Amoredben@aol.com wrote in message news:<9218a0e.0401281824.60b96591@posting.google.com>...
> I thought Violent Cop and Tampopo were great films. I also liked a
> couple Akira Kurosawa film, but I don't remember the names of any of
> them. I never saw The Seven Samurai because it was really long and the
> subtitles were bad. Are there any other good ones available with
> English subtitles. If they have blurred subtitles like those Hong Kong
> Films, I'm not interested.

I always liked 'Ganbatte Ikimasshoi' by Itsumichi Isomura and with the
very cute Rena Tanaka in the main role. I caught it on a Virgin
Atlantic flight from London to Tokyo and watched it several times that
flight. Bought the DVD in Japan which has English subtitles.

Here is some good info:
    http://www.geocities.com/seriallain/Ganbatte/