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Dou Suru Ieyasu
3 people found this review helpful
Dec 28, 2023
48 of 48 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

Scooping Shrimps - The Real History or Made up story?

AS A DRAMA This is a very well done historical drama, humanizing a larger than life historical figure. i think the acting and casting was great with tons of familiar faces playing roles that seemed to suit the roles they have either cast as their public person OR a great role they have done in the past. This show cases the hardening of a soul over time and how the "Turbulent Times" wore down the innocence of this man. How the hard decisions effect this man but his public face will never show it. I liken this drama to "Nobunaga Concerto" With Oguri Shun.

AS A TAIGA It is not close to the historical Ieyasu's life. Well Loosely. These events did happen, but his love life was completely different and it hid his ambitions or what seemed to be his ambitions to the history books. My thoughts are that if this work has every just 1 person look at Togugawa's Wiki or God Forbid a book to learn deeper about the trues history of this time period, then it has done it's job.

True History is Dirty and Nasty, Especially when in Times of War. (Yes those capital letters are on purpose), and often times would not make for a good drama or even a movie. The thought behind this Taiga was to bring in new faces and talent in order to raise viewership of the time slot. In that view I believe that the station did a good job.

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Kawaii Akuma
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 31, 2023
1 of 1 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.5

Don't Make her Angry

This story is very much in the vein of the American "Omen" franchise. A little girl with powers to get her way and no morals to constrain how far she will go to get it. He mother is weak and afraid of her child. Through a crazy chain of event a psyche patient wands up staying their home and of course no one believes her tales of the strange child.

Horror at its finest, and i wish someone would do an updated version with today's effects, lighting and CGI. It's old school creepy. Also if someone tells you that that cute girl next door killed her soon to be sister in law ...you might not want to dismiss the notion right away. : )

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Oct 31, 2023
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 5.5

War is Absurd

It has nakid children saving freshly sold-to-the-brothel girls while singing a jaunty tune.
Seriously it is a musical about early WWII Japan before the west got involved. It is so absurd in its portrayal of the ridiculousness of the war itself shown through child's play and the seriousness of reality.

The mostly child cast carries the movie through the harshness of resource poor Japan through symbolism and play. Mock wars to mimic the actual war that is waging at the time. Its kinda deep if you know history and its effects on societies. the thing that brought the rating down for me was the unneeded use of unclothed children.

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Lady Snowblood
0 people found this review helpful
Oct 31, 2023
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 5.5

REVENGE!

REVENGE! that is the theme of this drama, so watch as karma removes bad people in the way of revenge, but do not look for a strong plot outside of REVENGE! cause there isn't any. Not super memorable out of any of the other female revenge killer movies. This is supposed to be the inspiration for the Kill Bill movies.

This is like a super hero origin story. "Born in dark prison, father unknown, her destiny to carry out her mothers revenge for the death of her husband and son" . (Make sure to say that previous line with movie trailer voice over). She is then sent to train with JiJi hard-ass, master of making little girls stay in moving barrels. The Deaths are super hilariously over acted. Like VERY BAD. The blood color and thickness off even for the 70's.

Watch it if you liked Kill Bill or you crave ladies with Katanas and lotsa fake blood.

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Bokura ga Koroshita, Saiai no Kimi
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 31, 2023
6 of 6 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

Does not fall prey to the Shounen plot of FREINDSHIP! saves all

So this is your typical locked-in-to-reveal-your-nasty-secrets plot. What made this great is that it does not fall prey to the Shounen plot of FREINDSHIP! saves all. This was a right and proper horror series and thanks to that it gets a 9.

The title starts out with a creepily happy guy gathering all his former classmates to play a murder mystery game. He hands them a book that has their secrets in it. Then locks them in the building. Then the trues game of survival begins.

So many of the titles have "If we just love the bad guy he will instantly become good" plot line that this was very refreshing that is was a true horror title. This is a good halloween watch if your in the mood.

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Shabon Dama
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 31, 2023
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

Karma is a beautiful fearful bitch.

The story revolves around a man that was abandoned as a child and was brought up by the hard knock life of the streets. Money was his only goal and little old ladies were easy targets. Helps an elder lady while on the lam for his crimes because he just could not leave her after a moped accident. Thus the story begins.

The story is told very slowly, almost unbearably slow, but the redemption arc is amazing and how we all love karma and her wicked ways of balancing justice is woven perfectly into this story.

The cast does an amazing job of bringing these characters to life to tell the story written by some excellent screenwriters. If you have the patience for this i recommend it.

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Jigoku Shoujo
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 31, 2023
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

Revenge At ALL Cost

I have not seen the anime but by the previous review I need to.

The story revolves around revenge which starts out with the scarring of a woman's face. The MOST HEINOUS crime of all of Asian culture. Her attacker provokes her by saying she deserves to live the scars cause she will always think of him when she sees them. She will get revenge in exchange for her own soul going to the same place she is sending his.

Thus begins the never ending cycle of revenge Japan loves to showcase. "When seeking revenge, dig 2 graves".
There was no lead time between each incident, thus it felt cramped and hindered by the short time span of the movie. I had no context who the four harbingers were that accompanied lady death. Its Time passer, but only if nothing else is available.

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Monster Seafood Wars
2 people found this review helpful
Oct 31, 2023
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 7.0

Arena Becomes Biggest Seafood Bowl Of All Time!

