When I was out riding my bike, I found this place: The Hashima Folk History & Movie Museum.
It was closed, but the poster outside caught my attention - an old movie starring Ken Takakura. After seeing this poster, I really wanted to watch this movie, so later I went to a DVD rental store & rented it.
It`s great. First, gangsters hassle Ken`s family. Then they mistreat his sister. Next they blackmail (脅し取る) his brother, & after that they kill his father. Finally... it`s KEN REVENGE TIME! Ken Takakura goes to the gangsters` HQ & kills them all (making sure to expose his chest & show off his muscles & fancy tattoos in the process).
Actually, all early Ken Takakura movies feature this same plot.
Vocabulary:
First... Then... Next... After that.... Finally/Lastly...
Be careful: `After that` is OK, `After then` is WRONG
Also: `Lastly` = 最後に `At last` = やっと
By chance, I found this movie (called 'Never Give Up' in English) playing on TV late last night. I really like the actor Ken Takakura, especially his early movies, but this movie wasn`t very good. The story was pretty ridiculous (= crazy & unbelievable).
Have you seen this movie? Please tell me how it ends, because I don`t know - I gave up & went to bed before it finished.
Last weekend I finally got round to watching the famous 1967 movie, The Graduate. I really liked it.
A young Dustin Hoffman
Simon & Garfunkel
A red Alfa Spider
Scenes full of retro
Pathos & humour
A bitter-sweet ending
These are a few of my favourite things!
I bought a used copy of the book by Charles Webb in Australia & brought it to Japan with me, but when I started reading it, I discovered it was missing some pages. I was quite disappointed.
So I can`t recommend the book yet, but I can recommend the movie.
Today my wife & I went to see `Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows` at the cinema. We haven`t been to the movies for ages (ages = a long time). In fact, I think the last movie we went to was the first Sherlock Holmes movie! Anyway, like the first one, it was very entertaining.
The lead actor, Robert Downey Junior, is very good, although his character, like many things in the movie version, is quite different from in the original stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Have you read any of them? I`ve read them all - they`re great!
No, this is not a post about doing overtime (zangyo). "For a Few Dollars More" is the title of another Clint Eastwood western, which I watched last night. I thought it was a good excuse to put another picture of Clint Eastwood in his heyday (=most popular & successful period) on my blog.
Here`s a clip from it.
His partner in this movie really reminds me of my teacher when I was 11, Mr.Blakely. But Mr Blakely used to wear shorts & long socks to school. I don`t think that would suit this actor`s character in this movie.
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