#Kumiko Asô

[mariocki]

Ringu 0: Bâsudei (Ring 0: Birthday, 2000)

"Sadako, won't you tell me what it is that scares you?"

"There's someone here with me."

"Even now?"

"It's not someone I don't know. It's like a long, long time ago... but I only remember fragments... from when I was a child. And there's something there that terrifies me."

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Day 20 🎃:

Pulse (2001)

[onenakedfarmer]

Watching HorrorFest 2024

PULSE [回路] Kiyoshi Kurosawa Japan, 2001

[ozu-teapot]

Ring 0: Birthday | Norio Tsuruta | 2000

Yoshiko Tanaka, Kumiko Asô, Yukie Nakama

[movie-titlecards]

Casshern (2004)

My rating: 2/10

What in the fuck did I just watch, and why did so much of it look like it was covered in piss? And why in the name of Katsuhiro Otomo was it nearly two and a half hours long?

[netego]

回路

Pulse/Kairo directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

[watchingalotofmovies]

Instant Swamp

Instant Swamp    [trailer]

Comedic drama about a lively young journalist blessed with an exceedingly vivid imagination working for a women's magazine on the brink of bankruptcy. One day she sets out to retrieve her lost possessions as a kid, a quest which reacquaints her with her father.

Very funny, a surprising story, and pleasantly weird. At times it feels a little as if the movie is trying to be quirky for quirkiness' sake, and the plot frequently meanders. But overall it is a lot of fun to watch.

Referencing Amelie (the lead here is much more feisty) and Michel Gondry always risks setting expectations too high, but they both come to mind and give a good idea of what to expect. Though I should mention that this a much lower budget film.

I have to try to find more movies directed by Satoshi Miki.

[justfilms]

Kairo - Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2001

[blackcatvideo]

Mirai @ the Capitol Theater

[brody75]

Kairo (2001)

[tvln]

kanzô sensei / dr akagi (jp/fr, immamura 98)

[oceanusborealis]

Movie Review – Mirai (Mirai no Mirai, 未来のミライ)

Movie Review – Mirai (Mirai no Mirai, 未来のミライ)

TL;DR – Mirai is a film that ricochets from one emotion to the next, from joy, to despair, from excitement, to an existential crisis, but at no point does it lose its heart, and that is such a tough act to get right.

Score – 4.5 out of 5 stars

Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene

  Review –

Have you ever walking into a film with absolutely no idea what it was going to be about? No…

[movielovtrailers-blog]

The Boy and the Beast Official International Trailer (2017) starring Bryn Apprill, Kumiko Asô, Morgan Berry International trailer for The Boy and the Beast starring Bryn Apprill, Kumiko Asô, Morgan Berry. The latest feature film from award-winning Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children): When Kyuta, a young orphan living on the streets of Shibuya, stumbles into a fantastic world of beasts, he"s taken in by Kumatetsu, a gruff, rough-around-the-edges warrior beast who"s been searching for the perfect apprentice.

[q8hd-blog]

The Boy and the Beast (2015)

The Boy and the Beast (2015)

[ozu-teapot]

Ring 0: Birthday | Norio Tsuruta | 2000

Kumiko Asô

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Pulse (2001) (Blu-ray/DVD Review)

Pulse (2001) (Blu-ray/DVD Review) Directed By: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Starring: Kumiko Asô, Koyuki, Koji Yakusho, Haruhiko Katô Rated: UR/Region A/1:85/1080p/Number of Discs 2 Available from Arrow Video

Award-winning filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa delivered one of the finest entries in the “J-Horror” cycle of films with this moody and spiritually terrifying film that delivers existential dread along with…