#toru nakamura

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悲しい色やねん Love and Action in Osaka

1988

Yoshimitsu Morita

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Drawing Closer

Movies watched in 2024

Drawing Closer (2024, Japan)

Director: Takahiro Miki

Writers: Tomoka Yoshida (based on the novel by Aoi Morita)

Mini-review:

When it comes to Japanese sad/tragic romances, I know I can blindly trust Takahiro Miki. His soft, dreamy visual style always makes for a pleasant experience, and it also emphasizes the story's emotional core. But still, he somehow managed to surprised me with this one: it might just be his second best film, after Your Eyes Tell. The characters and their relationship are beautifully developed. And, since the ending is quite clear from the beginning, you end up appreciating every single moment they share, no matter how unimportant it may seem. Pretty much the entire cast does a fantastic job, but I want to highlight Natsuki Deguchi; her luminous screen presence is quickly turning her into one of my favorite new gen Japanese actresses. To sum up, Drawing Closer is a must-watch for all fans of tearjerking, tragic romances.

[nirbanox]

Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

Directed by Hideaki Anno

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[benchwarming]

i expressed to @sycamoretrees my interest in watching a few njpw matches and bc she is my beautiful wonderful friend she curated a full programme based on my specific interests (skill, sexual tension, comedy, hiromu) 🥹

if u would also enjoy some high-quality wrestling matches feat. horniness and laffs, i can confirm this is a great assortment:

hiromu takahashi vs. will ospreay @ wrestle kingdom 2020 (x)

kota ibushi vs. toru yano @ g1 climax 2021 (x)

stephanie vaquer vs. azm @ windy city riot 2024 (x)

el desperado vs. hiromu takahashi @ best of the super juniors 2020 (x)

kota ibushi vs. shinsuke nakamura @ wrestle kingdom 2015 (x)

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Shin Kamen Rider (2023)

Director - Hideaki Anno, Cinematography - Osamu Ichikawa & Keizō Suzuki

"I will save humanity in my own way. I am Kamen Rider… Number… Zero."

[roskirambles]

Horror Movie of the day: Kwaidan (1964)

What are ghosts? How do they manifest when show up? It could be in the guilt of a samurai, who left his wife in order to advance his position by remarrying to the daughter of an important family only to try and come back to his lost love. It could be a woodcutter's fear after surviving an encounter with the Yuki Onna, woman of snow, in the condition he keeps this encounter to himself. Maybe it's in the strange aura the Emperor has when asking a blind musician to perform for him in an univiting court. Or maybe, they could be found in the distorted reflection a warrior sees in his cup of tea. These are the stories from the beyond.

Directed by Masaki Kobayashi and based on a collection of traditional stories compilled by Lafcadio Hearn, this is arguably still the ultimate ghost anthology to ever come out of Japan. It quite intelligently favors the psychological angle for the characters who experience the stories, which enhances the illogic and fright of the supernatural terrors they face while also landing them exquisite thematic depth. It's a set of four separate strong scripts that could survive even with lesser visuals.

That isn't to say the movie isn't a visual treat, however. With a lavish production design, it isn't afraid of playing loose with the visual realism where it finds it fitting, using fairly obvious but strongly expressionistic set designs where the backgrounds are clearly painted. And since all these are traditional folkloric stories, this aesthetic qurik lends them a theatre-like quality as if you were watching a Noh play, while also having some absolutely STELLAR cinematography and a breathtaking color palette that fits the mood of each story.

It's on the long end with a little over three hours of runtime, but this just means every story gets it's proper due and it's all the more worthy for it. This isn't just a horror classic, it's an absolute must watch for any enthusiast of the art of cinema.

[shinnakafan384]

I found this on Pinterest. I wanna know the context! 😂

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(via SEI MESI E UN ANNO)

Se non ci si sofferma solo sulla prima patina del film, si scopre che aldilà della solita storia d'amore adolescenziale, si parla attraverso le metafore di vita, di morte, di speranza e di accettazione della caducità della vita.

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This show is so good.

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Fermat no Ryouri Ep. 10 Final (Sub. Esp)

DESCARGAR O VER ONLINE AQUÍ

[sycamoretrees]

so over the last few months I have been putting together some curated wrestling selections for best pal @benchwarming (a Japanese-wrestling-curious AEW fan), and I thought I would share them here for anyone else who might be interested, particularly if you want to try NJPW or DDT but aren't sure where to start.

@benchwarming: i really enjoyed these matches even when i didn't know the wrestlers or have much context going in! lots of compelling in-ring dynamics, funny bits, and straightforwardly great wrestling

I've included links for everything (and bolded my particular favourite matches), please hit me up if you have any questions, or if you want any other recommendations! I would love to talk to you about Japanese wrestling!!!

