Takayanagi

Genshiken (2004)

Actors: J. David Brimmer (actor), William Hirsh (actor), Kôji Ishii (actor), Greg Wolfe (actor), Ayako Kawasumi (actress), Sanae Kobayashi (actress), Rachael Lillis (actress), Jessica Loseth (actress), Kaori Shimizu (actress), Kokeshi Hanamura (writer), Miharu Hirami (writer), Mamiko Ikeda (writer), Yasuko Kobayashi (writer), Rika Nakase (writer), Natsuko Takahashi (writer),

Plot: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture is not like ordinary student organizations found on a college campus. Rather than focus on a specific activity or hobby, the club encompasses tastes in anime, manga, video games, cosplay, and model building, and generally performs no organized activities outside of of gathering in their office to play video games or discuss the latest episode of the series Kujibiki Unbalance. Their membership includes a shy, stuttering sketch artist that lacks the drive to take his work further, an overzealous, motor-mouthed maniac that argues for the passion in all things otaku, and the club's creepily quiet founding president that has been in charge since 1987. What keeps a group with members as eccentric as these together? A shared love for anime, manga, and all forms of visual culture that they inspire.

Keywords: anime, otaku, school-club
Genres: Animation, Comedy,
Taglines: Calling All Scruffy Nerd-Herders!

Quotes:

Chairman of Genshiken: But how about officially joining Genshiken, huh Katsukabe?::Saki Kasukabe: Not a chance!::Chairman of Genshiken: Mmm, well that was quick.::Madarame Harunobu: Mr. Chairman, there is no way she'll ever join the club, is there?::Chairman of Genshiken: Hmm... no, and it certainly seems like such a pity to lose you. You so enjoy using this room when we're gone.::Saki Kasukabe: [gasp]::Madarame Harunobu, Kugayana Mitsunori: Huh?::Chairman of Genshiken: You seem so..."at home" in our office.::Saki Kasukabe: [blushing] What do you mean?::Chairman of Genshiken: You've been having...::Saki Kasukabe: [interrupting, whispering to the chairman] Mr. Chairman, the student council thing was wierd enough but how could you've known about this? Is this more than just a coincidence? Do you make it a habit of spying?::Chairman of Genshiken: [innocently] Why, whatever do you mean, Katsukabe?::Saki Kasukabe: Thats enough! I made sure we were very careful. But you have spy cameras here, don't you?::Chairman of Genshiken: Now do you really think I would do that?::Saki Kasukabe: That would be a bad thing for you to do, bad for me too.::Chairman of Genshiken: ...what a delenma.::Madarame Harunobu: [confused] What are you doing?::Chairman of Genshiken: If I were that kind of person there would already be a large number of people irrespective of gender who could no longer attend this school. But there are no such people here, are there?::Saki Kasukabe: ["deer in the head-lights" look, long pause] I'll join the club.::[collective gasp]

Me wo tojite daite (1996)

Actors: Dan Green (actor), Kunihiko Ida (actor), Vinnie Penna (actor), Koji Sueyoshi (actor), Kazuya Takahashi (actor), Gen Yamakawa (actor), Petra Kosic (actress), Suzy Prue (actress), Debora Rabbai (actress), Debora Rabbai (actress), Shinobu Satô (actress), Kumiko Takeda (actress), Natsue Yoshimura (actress), Keisuke Konishi (producer), John O'Donnell (producer),

Plot: Amane is a Japanese office worker, a victim of the big business machine and the concrete jungle of a Japanese big city. He has a girlfriend, Juri, but she is not very exciting. Amane is driving home when he accidentally runs over a woman. He visits her in hospital but she doesn't accept any offers of compensation, and disappears. He becomes obsessed with her, and he eventually finds her: her name is Hanabusa and she is a hostess in a club, but there is a twist: it's a transvestite night club. And, yes, she is really a man underneath her very elegant and beautiful feminine appearance Amane recoils, but is clearly inclined to go along with it, which he does. Nothing much happens that night, but Amane is still obsessed and visits her in the club again, and eventually they make love at home. To comply with Japanese moral requirements, a table-lamp is conveniently positioned between the camera and their lower bodies while this is in progress. Amane is a little naive in matters of love-making, and Hanabusa shows him some new techniques, both as the passive and the active partner; for Amane it's perfect love-making. Amane is now hooked, and drops Juri. Juri is unhappy with this, and they argue, and then Juri finds where Hanabusa lives and confronts her at her home. Hanabusa deflects Juri's anger and they make love, with Hanabusa taking the male part. Juri enjoys it, and for a moment we wonder if this pairing might be permanent, but she leaves and gets even more angry at Amane for leaving her. She consults a man who works with Amane, and seeking consolation, they have sex. Now Juri's period is late; she goes to Amane's flat to confront him, and to pressure him into marrying her. But Hanabusa is there, and the confrontation degenerates, and Juri leaves, in tears. She has already threatened suicide if Amane doesn't go back to her; will she do something desperate?

Genres: Drama, Romance,

Me wo tojite daite (1996)

Actors: Dan Green (actor), Kunihiko Ida (actor), Vinnie Penna (actor), Koji Sueyoshi (actor), Kazuya Takahashi (actor), Gen Yamakawa (actor), Petra Kosic (actress), Suzy Prue (actress), Debora Rabbai (actress), Debora Rabbai (actress), Shinobu Satô (actress), Kumiko Takeda (actress), Natsue Yoshimura (actress), Keisuke Konishi (producer), John O'Donnell (producer),

Plot: Amane is a Japanese office worker, a victim of the big business machine and the concrete jungle of a Japanese big city. He has a girlfriend, Juri, but she is not very exciting. Amane is driving home when he accidentally runs over a woman. He visits her in hospital but she doesn't accept any offers of compensation, and disappears. He becomes obsessed with her, and he eventually finds her: her name is Hanabusa and she is a hostess in a club, but there is a twist: it's a transvestite night club. And, yes, she is really a man underneath her very elegant and beautiful feminine appearance Amane recoils, but is clearly inclined to go along with it, which he does. Nothing much happens that night, but Amane is still obsessed and visits her in the club again, and eventually they make love at home. To comply with Japanese moral requirements, a table-lamp is conveniently positioned between the camera and their lower bodies while this is in progress. Amane is a little naive in matters of love-making, and Hanabusa shows him some new techniques, both as the passive and the active partner; for Amane it's perfect love-making. Amane is now hooked, and drops Juri. Juri is unhappy with this, and they argue, and then Juri finds where Hanabusa lives and confronts her at her home. Hanabusa deflects Juri's anger and they make love, with Hanabusa taking the male part. Juri enjoys it, and for a moment we wonder if this pairing might be permanent, but she leaves and gets even more angry at Amane for leaving her. She consults a man who works with Amane, and seeking consolation, they have sex. Now Juri's period is late; she goes to Amane's flat to confront him, and to pressure him into marrying her. But Hanabusa is there, and the confrontation degenerates, and Juri leaves, in tears. She has already threatened suicide if Amane doesn't go back to her; will she do something desperate?

Genres: Drama, Romance,

Hakai (1948)

Actors: Ryô Fujita (actor), Eijirô Hose (actor), Ryô Ikebe (actor), Ichirô Katayama (actor), Hideki Kato (actor), Yoshi Katô (actor), Kappei Matsumoto (actor), Kaname Miyatake (actor), Yasushi Nagata (actor), Hisao Nishikawa (actor), Eitarô Ozawa (actor), Fujio Sasagawa (actor), Masao Shimizu (actor), Ichirô Sugai (actor), Hiroshi Aoyama (actor),

Genres: Drama,