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earthbound14
Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Location: seoul
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 Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:04 am Post subject: Best Asian Films |
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Since we are in the land I figured I'd see what Asian films people here liked.
So far some of my favourite films are
Oldboy - Korea
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance - Korea
Memories of Murder - Korea
The Chaser - Korea
7 Samurai - Japan
Samurai Fiction - Japan
Juon - Japan
Ombak - Thailand
Shaolin Soccer - Hong Kong
Super Cop (Police Story 3)- Hong Kong
Hard Boiled - Hong Kong
Killer - Hong Kong
Way of the Dragon - Hong Kong (Bruce Lee fighting Chuck Norris!!!)
Movies about Asia:
The Killing Fields
7 Years in Tibet (the book is better)
The Last Emperor |
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ciccone_youth
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:11 am Post subject: |
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| Chungking Express- Hong Kong |
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Shauneyz
Joined: 26 May 2008
Location: The land of Nod
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:50 am Post subject: |
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Anything from Jackie Chan in his old days...way before Rush Hour.
I also trust anything from Chan Wook Park, and any Bruce Lee film.
Specifically, there was a film called Ditto by Kim Jeung Gueon. I liked it. |
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evilive
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Location: England
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:48 am Post subject: |
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You prefer Sympathy for Lady Vengeance over Sympathy for Mr Vengeance? 
I watched The Taste of Tea after seeing it mentioned somewhere on here a while back..fun film. |
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monkinwonderland
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:51 am Post subject: |
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Infernal Affairs - HK
Election - HK
Election 2 - HK
Joint Security Area - Korea
My Neighbor Totoro - Japan
Apu Trilogy - India |
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Bigs
Joined: 15 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:00 am Post subject: |
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Anything with Zhang Ziyi in it...  |
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aka Dave
Joined: 02 May 2008
Location: Down by the river
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:18 am Post subject: |
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I'm not a big Asian films guy, but if you're talking about Asian films, I think of Kurosawa.
Rashomon is one of the best films ever, period. Literally top 10. Ran is very good. Most of his films are very good, some aren't but generally he's the best Asia has produced imo. |
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chowyunfat00
Joined: 12 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:28 am Post subject: |
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Lust Caution
Secret that cannot be told
Both are Chinese |
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rumdiary
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:38 am Post subject: |
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I like Miike films
The Audition
Ichi the Killer
Visitor Q |
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semi-fly
Joined: 07 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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Madeleine - Korean
My Sassy Girl - Korean
The Classic - Korean
Battle Royale - Japanese (Note: Not Battle Royale 2, it was terrible)
Heaven's Bookstore - Japanese
Honey & Clover - Japanese
All About Love - Chinese
Infernal Affairs - Chinese
Warriors of Heaven and Earth - Chinese
Movies based on scenery/art vs. content/overall story:
Hero - Chinese
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Chinese
House of Flying Daggers - Chinese
The Promise - Chinese |
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earthbound14
Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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| evilive wrote: |
You prefer Sympathy for Lady Vengeance over Sympathy for Mr Vengeance?
I watched The Taste of Tea after seeing it mentioned somewhere on here a while back..fun film. |
Ya, Lady Vengeance was my fave of the trilogy. |
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KumaraKitty
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:44 am Post subject: |
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| semi-fly wrote: |
Madeleine - Korean
My Sassy Girl - Korean
The Classic - Korean
Battle Royale - Japanese (Note: Not Battle Royale 2, it was terrible)
Heaven's Bookstore - Japanese
Honey & Clover - Japanese
All About Love - Chinese
Infernal Affairs - Chinese
Warriors of Heaven and Earth - Chinese
Movies based on scenery/art vs. content/overall story:
Hero - Chinese
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Chinese
House of Flying Daggers - Chinese
The Promise - Chinese |
I also love Battle Royale and agree #2 was awful!
Hero, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and House of Flying Daggers are beautiful! Raise the Red Lantern and Curse of the Golden Flower are by the same director. I really like his style.
I also like:
Kung Fu Hustle - Hong Kong/Chinese
Old Jackie Chan - Police Story, Rumble in the Bronx, Drunken Master, Operation Condor,and a few more that I don't know the names of! My Uncle is a HongKonger and I watched them with subtitles when I was in my early teens. Way before anyone knew who Jackie Chan was in North America! I thought it was funny how the same movies got dubbed and released in N.A. 10 years or more later! I don't like how Hollywood has treated him and the movies he made though. While I did enjoy Forbidden Kingdom I thought it sucked that he only had maybe 2 lines in Kung Fu Panda. |
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blurgalurgalurga
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:24 am Post subject: |
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Survive Style 5+ is my favourite movie ever, almost.
Seven Samurai rules, of course.
Twilight Samurai also is awesome.
Machine Girl is stupid and hilarious revenge flick about a schoolgirl who loses an arm and gets a bunch of weapons to strap onto it and then goes and kills the baddies who did her arm and family.
all of the above are Japanese...but I also really like Xiang Yimou's stuff. He's the guy who did Shanghai Triad and Raise the Red Lantern and a whole schwack of other Gong Li movies. He's huge.
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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monkeyfish
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
Location: Shinchon
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:29 am Post subject: |
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The Last Life in the Universe
Square Japanese guy falls on the wrong side of the Yakuza and flees to Thailand, hooks up with reckless Thai girl. Incredible cinematography, atmosphere. A pan-Asian classic. |
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