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Hey guys, my name is Kevin. I'm here with Yamachan.
And you're listening to Kevin's English Stream Podcast.
Thank you for listening, as always.
Is that almond milk you just poured?
Yeah.
You like it?
Yes, I love almond milk.
What? You like it?
Well, today I'm going to ask you, what is your favorite movie?
Okay.
So...
Do you like movies?
I do. I love movies.
One of the... Okay, if I had to move to a new city,
one of the criteria that it has to pass is there's a Tsutaya nearby.
Because I love watching movies so much.
So you go to the Tsutaya shop and like borrow their DVDs.
Yeah.
And see their house.
Yes.
So, main genres that I like is action or like Pixar, Disney kind of movies.
Those are the two main things that I love.
You are...
You like Disney Pixar kind of movies.
Yeah.
I've never known about that.
I love Disney Pixar movies.
Really?
Like, I like Mr. Incredible the most.
Oh.
If it's a Pixar movie.
Right. I like that too.
Mr. Incredible Toy Story.
I love Toy Story.
You look like Mr. Incredible by the way.
Wow. That's a compliment man.
That's some serious compliment right there.
That's a serious... Thank you man.
Okay. And...
Well...
I cried in Finding Nemo.
Really?
Yeah, I cried.
Actually, I've never seen that movie.
Oh, okay.
What?
In Japanese it's "Karu no Sora to Ujiisan".
But if it's in English it's "Up".
Oh. I don't know that.
If it's an action movie, I would go with Jason Bourne.
Oh yeah. The Spy after the movie.
Yeah.
And...
I remember when we were college students.
Yeah.
And I once went to your house.
You remember?
Yeah.
And we watched the movie together.
Jason Bourne?
No. It was...
It was a serious American action movie.
White House Down.
Right, right, right.
Yeah. It was White House Down.
That was some serious American movie.
Yeah.
But it was great.
But it was fun.
Yeah.
Those kinds of things...
Yeah, I...
I like most of the major scene ones.
Major cinemas.
What are you looking for?
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The paper.
Oh.
Look at the paper here.
Right, right.
But you said you like Love Alive 2, right?
Yes!
So...
The dramas.
Right.
Those are... I love those too.
Just as much as the action in the Pixar movies.
Lala Land?
Yeah.
I like...
About Time?
I guess those two are like top...
For me too, actually.
Dramas that I love.
Have you seen the movie called...
I don't know the English title, but...
It must be like...
Are letters for you?
Or letters I read for you?
Or letters I write for you?
What's that in Japanese?
Kimi ni Yomu Monogatari.
No, never seen it.
You should definitely check that.
Good?
It's good.
It's like human drama.
Such as About Time.
It's more love story, but...
Yeah, so I'm not so much drawn into the love story version.
I'm more into like...
What's about life that's beautiful?
Right, right.
The beauty of a person...
Like the beauty of...
The drama in a person's life.
That's what really draws me.
Just like Lala Land and About Time.
Right.
Okay.
Then Time?
What was that?
Time.
Time.
I'm pretty sure that was called Time.
Life?
Life.
Yeah, I've seen that.
I've seen that.
Right.
No, I didn't really enjoy it that much.
Oh, really?
It didn't really hit me.
That much?
What's the reason?
I don't know.
I just...
It was very beautiful.
So many scenic places.
He goes around the world, right?
Right, beautiful pictures.
Like...
I guess...
What I'm drawn to is the fact that...
If the main character is in a similar situation as I am,
that's when it really clicks to me, I guess.
In the movie Life, it really wasn't...
I couldn't really connect with anything,
so it didn't really come.
But with the other movies like Lala Land and About Time,
it was...
I could, you know...
I understand what he's going through.
So that's...
I guess it's...
Right.
You know, a beauty for me.
What's your favorite movie then?
Well, About Time, Lala Land,
Same As You,
and...
What else?
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Oh, I remember the Japanese film.
Do you see Japanese film, by the way?
Hmm?
Do you see Japanese film?
Yeah.
Really?
I like the...
Yokomichi Onosuke.
Do you know that movie?
Yokomichi Onosuke.
No.
You should check that.
It's kind of a rather love story, but...
But you know, the protagonist is called Yokomichi Onosuke,
and it's about his life.
Hmm.
So...
Maybe you'll like it.
It's really heartwarming.
Heartwarming.
Okay.
A little bit sad.
Okay.
I'll check that out.
But feel happy, like warm.
Okay.
You okay, man?
Yeah, I smashed my chopsticks.
Oh, you still have to eat your little salad.
Yeah.
You can use that chopstick, right?
Right.
Like this.
Yeah.
Okay.
You're using a half-side chopstick now.
Yeah.
And also look at this.
It's the head and the butt.
And I went to...
Recently, I went to...
Like one week ago,
I went to the theater in Yokohama
and watched the Ghibli films.
That was great.
I saw Mononoke Hime, Nausicaa.
Right.
Those were great.
Are they social distancing in cinemas?
Yeah, right, right.
You have to open a seat?
Mm-hmm.
But it was great.
The Ghibli films, that's amazing too.
I like Sen to Chihiro no Kanagashi.
I saw that too.
That's the number one on my list.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
Well, actually, I've seen these Ghibli movies
when I was really kind of a little kid.
Yeah.
With my parents, not understanding what it is.
Like, choose monsters.
Yeah.
And I didn't know what is going on,
but, you know,
now I'm...
They all have a meaning.
Right.
I can see that now.
Yeah.
And I feel that,
and I finally understand
the greatness of these films.
Yeah, it's definitely amazing.
I once had a high school teacher.
His subject was Koten.
He would only talk about Ghibli movies.
Every subject he talks about was a Ghibli movie.
He doesn't use a textbook.
He uses Ghibli films as a textbook.
So the class starts,
and he would air Sen to Chihiro.
Right?
And he would play start.
The opening starts,
and then he would stop every, like,
five or ten seconds.
And he would explain,
"This scene, what this does,
what this means is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah."
Right.
And then we would all take notes on that.
So Chihiro is growing up.
Maybe that means something, something, something, right?
The note here with the flower
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means something, something, something.
And it really actually makes sense.
And it's very logical.
Right.
And, yeah, everybody liked that class.
It was a popular class.
It was a great class.
It is a great class.
A great teacher.
Yeah, it's a great teacher.
We all love him.
The films are, you know,
deeply related to the Japanese cultures.
So it's really like Koten,
like Japanese culture class.
Yeah.
It's great.
It was great.
Yeah, I want to take that class again if I have the time.
Yeah.
And I guess that's the end of the episode.
Thanks for listening again, guys.
Bye-bye.
Bye bye.
