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A thread for discussion and recommendation of Japanese TV and movies.
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Yuriyan Retriever's horror movie Mag Mag released in theaters on February 6th.
>The legend is chilling: “If you see her, it’s too late. If she falls in love with you, only death can free you.” When Sanae’s lover is killed by the Mag Mag ghost, she swears revenge—only to uncover a far darker truth about who truly betrayed her.
>When Sanae’s beloved is taken by the eerie entity known only as “Mag Mag,” she attempts to take revenge. However, the object of her vendetta starts to shift over the course of her journey. The film gradually transforms into a genre experiment that pays homage to the lineage of Japanese film and television. Drawing on the traditions of horror classics, the elaborate production designs of reality shows, the romantic tropes of early J-drama, as well as her own experiences, Retriever reshapes these influences into something distinct and new. The result is a darkly humourous debut that twists obsession into a love story at once unpredictable, haunting and human in its exploration of the universal desire for love.
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcmcDTo-F_4
BTS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geSOo-cIgCU
Talk Events:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAMncZbDawM
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yuriyan, hiroyuki sanada, takehiro hira, maybe even hidetoshi nishimura and yamapi. they've figured it out that moving overseas and double-dipping in both japanese and foreign productions is the only way to get to the next level or else you're stuck doing doramas and CMs for the rest of your life
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Ai Haruna describes how he brought home his removed testicles after undergoing sex change surgery and how his grandma almost mistakenly ate them after finding them in the fridge.
Also it's hilarious they invited Gorie to this.
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>>50686272
Great movie, saying it unironically. Takeshi Kitano would be proud of Yuriyan. Hope she continues her filmmaking career.
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AFAIK, shitty af.
I tried the latest kotoba model just to transcribe JP subs for a>>50692271
movie and it required so much tweaking I just gave up.
You need to feed it short audio chunks so it doesn't make a bigger mess with timings, and it still doesn't do well when multiple characters speak, or when there's loud noises/music interrupting things. It just ignores full words and lines. Same thing with dialects.
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>>50692271
i tried to use it to generate subs for my next request and, well, see for yourself
also note the 2s chunks. not great.
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J-Movies that you wish you could watch again for the first time?This is a recommendations request, I'm finally on avistaz
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>>50692722
How I wish I could go back in time to watch Spirited Away fresh. I might I just be longing for my childhood though.
Honorable mention: Seven Samurai
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>>50692570
That looks off but, then in my case it got obsessed with bentos for some reason.
>https://huggingface.co/kotoba-tech/kotoba-whisper-v2.2
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>>50692973
Good luck converting that into something usable in whatever Aegis uses though. Maybe it's just a simple download and plug-and-play.
In my case, it wasn't and I had no idea what commands I was pasting half of the time.
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1 linda linda linda
2 kagemusha
3 seven samurai
4 nankyoku ryorinin
5 odoru daisosasen
6 inugamike no ichizoku
7 otoko wa tsuraiyo
8 pacchigi
9 pingpong
10 jingi naki tatakai
11 yatsuhaka mura
12 we couldn't become adults
13 lady maiko
14 hula girls
15 the ring
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https://tver.jp/episodes/ep689uv5dy
Behind the scenes of Audrey's trip to San Francisco for the Super Bowl
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>"I have subbed this movie"
>bitchute link
>hardsub
>480p
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>>50692722
Sonatine (1993) by Kitano Takeshi
The Red Spectacles (1987) by Oshii Mamoru
Almost Transparent Blue (1979) by Murakami Ryu
Tampopo (1985) by Itami Juzo
AKIRA (1988) By Otomo Katsuhiro
Angel Dust (1994) by Ishii Gakuryu
Cure (1997) by Kurosawa Kiyoshi
Perfect Blue (1998) by Kon Satoshi
Suicide Circle (2001) by Sono Sion
Gozu (2003) by Miike Takashi
Marebito (2004) by Chiaki Konoka
A Snake of June (2002) by Tsukamoto Shinya
Mind Game (2004) by Yuasa Masaaki
Blue Spring (2001) by Toyoda Toshiaki
Monday (2000) by SABU
The End of Evangelion (1997) by Anno Hideaki
Nobody Knows (2004) by Koreeda Hirokazu
Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Adolescence Mokushiroku (1999) by Kunihiko Ikuhara
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) by Iwai Shunji
Executive Koala (2005) by Kawasaki Minoru
Mononoke Movie 1: Karakasa (2024) by Nakamura Kenji
March Comes in Like a Lion (1991) by Yazaki Hitoshi
Macross Plus Movie Edition (1995) by Watanabe Shinichiro
Eureka (2000) by Aoyama Shinji
Tokyo Gore Police (2008) by Nishimura Yoshihiro
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>Macross: Do You Remember Love
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>Macross Plus Movie Edition (1995) by Watanabe Shinichiro
based fellow macross enjoyers
not a movie but my favorite is super dimension fortress macross
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>>50695686
I'm not a Macross fan in particular, just a Watanabe Shinichiro fan, but Macross Plus, both the OVA and the film, are one of the best anime productions I've ever seen.