The Story, Typical Kaiju Origination Story: Science + Seafood delivery Bicycle accident equals bad acting, high School Kaiju costumes and a fake scientist rivalry.

So Why would I rate this an 8.5? Because I could not keep the smile off my face. All the absurdity that I believe would really happen From the Prime Minister to the TV spots and Youtubers. Because reality is absurd. Just think for moment, if you will, if a giant Cow, Sheep and Chicken appeared in a Western country: How would our respective governments handle it? Would the reality be any less absurd?

The rewatch value falls into the category of what did I miss that might actually occur IRL.

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The Legend of Jiang Zi Ya
0 people found this review helpful
Sep 5, 2023
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

CGI Fish made with Trash 80 Computer

Typical Chinese God trial movie. But what stands out is the God Awful CGI fish that torments the village.

Comedy in the way of rival suitors and village oafs.

on the flip side the makeup department did an excellent job and CGI for the weapons and choreograph of the fight scenes was awesome.
My overall score of this is a seven because of the typical nature of the story and the Terra bad CGI fish. The village antics though do show typical village thought processes save The villages a whole but if a few stray or a different they are ostracized or pointed out.

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Avalanche
2 people found this review helpful
Apr 6, 2022
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 4.5

Great Story, Rushed Ending

What really struck me about this plot, which is a typical vigilante plot, is that the Bad Guy is not dumb. The person who is the target of the vigilante group is just as smart as they are and is often one step ahead of their plans once he catches on.

This is refreshing when most of the time, the political figure doesn't have a clue what as going on as one by one his subordinates get toppled. So thank you Avalanche for that.

BUT
At one point (around Ep. 8) I thought I had skipped an episode. because stuff was moving so fast I coulda got Whiplash (sorry a Will smith song just popped in my head).

The set up for season 2 is a bit weak if there is ever one.
My rating? It's a solid 8.5.

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Akka
2 people found this review helpful
Mar 24, 2022
5 of 5 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 3.5

Bonds

This drama is about the money making industry and the cops that try to break them. On the surface it is a cookie cutter police procedural drama. Featured most is the bonds and the length people will go to protect them. It also shines the light on the fact that not ALL Bad guys are ALL bad. Some are, but not all.

I rate this a 7 because well there was still something drab and boring about the plot. Like every I could predict every betrayal and consequence. Were the people cool as they accept their fate? Hell yeah! but in the end most will see it coming.

I must have picked this up either because of Kuroki Meisa or Hayashi Kento. I think both did well in their assigned roles but nothing like "the acting carried it"

If you like crime shows its not a total waste of time.

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Aishite tatte, Himitsu wa Aru
6 people found this review helpful
Mar 21, 2022
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

Spare the rod, Spoil the child.

Non Spoilery things about the drama overview are the fact the drama is about keeping secrets from your significant other. We as the audience are let in on the BIG secret in the beginning of the first episode. But he is not the only one with a secret.

There were so many hands trying to expose his secret it was hard to exactly suss out who the culprit was until the last few episodes. It was done in such a way that the twist did not seem heavy handed or pushed by the writer.

The acting has been panned in few of the other reviews for this title and I would like to express my take on it. The actress who plays the his mother (Suzuki Honami) is excellent at playing the dead pan look, the fake smile when in fact there are other intentions behind that mask. By making the son (Fukushi Sota) mimic the same mannerism seems very natural to me. This is paralleled in the Father-son relationship in the Tachibana household.

As far as overacting in the Reveal episodes--I see Saku as a child doing things to bully the other sibling. in that light it did not seem out of place. (this is not a spoiler unless you have seen the drama in it's entirety).

Overall I would rate this an 8.5 because the forgiveness and One True Love were shoe horned in pretty heavily.

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The Bridge Curse
2 people found this review helpful
Jan 8, 2022
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 7.0

Where's the Ghost?

As a scary urban legend story goes it was done very well and has a decent plot twist that isn't evident right away. If you like scary movies (not psychological or Gory but pure jump scares) this one is going to be in my top recommends.

Plot is the same for most Teen/University student horror stories and acting is mostly screaming but the camera tricks and looking for the ghost was how my time was occupied. When some one got hurt, they stayed hurt and decently portrayed getting around with the injury.

There are 2 after credit scenes.
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Aug 22, 2021
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Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 3.5

Yakuza and Guns

I went into this movie looking for Sonny Chiba's famous martial arts scenes like Dragon Princess and Street fighter. Instead I got tons of gun fights. It is dark and bloody about how Organized crime families work. Its the 70's so the Film quality isn't up to today's standards but some how adds to the gritty dirty -ness of the topic.

Recommended if you like this sort of thing.
Oh and there is a love story, while not the main part of the movie it is the main REASON for the mains motives.
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The Living Skeleton
3 people found this review helpful
Jun 16, 2021
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 5.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 7.0

No monsters here

This movie has a comical beginning with over acting and magical auto machine guns that do not work like their real life counterparts. That's the first 7 minutes.

With use of a few skeletons from the local medical school and camera angles this titles sets a very creepy atmosphere. the bad guys are uncovered layer by layer and the story is told well enough.

There are some unneeded fanservice (barely clothed dancing girls and boobie shots)..but i am convinced if there isnt a boob, its not on the Criterion channel.

Editing wise we get some jump cuts that are disorienting you have to take a minute to figure out what is going on. All in all it gets a 7 for telling a story with spooky elements through amateur actors and getting it across. Suspense not gore.

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