the book and the movie both were absolutely beautiful for me... it's a really subtle thing,in my opinion everything was about that quote: "it's like being nostalgic about something that will never happen"
the music is so suggestive and the movie has something really unique and special.
i assume this is from the book "silk" .( where he smuggles the silk worms out of japan ), jesus . i hope the film was better than the book . the book was the biggest load of pretentious tripe ive ever read .
This was a great movie. I really don't understand the negative comments about this film. It clearly was a love story so, i don't know why people kept "waiting for something to happen" Its not an action film. The acting all around was good and Sei Ashina was great. Just gazing into her eyes was amazing. Only thing i didnt like is when he went back and was confronted he didnt fight back. You travel that distance and you are armed with a gun.Shoot someone,go down fighting(he was French) never mind.
Michael Pitt kind of looks like a younger Leo DiCaprio. He has such a beautiful face. He will be a bigger star once that HBO series Martin Scorcese produced gets started. But Michael needs to watch his weight.
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oh wow! how exotic and oriental. the mysterious culture of the far east never fails to enchant, enthrall, and seduce, with its lush landscapes and passive, exotic women. then! enter the bold, rugged western man, rational and imperious, the only figure capable of conquering this mysterious and sensual landscape.
in other words: anybody who likes this movie is racist
good argument, but you're not putting up any supports.
Anyway, your description about the far east is what they would say about the far west.
"how exotic and oriental. the mysterious culture of the far west never fails to enchant, enthrall, and seduce, with its lush landscapes and passive, exotic women. then! enter the bold, rugged eastern man, rational and imperious, the only figure capable of conquering this mysterious and sensual landscape."
Not necessarily. We may like it because of a particular movie star is among the cast... btw I don't quite like the main character's attitude either...
I just watched the movie, and dont understand why he never sleeps with the woman he loves in Japanm but she alows him to bed her friend!! Someone please explain!!
it had nice scenery .. or atleast the half of the movie i saw did. I had to turn it off. The editing style just putt me off .. I wasn't captivated by the story at all. Keira Knightley's American accent seemed to vanish at some parts too. The music was beautiful though, but i didn't like half of the movie i saw.
This isn't a bad film. Pitt was miscast, true, but he wasn't that bad either. He just didn't have the charisma yet (he didn't live up to that surname.)The producers must've thought that if Ryan Gosling became hot, Michael could also be hot. Not yet.
Try the novel by the same title by Antonio Baricco. Must have been translated into English. As far as I remember, it contains the full letter (but evidently in a 'girl to boy' version ;-) in full.
Wow, I'm totally shocked by all of the negative reviews for this movie. I've watched it twice now and at no point did I find it boring. I loved the soundtrack by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Oh well, maybe it was just too subtle for most people. Sucks to be them.
OMG this movie was so sad. I cried so much! Hehe. Its the type of movie that you only watch once tho. I was wondering why the hell he wanted the japanese girl when he had such a lovely woman back home. Oh well!
No, it isn't suposed to look like or be a dream at all. I would say it portraies somehow lifes reality. Things that happen in peoples lives, however in many ways. And about the end, just as it says in this video info, i would also say that Hélène wrote that letter to him because she wanted to be every woman he may ever fall in love(infatuation ou wahtever) with! She wanted him to be happy.
Lame. The girl they hired to play the Japanese concubine doesn't look European enough, even though that was how her character was described in the book. Whatever.
About silk... and arround it, a love story of a man who goes to the east, to get the best silk, fall in love with a local, but his love in the west is still waiting for him. Moral dillema's!
The movie Silk that I was talking about him being in is Japanese, Chinese, and American all combined (the actors are from all three countries and they speak all three different languages in the movie)!!!! You should check out the trailer!<3 Thanks for you reply though...lol
Wuaa X3 kanata hongo played as a young village boy in this movie huh? XD that gives me an excitement..i can't wait to see the movie..oyea have anyone knows when is the realease date for the worldwide?
