Let me first start of this blog with a writing of my experience during the Japanese Film Festival held this year. It was held in Mid Valley Megamall and 1 Utama shopping centre from the 17th to the 21st of July.
The movies which were screened were:
• TOKYO TOWER - Mom & Me, and sometimes Dad - / 東京タワー オカンとボクと、時々オトン
Directed by MATSUOKA Joji 松岡 錠司 (2007, 142min)
• Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers / ウルトラマンメビウス＆ウルトラ兄弟
Directed by KONAKA Kazuya 小中 和哉 (2006, 93min)
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Animation) / 時をかける少女
Directed by HOSODA Mamoru 細田 守 (2006, 98min)
• Fourteen / 14歳
Directed by HIROSUE Hiromasa 廣末 哲万 (2006, 114min)
• Tony Takitani / トニー滝谷
Directed by ICHIKAWA Jun 市川 準 (2004, 75min)
• Memories of Matsuko / 嫌われ松子の一生
Directed by NAKASHIMA Tetsuya 中島 哲也 (2006, 130min)
• Kaidan / 怪談
Directed by NAKATA Hideo中田 秀夫 (2007, 119min)
• Harp of Burma / ビルマの竪琴
Directed by ICHIKAWA Kon 市川 崑 (1956, 116min)
• Ten Dark Women / 黒い十人の女
Directed by ICHIKAWA Kon市川 崑 (1961, 103min)
• Dora-Heita / どら平太
Directed by ICHIKAWA Kon市川 崑 (2000, 111min)
Of these movies, I managed to catch 5 of it... in 2 days! It was a pretty tight schedule, but hey, at least I enjoyed doing it =P
Anyways, the ones I managed to watch was (in the order I watched):
• Tony Takitani / トニー滝谷
• Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers / ウルトラマンメビウス＆ウルトラ兄弟
• TOKYO TOWER - Mom & Me, and sometimes Dad - / 東京タワー オカンとボクと、時々オトン
• Fourteen / 14歳
• Memories of Matsuko / 嫌われ松子の一生
I'll get into the movies another time. But what I wanted to mention here was how I went through the 2 days watching these movies. I watched it on Saturday and Sunday consecutively.
Initially on Saturday I wanted to watch 2 movies, but unfortunately, due to a super-crowd (I think because of the mega-sales and all...) in Mid Valley megamall, I only managed to get "Tony Takitani". Since I was there, I bought a ticket for the following day for "Memories of Matsuko" at 9pm.
After watching the movie, I met a good friend there in mid Valley. We met up to meet our old college friends later in the night (A story for another day I suppose..). Suffice to say, that day was fully occupied =P
The next day I had one Hell of a hectic movie schedule! I got up by 7.30am, planned for the day, and immediately headed off to 1 Utama. I went there because the movies I wanted to watch were screened there for the day.
Managed to arrive around 11am. I thought I had a lot of time to buy the ticket as the first movie was suppose to start at 12pm. The moment I arrived at the ticket counter, I saw a long line of customers, which is pretty unusual, especially for 1 Utama! Apparently, the counters were still closed and there were staff selling tickets manually, bringing out tickets and letting the customers choose for themselves!!
A line which would have taken 10-15 minutes, now took 45 minutes to an hour! Luckily I managed to get the tickets before the movie began... So, the schedule for the day was:
Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers 12.00pm
TOKYO TOWER - Mom & Me, and sometimes Dad 2.05pm
Fourteen 6.45pm
Memories of Matsuko 9.00pm
So, everything looked okay and probable. There was only one problem... the last movie for the day was screened in Mid Valley, and not 1 utama!! As the movie "Fourteen" is almost 2 hours long, It would take me a miracle to arrive in Mid Valley on time for the next movie!!
Anyways, I left it to chance to see what happens when the time comes, worse case, forfeit the movie..
