#takenaka naoto

[cinemaobscura]

Angel Guts: Red Vertigo | 天使のはらわた 赤い眩暈 (1988) dir. Takashi Ishii

[redsamuraiii]

Ishida Mitsunari persuades Chacha to come to terms with being the Taiko's concubine

Strategist Kanbei / Gunshi Kanbei (Ep 32/33)

I can see why Ochiba (based on Chacha) in Shogun despise both the Taiko and Ishido (based on Ishida Mitsunari). Ishido is like the Taiko's "lapdog", doing everything the Taiko wants to get his approval.

[crazyasianlove]

Seigi no Tenbin S2 Ep. 4 (Sub. Esp)

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[teethburied]

Swing Girls 'スウィングガールズ' + winter scenes 2004, dir. Shinobu Yaguchi

[quotethatfilm]

The Perfect Education / 1999

[scenesandscreens]

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

Director - Mamoru Oshii, Cinematography - Miki Sakuma

"There's loyalty that protects secrets and loyalty that projects the truth. You cannot serve both masters, so which loyalty is yours?"

[brand-upon-the-brain]

Hiruko the Goblin (Shinya Tsukamoto, 1991)

[notokra]

[anamon-book]

映画日和　竹中直人＋岩松了 マガジンハウス 装釘＝坂本志保、カバー・本文写真＝三浦憲治 ほか

[cinemaronin]

[cinemacentral666]

Hiruko the Goblin (1991)

Movie #1,091 • WATCHLIST WEDNESDAY

Some strange synergy happening here on WATCHLIST WEDNESDAY folks. W.W., for those 'not in the know', is when I hit shuffle on my Letterboxd watchlist* and pick the first two flicks at random to watch. Well, today offered up this wacky Japanese horror movie about a baby-sized spider goblin with an adult human head, as well as a 1960s black-and-white "horror" film called Spider Baby. Ain't that something? (You don't have to answer that. I know it isn't.)

Hiruko the Goblin was the much more enjoyable watch. The follow-up to Shinya Tsukamoto's beloved classic Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) had me wishing I had started there, as I still haven't seen that movie (or any of his other work). I plan to correct this with a full-on Director Focus of Tsukamoto's filmography, hopefully in 2024.

There's not much going on plot-wise. This is pretty much strictly a vehicle for this...

and..

and...

and...

and...

and...

and the movie ends with the human spirits being freed and turning into giant sperm comets that float into outer space...

and that's plenty good enough for me.

SCORE: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

*speaking of Litterboxd. I am not gonna be posting any info alongside what I watch on there any longer. It's just too much of a chore. I love the concept and design of the site but I don't get much out of it at the moment.

[redsamuraiii]

Fumi Nikaido has that sassiness and glare, suited to act as the Taiko's cunning wife.

Strategist Kanbei / Gunshi Kanbei (Ep 33)

A former Oda vassal abandoned his castle and family when it was sieged by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Can't live with the guilt, he became a monk and story teller, and was invited to the court to entertain Chacha with war stories, which turns out for the worst.

[crazyasianlove]

Seigi no Tenbin S2 Ep. 2 (Sub. Esp)

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[yellodisney]

[heartboiled]

Kyôhansha/The Accomplice (Kazuhiro Kiuchi - 1999)

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

Naoto Takenaka has jazz hands in a scene from Shall We Dance (1996). Naoto was born in Yokohama and has 316 acting credits from 1984 to four 2023 credits. None of his other credits are familiar.