#teiichi no kuni live action

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Top 5 favourite movies

Oh boy, prepare for some real fucking nonsense here

1. The Blues Brothers. My all time favorite. It has everything I love - amazing music and musical numbers, hilarious physical comedy, an ineffable sense of coolness, nonstop action... truly a chaotic masterpiece.

2. There Will Be Blood. We could spend days talking about the symbolism of this film and the incredible work done by Daniel Day Lewis to bring a man as odious as Daniel Plainview to life. Not to mention how electric Paul Dano is. This is my "acting" pick here, because my God is this movie entirely hoisted aloft and made brilliant by its acting.

3. Teiichi No Kuni (Teiichi's Kingdom/Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High). The story of the biggest disaster boy on earth trying to set his future path to being Japan's prime minister in motion, set during the bubble economy. An extremely bombastic ride and the only manga-to-movie adaptation I've seen that I feel truly works, mainly bc this shit is a live action cartoon.

4. Kiki's Delivery Service. I would say other Ghibli movies are "better" in terms of quality and plot, but this one holds strong sentimental value to me, as it was the first anime film I saw as a child, the first time I heard one of my other inspirations, Phil Hartman, and the movie that made me want to become an animator. That didn't pan out but there's still nothing like this for me.

5. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. My mom called this a better remake of A Star is Born than the actual remake with Bradley Cooper, and I agree. Truly the apotheosis of The Lonely Island's work, with their best songs and a deceptively simple story that, beneath the surface, is an incredibly complex web of music industry in-jokes and dense character work.

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film recommendations for summer break

6. Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High (2017)

Note:

Do you want to know how to make your own country?

If I had to choose king and queen for my live action empire, this film would definitely get a crown.

You can count on Teiichi if you want to travel into another realm, that of crazy school politics of all-boys school. I thought I wouldn’t like it, because politics is definitely not my thing, but it wasn’t just all about that, and honestly? Everything made sense and it was very logical as well. Explanations that appeared somewhere along the film were very helpful and it was very pleasant to watch.

This film is straight-up crazy, mad funny, and gripping as well. Cast of this film is soooooo damn rich too. Just look at them flower boys… #squad.

Part 1  ||  Part 2  ||  Part 3  ||  Part 4  ||  Part 5  ||  Part 7  ||  Part 8  ||  Part 9  ||  Part 10  ||  Part 11  ||  Part 12

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WHEN SENPAI FINALLY NOTICES YOU:

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Miyazono Okuto 

Teiichi no Kuni (2017)

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Teiichi no Kuni The Movie 

with Suda Masaki, Nomura Shuhei, Takeuchi Ryoma, Mamiya Shotaro, Shison Jun, Ciba Yudai, Nagano Mei, Yoshida Kotaro, etc

to be released on April 29, 2017

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Kikuma stealing a kiss from Koumei

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Teiichi no Kuni is pretty amusing

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Some of my favourite dramas from the past half a year, ranked: 

1. Because This is my First Life 

k-drama, 16 episodes, each 1 hour long

So sensitively and personally written. I was sucked into the storytelling and felt as though I was seeing these scenes through the eyes of the characters. Bravo to the scriptwriter; as I was watching it I felt, ah, she must have drawn from some intensely personal and important place. It was not a story anyone could have written. Because This is My First Life follows the stories of three BFFs as they experience, and grapple with, love and marriage. It does not shy away from the complicated sides of these issues - the societal, monetary and financial pressures that love and marriage cannot be separated from, the difficulties of communicating with others honestly yet sensitively. There are some frustratingly incorrigible people in the drama (like sexually harassing superiors), but most of the time the conflicts play out between good people who care for and support each other, yet inevitably butt heads because they have different - and equally valid - views of life. Is it wrong to want to marry and start a family? Is it wrong not to? It was painful at times, I think I cried for some of the characters. Not because they were pitiable, but because sometimes in life there is no right or wrong; you have to make tough choices and it hurts but you have to keep your eyes open and keep watching; keep walking. For the literature lovers out there, especially those who might be sick of gratuitous (often cheesy) quotes inserted randomly into dramas, well, good for you! Characters in Because This is My First Life read and are impacted by (real life) books, and you can see how the books they’ve read influence the way they think, act, and communicate with each other. It’s very realistic and mirrors the way you might consume and digest books in your own life outside of the drama. Oh, the PPL is also wonderfully done and actually contributes to character building.  8-9/10.

2. Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu (I’ll be serious in my next life)

j-drama, 12 episodes, each 1/2 an hour long

One woman, five sex friends. I know. I know it sounds messy and melodramatic and angsty. I hesitated for the same reasons as well. But when I finally got over it and watched the damn thing (very bingeable, totalling at only 6 hours), I regretted not watching it sooner. Raise wa Chanto Shimasu is a breath of fresh air. Most of the characters, whether hypersexual or asexual, are pretty unabashed about it, and I love their self-love. Want to have sex? Go for it, gurl. Don’t want to have sex? Also no problem. The title is an apt one and showcases this message of acceptance. We might have bones to pick with our current lifestyles, but welp, we’ll just be serious in our next lives. As one of the characters said at the end, “we all became independent, working adults, I think we should be proud of ourselves”.  Much needed affirmation in a world of moralising, slut-shaming, virgin-mocking, and expectations to get married and settle down.

Warning: one of the characters in a bi/gay relationship is pretty vocal in denying his sexuality even in front of his partner, and a trans woman was harrassed at one point. These were discomfiting for me. 

3. The Fiery Priest 

k-drama, 40 episodes, each 1/2 an hour long (or 20 hour-long episodes)

Action. Comedy. Kim Nam Gil, who won the Baeksang for this role. Honey Lee. Badass babe. Ahn Chang Hwan, who was so realistic at playing a Thai immigrant my friend who studied Korean for three years didn’t even realise he was Korean. Father Han. One reviewer said he was a literal angel, and I concur. Most dramas leave you with at most three or four characters you really like; this drama makes you fall in love with the whole gang. Everyone has a backstory, or some hidden side that you didn’t expect that just adds so much more dimension when revealed. Where some might find it hard to balance the weight of action and the levity of comedy, dipping too deeply into angst or farce at times, The Fiery Priest manages the tone really well even as the plot deepens and our characters have to deal with deep-seated traumas. I have nothing more to say to promote this drama except, how could you pass on Kim Nam Gil doing action plus comedy MINUS tragedy and the moustache? 

A final note: Technically, The Fiery Priest is a stronger drama than Raise and should deserve the no. 2 spot. The former deals with bigger issues like corruption, morality and forgiveness, while the latter is more light-hearted and deals almost entirely with personal choices. However, some issues Raise touched on were really important to me and came at a time when I really needed affirmation to believe in my beliefs, so it edged out The Fiery Priest in my heart. 

4. 传闻中的陈芊芊 (The Romance of Tiger and Rose) 

c-drama, 22 episodes, each about 45 minutes long

甜。This drama is just Sweet with a capital S. What a refreshing watch, especially for women. I loved not having tugging battles between two men. I loved the respect given to consent. I loved having so many smart and capable women who have conversations with each other that do not revolve around men. I love how the male lead wasn’t hung up on Male Ego and gave his wife space to be herself and make her own decisions and mistakes. A rare gem. I’m sure I will revisit this when I’m tired of the usual ドキドキ tactics involving possession and pulling around 

(If you can read Chinese, I suggest watching it on the 腾讯视频 app with 弹幕 on. I found it pretty hilarious, meaning I laugh-cried so hard in the middle of the night my neighbour knocked on my door to ask if I was ok.)   

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A quick rundown of the dramas and films I’ve watched so far in 2020 so you know the pool I picked these four from: 

Penguin Highway 

good watch. super cute. I cannot over-emphasise how cute the penguins were. It got me into a penguin phase and I’m not out of it even after 7 months...

ぼくは明日、昨日のきみとデートする (My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday) 

good watch. bittersweet.

