Culture Talk | Some movie recommendations for language exchange (Japanese 日本語 & Chinese 中文)

Summary

One man’s meat is another man’s poison. But today Lori and Mai talks about their meat in the Japanese and Mandarin movie industry. Not just that, there’s more about the movie cultures in Japan and Taiwan coming up.

Outline for today’s episode:

1. Movie genres in Japanese and Chinese
2. Japanese/Chinese translations of movie titles 
3. On movie-watching experience and cultures
4. Movie recommendation list (3 Japanese, 3 Mandarin)

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10 movie genres we mention in the episode

English | Japanese | Chinese

1. Action – アクション – 動作片/动作片_{dòng zuò piàn}
2. Comedy – コメディ – 喜劇片/喜剧片_{xǐ jù piān}
3. Drama – ヒューマンドラマ – 劇情片/剧情片_{jù qíng piān}
4. Romance – 恋愛 or ロマンス- 浪漫片/浪漫愛情片/浪漫爱情片_{làng màn ài qíng piàn}
5. Horror – ホラー – 恐怖片_{kǒng bù piàn}
6. Animation – アニメ―ション – 動畫片/动画片_{dòng huà piàn}　
7. Thriller (Suspense) – スリラー (サスペンス) – 驚悚(懸疑)片/惊悚(悬疑)片_{jīng sǒng xuán yí piān}
8. Sci-fi – SF エスエフ – 科幻片_{kē huàn piān}
9. Fantasy – ファンタジー – 奇幻片_{qí huàn piān}
10. Documentary – ドキュメンタリー – 紀錄片/纪录片_{jì lù piàn}

Famous movie titles in Japan and Taiwan

English | Japanese | Chinese

■The titles we mention in the episode;

Frozen – アナと雪の女王 – 冰雪奇緣_{bīng xuě jī yuán}

Coco – リメンバー・ミー – 可可夜總會_{kě kě yè zǒng huì}

In Time – TIME/タイム – 鐘點戰_{zhōng diǎn zhàn}

■Here are some other examples;

Roman Holiday – ローマの休日 – 羅馬假期_{luó mǎ jià qī}

Monsters, Inc. – モンスターズ・インク – 怪獸電力公司_{guài shòu diàn lì gōng sī}

The Fast and the Furious – ワイルド・スピード – 玩命關頭_{wán mìng guān tóu}

Six movies we introduce in the episode

Japanese movies

■おもひでぽろぽろ_{-おもいでぽろぽろ-}（Only yesterday) 1991
Genre: Amination (Studio Ghibli)

■舟を編む_{-ふねをあむ-} (The Great Passage) 2013
Genre: Drama/Romance

■八日目の蝉_{-ようかめのせみ-}（Rebirth) 2011
Genre: Suspense

Taiwanese/Chinese movies

■返校_{fǎn jiào} (Detention) 2019
Genre: Comedy/Horror

■不能說的秘密/不能说的秘密_{bù néng shuì de mì mì} (Secret) 2007
Genre: Drama/Romance

■让子弹飞/讓子彈飛_{ràng zǐ dàn fēi} (Let the bullets fly) 2010
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Action

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