Japanese

BATTLE ROYALE (2000)

November 3rd 2010pre-ordered BR. December 29th 2010it shipped. January 28th 2011amazon.co.uk refunded me because BR was out of stock. In the email they said “If the original package arrives afterwards, you can refuse delivery of the parcel so it is returned to us by the carrier. If you have already taken delivery of the item,…Read more

SKY CRAWLERS, THE (2008)

The Sky Crawlers (2008) Wow it’s slooooooooow.Why are English Subs being displayed when English is spoken?Why do they speak English when they fly the super sonic jets but Japanese when on the ground?I watched over a 1/4 of the movie and it didn’t really feel like anything had happened at all.It’s just kind of dull.I…Read more

SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO (2007)

I don’t know what possessed me to think i would like this Takashi Miike film where all the actors spoke English. No no NOT “dubbed” but rather forced (via paycheck) to actually (during the filming) to speak English.WTF!??!?!!?!? Who’s brilliant idea was that????? Errrr well duhhh obviously Miike. Hmmm maybe just maybe it was Quentin…Read more

BATTLE ROYALE II: REQUIEM (2003)

Directed by:Kenta Fukasaku/Kinji FukasakuStarring:Tatsuya Fujiwara AS Shuya NanaharaRiki Takeuchi (from Dead or Alive fame)Takeshi Kitano (small cameo apperance via flashbacks) With such high expectation after watching the first one I like most people was absolutely turned off by this movie.ok ok the lines about “that country” are AMAZING which means you know it’ll never get…Read more

WORLD SINKS EXCEPT JAPAN, THE (2006)

Nihon igai zenbu chinbotsu (2006)akaThe World Sinks Except JapanDirected by:Minoru KawasakiStarring:a bunch of Japanese peopleand some random Caucasians Honestly I didn’t watch it all. Not even close.It’s got a run time that’s just shy of 100 mins.I watched about 20-30 mins and could not stand the horrible “Engrish” that was spoken by the Caucasian actors….Read more