わたしに××しなさい！(Watashi ni XX Shinasai/Missions of Love) movie and drama special

would pass on the movie (which cherry-picked from the manga but unfortunately left out a lot of important character developing scenes so the relationship didn’t make as much sense as it did in the manga)

but the drama special. Whew. I watched the drama special twice. It’s trashy good. Because it’s basically a spin-off to build hype for the movie, it doesn’t have to follow the plot of the manga, instead taking on the format of a (very cheesy) otome game. So you have all these ikemen saying clichéd toe-curling lines like “I am also a man you know” and getting stuck half-naked bReAthInG HeAviLy in cabinets together but instead of playing it seriously (as the movie would do because it’s supposed to make you feel like they are falling in love), the main character goes huh??? wtf are you saying?? at her otome game screen, which is so realistic and just cracks me up. definitely would rec. 

ごめんね青春！(Gomen ne Seishun/ Saving my Stupid Youth) 

hmmm. so-so? Leading lady Hikari Mitsushima is pretty, cool, and fits the bill of gap moe. Ryo Nishikido is also pretty believable (once you suspend your disbelief that somehow all his students think he looks dorky and are not gushing over his ikemen-ness). Unfortunately, relationship development between the otp happened too late and too suddenly. 

Он – драко́н (On Drakon/ He’s a Dragon/ I Am Dragon)

a pleasure to (re-)watch as always. Lovely visuals. 

Tokyo Ghoul: S

decent! Great performance from Shota Matsuda as the Gourmet. He’s definitely a draw-point for this movie - you can see him being featured heavily in the trailers. 

Strong Girl Do Bong Soon

great drama, would rec! 7-8/10. Points docked for all the digressing they did with monks and gangsters. I loved the otp’s dynamic, how healthy their relationship was. One line that struck me was, “Do you know how you’ve found the right person? When you see yourself in their eyes, you look happy”. It was a reminder that while these are obviously fictional characters, we can and should form relationships where our partners are as supportive of us (and us of them) as our dear otp, and not to settle for less. Also loved the fact that smol Bong Soon is so strong and no one can manhandle her >:-) 10/10 also to rookie actor Jang Mi Kwan, who was absolutely terrifying as the villain. How is he only a rookie??  

Because This is my First Life

see above

The Fiery Priest

see above

선덕여왕 (Great Queen Seon Deok)

hehe I watched it (again). As great as ever. Somehow cried more than I did the previous two times I watched it? Took me a week to get over one of the characters (even though I already went through all that heartbreak the first two times I watched this..) Sayang... Definitely has a special place in my heart. Available in full on youtube with subs. 

传闻中的陈芊芊 (Romance of Tiger and Rose)

see above

来世はちゃんとします (Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu) 

see above

覆面系ノイズ (Fukumenkei Noise/Anonymous Noise)

pretty good! Adapted from a manga but very film-like with its color-corrected shots, many cut-scenes to birds and crashing waves. Shison Jun was great in his intense scene, Ayami Nakajo has the most manga-looking face I’ve seen and Koseki Yuta is my bb as always hahaha he’s appeared in, like, four dramas on this list. 

博多弁の女の子はかわいいと思いませんか？(Don’t You Think Girls Who Talk in Hakata Dialect Are Cute?) 

YES!! I DO!! Wholesome drama packed to the brim with hometown (Hakata) pride). I also loved Okada Kenshi going around looking for Ramen shops hahaha. Now I want to see him host a food discovery show. 8/10. Would rec! 

帝一の國 (Teiichi no Kuni/Teiichi’s Country)

面白い 。Interesting watch! In which a bunch of high school boys in an elite school take their student council elections very seriously and attempts at political hijinks ensue. Suda Masaki and his pals somehow make over-the-top super seem natural. I don’t know how they do it, but it’s pretty good. Peppered with interesting reveals and counter-reveals along the way. 

男子高校生の日常 (Daily Lives of High School Boys)

I liked this! It delivers on what it’s supposed to. As a film, it is very film-like. The background is given a lot of weight in this film, and the director “shows, not tells”. The conversations of our characters are situated in the chatter of their schoolmates, you hear random snippets of conversations drift around, you see the school situated in the mountains, piles of decorations around the hall. This helps in conveying the “daily” nature of what happens in the film - not some life-changing adventure, but a warm high-school memory that is pretty like a paper star in a glass bottle. The boys are also very lovable and dorky in their high-school roles. 

