films watched in 2023

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i've been watching more (mainly japanese) films this year so i made a list

ztne Nov 15, 2023
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  • Maison Ikkoku Apartment Fantasy

    1. Maison Ikkoku Apartment Fantasy

    Japanese Movie - 1986

    5.5

    probably would be more enjoyable for someone whose read the manga

  • Vengeance Is Mine

    2. Vengeance Is Mine

    Japanese Movie - 1979

  • The Island Closest To Heaven

    3. The Island Closest To Heaven

    Japanese Movie - 1984

     i enjoyed the tone and the japanese immigrants she meets. it reminded me of a few french books i read in school where a kid/teen goes off on their own to learn their life isn't actually that hard. lol

  • The Vampire Doll

    4. The Vampire Doll

    Japanese Movie - 1970

  • Running Out of Time

    5. Running Out of Time

    Hong Kong Movie - 1999

    7.5

    had a lot of fun, was worth the price to rent it. the sightly homoerotic cat-and-mouse theme of this is unbeatable

  • Rebels of the Neon God

    6. Rebels of the Neon God

    Taiwanese Movie - 1992

    i liked the setting of the flooded apartment, worked well as theme that carried through the whole thing. i also liked the sequence where the MC is stuck in an arcade all night. pretty good. (the gay aspect was more subtle than i expected)

  • Police Story 2

    7. Police Story 2

    Hong Kong Movie - 1988

  • The Man Who Stole the Sun

    8. The Man Who Stole the Sun

    Japanese Movie - 1979

    8.5

    loved it

  • The Heroic Trio

    9. The Heroic Trio

    Hong Kong Movie - 1993

  • Love Massacre

    10. Love Massacre

    Hong Kong Movie - 1981

  • Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    very avant-garde

  • The Bad Sleep Well

    12. The Bad Sleep Well

    Japanese Movie - 1960

  • Kazoku Game

    13. Kazoku Game

    Japanese Movie - 1983

  • Cure

    14. Cure

    Japanese Movie - 1997

  • Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

    15. Sumo Do, Sumo Don't

    Japanese Movie - 1992

    fun sports team movie, had me convinced i know how to sumo wrestle

  • Evil Dead Trap

    16. Evil Dead Trap

    Japanese Movie - 1988

    epic

  • Typhoon Club

    17. Typhoon Club

    Japanese Movie - 1985

    i wish i had known about the extended attempted rape sequence beforehand, i didn't see it coming so i got a little upset...

  • Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

    18. Under the Flag of the Rising Sun

    Japanese Movie - 1972

  • Vive L'Amour

    19. Vive L'Amour

    Taiwanese Movie - 1994

    i'm enjoying tsai ming-liang's filmography.. you can tell what elements he likes working with

  • The Most Dangerous Game

    20. The Most Dangerous Game

    Japanese Movie - 1978

  • Cats on Park Avenue

    21. Cats on Park Avenue

    Japanese Movie - 1989

  • Lost and Found

    22. Lost and Found

    Hong Kong Movie - 1996

    5.0

    i like quaint romance films similar to this but i wasn't really sold on this one. im not a takeshi kaneshiro fan per se but the moments where he was on screen were really the most enjoyable.

  • Battle Royale

    23. Battle Royale

    Japanese Movie - 2000

    re-watch, director's cut

  • Secret

    24. Secret

    Taiwanese Movie - 2007

    this film should've had more practical piano playing, i wouldn't complain if there was a second "duel" out of nowhere

  • Flirting Scholar 1

    25. Flirting Scholar 1

    Hong Kong Movie - 1993

  • Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me

    26. Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me

    Japanese Movie - 1975

  • Begging for Love

    27. Begging for Love

    Japanese Movie - 1998

    wow ! difficult to make it through those two sequences where the girl has to suffer, but i really latched onto terue as a character. and that actress doing a double-role did an excellent job

  • School in the Crosshairs

    28. School in the Crosshairs

    Japanese Movie - 1981

    "the island closest to heaven" had a great location setting, "hausu" was full of inventive effects and saccharine music cues... this obayashi doesn't have a complicated plot, but i was really not invested in it. another film probably better enjoyed by the original novels's fans (or maybe there's a more popular adaptation?). i liked the boy (koji)

  • The Beast to Die

    29. The Beast to Die

    Japanese Movie - 1980

    the photoshoot with matsuda yusaku holding onto the woman in the red dress was a stroke of genius because every cover/poser from it looks so gorgeous that it convinced me to watch it

  • Cutie Honey

    30. Cutie Honey

    Japanese Movie - 2004

    after cobalt claw is defeated it stops being the best tokusatsu film of all time. i understand that with magical girl shows a big focus is the deep friendship bonds between the girls and them gaining power from that but i feel like after it started to focus on that aspect, almost every other charming factor was taken away

  • The Forbidden Kingdom

    31. The Forbidden Kingdom

    Chinese Movie - 2008

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