I read the book and I think Hongo's character played a significant role. It was really sad and touching when I read the part of the village boy. Good book. I like Hongo's role. He's so cute.
wuuaaaa you have read the book, XD aa~ tell me more bout kanata hongo..ah i mean the village boy XD aih you make me curious and make me want to read the book too :D
The book was really short. The Village boy was like in two chapters, but it was still a significant part. Anwayz, Herve Joncour visits war torn Japan for the fourth time b/c he's so obsessed with the Japanese concubine. When he goes to the village, it is actually burned down and deserted but he encounters a village boy who leads him to some civilization. And that's where the concubine and her master is but something sad happens with the village boy. I don't want to give away any spoilers.
I'll tell you the rest about the village boy but if I do then I'm giving away a major spoiler and the book is really short. I finished it in one day, but if you want to know more about the village boy, just message me and I'll tell you. Hopefully Hongo is playing the village boy.
so.. kanata will only appear from this movie in a shorttime won't he? X3 i wish he will be playing another international movie and he will be one of the main cast too~~~
kanatas the village boy so hes liek not the main cast sooo hes not in the trailer.. unless hes like one of those villagers in reeds for a raincoat at 0:25.
This movie is sooooo bad, soooo boring
JoaoJMatias 1 week ago
this is a beautiful looking movie
TheFutbolClassic 2 weeks ago
love ryuichi sakamoto <3
filetemar 2 months ago
the book and the movie both were absolutely beautiful for me... it's a really subtle thing,in my opinion everything was about that quote: "it's like being nostalgic about something that will never happen"
the music is so suggestive and the movie has something really unique and special.
OlguisisA 2 months ago
i assume this is from the book "silk" .( where he smuggles the silk worms out of japan ), jesus . i hope the film was better than the book . the book was the biggest load of pretentious tripe ive ever read .
olliephelan 5 months ago
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This was an awesome movie, I could watch it again and again...
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TdajjDjdakk 1 year ago
GAAAAAYYYYYYY
askjiir 1 year ago
kyaa the only reason i wanted to watch this was cause of hongo kanata but i cant find it anywhere :'p
prettypink500 1 year ago 2
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just download the sex scene with sei ashina and don't bother with the rest of the movie.
Kiyotaka25 2 years ago
where can i watch this movie?
molopomo02 2 years ago
i have seen it in blockbuster so probably anywhere !
DHansen17 2 years ago
This was a great movie. I really don't understand the negative comments about this film. It clearly was a love story so, i don't know why people kept "waiting for something to happen" Its not an action film. The acting all around was good and Sei Ashina was great. Just gazing into her eyes was amazing. Only thing i didnt like is when he went back and was confronted he didnt fight back. You travel that distance and you are armed with a gun.Shoot someone,go down fighting(he was French) never mind.
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pibada2 2 years ago
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michael pitt is verry ugly and his face is like a duck yyyyiii (my oppinion don't kill me)
jujence 2 years ago
the best movie i have ever seen
tigaranakonda 2 years ago
Did any of you read the book? Read it and then comment.
wuannaa 2 years ago 2
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There happens almost nothing in this movie^^.
Jasmin0402 3 years ago
i didnt see kanata hongo in the trailer :*(
momiji1901 3 years ago
Michael Pitt kind of looks like a younger Leo DiCaprio. He has such a beautiful face. He will be a bigger star once that HBO series Martin Scorcese produced gets started. But Michael needs to watch his weight.
breeze321 3 years ago
i wanna see this movie...
daisuke147 3 years ago
did you like silk? i ended up just fastforwarding to the Hongo scenes...
violentrenaissance 3 years ago 9
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oh wow! how exotic and oriental. the mysterious culture of the far east never fails to enchant, enthrall, and seduce, with its lush landscapes and passive, exotic women. then! enter the bold, rugged western man, rational and imperious, the only figure capable of conquering this mysterious and sensual landscape.
in other words: anybody who likes this movie is racist
LiangZunxian 3 years ago
good argument, but you're not putting up any supports.