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Are there any subbed torrents for "Willful Murder" (1981)? I'm really craving some Nakadai but I can't decide what to watch. Is "The Human Revolution" good if I can get my hands on it? I've used my torrent client's search function for so long that I've forgotten where to get torrents online anymore.
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Just watched Love Exposure.
What an absolute waste of time. Long movies are perfectly fine but at least make sure you don't have dogshit pacing. Holy shit it felt like 2 weeks.
At least it gets points for being pretty sexy.
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>>50697270
I don't know about you but even though Love Exposure is very long, they're rewarding 4 hours and you can never predict where it's going. Actually those 4 hours felt shorter than many 90-minutes-long films I've watched. It's an example of why film is a powerhouse of an artform. A testament of how incredible Sono Sion is at creating emotional rollercoasters. It has a perfect synergy of his idiosyncratic style, his abstract and challenging messages and themes, and his obsession with bizarre characters and elongated runtimes.
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>Holy shit it felt like 2 weeks
This isn't the first time I've seen people say something like that about the movie, but I don't personally get it. It didn't feel that way at all to me, and I say this as someone who has a kind of screwed up attention span.
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>>50695631
>Sonatine (1993) by Kitano Takeshi
For me, it's Hanabi.
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>>50697374
>We will never see a new work from Sono because people still refuse to forgive him
What a tragedy.
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What part of it was rewarding? Everyone (except Yu's delinquent friends that are extremely sensible towards him) is acting like a deranged automaton whose acts don't line up with their supposed reasons.
Yu wasn't attached to the Sasori character at all and she just happened to appear, but then he not only loses his mind right at the finish line (brain trauma from getting strangled couldn't have appeared so soon or while he was conscious) but somehow turns into her? Not that it matters since he is magically cured from seeing Yoko once.
Yoko is pretty cute but has 0 going for her as a character. She just hates men but then gets magically cured offscreen to have the ending play out. Getting her targeted instead of anyone else for the 0 church was a huge reach.
Kaori is just a random washed up whore so she acts as she should.
Yu's dad refuses (and heavily abuses) his son, his faith and everything his previous wife represented for said whore. You could argue that priesthood was him coping with loneliness all along and he removes himself again from it the moment a woman shows interest in him, but that's just cheap. Same as him going "Ah Yu sorry for the abuse pal, lol" and then somehow getting an offscreen happy ending.
Aya is a walking plothole but acts like a schizo would so whatever.
The story spazzes around but without taking the characters in mind so it all feels trivial and forced, same with some of the completely random visuals. They worked in "Why don't you play in hell" (which was actually good btw) but they're shit here.
I've said enough about the flick, the rest of your reply reads like a word salad found in a paid movie journal so I'm sure there was no point to it.
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It's probably exactly because of your attention span that you didn't notice the nonsensical directions it was taking. I prefer long movies in general and the only one that has felt tiring thus far has been "The good sleep well" , which after watching the ending is precisely part of its point.
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why arent dramas about the jav industry considered javs themself?
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>>50698545
Macchan should hire him to film a DT+ exclusive movie
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ah, a rare new fantasy drama
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>>50700666
Geinins are cheaper and would give the viewers a chance to self-insert as them.
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Summer Time Machine Blues
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I have a day off tomorrow. What should I watch?
Downfall (2023)
Small, Slow but Steady (2022)
Undercurrent (2023)
An no Koto (2024)
Unfeigned Happy Ending (2021)
Love Doesn't Matter to Me (2025)
Super Happy Forever (2024)
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Watabe Ken, the easy target
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Sato Jiro always plays a crazy role in comedy shows and movies, but doing it in a serious and dark movie is terrifying. The fact that it's based on a manga he wrote himself makes it even more intriguing.
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Tamura Yuto: ISOLATED (2025)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AspGdWRCAmI
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Biggest Romance Scoop. In 2 minutes.
https://x.com/joseiseven/status/2026265858960441851
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>>50706698
Yeah
https://j7p.jp/163255
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>>50706702
Meguro Ren when???
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>Based on a true love story shared on an online bulletin board.
>Adapted from the song ...
At one point, after 80 minutes of trying to find something suitable to watch and getting flagged as a potential bot by Google, I even came upon a drama show sponsored by Canva (the shitty online Powerpoint).
The Japanese are creatively bankrupt.
Friendly reminder
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https://x.com/tokyopd_fujitv/status/2026281101296357531
Can we stop putting jewtubers in tv shows?
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>>50706771
They're desperate to bring the youth back to TV.
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I mean, he's on ravit, I guess?
