[REQ] Nihon junjo-den okashina futari (1988)

[ArtasKo]

AKA The Strange Pair

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125444/

Based on the comic book by Jūzō Yamasaki and Kei Sadayasu.
Rewiev by Oscar Lau:
The central story revolves around a love triangle between a loan shark, his wife, and their childhood friend who is recently released from jail, but it was told from a fourth-person perspective, an unreliable narrator (at the end of the film it implies the story is an imaginative fabrication of the narrator). There’s a subplot about a seaside cinema having its last show, playing Shima Koji’s 1952 film Shanghai gaeri no Lil, with the then-retired leading man playing a part in this film, thus further blurring the margin between the real and the fabrication. The film is imbued with Obayashi’s idiosyncratic narrative device, absurd slapstick humour, extravagant use of colours (the bright red and blue suits worn by the two leads for instance). But it really took a while for me to figure out the major storyline of the film, and I hardly connect with the characters as Obayashi painted them either cartoonish or excessive. Nevertheless, there’s never a dull moment visually.


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Does anyone have full movie?
Note: I have a few clips from the movie. However moderator (Night457) forbids sharing them.

[Night457]

Movie NOT found.

Info only sites:
https://sensitivecontent.info/movie.php?id=81215
https://mydramalist.com/71953-the-strange-pair
https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E4%B8%89 ... 8M31ITHJRO (Japan DVD release)
https://51jieshuo.com/news_hot/201801/12861.html

The last one seems to indicate a torrent file, maybe?

日本殉情传.Nihon junjo-den okashina futari.1988.DVDRip.864x496.X264.AAC-日语.不世出之名将 压制.mkv

So if we just search for the title on Usenet, it will be there, right? Or maybe on a Chinese torrent site?

[maria2012]

Movie NOT found.

Info only sites:
https://sensitivecontent.info/movie.php?id=81215
https://mydramalist.com/71953-the-strange-pair
https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E4%B8%89 ... 8M31ITHJRO (Japan DVD release)
https://51jieshuo.com/news_hot/201801/12861.html

The last one seems to indicate a torrent file, maybe?

日本殉情传.Nihon junjo-den okashina futari.1988.DVDRip.864x496.X264.AAC-日语.不世出之名将 压制.mkv

So if we just search for the title on Usenet, it will be there, right? Or maybe on a Chinese torrent site?

The movie is indeed in the Chinese site. But the picture quality is terrible (so it is not possible to upscale the video.) The Chinese subtitles on the video are also not removable. (Some ads during the movie are also not removable)

https://www.gangju.in/gangpian/rbxqchjder/0-1.html

[Night457]

But the picture quality is terrible (so it is not possible to upscale the video.) The Chinese subtitles on the video are also not removable. (Some ads during the movie are also not removable)

That does sound bad but it is better than no movie at all. The site has the .in country code, is it restricted to India? Is there supposed to be a stream there, or a download link? I can not find either. I tried an India proxy and a China proxy, and switched off my Adblocker. What am I missing?

[maria2012]

But the picture quality is terrible (so it is not possible to upscale the video.) The Chinese subtitles on the video are also not removable. (Some ads during the movie are also not removable)

That does sound bad but it is better than no movie at all. The site has the .in country code, is it restricted to India? Is there supposed to be a stream there, or a download link? I can not find either. I tried an India proxy and a China proxy, and switched off my Adblocker. What am I missing?

You can try the below links. They basically have the same version of the movie.
https://gimy.im/play/196257-1-1.html
https://8maple.tv/vodplay/304120-1-1.html

[ArtasKo]

I got a request to share the clips but moderator Night457 will remove them
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Quality: 720:454, no chinese subtitle. 3 others clip has OT scenes.