Anyway, your description about the far east is what they would say about the far west.
"how exotic and oriental. the mysterious culture of the far west never fails to enchant, enthrall, and seduce, with its lush landscapes and passive, exotic women. then! enter the bold, rugged eastern man, rational and imperious, the only figure capable of conquering this mysterious and sensual landscape."
All countries r ethnocentric indifferentlevels.
sasakikenneth 3 years ago
Not necessarily. We may like it because of a particular movie star is among the cast... btw I don't quite like the main character's attitude either...
albagaedra 3 years ago
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tiny asian penis syndrome!!!!!!
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u got the tiny asian peeepeee??
kdb1077 2 years ago
Hongo has the same birthday as me =) haha November 15 woohoo~!
just wanted to share that .
IceT4uProductions 3 years ago 2
the book is also available in english:
SILK.
Off course the film is not a match to the book
Also in english "Ocean sea" is a must.
Alessandro Baricco is one of the best things that have happened in Italy in the last 15 yrs.
claudio2055 3 years ago
I just watched the movie, and dont understand why he never sleeps with the woman he loves in Japanm but she alows him to bed her friend!! Someone please explain!!
Shanon500 3 years ago
What Song Is This??
Ruh93 3 years ago
it had nice scenery .. or atleast the half of the movie i saw did. I had to turn it off. The editing style just putt me off .. I wasn't captivated by the story at all. Keira Knightley's American accent seemed to vanish at some parts too. The music was beautiful though, but i didn't like half of the movie i saw.
BrynnBraxtany 3 years ago
sorry for crappy english. It's not my native language.
BrynnBraxtany 3 years ago
This isn't a bad film. Pitt was miscast, true, but he wasn't that bad either. He just didn't have the charisma yet (he didn't live up to that surname.)The producers must've thought that if Ryan Gosling became hot, Michael could also be hot. Not yet.
sephi1573 3 years ago
does anyone know where i can find the soundtrack?
kartowskiromgirl 3 years ago
does anyone know where i can get a copy of the letter..its great letter to read to a your girlfriend
phredd1213 3 years ago
Try the novel by the same title by Antonio Baricco. Must have been translated into English. As far as I remember, it contains the full letter (but evidently in a 'girl to boy' version ;-) in full.
threehalves 3 years ago
I'm Mexican and I like Asian girls a lot, but if I see an Asian girl with a White guy 1 more time I think i'm gonna explode !!!!!!!!
What do White guys have that we Mexicans don't ?
mexico1993 3 years ago
Asian and Hispanic babies look weird. =P I should know because I am one. :D
toxictears1145 3 years ago
i saw your videos, you don't look weird you're actually pretty :)
mexico1993 3 years ago
thanks ^.^
toxictears1145 3 years ago
OMG i need to knwo this song!!
i cant find it anywhere!
02123617 3 years ago
WTF is all about with the songs and music on every video comments?
VisualDemonAr 3 years ago
cause the song is really good!
02123617 3 years ago
Does anyone know where I can download this song online?
xaphxaph 3 years ago
itunes
MasterPainBetty 3 years ago
Wow, I'm totally shocked by all of the negative reviews for this movie. I've watched it twice now and at no point did I find it boring. I loved the soundtrack by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Oh well, maybe it was just too subtle for most people. Sucks to be them.
Karbonx2 3 years ago 11
I just kept waiting in anticipation for something to happen, and nothing did.
plntygood 3 years ago
i have seen it so beautiful .
Russiana009 3 years ago 3
Is this another romanticized chick flick that takes place in 日本 made for 美國的女人?
SenMuJie 3 years ago
I Have tried to finish this movie two times now, I just can't. It's so boring.
Shaumbrahedvig 3 years ago
I LOVE THIS SONG SING BOY
belikejcn08 3 years ago
this was pretty much the entire movie. i just saved you two hours of total boredom. But it was very pretty.
