Member Takuma Posted November 27, 2011 Member Share Posted November 27, 2011 Miike goes manga again Teaser: gMMHfhdAsjU Via AV Maniacs / Sheldon Warnoc Ai to Makoto (aka The Legend of Love & Sincerity) is based on a 1973-1976 manga by Ikki Kajiwara and Takumi Nagayasu. It was first adapted into a live action movie in 1974, starring Ai Saotome (Ai) and Hideki Saijou (Makoto). A live action TV series followed a few months later, with Kimiko Ikegami and Yusuke Natsu playing Ai and Makoto. Two more live action films were made in 1975 and 1976 with the same cast as the first film, except that Ryu Kano played Makoto in the 3rd film. The new Miike film stars Emi Takei and Satoshi Tsumabuki. The English title features the character names translated. Ai and Makoto are common Japanese names, but when written in Kanji the written characters also posses meanings: love and sincerity. Here's the OP from the series: Manga + live action TV series Live action film DVD box set + old VHS via - http://pilotofairwave.blog21.fc2.com/blog-category-22.html - http://dmwj.net/1970/view/80?continue=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted May 22, 2012 Author Member Share Posted May 22, 2012 The official English title is For Love's Sake "Miike fans and genre film fans in general are in for a treat with For Love's Sake (Ai to Makoto, 愛と誠). Entertaining as all get out." - https://twitter.com/#!/jgtokyo - "...greatly rewarding, supremely intelligent and undeniably gripping romantic thriller..." - http://www.filmoria.co.uk/2012/05/cannes-film-festival-2012-ai-to-makoto-for-loves-sake-review/ Trailer: - http://youtu.be/8b2083NkWyU - http://aiandmakoto.jp/ The lame version of Ano subarashii ai wo mou ichido is a bit distracting, though, especially after Asami Miwa's version in the ecstatic in Anno's godly Love and Pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted June 18, 2012 Author Member Share Posted June 18, 2012 well, this sucked. I'll elaborate in more detail later. But in brief: ugly super-charged visual look, distracking lack of lip sync in musical scenes, forgettable fights, and terribly overlong with zero character development in 134 min. Sakura Ando is cool, though. And to put the critisism in perspective, this comes from someone who loved Yatterman, and found Crows Zero 2 very good (the first Crows Zero was bloody awful, though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted June 21, 2012 Author Member Share Posted June 21, 2012 My review: "A tired pop-cult mess by Miike" Ai to Makoto (2012) - http://sketchesofcinema.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/ai-to-makoto-for-loves-sake/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member daisho2004 Posted June 21, 2012 Member Share Posted June 21, 2012 OK from the trailer I don't even know what to make of this movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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