Although this had nothing to do with gaming, I still want to share this list with all of you. Sometimes we need a break from all the virtual world. Here are '5 All Time Best Japanese Movies' personally picked by me. List are random and no ranking whatsoever.
Daremo Shiranai aka Nobody Knows 2004
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| This movie will definitely give tears to your eyes. |
Synopsis:
Four siblings live happily with their mother in a small apartment in Tokyo. In fact, the children all have different fathers and have never been to school. The very existence of three of them has been hidden from the landlord. One day, the mother leaves behind a little money and a note, charging her oldest boy to look after the others. And so begins the children's odyssey, a journey nobody knows.
Swing Girls 2004
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| You just can't stop smiling from start till the end of this movie. |
Synopsis:
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band. With the help of their Math teacher, they soon making their own Jazz Band and call themselves Swing Girls (And A Boy).
Okuribito aka Depatures 2008
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| Won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film. |
Synopsis:
Daigo Kobayashi is a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled "Departures" thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a "Nokanshi" or "encoffineer," a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life.
Cha no Aji aka The Taste of Tea 2004
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| This film won various awards in 2004 and 2005. |
Synopsis:
A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project at home. Uncle Ayano has recently arrived, looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo for several years. Meanwhile, Yoshiko's daughter Sachiko is mainly concerned with why she seems to be followed around everywhere by a giant version of herself.
Wool 100% 2006
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| Fill with fantasy and dreams. |
Synopsis:
A drama of two aging women who live a solitary life collecting discarded items from a nearby town. One day they return home to find a young girl knitting a red sweater in their house. Each time the girl finishes her dress, she promptly unravels it and the mystery unfolds.
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