MOVIES and TV
on Japan and Japanese things
Interesting movies, DVDs, anime, TV on Japan and Japanese things. えいが、映画、テレビ、テレビ番組、アニメ etc.
Movies and DVDs
Arrietty
While watching the movie 'The secret world of Arrietty' students listen to how many times they hear particular expressions and words relating to family and family life. After watching the movie, students match the characters with their names in Japanese and complete a plot summary in English. Answers included. Donated by A Evrat
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Arrietty quiz
Ss watch the movie 'The secret world of Arrietty' and answer questions about the movie and give it a star rating. Donated by G Eeley
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Astro Boy 2009 DVD worksheet
Worksheet based on the Astro Boy 2009 DVD looking at the characters and descriptions of the characters. Worksheet is in English, Japanese and includes an answer sheet. Donated by S Fenton
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Burke's Backyard in Japan DVD
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General movie Q and A sheet
General question and answer sheet which be used with any movie or short video. Donated by A Wilson
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Happy family plan booklet
Ss watch the movie Happy family plan and complete the various activities related to the movie including discussing cultural aspects of the movie, character analysis, application form writing, writing a paragraph introducing one of the families in the movie, creating a facebook profile page for one of the characters. http://www.happyfamilyplan.com/ Donated by: S Fuller
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Howl's moving castle
Students learn about the characters and the plot of Howl's moving castle. Use this worksheet before viewing the movie.
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Howl's moving castle
Students watch the movie and discuss what happens in various scenes. Then write a movie review. Donated by T. MacDonald
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Karate Kid Treasure Hunt
Worksheet where Ss answer questions about Karate and the Karate Kid movie. Donated by J Silvy
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Karate Kid Trivia
Ss watch the Karate Kid movie and then complete the trivia questions. Donated by B James
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Monkey magic さいゆうき
PowerPoint Slide for students to copy down before watching movie... lists キャラクター they need to know and gives a space for an あらすじ that students will need to complete/add to as they watch the movie. Donated by T. MacDonald
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My neighbour totoro
Students discover the differences between their homes and Japanese homes. Students also write a description of one of the characters in the movie. Donated by T. MacDonald
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My Neighbour Totoro hiragana reading
Read the hiragana and work out which character name it is from the movie Totoro. Donated by P Namadate
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My Neighbour Totoro (Hiragana questions)
Watch the movie and answer the Japanese questions in English (or Japanese if able). (Target level - Year 10) Donated by K Crosby
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My neighbours the Yamadas
Ss watch the movie 'My neighbours the Yamadas' and then complete questions about families, compare Japanese and Australian families, analyse the typical family and modern lifestyle, and create a concept map of all their ideas. Donated by: K Smith
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Ponyo
Questions and activities related to the Ponyo movie. Donated by A Pollock.
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Shall we dance
Movie about learning ball room dancing. Donated by T. MacDonald
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Spirited away
PowerPoint including information about the producer of Spirited away and questions about the characters. Includes teacher and student slides (for printing). Donated by Miho.
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Sumo do Sumo don't しこふんじゃった
Students learn about Sumo and the training that sumo wrestlers go through. DVD available from: http://www.tapeservices.sa.edu.au/ Donated by T. MacDonald
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The girl who leapt through time
Ss watch the movie 'The Girl Who Leapt Through Time' and answer questions about the characters and plot. Donated by N Henschke
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Totoro Film reviews
Worksheet where students read various film review of the movie Totoro and discuss whether or not the film reviews were positive or negative and why. Donated by N Bynum
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Totoro movie worksheet
Ss watch the Totoro movie and answer questions. Ss look at old Japanese houses including sliding paper doors, removing shoes when entering a house, futon mats, living rooms without chairs etc. Ss compare their house with the Japanese style house. Donated by K Morita
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TV and J-Drama
Churasan
Get your students interested in J-Drama with Churasan. Great 15 minute episodes - perfect for the end of the lesson. Complete series download available from: http://silentregrets.com/completed-jdramas/churasan.php (Click on the link 'Megafolder'.) |
The Simpsons in Japan Watch the video of The Simpsons in Japan (Season 10 Episode 23). Then answer questions. Students then create a Simpson avatar on the Internet, print it out and write a short profile or introduction o the character.
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Videos of interest
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Futuristic Japanese cars
A quick look at some cool Japanese car prototypes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpAgUMUlhw4 |
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Japanese Robot of the year (2007)
Various interesting robots from Japan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3f6BOrD9Ek |
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Rice field art
Japanese rice growers put different types of rice species into their fields to create amazing art. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ6r41z7kLw&feature=player_embedded OR http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6719123n&tag=related;photovideo |
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Tongue twisters (Hayakuchi) Crocodile - Wani |
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Tongue twisters (Hayakuchi) |
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Websites
http://club.pep.ne.jp/~hiroette/en/facemarks/
Japanese emoticons/smilies
Electrical appliances
http://www.neverland.to/kanji/gate.html
Reading Kanji on electrical appliances. Kanji explained with pictures.
Japanese 'My space'
http://mixi.jp/show_log.pl
Biggest on-line networking site in Japan with more than 4 million participants. Students can create their own profile, upload photos, write a diary entry etc. Japanese version of ‘facebook’ or ‘myspace’,.
Movie, books, game top charts
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/
Contains ranking charts for music, movies, books and magazines, as well as game software, comics, dramas and even commercials. Useful when gathering information for comparative cultural studies (or the new Intercultural Investigations). Compare what rates well in Japan with that back here in Australia or the US.
Movie new releases
http://www.eiga.com/index.shtml
Information about recent releases and reviews of already released movies.
Movie trailers
http://www.apple.com/jp/trailers/
Free downloadable Japanese movie trailers.
TV commercials
http://www.cmjapan.com/
Japanese TV commercials
TV guide
http://tv.yahoo.co.jp/
Japanese TV program guide. Search by prefecture, day & date, time slot or genre.
Weather
http://weather.msn.co.jp/world.armx
Japan's weather
Weather report
http://www.tenki.jp/syoh/weekly_300k.html
Watch TV broadcast of daily, weekly or monthly weather through Windows Media player