When the time did come, "Fourteen" finished at exactly 9pm (damn it..). Anyways, seeing as I had nothing much to do that night, I decided to drive over to Mid Valley and watch what was left of the movie ("Memories of Matsuko" is more than 2 hours long.. @.@). To my surprise, there was absolutely no congestion all the way to Mid Valley..!! I managed to get to the carpark of Mid valley in approximately 15 minutes flat! So I took the closest carpark to the cinema level, locked my car, ran to the cinema, sat back in the cinema, and enjoyed the movie =P I did miss the beginning, the movie was about.. 15 minutes running when I arrived, but it was still enjoyable nevertheless =D
Anyways, it was a fun and hectic weekend for me during those 2 days! I'll continue again another time ~
(The movie schedule and listing were obtained from Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur)
The movies which were screened were:
• TOKYO TOWER - Mom & Me, and sometimes Dad - / 東京タワー オカンとボクと、時々オトン
Directed by MATSUOKA Joji 松岡 錠司 (2007, 142min)
• Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers / ウルトラマンメビウス＆ウルトラ兄弟
Directed by KONAKA Kazuya 小中 和哉 (2006, 93min)
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Animation) / 時をかける少女
Directed by HOSODA Mamoru 細田 守 (2006, 98min)
• Fourteen / 14歳
Directed by HIROSUE Hiromasa 廣末 哲万 (2006, 114min)
• Tony Takitani / トニー滝谷
Directed by ICHIKAWA Jun 市川 準 (2004, 75min)
• Memories of Matsuko / 嫌われ松子の一生
Directed by NAKASHIMA Tetsuya 中島 哲也 (2006, 130min)
• Kaidan / 怪談
Directed by NAKATA Hideo中田 秀夫 (2007, 119min)
• Harp of Burma / ビルマの竪琴
Directed by ICHIKAWA Kon 市川 崑 (1956, 116min)
• Ten Dark Women / 黒い十人の女
Directed by ICHIKAWA Kon市川 崑 (1961, 103min)
• Dora-Heita / どら平太
Directed by ICHIKAWA Kon市川 崑 (2000, 111min)
Of these movies, I managed to catch 5 of it... in 2 days! It was a pretty tight schedule, but hey, at least I enjoyed doing it =P
Anyways, the ones I managed to watch was (in the order I watched):
• Tony Takitani / トニー滝谷
• Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers / ウルトラマンメビウス＆ウルトラ兄弟
• TOKYO TOWER - Mom & Me, and sometimes Dad - / 東京タワー オカンとボクと、時々オトン
• Fourteen / 14歳
• Memories of Matsuko / 嫌われ松子の一生
I'll get into the movies another time. But what I wanted to mention here was how I went through the 2 days watching these movies. I watched it on Saturday and Sunday consecutively.
Initially on Saturday I wanted to watch 2 movies, but unfortunately, due to a super-crowd (I think because of the mega-sales and all...) in Mid Valley megamall, I only managed to get "Tony Takitani". Since I was there, I bought a ticket for the following day for "Memories of Matsuko" at 9pm.
After watching the movie, I met a good friend there in mid Valley. We met up to meet our old college friends later in the night (A story for another day I suppose..). Suffice to say, that day was fully occupied =P
The next day I had one Hell of a hectic movie schedule! I got up by 7.30am, planned for the day, and immediately headed off to 1 Utama. I went there because the movies I wanted to watch were screened there for the day.
Managed to arrive around 11am. I thought I had a lot of time to buy the ticket as the first movie was suppose to start at 12pm. The moment I arrived at the ticket counter, I saw a long line of customers, which is pretty unusual, especially for 1 Utama! Apparently, the counters were still closed and there were staff selling tickets manually, bringing out tickets and letting the customers choose for themselves!!
A line which would have taken 10-15 minutes, now took 45 minutes to an hour! Luckily I managed to get the tickets before the movie began... So, the schedule for the day was:
Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers 12.00pm
TOKYO TOWER - Mom & Me, and sometimes Dad 2.05pm
Fourteen 6.45pm
Memories of Matsuko 9.00pm
So, everything looked okay and probable. There was only one problem... the last movie for the day was screened in Mid Valley, and not 1 utama!! As the movie "Fourteen" is almost 2 hours long, It would take me a miracle to arrive in Mid Valley on time for the next movie!!
Anyways, I left it to chance to see what happens when the time comes, worse case, forfeit the movie..
When the time did come, "Fourteen" finished at exactly 9pm (damn it..). Anyways, seeing as I had nothing much to do that night, I decided to drive over to Mid Valley and watch what was left of the movie ("Memories of Matsuko" is more than 2 hours long.. @.@). To my surprise, there was absolutely no congestion all the way to Mid Valley..!! I managed to get to the carpark of Mid valley in approximately 15 minutes flat! So I took the closest carpark to the cinema level, locked my car, ran to the cinema, sat back in the cinema, and enjoyed the movie =P I did miss the beginning, the movie was about.. 15 minutes running when I arrived, but it was still enjoyable nevertheless =D
Anyways, it was a fun and hectic weekend for me during those 2 days! I'll continue again another time ~
(The movie schedule and listing were obtained from Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur)
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