ピーチガール (Peach Girl)

not bad. Typical shoujo manga adaptation storyline, even if the leading quartet do well in their roles. Nagano Mei was especially memorable for me out of the typical shoujo heroine roles I had previously seen her in. Inoo Kei also really looks like a boy from a manga. He has a lot of exaggerated actions, but he pulls them off really well. 

突然ですが明日結婚します (Totsuzen desu ga ashita kekkon shimasu/ It’s Sudden But Tomorrow We’re Getting Married/ Everyone’s Getting Married)

pretty decent. It’s not mind-blowing, but it’s definitely not bad. (Or you could flip it around and say it’s definitely not bad, but it’s not mind-blowing). 

ヲタクに恋は難しい  (Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku)

disappointing. I really wanted to like this film for Takahata Mitsuki and Yamazaki Kento, but there were too many useless musical scenes. 

同期の桜 (Doki no Sakura / Our Dearest Sakura)

Hmmmmmm. About colleagues who become inspired in their work and lives because of their colleague Sakura. I wanted more love but that’s not the main point of the drama so it’s not their fault. It got a bit repetitive towards the end, and I felt there wasn’t enough character development. Another drama I really wanted to like more than I did, because I was looking forward to seeing Takahata Mitsuki, Ryusei Ryo and Mackenyu work together. 

Tokyo Coin Laundry

A mishmash of lost souls meet at a coin laundry. A short drama about running away, making choices, and moving on. Katayose Ryota might have been cool in My Brother Loves Me Too Much, but this was where I first saw him and I prefer him in this. I enjoyed this a lot and even drew a postcard based on this. 7/10. 

兄に愛されすぎて困ってます (My Brother Loves Me Too Much) drama and movie

ok don’t judge; I watched this because my friend said it was pretty good. Katayose Ryota IS pretty cool in this, and Tsuchiya Tao brings to life the quintessential image of the Japanese girl, but if you’re watching this for “so cheesy it’s actually good” I would point you to the Watashi ni XX Shinasai drama special instead. If you do want to watch this though, you should watch the drama before the movie, because they are not standalone. 

Nodame Cantabile

What can I say? Classics are classics. 8/10, would rec. This is my first time seeing Ueno Juri acting, and she’s so believable as quirky Nodame I wondered if this was her actual personality. Straight out of a manga. There was potential for messy love-drama, but this drama took the high road and focused on proper character development instead. Thumbs up! They also did really well in “showing not telling” us the OTP’s relationship development. Rather than declarations of love, you can see it in the little caring gestures and almost subconscious smiles. I liked that too. Though maybe I’ll dock a point for how they treated gay expressions of love - “he’s a man you know” and icky faces - and how much casual manhandling there was against Nodame (exaggerated flying punches... maybe that’s how the manga wrote it?) 

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Upcoming Japanese Live Action Movies 2017

Includes 1. Ajin 2. I am in trouble because my older brother loves me too much. 3. Ayame- kun no Nonbriri Niku Nisshi 4. Blade of the Immortal 5. Chihayafuru Part III 6. Hirunaka no Ryuusei 7. FMA 8. Gintama 9. Hidamari ga Kikoeru 10. JO JO’s Bizzare Adventure Diamond is Unbreakable 11. March comes in like a Lion 12. Mischevious Kiss The Movie: Campus 13. Mischevious Kiss The Movie: The Proposal 14. Okuda Tamio ni Naritai Boy to Deau Otoko Subete Kuruwaseru Garu 15. One Week Friends 16. Peach Girl 17. ReLife 18. Saki 19. Shinjuku Swan II 20. Shinobi no Kuni 21. Teiichi’s Country 22. The Badly-Bruised Devil 23. The Disastrous Life of Saki K 24. Today’s Kira- kun 25. Tokyo Ghoul 26. Unmasked Noise

I for one am incredibly excited about these adaptions. Some of these are manga’s that I wished would become anime, that are transferring directly into live action. Which is good because they are the slice of life genre, and Japan really know how to do Slice of Life adaptations well. Hence, I am very optimistic about the majority of these adaptions. 

