sobota, grudnia 29, 2012

Guilty - a Woman who made a Pact with the Devil

Guilty has an impressive premise – gentle-faced but cold-hearted Kanno Miho (aka Nogami Meiko) takes her revenge on men, who put her in jail 15 years ago on the charge of poisoning her brother-in-law and nephew. There’s no need to explain any further that this incident ruined the lives of her and...

piątek, grudnia 21, 2012

Ren'ai Shashin

A renown photographer, man going by nom de plume Shizuru Satonaka, tells the story behind him adopting a woman's name. They met a few years back, while Makoto Segawa (Matsuda Ryuhei) was still a student, aspiring to become a professional photographer. From the first sight, he fell for the eccentric...

środa, grudnia 19, 2012

Liar Game: Reborn

When a fresh graduate Shinomiya Yu (Tabe Mikako) recieves a box full of banknotes and a black envelope, we don’t need any further explanation. The Liar Game starts again. Along with her, the notorious swindler and psychology prodigy Akiyama Shinichi Matsuda Shota), now a university professor, is pulled...

niedziela, listopada 25, 2012

Nankyoku Tairiku

56 years ago, in November 1956, the first Japanese expedition set off to Antarctica. The crew, consisting of explorers, scientists as well as Karafuto-ken, Sakhalin Husky breed dogs, stayed there cross-winter. Next spring, due to bad conditions the crew was forced to leave the dogs behind and head...

niedziela, listopada 18, 2012

Smuggler

Wannabe actor, Kinuta (Tsumabuki Satoshi) takes on a job as a mover - one who gets rid of inconvenient corpses - after his debt is bought out by an underground banker. He joins Joe (Masatoshi Nagase), a hard-boiled, laconic veteran of the trade, and an older chatterbox of a man who goes only by the...

sobota, listopada 17, 2012

Suteki na Kakushidori

Written and directed by Mitani Kouki, Suteki na Kakushidori (Lovely Candid Shot) is a 1 hour 30 minutes TV Special made to promote the upcoming movie Suteki na Kanashibari – Once in a blue moon. The story has no connection whatsoever, but we can see the same group of actors that appear in the movie...

poniedziałek, listopada 12, 2012

Kuruma-isu de Boku wa Sora wo Tobu

Recently, I have seen Kuruma-isu de boku wa sora wo tobu, a TV special broadcasted during NTV 24 Hours Television. For those, who encounter the term for the first time, let me break it for you: 24 Hours Television is an annual charity event, a live marathon programme that actually runs for 24 hours...

piątek, listopada 02, 2012

Kourei (Séance)

Some time ago I have reviewed Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Shokuzai. While writing the article I have realized, much to my surprise, that I have yet to see any of the director's movies. Since then, I was looking for a chance to see one of his movies. And it's hard to find a better occasion to watch a ghost movie...

czwartek, listopada 01, 2012

Don Quixote

Shirota, a terribly wishy-washy fellow, works at a Child Care Consultation Centre. Apparently, he’s doing it of a calling, although his results do not show. One day, he happens to be in the same block of flats as a bunch of Sabashima group yakuza led by boss Sabashima himself and thanks to some evil...

środa, października 24, 2012

Shokuzai

A primary school girl, Adachi Emiri, is raped and murdered. Four of her friends, who were playing with her on the schoolyard that day, saw the murderer face-to-face, yet cannot do anything to identify him. Emiri's mother, Asako, invites the girls to a birthday party held in Emiri's memory. Sitting opposite...

wtorek, października 23, 2012

Haru - Unforgettable day in Korea

"Haru – Unforgettable day in Korea" is a interesting mixture of genres. It’s a drama special, no doubt, but above all it’s a clever commercial, a promotional video of Korea with everything we might find attractive in the country. We can see action, breathtaking backgrounds, tradition and contemporary....

niedziela, października 21, 2012

Saikou no jinsei no owarikata - Ending Planner

Japanese popculture deals with the topic of death and final partings (be it sudden or not) in various ways. We have, one could say, a whole genre of dealing-with-terminal-ilnesses melodramas with better and worse examples inside.Usually though the story ends when the character passes away and...