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Yoshimoto Kogyo announced that Gaki no Tsukai No Laughing Batsu Game series will expand overseas
https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202602250000089.html
>Yoshimoto Kogyo has formed a partnership with Banijay Entertainment, one of the world's largest production company groups, aiming for the global expansion of the “No Laughing” series. Through the sale of Yoshimoto Kogyo's format, local versions of “No Laughing” can now be produced worldwide.
>Production of local versions is planned through Banijay's powerful production network spanning 25 countries and regions worldwide, including the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, comprising approximately 130 production companies. Banijay has a proven track record, having produced 11 local versions of “Documental,” a show conceived by Downtown's Matsumoto Hitoshi. Going forward, they aim to establish “No Laughing” as an international entertainment IP.
>According to sources, no countries or regions have confirmed production at this time. Fujiwara Hiro, Vice President of Yoshimoto Kogyo, who supported the project by appearing on the show and providing the voice announcing the penalties, commented, “We take pride in it being one of Japan's most popular variety shows and look forward to people around the world enjoying it.”
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hm, i remember they did an american version of silent library at least 10 years ago, maybe even 20?
skits like these would translate really well into youtube or social media content, you just need to sell or license the ideas to creators
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I think that the real culpritis the police chief.
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FUCK I SHOULDN'T HAVE READ THAT HAVEN'T WATCHED EP 7 YET
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another autist drama but actually not just savant https://warosu.org/jp/thread/50238839#p50285365
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>>50707519
Only Suiyoubi can turn a project that was turned down by other stations into golden like this
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>when the son started crying
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>Private Banker
it's the main actor sort of playing his character from "harassment game" again. the series is ok i liked that drama, i like the actor and the theme is a bit tongue in cheek when the country is suffering an economic downturn but it is what it is
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Does Hamada even care about DT+, he's on TV
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Any funny comedy shows I should watch? Pic related was so good
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look at how young aragaki yui was T_T
try "unubore deka" https://mydramalist.com/192-unubore-deka
same main lead and he does the face thing
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https://mydramalist.com/15905-mr.-nietzsche-in-the-convenience-store
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>>50712167
Stand Up!!
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>>50712213
summon the resident nino-hater~
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>>50712167
Minna! ESPer Dayo! (2013) by Sono Sion
TROUBLE MAN (2010) by Sabu
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after much soul searching, i did like amami yuki back in the day
well the mothercon support group was fun, same time next month i guess
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why dont they make movies like this anymore?
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why was this so bad?
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Yeah, they're usually open for only a couple of hours.
The first time I missed my chance I got a Discord notification from the waitlist server while I was sleeping, and by the time I woke up, the msg was deleted. I had been on that server for 6 months with nothing but radio silence so I had no clue what had happened.
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>>50712167
Keiji Yoroshiku (1982) starring Beat Takeshi
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New dating scoop
https://x.com/k_maru_dau_baby/status/2027323055857684723
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>>50714815
It is. Takeuchi Ryoma (32) is dating Doi Shiori (33)
https://smart-flash.jp/entertainment/entertainment-news/394881/
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https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2024/10/ryoma-takeuchi-and-ayaka-miy oshi-end-four-year-relationship-ami d-public-scrutiny
i thought he'd get married to miyoshi ayaka but i just read they broke up
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So these posts of Diane Tsuda have been going viral:
https://x.com/daiantsuda/status/2025555047271281021
https://x.com/daiantsuda/status/2025918811522883728
But I immediately remembered that I had seen these same exact nose clips being advertised before at Yoshimoto events, isn't this illegal stealth marketing?
He even claims that he bought it himself and that they stop your nose from getting bigger.
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https://www.dlapiper.com/en/insights/publications/2023/07/consumer-pro tection-in-japan-new-law-prohibits- stealth-marketing
Stealth marketing was made illegal in 2023.
Japan doesn't bother to prosecute anything though.
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>>50716808
I bought it. It was more cringe than funny desu
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>>50714402
>Even Takeshi Kitano was a twink when he was younger
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Happy 83rd birthday to Kato-chan.His wife is 37 years old.
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Finally, Macchan's glorious return on TV screen
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>>50719743
And now the Takasu Clinic is at war because of it between the retarded nazi boomer (pro-matsumoto) and the jewtube drama commentator (anti-matsumoto)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvTcKD7z9V8
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maybe just maybe
https://weekly-jitsuwa.jp/archives/22867
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I was watching Tokyo Oasis where she shows up as a theater attendant the lead middle-aged lady has a chat with and I didn't even recognize her, I thought she was some random 20-something actress. Granted, she was just 44 then, but still insane.
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https://x.com/jpmaesaka/status/2028351641225957685
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"Hinaarare Kuuzou" Beat Takeshi
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>>50723695
It ain't that dangerous. Many of Degawa's shows and projects on other shows where he shows physical skits ended due to his age and due to compliance and his TV appearances decreased as a result, so it's good to see him still able to do something like that on TV.