IncredibleShrinkinMe 3 years ago
Very nice movie Michael Pitt is amazing you guys should watch dreamers another great movie with him
purplestarr88 3 years ago
What a most senusal and most beautiful Film !!
59mar 3 years ago 3
i cried too. :(
i love the song :X
does anyone know the name of the song?
doutzen11 3 years ago
kanata is in this movie ??? ._.
xxcriskxx 3 years ago
yep..
xxzukinokoxx 3 years ago
thx ;D ... haa .. excited .. u hav ani idea where this movie can bi found ?
xxcriskxx 3 years ago
oh..sorry,i dun hve an idea..
waat.jeez..i cnt understnd him.
xxzukinokoxx 3 years ago
he was the boy who hung himself just after Michael Pitts character gave him a gift of the telescope.
bugabut 3 years ago
That's different from the book. He didn't hang himself. He was executed by hanging.
Wolfe
Ardenwolfe 3 years ago
OMG this movie was so sad. I cried so much! Hehe. Its the type of movie that you only watch once tho. I was wondering why the hell he wanted the japanese girl when he had such a lovely woman back home. Oh well!
CharlisseAngel 3 years ago 3
someone explain the ending of this movie. was it all a dream or something.
trumpet5432 3 years ago
It was to Ludovic to whom he told the story
that's all-
why should it have been a dream?
I don't get what you were thinking.-It was no dream be assured.
59mar 3 years ago
No, it isn't suposed to look like or be a dream at all. I would say it portraies somehow lifes reality. Things that happen in peoples lives, however in many ways. And about the end, just as it says in this video info, i would also say that Hélène wrote that letter to him because she wanted to be every woman he may ever fall in love(infatuation ou wahtever) with! She wanted him to be happy.
^_^
masnhdse 3 years ago
nice video ^_^ joisii
Exkalibur27 3 years ago
ke bonito xacu me encanta verlo te kedo divino xte....
lachicadeayer6 3 years ago
Kanata..zuper cute ^^
issamarrm 3 years ago
is kanata going to speak english??
phlowt 4 years ago
dis be dat baby making musik rite here...=]
foodisadrug 4 years ago
excuse me anyone know when this comes out on dvd in uk or has it already
PirateTrashCan 4 years ago
where is jun kunimura in this movie?
fekiramic 4 years ago
How is Kanata-san involved in this movie?
KyuubiChanni 4 years ago
anyone know what this song is called.. by any small chance?...x
amy1bm 4 years ago
possibly 'silk theme' or something...
music by ryuichi sakamoto
aroofre 4 years ago
you just ruined the film by telling the whole story seriously why?
caoikee 4 years ago
all i've read are bad reviews about the movie... =(
s00beautiful 4 years ago
yu ruined the movie in your description. thanks alot.
b1tchesgetstitches 4 years ago 7
Lame. The girl they hired to play the Japanese concubine doesn't look European enough, even though that was how her character was described in the book. Whatever.
pleasance 4 years ago
wow
saraliv8 4 years ago
cant wait for this !! KANATA <3.
m43ch4n 4 years ago
kyaaaa xD wonder wut role kanata is gonna have~
wadashililidesu 4 years ago
This looks so sad!! T_T But can't wait to see it :D
Yuxo 4 years ago
ahhmmmm on september 16...i guess but i'm pretty sure on september ...2007^^ anyways love kanata super..^^
israck03 4 years ago
when will it come out does anyone know? please mail me if you do!
Cardcaptorsakura1546 4 years ago
this looks depressing.
GoooeyCheese 4 years ago
can't want till it come out.
znare 4 years ago
hey you guys.
THIS is the movie where kanata stars in.
the little boy in the chinese/jap/ american horror move silk is called Chen Kuan Po.
joysii 4 years ago
whwats the movie about
TriggerHappy96 4 years ago
About silk... and arround it, a love story of a man who goes to the east, to get the best silk, fall in love with a local, but his love in the west is still waiting for him. Moral dillema's!
