I'm just hoping that this is better than Broker, which to me is the weakest film that Kore-eda has made (I haven't seen The Truth).
I've not seen The Truth either but I thought Broker was better than After The Storm
1. Maborosi
2. Nobody Knows
3. Shoplifters
4. I wish
5. Like Father Like Son
6. The Third Murder
7. Still Walking
8. After Life
9. Our Little Sister
10. Broker
11. After The Storm
Michael Kerpan wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2023 3:05 pm
Soy Cuba -- Also missing Air Doll and Hana yori mo naho... (which I loved -- even if many critics did not).
I find it almost impossible to rank the films...
I wish the documentaries (including the one on the Okinawan singer, Cocco) were available with subs.
Oh I've seen Air Doll too, thanks. Quite liked it, even if I thought it was basically the same film as Spike Jonze's 'Her'.
Hana - I don't really know why but I don't feel compelled to race to it.
Michael Kerpan wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2023 3:05 pm
Soy Cuba -- Also missing Air Doll and Hana yori mo naho... (which I loved -- even if many critics did not).
I find it almost impossible to rank the films...
I wish the documentaries (including the one on the Okinawan singer, Cocco) were available with subs.
Which ones are you looking for specificially? Send me a DM as I've found a few of them that have English subs and I did find a 10GB file of the Cocco documentary but I have to see if it has subs included.
yoloswegmaster -- I think I have versions of most of the older docs with subs of one sort or another (somewhere) -- but I only have the Japanese DVD of Cocco. I mainly wish legit versions exist so more people could see these.
Soy Cuba -- Hana is set concurrently with 47 Loyal Ronin (which is happening on the edge of Kore'eda's story) -- and is basically a rejection of the ideology behind the Chushingura story. I found it fascinating and quite likeable (and an interesting companion piece to Yoji Yamada's samurai (more-or-less) trilogy.
The UK BD of Broker seems to have all sorts of extras, while the US seemsto be totally barebones. Anyone seen either of these yet? Especially the UK one. Are the extras worth the extra cost?
Michael Kerpan wrote: Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:40 pm
The UK BD of Broker seems to have all sorts of extras, while the US seemsto be totally barebones. Anyone seen either of these yet? Especially the UK one. Are the extras worth the extra cost?
I have the UK Blu-ray, seems like a nice package and yes a decent amount of extras, I have only watched the film and the making of documentary so far,
the doc was quite long and typical of other Kore-eda making of docs ported from Japanese releases in the in the past, it was subbed and featured plenty of behind the scenes on set type footage.
longstone -- Thanks for the info. I would rather get a Region A release than a Region B one -- but the Broker Region A release seems so paltry. Very disappointing that it did not at least sub the Japanese release extras...
diamonds wrote: Mon Jun 06, 2022 1:24 amI'd wager you're right about Hou's influence considering Kore-eda made a documentary about him! It covers Edward Yang too. Shame it continues to be unavailable.
I'd love to see this!
As part of their promotion for the upcoming Edward Yang retrospective, the Film at Lincoln Center Twitter account just posted a link to watch this on YouTube. (If you can't view the tweet, the doc is easily findable by searching its title, When Cinema Reflects the Times)
I truly love Hirokazu Kore-eda's movies. I've searched far and wide to find his early TV series 'Going my home', but didn't find nothing. It seems there were DVD and BD releases some years ago, but they're not available anymore. No streaming either. Can you help?
I just checked Magnolia's website and there is no sign of Shoplifters (maybe someone would like to double check me). Could that mean they no longer have the rights? The DVD is still available on Amazon. This so much needs to have a bluray at the least
I can assume that Magnolia is one of those companies that only does Blu-Ray releases of their films sporadically, or maybe they don't do Blu-Ray releases of international acquisitions (For example, The Square was only released on DVD in the United States, as far as I know, despite its Cannes success as well as its Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film).
Captain Paranoia wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:30 pm
I can assume that Magnolia is one of those companies that only does Blu-Ray releases of their films sporadically, or maybe they don't do Blu-Ray releases of international acquisitions (For example, The Square was only released on DVD in the United States, as far as I know, despite its Cannes success as well as its Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film).
