Asahinagu [MOVIE/STAGE]

Japan Box Office: Weekend Ranking (Sep 23-24)
Rank. (Prev. Rank) Movie Title / Number Of Screens / Weeks
1. (New) Namiya Zakkaten No Kiseki / 321 Screens / 1
2. (New) Asahinagu / 148 Screens / 1
3. (2) Dunkirk / 346 Screens / 3
Asahinagu Debuted In Second Place, Selling 94,000 Admission In 2 Days And Makes 126 Million Yen Revenue

Source: http://eiga.com/ranking/

 

94000 is a lot. Hope the movie gonna stay longer.

 

Glad to know it's doing well, I already did my part to support the movie by watching it several times

 

So, objectively, is it good or not? Without biased of course.

 

I'm interested about this also... haven't watched the movie yet. The content material (manga) was unique since it showcased Naginata, but the story is quite your typical sports manga (hardwork, friendship, believe, etc. etc.).

So I guess being good/not will be reflected more by member's performances and the production. So far I've seen some "in the making" cuts and saw Shiraishi and Ito Marika did quite a good one. Other than that, I dunno

 

Asahinagu wouldnt has chance to rank if it's release on manatsu. They choose good timing. This is showed in less 150 theater, so the result is good.

As expected Marika praised here and there for her acting with Reika and Iku following.

 

Hmmm, if I rate, i'd give it a 3/5 rating, it's an OK movie, funny,a bit of drama and the naginata scenes were good but I have no base to compare it with though. There were some over-the-top acting which I think was intentional (no idea how live Japanese movies are like since this is the first I've seen, I watched a lot of anime though but it's different)
Story is just simple (can't compare with the manga since I have not read it)
Acting well ...
- Nanase needs to work more on her acting
- Marika,Maiyan were good - can project different types of emotion
- Ikuchan good but just few screen time and dialogue (liked the last scene of Nene Ichido though kinda showed the tough on the outside, marshmallow on the inside kind of person)
- Sayuringo's character is quite similar to her Bemars' , it was sometimes annoying
- Reika did ok with her kinda yankee character

 

I will have to check it out this weekend.

 

Maybe it's a dumb question.
What is the difference of Naginata and Kendo's weapon?
And then, these 2 sports are so similiar, isn't it? They both using same protector mask and same uniform. Cmiiw.

 

Naginata is a pole weapon. The shinai, which is used for Kendo, is a sword.

Can't say much about the technique itself, though. They're probably similarities and differences between the two sport.

 

Yeah, Naginata is much longer than Shinai.
I'm still confused the difference between these 2 sports.

Anyway, thanks.

 

@kanjo What was Matsumura’s character supposed to be like?

 

^Okay got it. I thought you added Kubo because she would be really good in the role and not because of her personality.

I wonder if the manga fans hate the change?

 

Wow, thank you for the explanation

 

I wish I could watch the movie but I don't live in Japan and don't know any Japanese.

Maybe if it cones out on DVD, can someone sub it and put in on this thread?? I saw the trailer and now I'm dying to watch the full thing

 

if the video does not show watch the video here

 

^ Are the BTS the DVD extras for the 19th single? Is that what that video is about?

 

it's a digest video from the announcement of the asahinagu project, which is also a bonus content on the DVD, will be on all types it seems.
the first 2 mins was the announcement from the 5th year BD live, i still remembered it since i was there lol