Jean Snow [.net]

Month: September 2003

  • Dead or Alive 2

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    The movies they just keep on coming, and last night was time for Takashi Miike’s DEAD OR ALIVE 2. This is a weird one, and not what I was expecting from a DOA film. Sure, it’s got some action, but surprisingly little of it. In fact, most of the time this feels like a “journey…

  • Tateyama

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    As I blogged in Tokyo Boy this past weekend, we were out in Nagano prefecture trekking on Tateyama, and drenched by rain the whole time. We ended up hiking a good 4 hours, and we were completely soaked, right down to our underwear. The most disapointing aspect of the trip was that you couldn’t see…

  • Wonderful Days

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    So last night I finally watched the Korean animated film WONDERFUL DAYS and, well, wow. The animation in this film is truly amazing stuff, a simply beautiful mix of traditional hand-drawn animation with CG backgrounds and vehicles. This mix doesn’t always work, but here they’ve managed to create an environment that visually works. There’s nothing…

  • 1 Year

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    I forgot to mention it, but September 4 marked the one year anniversary of the site. Things here have evolved over the year, including the look of the site, and the appearance a few months ago of the Tokyo Boy moblog, and hopefully they’ll keep on changing in the year to come. I thank you…

  • Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

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    You’ve probably noticed that I’m getting heavily into Asian movies again (I sort of took a break for most of the year, catching up on things I had missed out on the world scene), and last night I watched another two movies, starting with SHARK SKIN MAN AND PEACH HIP GIRL. Directed by Katsuhito Ishii…

  • Prizes for Kitano and Asano

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    The Japanese did very well as this year’s Venice film festival by winning two top prizes. Kitano won the best directing award for ZATOICHI, and Tadanobu Asano, who co-stars in the same film, won a best acting award for his role in the Thai film LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE. I’m glad for both of…

  • Juon 2

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    Even the giant signs are scary. This is painted, which is what they do at most theatres. Update (16/08/13): The photo is unfortunately no longer available. I’m sure it was pretty scary.

  • More on Tokyo Godfathers

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    Follow this link for great reviews of Satoshi Kon’s animated films TOKYO GODFATHERS and MILLENNIUM ACTRESS. I have MILLENNIUM ACTRESS waiting to be watched, and really need to get to it. From this review, TOKYO GODFATHERS seems even more interesting that what I was expecting. And while on the subject of animation, I’ve just gotten…