StoneKeeper's Movie Guessing Game: I Recommend THIS Movie #1784 [The Battle of Port Arthur (1980) Winner: tcrum]
I have a movie in mind and you have to guess which one it is. For each movie you guess, I will give a hint that connects your guess with the movie I have in mind.
For each guess, a connection is posted. Example of connections: Actor, length, genre, aspect ratio, language, country, year, director, actor, writer in common, rating, number of votes, nominations. It can even be something like: both movies involve Cabbage Patch Kids. Also, you can use Metascore color or rating, Rotten Tomatoes score, any award wins or nominations in common, same number of words in the title, plot keywords. Note: "Plot" in the IMDB advanced search links to "Plot Summary" on the film's page. "Keyword" in the advanced search links to "Plot Keyword" on the film's page.
Helpful search engine: https://www.imdb.com/search/title/ Click on Feature Film and TV Movie. Then modify for the hints as they are posted.
- The winner can either start a new game or say "pass". In case of a pass, the OP gets to start another one.
- After 12 hints and 15 incorrect guesses the point goes to the OP and he/she gets to start another one.
- Movie must have at least 3500 IMDB votes. Otherwise, add a bonus hint. No documentaries.
- Maximum 2 guesses per player per hint.
- Can't edit a guess once posted. Delete ONLY
- Post one Hint at a time.
Under 3500 votes
Hint 1: The Young Savages (1961) - IMDb rating in the 6s.
Hint 2: Detention (2019) - Setting is in Asia.
Hint 3: Deliver Us from Evil (2020) - Japanese is spoken in the movie.
Hint 4: Midori (1992) - Release date earlier than 2000.
Hint 5: House of Bamboo (1955) - Drama genre.
Hint 6: Flirt (1995) - Japanese is not the only language spoken in the movie, and the movie is partly set outside of Japan.
Hint 7: Ley Lines (1999) - Fewer than 1,600 votes on IMDb.
Hint 8: Three Businessmen (1998) - Fewer than 10 user reviews on IMDb.
Hint 9: Why Not? (1981) - The story involves actual historical events.
Hint 10: Captive Hearts (1987) - War genre.
Hint 11: Ba bai zhuang shi (1976) - Runtime longer than 2 hours.
Hint 12: Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (1968) - Toshiro Mifune is in the movie!
Tcrum has correctly guessed The Battle of Port Arthur (1980), also known by its Japanese name of 203 Kōchi (Hill 203), a movie set in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 and specifically the battle for Port Arthur (now Dalian) on the Liaodong Peninsula of northeastern China. Very few movies deal with the Russo-Japanese War, which is one of the relatively lesser-known wars of the modern world despite its historical significance. It's a fairly well-made movie, though it has some ideological issues in that it sort of whitewashes Japan's own responsibility for the war and its own colonial ambitions, instead presenting it as something Japan was forced into. That being said, it's a pretty decently made war film despite its questionable ideological leaning.
Scoreboard:
FredBurroughs: 341
hownos: 266
LauraGrace: 197
nyctc7: 147
Allaby: 135
Kawada_Kira: 116
MonStar: 112
StoneKeeper: 106
tcrum: 104
lud: 100 (EMERITUS)
dmac8: 44
SkyCoyote5150: 25
Vastuntitled: 25
KvlhokVjequs: 16
twinA: 12
zeesha: 6
bellington83: 4
SomeCodhopper: 4
TalkinPikchorBox: 3
SamGerard: 3
Stratego: 3
Boromir: 3
KasparHauser: 2
MinaVladimir: 1
godewey: 1
ShogunofYonkers: 1
Damosuzuki: 1
sslssg: 1
Kowalski: 1
TexasJack: 1 share