Japanese Film Festival Online 2024 5th June - 19th June (films); 19th June - 3rd July (dramas)

I'm waiting on a horror-loving friend to get his act together to watch them. Maybe I should just start on them now :)

The Lone Ume Tree - About acceptance of difference and problems caused by those quick to judge. Cho-san has both learning disabilities and autism, needs his routines and works in a supported facility. He also has a great mum and difficult neighbours. It's honest and sensitive.

 Dreamy-Nali:

It's not that scary or maybe I'm used to it haha


I'm planning to watch it but today I decided to watch "BL Metamorphosis" and I loved it!! Really nice movie, heartwarming and adorable.

i can be brave for that long :)

everything i've seen and heard about so far has been less heavy than i might have expected. not sure if i should go adorable with BL Metamorphosis or take on Twenty-Four Eyes tomorrow.

yes, Twenty-Four Eyes is old. It's from the 1950s golden age of Japanese cinema, contemporary with Kurosawa, Ozu and Mitzoguchi.  Very well-received at the time but maybe hasn't held up as well as their gems? I've been intending to get back into watching that period so someone making it easy for me is a win :)

i will see BL M, probably sometime in the next few days. i'm daft enough to try to watch the entire festival after all.

 Dreamy-Nali:

I'm not really used to watch this kind of old movies haha

Then you still have Kurosawa to discover for the first time <3 <3 <3

 Kokuto:

Oh, thank you! Had no idea about this. I appreciate it!

You're welcome. Please share your thoughts on those you see.

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Father of the Milky Way Railroad - Beautiful, poetic melodrama depicting a romanticised and idealised life of an idealistic young man who, after his death, became one of Japan's most loved poets and writers.
Now to read some of his writings while this is still fresh in my mind.

Kenji, the young writer, is played by the male lead of We Made a Beautiful Bouquet. Such a good actor.

 Elisheva:

I'm going to make a VOTING LIST nearer to the end of the film section of the festival and will post the link in this thread. Make sure to look in later to vote for your favourites. No idea how I'm going to choose between some of them :)

Please, do it it's interesting! :))

 Elisheva:

Done. Here's our Voting list for the festival (there's also a link in the OP at the top of thread).

I'm going to end up re-doing mine several times but it's better to have it going early, both for the fun of watching it fill up and change and in case anyone wants to use it for recommendations. I really wish we could just move the votes up and down like in a regular custom list. The horror shorts can't be included until MDL accepts my submissions for them. Hopefully they will, and before the festival ends.

Thank you for your hardwork!

Yes it could be useful! I also hope they will. I wanted to submit as well but you did it in advance haha

 Elisheva:

You're welcome. I'm so happy people are finding this and watching. We were even briefly in the Hottest Discussions yesterday. Up there with the Count to 7 million thread 5555

Same! I think I'm going to share my thoughts on my feeds (mydramalist group), I forgot to do that. 

Really? That's a good news even for a short time