain.
In the past two years I think I've seen one Japanese film that could even dare to be called 'original'.
Dai Nihonjin is a fantastic flick, the likes of which I just described. For a good 15-20 minutes you're watching the documentary of a loser wondering why the hell you wasted money on the video and then it happens and all the stops are pulled.
In short, IT'S INTERESTING.
These films came out non-stop when Miike and Takeshi were in their heydays. But it seems as of late all we get all stories that are being developed as tear-fodder just because they occur during World War 2. Which brings me to my point, why won't Japanese cinema let World War 2 go? I'm not saying it should shove it under the carpet but it seems that in the past 20 or so years, whenever a company wants to make an emotional film, they just create a scenario at random scenario followed by:
"…..during World War 2."
Now you too can create your own Japanese film with this Japanese Cinema Generator!
1. Do you want your story to be about family?
Yes – Go to 2 No- Go to 32. Do you want it to be in a rural setting?
Yes – Go to 4 No – Go to 53. Do you want it to be about baseball?
Yes – Go to 6 No- Go to 74. Do you want it to be about a single mother?
Yes- Go to 8 No – Go to 95. Do you want it to be about Koreans living in Japan?
Yes- Go to 10 No- Go to 116. Do you want it to be about high school students or college students?
High School- Go to 12 College- Go to 137. Do you want it to be about the court system?
Yes- Go to 14 No- Go to 158. Do you want it to be about her struggle to wait for her husband or her struggle to be independent?
Husband- Go to 16 Independent- Go to 179. Do you want it to be about a boy with big dreams?
Yes- Go to 18 No- Go to 1910. The compelling tale of a family of brave Koreans who came to Osaka, Japan with high hopes but only faced hardships, segregation and racism during World War 2.
11. Do you want it to be about a wealthy family or a poor family?
Wealthy- Go to 20 Poor- Go to 2112. It was an age where boys became men before they’d even graduated high school. During this time there was only one thing stronger than the love of their country that united them, baseball during World War 2.
13. While one brother went away, one was left behind. But he knew he had to give his best for the pride of his family. That’s why he played baseball, during World War 2.
14. In an age where everyone around him was calling for blood, one man cried out for peace and found himself bound by the corrupt justice of his own country. How could such a decent man take care of his family during World War 2?
15. Do you want it to be about music?
Yes- Go to 22 No- Go to 2316. In an age where women were left behind when their husbands went away, the women of Kouchi Prefecture were strong. Their epic struggle to raise children and lead normal lives while never be forgotten as it was during World War 2.
17. In an age where women were left behind when their husbands went away, one woman from Akita Prefecture dared to stand up. This is her epic and heart-wrenching tale of a battle for equality and justice, during World War 2.
18. Do you want a happy ending or sad ending?
Happy- Go to 24 Sad- Go to 2519. Do you want it to be about a teacher?
Yes- Go to 26 No- Go to 2720. The Yamamoto family was one of the most rich and powerful families in Tokyo. Making iron and steel products their family business boomed during the 1940’s, but this would not last as they found out that sometimes there are things worth more than money during World War 2.
21. The Yamamoto family had nothing. Living in a small shelter in a back alley of Tokyo, the down-on-their-luck family of three would surely show you that sometimes, things are worth more than money during World War 2.
22. Sachie Uno was fresh out of prep school and had been sent to a small island off of Kyushuu to teach music to a one-room school of elementary school students that have no interest in singing. But Sachie would find a reason for them to find their voices, during World War 2.
23. Do you want it to be animated?
Yes- Go to 28 No- Go to 2924. Taro Fujita was just a small boy living in rural Japan but he had grand dreams. This heartwarming tale tells his story during World War 2.
25. Taro Fujita was just a small boy living in rural Japan but he had grand dreams. This heart wrenching tale tells his story during World War 2.
26. Fresh out of college in Tokyo, Toshi Fujita found himself back in his rural hometown faced with teaching a small class of high school students at his alma mater. Full of pride in their country but with no direction, Toshi would have to teach these wild boys a lesson about life, during World War 2.
27. Do you want it to be about a little girl?
Yes- Go to 30 No- Go to 3128. Do you want it to be happy or sad?
Happy- Go to 32 Sad- Go to 3329. Do you want it to be about time travel?
Yes- Go to 34 No- Go to 3530. Sachie Yamamoto was only 6 but she had the courage of a man. While the world around her fell to pieces she continued to keep high spirits and show those around her the true meaning of hope during World War 2.
