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Help!! Best Asian Cinema Suggestions Wanted!!

posted 18 years ago by n0065061
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Hi everyone,

Over recent years I have gotten into Hong Kong and Asian cinema in a big way. I’ve seen most of John Woo’s films (The Killer, Hard Boiled, A Better Tomorrow etc), Jackie Chan’s best (Police Story I & II etc), and a handfull of others. But I’m wanting to branch out more.

Unfortunately, as is the case with western cinema there is a mixture of very good, average and very bad films. So, I’m asking for the help of all of IMDB’s Asian cinema lovers to recommend their favourites. I know there are many gems out there just waiting to be found.

Cheers for reading this. If you can help, even better.

Jimmie L

[–] dk25 18 years ago

check out JSA. Its a pretty good korean political drama.

[–] n0065061 18 years ago

Never heard of it before, but reviews look good so will check it out (also "Oldboy" by the same director, heard that mentioned a few times).
Cheers for the suggestion
Anything else?

[–] dk25 18 years ago

Have you seen "rashamon" or "memories of murder"?
And if your looking for horror, check out shutter.

[–] simiesque 18 years ago

from Korea's Park Chan-wook: 'Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance' and 'Sympathy For Lady Vengeance'
--> He is eccentric, dynamic, dark, and damn funny. A solid mix of art and entertainment. His two lead actors in 'Oldboy' and 'Lady Vengeance' give tour-de-force performances.

from Hong Kong's Wong Kar-Wai: 'Chungking Express,' 'In the Mood For Love,' 'Days of Being Wild'
--> He is the master of loneliness, longing, and failed romance. Visual style of cinematographer Christopher Doyle is legendary.

from China's Zhang Yimou: 'To Live,' 'Hero'

[–] simiesque 18 years ago

Also, from Japan: Akira Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" (considered to be the best Shakespeare movie adaptation in the world)
and Takehi Miike's short feature "Box"

[–] n0065061 17 years ago

Hi Everyone.

Appologies For Being Away From The Thread Soooo Long.

I Wanna Thank Everyone For Their Suggestions (I Hadnt Realised How Open I Made The Question).

Although I've Managed To See A Good Number Of The Movies Suggested (And I Wasn't Disappointed, I Can Tell Ya) I've Still Got A Long Way To Go.

Should Keep Me, And The Postman, Busy For Awhile.

Thanks Again

Jimmie

[–] transformerenator 17 years ago

Try check out Musa the Warrior (The Warrior in the states) I would say more of an epic if that makes a difference for you. Shot very well, great story, good action, and well casted.

[–] CptBuck 18 years ago

Pretty Much anything ever made by Akiira Kirusawa, especially the Musashi Miyamoto trilogy, very long, but a stylistic use of action that i've never seen before. This one character builds up to using this one specific move on Miyamoto over the course of 2 movies, and well, i wont spoil it, but its interesting.

[–] n0065061 18 years ago

Cheers For Those Suggestions Guys (Or Girls-Dont Wanna Offend Anyone!!).
I'll See If I Can Find Those, A Few Of Them Look Like They're Going Back Aways.

Jimmie

[–] supernamek14 18 years ago

Musashi trilogy are Inagaki movies not Kurosawa.

[–] liakot_a 18 years ago

IM A BIG FAN OF ASIAN ACTION CINEMA..If you like Hard Boiled/Better tomorow/Killer...Then Watch

Bullet in the Head..Thats a Brilliant Violent John Woo Masterpeice......
Full Contact...Superb Chow Yun fat movie with lots of action and Great acting...
Prison On Fire...Great Prison Movie with Chow Yun fat...good story and action

I happend to be a Jackie Chan Friek too..ive got all his films at home..some of his funniest and best films are
Project A, Police Story 1, Twin Dragon, Wheels on Meals, Dragons Forever, Armour of god and Rumble in the Bronx

[–] n0065061 18 years ago

I Thought I Was A Jackie Chan Friek, But U Got A Couple I Aint Seen Yet.
Cheers For The Suggestions. I Keep Meaning To Look Into Bullet In The Head, I Dont Know Why I Havnt Yet!! I'll Have A Peek At Some Of The Others.

Cheers liakot

(Keep The Suggestions Coming Guys!!)

