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  • October 17, 2011 at 4:10 pm #19349

    Reiden
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    I was creating a list of movies I wanted to watch eventually and there was some japanese ones….pretty old.

    I was wondering how hard / different are they speaking in those. I’m nowhere near being able to listen to a japanese movie of the 00s, but how would they compare?

    High and Low (1963)
    Yojimbo (1961)
    Seven samurai (1954)
    Rashômon (1950)
    Late Spring (1949)

    Those are the ones I’m refering

    October 18, 2011 at 2:38 am #19353

    マーク・ウェーバー
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    I have no clue. I pretty much only watch Japanese anime and reality shows :/

    October 18, 2011 at 7:31 am #19355

    Kaona
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    I only watch modern Japanese TV and films, sorry. :/

    October 18, 2011 at 8:07 am #19359

    Quufer
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    I watched “Seven Samurai” and “Rashomon” earlier this year, for the first time each. My wife, a native Japanese speaker, didn’t seem to have any problem at all understanding the films. I’ve meant to watch “High and Low” for a while now. “The Eel”, “I Live in Fear”, and “Tampopo” are all good films. I found “Stray Dog” and “Ikiru” interesting, though a bit slow (yes, slower than the first half of Seven Samurai). In general, you shouldn’t have trouble watching anything from the post-war period. Note that I’m only 8 months into learning Japanese, and have spent the last 2-3 only on RTK, so I’m nowhere near fluent and was watching these films with English subtitles.

    October 18, 2011 at 9:44 am #19441

    Reiden
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    Thank you, I’ll add Tampopo to my list, it seems interesting and I’d love to see a young Ken Watanabe acting, even if it’s not that old of a movie compared to the other.

    For people who prefers recent movie, I’d strongly recommand : Letters from Iwo Jima.

    I’m planning to watch ”Confessions” (2010) soon, have any of you have seen it?

    October 18, 2011 at 10:37 am #19460

    リンディ
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    Confessions is a fantastic movie.

    Edit: And if you like that, you should check out “Memories of Matsuko” by the same director.

    October 18, 2011 at 11:57 am #19462

    Elenkis
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    I haven’t watched any of those films since I started learning Japanese, but I’ll just say that they’re classics and I’m sure you’ll enjoy them.

    I don’t think I’ve seen Late Spring, but then I always forget which Ozu films I’ve actually seen, so I can’t say for sure. I find some of his work samey enough, and his style minimalistic enough that they blend together in my memories somewhat.

    I also recommend checking out Ikiru, Ran, Woman in the Dunes and the movies by Kenji Mizoguchi.

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