Fuzzemz 4 years ago
hongo kanata!eh!!
that will be the only reason i will see this, i'm in love with that boy. :D
<33
miyavina 4 years ago
same here.
agbayani121 4 years ago
same! i don't care how small of a part he has!!! im watching it!! xP
when i told my friends this they were lik... ur a loser!
but i dont really care cuz he is soo cute!!!
hikari1013 4 years ago
The movie Silk that I was talking about him being in is Japanese, Chinese, and American all combined (the actors are from all three countries and they speak all three different languages in the movie)!!!! You should check out the trailer!<3 Thanks for you reply though...lol
julesxox 4 years ago
Are you sure Hongo is in this movie because there is this other movie called Silk and he plays a ghost in there?
julesxox 4 years ago
yupp im sure!
he plays the village boy
yeayea i saw the horror movie in cinemas awhile ago but its chinese so im sure he isnt in it.
joysii 4 years ago
waaahhh!!! where's kanata???
doko???!!!!
gokusaiyuki12 4 years ago
HAHAHthanks grprsa!!
daymmnnn maybe i should buy the book too :)
joysii 4 years ago
@joysii Im guessing the book is better than the movies... :) Good movie tho
Synth9960 1 year ago
Wuaa X3 kanata hongo played as a young village boy in this movie huh? XD that gives me an excitement..i can't wait to see the movie..oyea have anyone knows when is the realease date for the worldwide?
AlizeRosenkreuz 4 years ago
I read the book and I think Hongo's character played a significant role. It was really sad and touching when I read the part of the village boy. Good book. I like Hongo's role. He's so cute.
grprsa 4 years ago
wuuaaaa you have read the book, XD aa~ tell me more bout kanata hongo..ah i mean the village boy XD aih you make me curious and make me want to read the book too :D
AlizeRosenkreuz 4 years ago
The book was really short. The Village boy was like in two chapters, but it was still a significant part. Anwayz, Herve Joncour visits war torn Japan for the fourth time b/c he's so obsessed with the Japanese concubine. When he goes to the village, it is actually burned down and deserted but he encounters a village boy who leads him to some civilization. And that's where the concubine and her master is but something sad happens with the village boy. I don't want to give away any spoilers.
grprsa 4 years ago
I'll tell you the rest about the village boy but if I do then I'm giving away a major spoiler and the book is really short. I finished it in one day, but if you want to know more about the village boy, just message me and I'll tell you. Hopefully Hongo is playing the village boy.
grprsa 4 years ago
Hoho XD thx yo~ same as joysii... want to buy the book too >< hehehe what is the title of the book anyway? X3
AlizeRosenkreuz 4 years ago
Ahihi. XDD I know what'll happen to the poor village boy. T_T
genkainai04 4 years ago
HAHAHA where is heee?? :(
elmomomo 4 years ago
the film looks terible
but kanata is in this i know, well not my kinda film so i will not be watching it
if anyone see's this lol tell me the sceen with kanata then i will watch it :P
kanatapaw 4 years ago
HAHA. yippy joyce. like 5 minutes of hongo kanata in the movie
noeell 4 years ago
so.. kanata will only appear from this movie in a shorttime won't he? X3 i wish he will be playing another international movie and he will be one of the main cast too~~~
AlizeRosenkreuz 4 years ago
kanatas the village boy so hes liek not the main cast sooo hes not in the trailer.. unless hes like one of those villagers in reeds for a raincoat at 0:25.
joysii 4 years ago
is this movie in youtube already??.. where's kanata?? i havent seen him..
unknownghurl033 4 years ago
where's kanata hongo!?!
SimpleLing 4 years ago
OOHS,
it reminds me of pride&prejudice.
especially with keira knightly in it
:D nice.
suggaplum 4 years ago