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Hiromu Takahashi vs Will Ospreay, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2020 (x)

Kota Ibushi vs Toru Yano, NJPW G1 Climax 2018 (x)

Stephanie Vaquer vs AZM, NJPW Windy City Riot 2024 (x)

El Desperado vs Hiromu Takahashi, NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2020 (x)

Kota Ibushi vs Shinsuke Nakamura, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 2015 (x)

(more under the cut)

2Wrestle2Time: The Squeakquel

Jay White vs Juice Robinson, NJPW G1 Special in San Francisco 2018 (x)

Jon Moxley vs Toru Yano, NJPW G1 Climax 2019 (x)

El Desperado & Jun Kasai vs Jon Moxley & Homicide, NJPW Independence Day 2023 (x)

Konosuke Takeshita vs Yuki Ueno, DDT Wrestle Peter Pan 2023 (x)

Hiromu Takashi & Jun Kasai vs Minoru Suzuki & Takayuki Ueki, NJPW Despe Invitacional 2024 (x)

Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada, NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017 (x)

Wr3stl3Tim3: Tokyo Drift

Jon Moxley vs Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW G1 Climax 2019 (x)

Toru Yano vs Kenny Omega, NJPW G1 Climax 2017 (x)

Miu Watanabe vs Miyu Yamashita, TJPW Grand Princess 2024 (x)

Kuroshio Tokyo Japan vs Takeshi Masada, DDT Ultimate Party 2023 (x)

Kazuki Hirata vs Mao vs Yoshihiko, DDT What Are You Doing 2023 (x)

Yuki Ueno vs Yukio Sakaguchi, DDT Kawasaki Strong 2021 (x)

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𝙈𝘼𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙏 & 𝙒𝙃𝙊 𝙄'𝙇𝙇 𝙒𝙍𝙄𝙏𝙀 𝙁𝙊𝙍.

𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗡. ⌇ armin arlert / bertholdt hoover / connie springer / eren jaeger / erwin smith / jean kirschtein / levi ackerman / marco bodt / reiner braun

𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞. ⌇ alexis ness, gin gagamaru, hyoma chigiri, jingo raichi, kenyu yukimiya, meguru bachira, michael kaiser, noel noa, oliver aiku, ranze kurona, rensuke kunigami, reo mikage, rin itoshi, ryusei shidou, sae itoshi, seishiro nagi, tabito karasu, yo hiori, yoichi isagi

𝗕𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗬 𝗗𝗢𝗚𝗦. ⌇ atsushi nakajima, chuya nakahara, doppo kunikida, edgar allan poe, fyodor dostoevsky, junichiro tanizaki, kenji miyazawa, ogai mori, osamu dazai, ranpo edogawa, ryunosuke akutagawa, sakunosuke oda, sigma, yukichi fukuzawa

𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥. ⌇ genya shinazugawa, giyu tomioka, gyomei himejima, inosuke hashibira, kyojuro rengoku, muichiro tokito, sanemi shizazugawa, tanjiro kamado, tengen uzui, zenitsu agatsuma

𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗡 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗧. ⌇ alhaitham / arataki itto / childe / cyno / diluc / gaming / kaedehara kazuha / kaeya / kamisato ayato / kaveh / kinich / lyney / neuvillette / razor / thoma / tighnari / wanderer / wriothesley / xiao / zhongli

𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗬𝗨𝗨!! ⌇ asahi azumane / daichi sawamura / hajime iwaizumi / kei tsukishima / keishin ukai / kenma kozume / koshi sugawara / kotaro bokuto / lev haiba / rintaro suna / ryunosuke tanaka / satori tendo / shoyo hinata / tadashi yamaguchi / tetsuro kuroo / tobio kageyama / toru oikawa / wakatoshi ushijima / yu nishinoya

𝗝𝗨𝗝𝗨𝗧𝗦𝗨 𝗞𝗔𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗡. ⌇ choso / megumi fushiguro / ryomen sukuna / satoru gojo / suguru geto / takuma ino / toge inumaki / toji fushiguro / yuuji itadori / yuuta okkotsu

𝗠𝗬 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗢 𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗔. ⌇ denki kaminari / eijiro kirishima / hanta sero / hitoshi shinso / izuku midoriya / katsuki bakugo / keigo takami (hawks) / shota aizawa / shoto todoroki / tenya iida / toya todoroki (dabi)

𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗬 𝗠𝗘! ⌇ lucifer / mammon / leviathan / satan / asmodeus / beelzebub / belphegor / diavolo / barbatos / solomon / simeon

𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗥. ⌇ akihiko nirei / choji tomiyama / hajime umemiya / haruka sakura / hayato suo / jo togame / kanji nakamura / kyotaro sugishita / mitsuki kiryu / ren kaji / shuhei suzuri / tasuku tsubakino / toma hiragi / yamato endo

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗢𝗢𝗡. ⌇ honkai: star rail / dr. stone