There is many great and fantastic movies around the world, but I just love the Asian films, they have this special feeling when making them, sometimes really fun and ridicolous but also, sometimes they just make such great and epic movies, I wish to know wich are the best Asian movies of all time?
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Here are my personal favorites:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Chungking Express (1994)
Oldboy (2003)
The Taste of Tea (2004)
Secret Sunshine (2007)
Love Exposure (2008)
Ikiru (1952)
Floating Weeds (1959)
Harakiri (1962)
A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
High and Low (1963)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
Poetry (2010)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Audition (1999)
Fallen Angels (1995)
Battle Royale (2000)
Kamikaze Girls (2004)
Black Rain (1989)
Vengeance is Mine (1979)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
A Moment to Remember (2004)
Castaway on the Moon (2009)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Yojimbo (1961)
Sanjuro (1962)
Gozu (2003)
Kagemusha (1980)
The Sword of Doom (1966)
The Good the Bad the Weird (2008)
Memories of Murder (2003)
The Lower Depths (1957)
Graveyard of Honor (2002)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Quiet Family (1998)
J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (2000)
Fish Story (2009)
6ixtynin9 (1999)
I Saw the Devil (2010)
Pale Flower (1964)
Onibaba (1964)
Ran (1985)
Ugetsu (1953)
Pitfall (1962)
Sword of the Beast (1965)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Stray Dog (1949)
Throne of Blood (1957)
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Tokyo Sonata (2008)
Public Enemy (2002)
Empire of Passion (1978)
Dark Water (2002)
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
My Sassy Girl (2001)
Attack the Gas Station (1999)
Mother (2009)
Pieta (2012)
Pulse (2001)
Wow, thank you so much. Maybe you'll never see my reply, but I wanted to thank you for the extensive list nonetheless.
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Old Boy is my fav by now.
Feel free to check out my YouTube channel if you're interested in Asian films (see link below).
YouTube Asian Movie Review Channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/anticlimacus100
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2003)
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Come to https://www.imdforums.com/forums/asian-cinema.118/ and put your question there. This board is closing on February 20th. People are struggling to find a new haven.
films selected by professionals:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Film_Awards
http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_all1000films_table.php select the Asian Countries
My take with the films I've seen:
Rashômon (1950) Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa
Ikiru (1952) Ikiru - Akira Kurosawa
Shichinin no samurai (1954) Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa
Kumonosu-jô (1957) Throne of Blood - Akira Kurosawa
Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958) The Hidden Fortress - Akira Kurosawa
Yôjinbô (1961) Yojimbo - Akira Kurosawa
Tsubaki Sanjûrô (1962) Sanjuro - Akira Kurosawa
Seppuku (1962) Harakiri - Masaki Kobayashi
Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984) Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - Hayao Miyazaki
Tonari no Totoro (1988) My Neighbor Totoro - Hayao Miyazaki
Hotaru no haka (1988) Grave of the Fireflies - Isao Takahata
Da hong deng long gao gao gua (1991) Raise the Red Lantern - Yimou Zhang
Ba wang bie ji (1993) Farewell My Concubine - Kaige Chen
Chung Hing sam lam (1994) Chungking Express - Kar Wai Wong
Mononoke-hime (1997) Princess Mononoke - Hayao Miyazaki
Faa yeung nin wa (2000) In the Mood for Love - Kar Wai Wong
Yeopgijeogin geunyeo (2001) My Sassy Girl - Jae-young Kwak
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001) Spirited Away - Hayao Miyazaki
Mou gaan dou (2002) Infernal Affairs - Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
Tasogare Seibei (2002) The Twilight Samurai - Yôji Yamada
Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (2003) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring - Ki-duk Kim
Oldeuboi (2003) Oldboy - Chan-wook Park
Bin-jip (2004) 3-Iron - Ki-duk Kim
Nae meorisokui jiwoogae (2004) A Moment to Remember - John H. Lee
Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo (2004) Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War - Je-gyu Kang
Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004) Howl's Moving Castle - Hayao Miyazaki
Okuribito (2008) Departures - Yôjirô Takita
Ai no mukidashi (2008) Love Exposure - Sion Sono
Kimssi pyoryugi (2009) Castaway on the Moon - Hae-jun Lee
Ookami kodomo no Ame to Yuki (2012) Wolf Children - Mamoru Hosoda
--- each brain develops its own preferences ---
Bollywood
Lagaan (2001)
Good website for buying Asian movies on DVD and Blu-ray: yesasia.com, and I have no fiduciary interest in the site.
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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
"confessions", everything by park chan wook and sion sono. also everything that has takeshi (beat) kitano in it.
shareAll Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Stephen Chow hong kong films. Also old Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung films.
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