Blue Spring

The Kid on the Escalator · #1 26th March 2004, 10:24 AM

Wow. I was completely blown away by this film; it's in a similar vein to Battle Royale, in regards to rebellious highschool kids and extreme violence. From what I've heard, certain Japanese highschools aren't too far off from what this movie depicts. Whereas Battle Royale drops the ball a bit because of the inherent cheesiness and cartoonish violence at times, Blue Spring holds on to it throughout the entire movie with strong performances and realistic violence, delivering an unforgettable finale. To top things off, the soundtrack is one of the best I've heard. Must see, must see, must see....you get the idea.

Gang members playing a game of "Clapping" to see who becomes the new gang leader

Commando Zero · #2 26th March 2004, 10:43 AM

30HK$ at DDDhouse.

...note to self: include Blue Sping in my next order...

Judge Rage · #3 26th March 2004, 06:42 PM

There's a pretty good review on Midnight Eye. I think I am going to have to put this on my list, too.

Yani · #4 27th March 2004, 07:34 PM

Renting it tomorrow, I'll let you guys know what I thought.

I'm interested in this one.

EDIT: Actually, it wasn't this movie. It was called 'The Blue Light' (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400174/)... but I'm checking it out anyway.

papercut · #5 29th March 2004, 09:06 PM

"Blue Spring" is one of my favorite movies of all time, as well as having one of the best soundtracks (speaking of which, does anyone know where to find the soundtrack?)

... There are really schools like this?... Wow...

Yani · #6 29th March 2004, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by papercut

"Blue Spring" is one of my favorite movies of all time, as well as having one of the best soundtracks (speaking of which, does anyone know where to find the soundtrack?)

I dunno where to find it but the names of few songs might help.

Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Drop
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Akage no Kelly (The Redhead Kelly)
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Boogie
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Mona Lisa
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - September Punk Children

Best luck finding those! I'm seriously thinking of buying this movie. The HK disc is so cheap and supposedly quite good quality.

papercut · #7 29th March 2004, 10:07 PM

Thanks for the song list, Yani! That clinches it - I need to go on a rampage and get my hands on all the Elephant I can!

As far as the HK disk goes, I'd give it a thumbs up. Good quality (IMHO, but I'm not an expert, so...) and no really weird English subtitles, which may be good for inadvertant humor but are usually just irritating.

The Kid on the Escalator · #8 1st April 2004, 11:34 AM

Because of this movie, I checked out more songs by Thee Michelle Gun Elephant...I now have another favorite Japanese rock group. *swoon*

Yani · #9 1st April 2004, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by The Kid on the Escalator

Because of this movie, I checked out more songs by Thee Michelle Gun Elephant...I now have another favorite Japanese rock group. *swoon*

It all happens by accidents.

*trying to find Thee Michelle Gun Elephant when I have time*

Mandi Apple · #10 31st May 2004, 09:33 AM

Artsmagic are releasing Blue Spring on R1 NTSC in July (according to their list - it's in the Coming Soon section!) - hopefully we should be doing a review for it fairly soon...

Mandi Apple · #11 7th December 2004, 10:10 PM

I apologise for all these flyer-posts, but I'm currently about 47 pages into MovieWalker's collection, and this is a nice pic for Aoi haru - I wish I could post it but it's 123kb

http://www.walkerplus.com/phtml/all/...=mo1127_f1.jpg

Mandi Apple · #12 21st January 2005, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Phil - ArtsmagicDVD

Blue Spring

Blue Spring DVD is be available from major outlets and also available from Amazon.com website

The Blue Spring DVD is Digitally Enhanced 16:9 Anamorphic Presentation, Widescreen and contains additional features such as Scene Selection, Interview with Toshiaki Toyoda, Commentry with Tom Mes, Biographies, Filmographies and an Artwork Show Reel.

A number of websites have already reviewed Blue Spring and have put their opinions online.
Check out what they think about it in our reviews section at http://www.artsmagicdvd.com/catalogu...luespring.html.

Copied from the 9 Souls thread.

I Am a RainyDog damnet! · #13 31st January 2005, 02:11 PM

I love it. A great ****ing movie with characters that I can identify with. Toshiaki toyota is ingenuis. Check out Varie Celluloid,my friend Josh who runs the site seems to love him. Part of his review is on the DVD for 9 Souls.

onanie-bomb · #14 31st January 2005, 09:53 PM

If anyone likes Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, get the album Rodeo Tandem Beat Specter.

I love this movie, I'm saving up for the Japanese DVD b/c the Artsmagic doesn't have all the cool extras, just a really drab commentary by Tom Mes.

Chryse · #15 26th August 2005, 06:36 AM

Just heard from the KineJapan list that Toyoda's been arrested for possession of illegal drugs, discovered in his home. Asmik Ace might delay release of his next film, due out in October.

Yani · #16 26th August 2005, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Chryse

Just heard from the KineJapan list that Toyoda's been arrested for possession of illegal drugs, discovered in his home. Asmik Ace might delay release of his next film, due out in October.

That's surprising! I wonder how is it - does he get a jailtime in Japan for such crimes?

Mandi Apple · #17 26th August 2005, 08:12 PM

Having seen some of his movies, I can't say I'm surprised at all

Thanks for the information Chryse...

Hummy · #18 12th December 2005, 01:49 AM

I was wondering whether or not it was possible to buy the soundtrack somewhere?

Mandi Apple · #19 12th December 2005, 08:25 AM

The same question was asked at the top of this page - there doesn't seem to be an official release of the soundtrack but Yani detailed some tracks from the movie by Thee Michelle Gun Elephant in his post here.