Any Japanese movie fans on ATS? What to watch?

Any avid Japanese movie fans on ATS who can recommend me something to watch? I'm looking for the best. It doesn't matter what it's about, a great movie is a great movie. Thanks.

Old boy.

Detective Dee

reply to post by wigit

Any thing by Hayao Miyazaki, produced by Studio Ghibli. its animation but incredible films. I love Porko rosso or Spirited Away but the are all fantastic.
Enjoy

reply to post by MBUK3D

Old boy is korean

Spirited Away or Howl's Moving Castle
Hayao Miyazaki

13 Assassins

Also Japanese horrors are the way forward.

reply to post by Elvis Hendrix

Dang it! You type too fast. Lol
Miyazaki Rocks!

Straight up, my favorite movie ever.

reply to post by wigit


You should watch yo-hun its the scariest Japanese movie of all time lol

reply to post by MBUK3D


I second Old Boy. Just. Amazing. I think it's South Korean but it's on Tartan Asia so I hope it counts because it's awesome.

There was a couple of moments that blew my mind but I won't give anything away.

Also Audition

Not for the faint-hearted.

reply to post by wigit


Slow movies with good story lines:
Departures, Dear Doctor, Heavenly Forest (My Gf made me watch this one), What the snow brings, Nobody knows,
If you like fighting crows zero1 & 2 is a must, Drop, Gantz......

Will drop more titles when I can remember.

Not sure what your definition of good is, LOL, but I love The Machine Girl!!!
Great bad movie!!!!

reply to post by SmoKeyHaZe


I watched Audition last week and really enjoyed it buuuut maybe I'm dumb because there was something I just didn't get. I won't ask you to tell me because I don't want to give anything away to anyone that hasn't watched it yet.

reply to post by Absco


I remember watching that, Also watched Tokyo Story! It didn't hit me up until last year why those movies were so popular. The character growth and the story lines were phenomenon at a time when American movies lacked plots.

Some of the best KOREAN movies I've watched were:
Haebaragi
The Man from Nowhere
Millionaires first love (Gf forced me to watch it, Really enjoyed it).

reply to post by Neysa


I know mate the only one of his i dont like is the one about cats, cant remember what its called, but the rest are genius. have you seen porko rosso? its lush.

Also" The good the bad and the wierd" i think its japanese! its magic. check it out you wont be dissapointed.

Thanks peeps.

I'm seeing how some great movies can stick in the mind. > Oldboy already in my ever expanding South Korean collection.

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I've tried IMDB for some Japanese movies but mostly it's anime stuff I'm finding. Spirited Away my favourite. But of the ones with real people in them I've seen only a few. Ichi the Killer, Goemon, Death Note and just a couple of others, so I'm guessing there's dozens of great movies that I'm missing out on.

Battle royal 1 and 2 although I never liked them. Spring snow, Be sure to share, even if you walk and walk, Initial D (Street racing....Racing is good everything else sucks, Don't know why I put it on this list).