The Ramen Girl (2008)
No I suppose this isn’t a “Japanese Movie” per se. It does take place in Tokyo, and a great deal of it is in Japanese, so humor me.
Abby (the late Brittany Murphy) gets dumped by her boyfriend in Tokyo, and in a fit of desparation, gets taken in by a local Ramen [...]
US Title: Big Man Japan
Japanese Title: 大日本人 (lit. “Big Japanese Person”)
If I have to pick one word to describe Big Man Japan, its “weird.” Another would be “funny”. Yet another would be “AWESOME!”
I guess you could say this is kinda-sorta the Japanese version of “Hancock.” Although without the crappy attitude and Wil Smith (or Charlize!) [...]
US Title: Marebito
Japanese Title: 稀人 (“Rare Person?” Makes sense I guess… Better would be “Barely Human” I think…)
Take a dash of Dante’s Hell allusions, some modern surveillance tech, creepy myths about subterranean underworlds, vampirism, phobias, throw it all together, and you get Marebito.
After freelance videographer Masuoka (Shinya Tsukamoto) captures a guy knifing himself in the [...]
US Title: Cafe Lumière
Japanese Title: 珈琲時光 (rough trans: Coffee “Light Time? Time to Shine?” Guessing that its a representation of “Lumière”, from the French, “light.” See note below.)
Alright, so I’ll break away from the opening “horror” theme for a bit. Can’t go getting all typecast or anything.
Cafe Lumiere is not a particularly exciting movie, nor [...]