Of course, there are the few risky adaptions. For example Ajin, FMA, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Gintama, Tokyo Ghoul and ReLife; I am expecting a lot of anime critics and fans to speculate about the casting, the setting, the production value, because their taking a premise from the anime. Since there is such a large fan-base for the anime, if the live action isn’t presented in a certain way, it can greatly effect the popularity of the live action.

But I am incredibly positive, because the cast of Ajin, FMA, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Gintama, Tokyo Ghoul and ReLife; are some of my favourite and well renowned Japanese actors and actresses. I don’t expect them to do a poor job. At least in acting. Things that may go wrong might just be production value of the studio, also whether the films stray away from the original plot like Attack on Titan’s Live action. 

Here’s my update! I hope your all, just as excited as me. 

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Live-Action Peach Girl Film Opens at #3 in Japanese Box Office

Live-Action Peach Girl Film Opens at #3 in Japanese Box Office

Detective Conan stays at #2, Teiichi no Kuni falls to #8 …read more

Source:: Live-Action Peach Girl Film Opens at #3 in Japanese Box Office

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Japan Box Office: "Blade of The Immortal" Bombs, "Detective Conan" Keeps 2nd Place

According to the latest box office report in Japan, the live-action film adaptation of Hiroaki Samura's Mugen no Junin/Blade of the Immortal action jidaigeki manga earned a very disappointing 189 million yen on 145,000 admissions in its opening weekend of April 29-30, far below the expectation of distributor Warner Brothers Japan.  

  The distributor reportedly expected the 44-year-old Takuya Kimura-strarring film to make around 10 billion yen from its domestic run, but judging from the result, it seems very difficult to even cross the one billion yen mark. The opening weekend gross was only 35 percent of that of Kimura's previous feature film released in December 2010, Space Battleship Yamato that made 4.1 billion yen from its total run in Japan.

  Also, this is the second box office failure recently for director Takashi Miike, following his critically and

commercially panned live-action film adaptation of Yu Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana's sci-fi action manga

Terra Formars last year. His next film is, again, a live-action film adaptation of a popular Japanese manga,

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I that is based on the fourth story arc of Hirohiko

Araki's long-running JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga. The Kento Yamazaki-starring film is set for a release

on August 4, 2017.  

      Weekend box office in Japan (April 29-30, 2017)

   1 (1). "Beauty and the Beast"

 2 (2). "Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter"

 3 (new). "The Fate of Fast and Furious"

 4 (new). "Teiichi no Kuni"

 5 (3). "Crayon Shin-chan: Invasion!! Alien Shiriri"

 6 (new). "Blade of the Immortal"

 7 (5). "Sing"

 8 (4). "March Comes like a Lion: 2nd Part"

 9 (6). "Moana"

 10 (new). "Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama: Kiseki o Okose ♪ Tepuru to Doki Doki Cocotama Kai"

    "Teiichi no Kuni" trailer

    "Blade of the Immortal" trailer

    "Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama: Kiseki o Okose ♪ Tepuru to Doki Doki Cocotama Kai" trailer

    Source: Eiga.com, Movie Walker

      By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

[mad-jumonjie]

Glad to see Himuro senpai safely arrived at home~

Nice movie to watch this holiday

Teiichi no Kuni DVD came with mini booklet and sumo mini paper game, Mamiya with blond hair looks gorgeous here, lol

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[shogi-en]

Live Action Teiichi no Kuni Premier and Cast Apperance Goseiger's Yudai Chiba Kamen Rider W's Masaki Suda

#shogi #Shogi [jefusion.com]Jun Shison as Teiichi's right-hand man - the uncommonly handsome Kōmei Sakakibara and Yudai Chiba as Okuto Morizono - a member of the shogi club. The movie is scheduled to begin screening in Japanese theaters April 29, 2017. Plot Summary: High school ...

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anyone studying this hard?