31. Do you want it to be about stereotypically friendly gaijin or stereotypically mean gaijin?
Friendly- Go to 36 Mean- Go to 3732. I’m sorry, there are no happy animated movies about World War 2.
33. Do you want it to be about a family or lovers?
Family- Go to 38 Lovers- Go to 3934. In this touching film we find out what happens when a time traveler from 2008 Japan lands back in time in Japan and teaches his ancestors a thing or two during World War 2.
35. I’m sorry, your choices have led to a “unique idea”. There are no more unique ideas for Japanese films about World War 2.
36. Ignorant to the exotic world around them, we follow this troop of ignorant foreign fighters who found themselves in a Japanese POW camp finding friendship where they never expected during World War 2.
37. Ignorant to the exotic world around them, we follow this troop of evil and ignorant foreign fighters who found themselves in a Japanese POW camp where they will pay for their crimes during World War 2.
38. A brother and sister fend for their lives in this heart wrenching tale about the evils of mankind during World War 2.
39. Two lovers find themselves on opposite sides of the fence, one a pacifist and one a staunch believer in defending honor during World War 2.
And there you have it. Every movie that came out in Japan the last 20 years or so about World War 2.
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omg did you come up with that on your own. that's hilarios.
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I think the funniest part of that "choose your own world war II movie" was I picked Code Geass (which is set in a parallel world during a World War II conflict equivalent, circa 1962) and was forced to branch out at question 33, but both scenarios matched perfectly with one of the main plots in Geass. D:
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omg did you come up with that on your own.
Yeah, during the fall and winter I get cold and bitter away from home so I spend way too much time on nonsense like this ^o^;
but both scenarios matched perfectly with one of the main plots in Geass.
Haha, see! And I've never seen Code Geass, I just KNOW it exists because if it has to do with WW2, it's been done! And they keep making 'em!
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28424201/
Looks like that Terminal dude finally left.
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Well, as far as I can tell, a bunch of other countries can't get enough of WWII either.
Never ask an Englishman about WWII. My father is English and was born after the war, yet can tell you in great detail, every class of plane the RAF ever used.
From what I gather, the Russians are worse.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28424201/
Looks like that Terminal dude finally left.
So, all it took for him to leave was some "woman goodness"? Good on him, sounds like a player to me. XD
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So, all it took for him to leave was some "woman goodness"? Good on him, sounds like a player to me. XD
Indeed. In the end a woman was the only thing that could pull him away from it all. Natch.
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In related news, lonely men all over the world flock to their nearest airport in hopes of staying long enough to eventually leave with women of their own.
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Wow what a player. XD
Oyuki also declined to give information, other than to say she invited him to stay so he could sleep in a real bed.
Uh…Yeah right. XD
Does anyone have any pictures of the 'clean' Hiroshi? I'm curious as to how different he looks. =/
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The article said the woman is married so I doubt she's sleeping with airport man, even if her husband isn't in Mexico with her.
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Then I wonder why he left? Maybe he was finally sick of it.
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Then I wonder why he left? Maybe he was finally sick of it.
I rather wonder how he managed to stay there that long. I would have been sick of it after two days.
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The article said the woman is married so I doubt she's sleeping with airport man, even if her husband isn't in Mexico with her.
That's questionable. Japan's national pastime might as well be "other people's wives."
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^ No way! O.O Seriously? That sucks. XD
I wonder if we'll ever learn the true reason why he left. =/ Maybe all that junk food actually killed him and the airport security just dumped him in a garbage can. :ninja:
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Maybe they showed "Supersize Me" over the TVs there and he went "Fuck this!" Far fetched, but that's what a story like this needs.
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I'm not a fan of Pocky. But their new CM series is yet AGAIN catchy as hell.
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hahah I'm trying to imagine sth like this in my country's broadcast but I fail.
The way everyone is way too happy and how somebody YELLS the product's name at me at the end scared me…
but my body just wants to dance along because of the catchy music! XDSay greg, do all of the ads from Japan look like this? I once saw the japanese ad for Godhand and it was just as extreme (but funny as hell)^^
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sure they do. but calm adds never get attention.
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As much as we enjoy catchy Japanese ads, they enjoy catchy American ads. The ipod dancer thing was popular here until recently.
They're silly and fun but their basic point is to get your attention. They just do it without trying to appeal to your sense for the mastery of the perfect life. It's the ultimate hard sell and they're good at it.
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I'm not a fan of Pocky. But their new CM series is yet AGAIN catchy as hell.
Wow, Orange Range actually made a song that wasn't copied or a complete piece of shit.
I'm not kidding on the copied part either….unless this song was too.