They released the Danish Mads Mikkelsen film Riders of Justice on a barebones BD-25 and his newest The Promised Land is also upcoming. Maybe that’s due to Mikkelsen’s popularity but it’s still very strange for a company like this to pick up such prestigious films and don’t make more with their licenses.
For what it's worth, I found Shoplifters in the drama section of Magnolia's site. The films are arranged alphabetically, so you have to scroll down. If you click on the poster, it takes you to a Shoplifters-specific site with links to buy the DVD on Amazon or watch at home through various services.
togg wrote: Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:16 am
Broker was so moralist I can't get myself to watch any other movie of him.
I'm starting to wonder whether he has peaked with Shoplifters. I didn't care for the three films (including Broker) he has made since then at all,they feel simplistic when compared to his best films. I'd suggest you check out Maborosi, Nobody Knows or Shoplifters, if you don't like those, he is not for you.
togg wrote: Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:16 am
Broker was so moralist I can't get myself to watch any other movie of him.
I'm starting to wonder whether he has peaked with Shoplifters. I didn't care for the three films (including Broker) he has made since then at all,they feel simplistic when compared to his best films. I'd suggest you check out Maborosi, Nobody Knows or Shoplifters, if you don't like those, he is not for you.
I had liked Nobody Knows. Maybe today I would like it less, with my changes in life, but I think that he also got way more conventional with time. That whole Broker narrative was not only standard but borderline reactionnary. No opening whatsoever. Nowadays I am watching movies from a whole other batch of japanese directors so I think that I have on more chances left for him
fiendishthingy wrote: Tue Apr 09, 2024 11:40 pm
For what it's worth, I found Shoplifters in the drama section of Magnolia's site. The films are arranged alphabetically, so you have to scroll down. If you click on the poster, it takes you to a Shoplifters-specific site with links to buy the DVD on Amazon or watch at home through various services.
Yup. I found it. Thanks. I will say that Magnolia seems to have such little respect for physical media
togg wrote: Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:16 am
Broker was so moralist I can't get myself to watch any other movie of him.
I'm starting to wonder whether he has peaked with Shoplifters. I didn't care for the three films (including Broker) he has made since then at all,they feel simplistic when compared to his best films. I'd suggest you check out Maborosi, Nobody Knows or Shoplifters, if you don't like those, he is not for you.
Still Walking and After Life are two you should strongly consider
togg wrote: Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:16 am
Broker was so moralist I can't get myself to watch any other movie of him.
I'm starting to wonder whether he has peaked with Shoplifters. I didn't care for the three films (including Broker) he has made since then at all,they feel simplistic when compared to his best films. I'd suggest you check out Maborosi, Nobody Knows or Shoplifters, if you don't like those, he is not for you.
Still Walking and After Life are two you should strongly consider
I get that it's highly regarded but After Life didn't do much for me, I found its premise too overworked. Still Walking, I Wish, Like Father Like Son, Our Little Sister and After the Storm are all on the same level for me, not quite at the top but very good and all of them better than his last three films. I have not seen his documentaries or genre films, I'm most curious about Distance, which is hard to get hold of.
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I wonder if Like Father, Like Son could be next on Criterion's radar as it's a Sundance Selects title and there must still be a relationship. Also, Nobody Knows is also an IFC film
The WellGo Monster release seems to be largely sold out -- except for some full list price copies on Amazon. I wonder if this will get a second pressing?
Anyone have any thoughts on his Netflix series Asura that was released earlier this year? Didn't even know it existed until looking up his filmography, so they clearly weren’t advertising it to western audiences
Asura is basically a remake of a long-ago NHK TV series (Ashura no gotoku, from 1979). Great cast (especially for the 4 sisters) is well-used -- and is especially fine in scenes with a comic edge. The story is more melodramatic than Kore'eda's norm. A nice evocation of 70s Tokyo. I personally liked both his earlier Netflix series (Makanai -- centered around a pair of 2 young would-be geisha who come from the boondocks to Kyoto) and his very quirky 2012 Going My Home (a mix of slice of rural life and folk-inspired fantasy) a bit more. But I enjoyed Asura.