[–] [email protected] 18 years ago

Battle Royal 1 &2 7 Samuri. Freezer (good psychological thriller) Lone Wolf And Cub series And th Zatoitchi films are great Edo period sword flicks. For john woo style movies Rich and Famous, God Of Gamblers, Flaming Bros, Supercop, Police Story, Tiger On the Beat, Nowhere To Hide are all great, If its Kung your after Snake and Crane, Drunken Master, Master with Cracked Fingers, The Young Master.

Or even check out some Anime its not all big robots

[–] imwithstupid_35 18 years ago

I can reccomend lots of movies, so directors for now. Wong Kar Wai, Akira Kurosawa, Masaki KOboyashi, Yasojiru Ozu.

my ymdb site

http://www.ymdb.com/mehsuggeth/l35858_ukuk.html

[–] petermoranman 18 years ago

Any type of Asian movie? Well, you certainly are giving me alot to work with...
(these are NOT the best of Asian cinema, but they are some of my favorite's in similiar categories)
I'll start off with some classics in similiar genre's:
-Dead or Alive (1 & 2, they have some odd wierdness, but if you're like me you'll love it)
-Infernal Affairs
-Hard Boiled
-A Better Tomorrow (1 & 2, I didn't care for 3)
-City on Fire
-Oldboy

"You are the Duke of New York! You are A # 1!"

[–] Ronin_170 18 years ago

Has anyone here heard of a Korean War film named "Brotherhood", it has some pretty harsh scenes and good camera work and acting.

"Hey Earl. I wanna catch that pretty red dot on your back..."

[–] Laughing_bun 18 years ago

its all about yojimbo

[–] seanzcheng 18 years ago

http://www.hkfilm.n et is a good website to start on.

[–] rftwo 18 years ago

Here is a handful of films I recommend:

From Hong Kong:

A Better Tomorrow 1 +2
Bullet in the head
Chungking Express
City on Fire
Dragons Forever
Fists of Fury
Full Contact
Hard Boiled
In the mood for love
Infernal Affairs trilogy
Iron Monkey
Project A

From South Korea:

Oldboy
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
A Tale of two Sisters
Save the green planet
Taegukgi
Crying Fist
Shiri
A Bittersweet Life
JSA

From Japan:

Violent Cop
Boiling Point
Sonatine
Hana Bi
Zatoichi
Ringu
Audition
Ichi the Killer
Battle Royale
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo
Rashomon
Ikiru

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Keepin' Boll out fo' good.

[–] maxyg18 18 years ago

I recenlty saw Oldboy. After I saw it, I think Oldboy and The Killer are the best Asian films.

[–] Unfrzncavmnlwyr9 18 years ago

Here's a few...

Yojimbo (just watch as many Akira Kurosawa movies as possible)
Ichi the Killer
Fulltime Killer
The Twilight Samurai
The Street Fighter

There are tons of Asian movies that I have yet to seen...that will change soon when I sign up for online renting...

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[–] goldenboy2705 18 years ago

hi, mmm a few good ones here, the warrior (korean, chinese, film) bichumoo, (korean) any film by takeshi kitano he is amazing

[–] fongyellowsandyfield 18 years ago

Have you seen Infernal Affairs (2002), IMDb rating 8.0, the top scorer of the pack?

Although I haven't seen any of the following ten HK cop-and-criminal genre thrillers, they are IMDb rated from 6.8 to 7.8 which is not bad at all. I will be watching them myself once I got the opportunity (in no particular order):

1. Um fa (1997), IMDb rating 7.3 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168043/
2. PTU (2003), IMDb rating 6.9 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250638/
3. Cheung Fo (1999), IMDb rating 7.1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220644/
4. Am zin (1999), IMDb rating 7.2 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0216165/
5. Yeshou xingjing (1998), IMDb rating 6.8 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157366/
6. Fai seung dat yin (1998), IMDb rating 7.4 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159432/
7. Chan sam ying hung (1998), IMDb rating 7.0 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0176809/
8. Chuen jik sat sau (2001), IMDb rating 6.8 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286635/
9. Wong gok hak yau (2004), IMDb rating 7.5 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430772/
10. Xin bian yuan ren (1994), IMDb rating 7.8 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111772/