#japanese show

[heretherebedork]

The anxiety of eating in front of someone when you've been judged for eating... and then the smile and then the family, a whole family, eating together without judgement.

[maysshortmoviereviews]

House of Ninjas (2024 - )

The Tawara family, the last shinobi clan. It had abandoned its roots after an incident in the past, but now the family must take on the greatest crisis in Japanese history, one that threatens to shake the nation to its core.

This is truly an original piece of work I have seen in a while. It has comedy, action, an animation-style story, romance, and a family drama. It really is quite out there with a very good story. I highly recommend it if you enjoy original work and good action sequences. Some may complain about the modern music, but I think it works well with this very quirky story. I loved it. It just was such an enjoyable show and I hope Netflix will renew it for Season 2. Check it out.

[coffeebookslovegt]

-No llores.

-¿Con que cara me lo dices? Es que... eres su familia.

[japanese-korean-lit-lover]

East Asian literature/movies/shows I've been currently enjoying:

The housekeeper and the professor (or my preferred title: Professor's beloved equation) by Yöko Ogawa – Japanese slice of life (find my short review here)

My neighbor Totoro by Studio Ghibli

Revenge: Eleven dark tales by Yöko Ogawa – slice of life-ish horror, truly grew on me

First Love: Hatsukoi – slice of life Japanese romance (find my analysis here), best thing I’ve ever watched

Little Forest – Korean slice of life movie, lots of food shots

Something in the rain – Korean slice of life romance

If cats disappeared from the world by Genki Kawamura – Japanese slice of life meets Goethe's Faust (but executes the trope better)

The guest cat by Takashi Hiraide – the most slice of life book I've read, very meditative

When the weather is fine – korean slice of life romance (find my posts about it here and here)

The Memory Police by Yöko Ogawa – dystopian fiction (if you enjoyed Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury you'll love that too)

I will be your bloom – Japanese... I don't even know how to describe the genre, it was wild, weird and wonderful, but won’t be everyone’s cup of tea

Sweet bean paste by Durian Sukegawa – Japanese slice of life, excellent in every detail

Your eyes tell – Japanese drama/romance – it wrecked me thank you very much, can't recommend it enough

Please look after my mom by Kyung-sook Shin – Korean drama, very emotional

Norwegian wood by Haruki Murakami – Japanese romance, psychological drama, but I wouldn’t call it a favorite

Crash course in romance – Korean rom com, quite enjoyable and fun to watch, really adorable and funny

Nowhere to be found by Bae Suah – a parabolic slice of life short story

Walking Practice by Dolki Min – a horror existential story about being human, not for everyone (tbh not really for me, but I was the editor of the translated version in my country)

Summer strike – aesthetic, calming and full of kdrama (fits the canon 100%), if it wasn’t for the murder case it would be perfect

Turn to me, Mukai-kun – honestly it felt like 90% of the characters on that show were either aro, ace or both and I’m so here for it

The setting sun by Osamu Dazai – a classic when it comes to today’s Japanese literature, I see the value of the story, but didn’t love it as I thought I would

Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi – weird, creepy at times, both comforting and confusing, gave me the same kind of chills as Revenge by Yōko Ogawa

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata – an amazing short story about intolerance, surface level relationships and the incredible mechanism where men feel entitled to use women both when they conform to social expectations and when they decide to live against them

Doctor slump – heartwarming and emotional, I laughed, I cried, despite being a romance it had a great plot line about mental illnesses

Welcome to Samdal-ri – for everyone who feels overwhelmed by the world and needs a place to return to, very emotional, I cried like a baby more than once, would watch three more seasons of it

[machikono]

Nanao Arai in Siren (2015)

[sincerelywithheart]

I just finished the Japanese show First Love on Netflix and it was a nice show, I’m glad I watched it.

My biggest compliment and praise is the cinematography, because in that regard, I could tell it was done with care and detailed. It was written and directed by one person so their vision was seen throughout, via the locations, shots and color schemes . And some of the shots were great, so I loved the visual aspect.

Some of the plot points were cliche and at some moment reminded me of The Notebook and other romantic movies so nothing too groundbreaking there.

I started watching because it was a Japanese show and also because Satoh Takeru was part of it, but in terms of acting, the actors who portrayed the younger versions of the protagonists were the highlight and stole the show for me. They have a bright future ahead as actors. I also feel like there were stronger performances than Takeru’s like the younger actors and the main female lead who portrays older Yae but he was still good assuming the direction of the acting is supposed to be more natural and obviously somebody who has held on to their first love.

And what really left an impression on me was that, even though the plot was centered around the love story between two people , it was about life as well and how there are curveballs and there are hardships but we still try to move forward and do our best like the leads did as they were getting older. I was expecting just a romance story but I was pleasantly surprised.

8/10

[scarefox]

I am crying 🤣

[welcome2thetop]

[f1lms4ever]

Going My Home [2012] written and directed by Hirokazu Koreeda

[midniqhtmusinqs]

Of talismans and magic fire hands. 

[macy-chii]

Popee!

And kedamono

Main: @sanssupremacy

[coffeebookslovegt]

Tu cuerpo dice que quiere vivir.

[kadythethief]

WHY IS THIS SO CUTE

yeah i'm adding this to my watchlist

[aquakidsrio]

Check it! This is my show!

[exilley]

I do sort of wish western anime fans would analyze anime and manga from a framework of japanese historical and cultural context. Specifically a lot of works from the 90s being influenced by the general aimlessness and ennui that a lot of people were experiencing due to the burst in the bubble economy and the national trauma caused by the sarin terrorist attack. I think in interacting with media that’s not local to our sociocultural/sociopolitical sphere it’s easy to forget that it’s influenced and shaped by the same kinds of factors that influence media within our own cultural dome and there ends up being this baseline misalignment of perception between the causative elements of a narrative and viewer interpretation of those elements. It’s a form of death of the author that i think, in some measure, hinders our ability to fully understand/come to terms with creator intent and the full scope of a work’s merits