Bondi Tsunami!
| Have you ever seen any Australian films?Last week I saw an interesting one! Australia is famous for being a multi-cultural country and this film is definately so!
It is an Australian film, starring Japanese actors, and the whole film is in Japanese! The film is called ‘Bondi Tsunami‘.
The film is about Japanese surfers, who come to Australia to go surfing. It shows their lifestyle and the surfing culture. Overall, I thought the film was a bit strange and the characters were too stereotyped, but it did include some famous Australian ‘big things’, such as the Big Banana, the Big Pineapple and the Big Marino, which was interesting. Along most of the major highways in Australia you can see ‘big things’. Usually they are great places to stop and do some sightseeing and buy some souvenirs. Take a look at the film and you’ll see what I mean! |
Question: Have you seen this film? What did you think of it? Do you think it shows how Japanese people really are?
Put your answer in the comments!
I’ve never seen this movie, and I think it show us only a type of japanese people
however it’s a strange film….
Yes it is a strange film. Actually I didn’t like it. I found it very slow and boring.
Well, I’ve never seen the film either. Actually I am not interested in surfers anyway.
Although most of us might think that it’s a boring movie, why is that so many people went to see that movie in Australia?
There could be something interesting to other people.
I don’t want to take the trouble to go and rental the video at a video shop but had better to watch it for a experience.
Hi Mutsuko
What is your favourite Japanese movie? I love Miyazaki’s animations. I also like some old movies made by Kurosawa.
Hi John
OH Yes!! I love his animations, too. Actually, my husband loves his works so much and recommended me to watch almost all since we got married. I should say “Spirited Away”,”The Borrower Arrietty” and?”Ponyo on the Cliff” from his recent animation works.
And the movie made by Kurosawa is also very famous and well know in Japan. Actually I’ve heard about the title of some of those but couldn’t have had a chance to watch it.The actor and actress in those golden days are awfully great, aren’t they?
My favourite Miyazaki film is ‘laputa’ and Kurosawa is the famous 7 samurai.
I really like the story lines in the Kurosawa movies. Actually, compared to modern movies, his story lines are very very slow, but I like how his heroes behave. i saw a film of his recently where two judoka were enemies and had a fight. After the fight, one of the judoka then cooked dinner for the other one! I thought that was really cool! An honest, good hearted, human hero!
Yes! Laputa is a great film. My husband’s favorite film, too. I’ve watched it several times. Is that one you saw recently,”????”?????????)? If it is, I’ll go and rent the video at TSUTAYA(???) near my house.
Hi Mutsuko
Yes I know Tsutaya! I was a memeber there and rented movies there when I lived in Japan!! The Akira Kurosawa movie I was talking about was Sanshiro Sugata. It is a simple story, but i really liked the main character. He is simple, but honest and pure – I wish we could all be more like him!
Hi John
I watched “Sanshiro Sugata” with my 6 year-old son yesterday. He cackled at the scene of the battle many times .
As you said the main character, Sanshiro Sugata, has been a good performance in the film.
They say it was made in the midst of the World War II in 1943, which was a memorable debut for director Akira Kurosawa and that was a his undisputed great enjoyable piece of the work.
His debut work, “Sanshiro Sugata” is well respected as a synthesis of his gifts(talent) and painstaking work, meeting public’s expectation of what they really wanted to see under strong control of free speech in wartime.
I tried to explain this, hope you can understand this explanation above somehow.
Thank you for letting me know this great movie.
Awesome! I am glad you both liked it! I like his character. I wish there really were people like him!!
Akira Kurosawa did great things for Japan!
YES!! He is AWESOME!! Hooray!!!