Doing Tim (directed by Sai Yoichi) is a film based on a Japanese comic (manga) written by Hanawa Kazuichi, which in tern is based on a real life experience - his own experience. The main character of the story, Hanawa (wonderfully played by Yamazaki Tsutomu, best known for Tampopo), is a big lover of firearms; he collects replica guns and takes part in war games. For his hobby he gets thrown in to an "A type prison" (a Japanese version of a low security prison). This film deals with very serious issues of prison life tolled from the perspective of Hanawa and his cellmates. This story is not only interesting because it gives us a glimpse at a Japanese prison, which is very different from most western prisons, but also because it is presented in a different, refreshing way. It uses unusually heightened humor for such a subject matter, sometimes ironic humor, and what is most refreshing, no violence or at least no physical violence. The only "violent"

I found this film very enjoyfull and easy to watch, yet working on many different levels. Doing Time is humorous and serious at the same time. I think that many different people would enjoy watching this film. I would definitely love to have it in my collection, and would be very interested to look at the manga.

Spirited Away is charmingly beautifull film from Hayao Miyazaki with which I fell in love from the very beginning. It is a film that appeals both to childrien and adults. It's fairy tale-like story is beautifully simple in the regard that it flows very easy into the viewer's mind even if Japanese is not the language that you can understand and you are limited by reading subtitles, which often can subtract from the experience. This film communicated it's story to me on emotional and visual level, and since I am a vey emotionally and visually receptive person it suited me very well. The intricatelly detailed and beautifull backgrounds have certainly added to the mood, and made it much easier

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