Author Topic: Asian Film fans (Read 3948 times)

bhu · « **on:** July 05, 2008, 05:22:43 AM »

Hopefully Meg doesn't mind me asking this.

I don't know if any of you have heard of the book the Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever Guide. It also has a website: http://www.movieretriever.com/

They do film reviews, hopefully with a mildly amusing tilt. I have been asked to expand the asian films section

(specifically scifi, horror, fantasy, etc).

So if there's an asian film you think deserves attention (and its available for sale in the US) let me know and it shall be added.

bhu · « **Reply #1 on:** July 06, 2008, 09:04:22 PM »

Aw c'mon nobody likes asian movies??

AndyJames · « **Reply #2 on:** July 06, 2008, 09:44:14 PM »

The best Chinese (Hong Kong, really) films are the serials they did in the 80s. Problem is, I don't know their names in English other than "The Bund", which was a gangster serial set in the 1960s, IIRC (tommy guns FTW!). There were quite a number of martial arts/ancient china serials a la Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon that absolutely blew CTHD away.

bhu · « **Reply #3 on:** July 07, 2008, 04:38:18 AM »

Okay so far I have the following list to work from:

Ringu
Ringu 2
Ringu 0
Rasen
The Ring Virus
Whispering Corridors
Memento Mori
The Wishing Stairs
Matango
Ju-On 2
Dark Water
One Missed Call
One Missed Call 2
Ichi the Killer
Happiness of the Katakuris
Visitor Q
3 Extremes II
The Maid
A Snake of June
Inugami

Hard Boiled
Bride With White Hair 1 and 2
Tomie
Uzumaki
Super Inframan
Yongary, Monster from the Deep
The Yokai trilogy (Spook Warfare, 100 Monsters, Along With Ghosts)
The Great Yokai War
The Daimajin Trilogy
Onmyoji 1 and 2
Legend of the Dinosaurs and Monster Birds
Dragon Wars
Premonition
Negadon: The Monster from Mars
Tetsujin 28
Returner
Frankenstein Conquers the World
Versus
Boogiepop and Others
Orochi, the Eight Headed Dragon
Latitude Zero
The Cave of the Silken Web
Six Strong Guys

If anyone can think of more they'd like added let me know

BobismyRhino · « **Reply #4 on:** July 07, 2008, 04:45:12 AM »

Well, I watched the Japanese movie, Yogen (which was translated into english as Premonition) and thought it was pretty good.

But one that I really REALLY liked was a Korean movie called Geoul Sokeuro (Into the Mirror). It seriously was awesome. Go watch it!

Plus, there are always anime movies that I could mention...

PhoenixInferno · « **Reply #5 on:** July 07, 2008, 04:50:50 AM »

Infernal Affairs - the movie that Scorsese's The Departed was from.

Shigunaru · « **Reply #6 on:** July 07, 2008, 08:03:29 AM »

"Tetsuo the iron man" and "Tetsuo II: body hammer" (if you can find 'em...)

"Sympathy for mr. Vengeance", "Old Boy", "Sympathy for lady Vengeance" (korean trilogy), "A Tale of Two Sisters"

"3-Iron", "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring"

"Violent cop", "Brother", "Hana-Bi", "Kikujiro"... Anything from Takeshi Kitano

"Wild Zero" for sheer awesomness

Classics as Battle Royale I & II, the Zatoichi movies, Akira Kurosawa, etc...

PhaedrusXY · « **Reply #7 on:** July 07, 2008, 08:09:17 PM »

I think the only one on that list that I've seen is Ichi the Killer. Holy crap that was violent.

Well... I've seen some Kurosawa films, and Zatoichi, but they aren't on the OP's list. Kurosawa's "Dreams" I think would qualify as fantasy. I've seen quite a few Chinese movies (my wife is Chinese), but none of them were Sci-fi/horror/fantasy, really.

bhu · « **Reply #8 on:** July 08, 2008, 08:49:31 AM »

They don't have to be scifi/horor/fantays, thats just sort of the thing we're going for right now cause it's popular. I'm allowed to add other stuff

PhaedrusXY · « **Reply #9 on:** July 08, 2008, 02:05:17 PM »

Cherries is a great movie. It is about a mentally challenged woman who adopts a baby she finds that's been abandoned.

http://www.dianying.com/en/title/21308

If I can remember more, I'll post them.

Assembly was also very good. http://www.dianying.com/en/title/jjh2006

It is a war movie about a soldier who is the only one to survive from his unit in the Chinese civil war.

I don't know if these are easily available in the US, though, heh.

lotofsnow · « **Reply #10 on:** July 08, 2008, 06:41:58 PM »

Kurosawa movies apply?

Some favorites:
Yojimbo
Ran
Shichinin no samurai (7 Samurai)
Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (The Hidden Fortress)

bhu · « **Reply #11 on:** July 09, 2008, 06:53:55 AM »

No movie review book/site dares not list Kurosawa. I know we have the first 3, Ill check on the last.

Revised list comin soon

bhu · « **Reply #12 on:** July 16, 2008, 03:19:20 AM »

Guyr Adamantine · « **Reply #13 on:** July 16, 2008, 12:30:54 PM »

My suggestion apeared at Fantasia last year: The Rug Cop. It's an absurd comedy, but I liked it.

bhu · « **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2008, 06:52:25 AM »

Quote from: Guyr Adamantine on July 16, 2008, 12:30:54 PM

My suggestion apeared at Fantasia last year: The Rug Cop. It's an absurd comedy, but I liked it.

Doesn't appear to be available yet. It looks good though.

j0lt · « **Reply #15 on:** November 11, 2008, 06:51:21 AM »

As far as Japanese movies go, you can't go wrong with Kurosawa for great period-piece samurai movies. J-horror also tends to be pretty good.

For Chinese movies, I'm a big fan of two (slightly) related genres: Kung Fu movies (Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, etc...) as well as Chinese Kung Fu Horror (Bride with White Hair, Chinese Ghost Story 1-3, etc...)

altpersona · « **Reply #16 on:** November 11, 2008, 01:58:42 PM »

on a related note, i saw something about an american remake of old boy..

PhaedrusXY · « **Reply #17 on:** November 11, 2008, 03:09:29 PM »

Quote from: j0lt on November 11, 2008, 06:51:21 AM

as well as Chinese Kung Fu Horror (Bride with White Hair, Chinese Ghost Story 1-3, etc...)

We just watched Painted Skin, which I think would probably fall into this category. It was pretty good. I'm pretty sure it isn't available (legally...

) in the US yet, though.

FraserRonald · « **Reply #18 on:** November 11, 2008, 03:31:31 PM »

Along with Hard Boiled I'd suggest John Woo's the Killer, as well as A Better Tomorrow, Better Tomorrow II and Bullet in the Head.

From Korea, I would suggest Musa the Warrior, Nowhere to Hide, and Painted Fire. I would suggest Supyonje, but it is one heavy, depressing movie. If you can get it, check it out, but be warned.

bhu · « **Reply #19 on:** November 12, 2008, 06:12:20 AM »

We have someone who has been doing Jackie Chan films, and I'm pretty sure we have all of Kurosawa's and Woo's work (but I'll double check to make sure). Painted Skin isn't available as an official release yet but I'm pretty sure Asian Cult Cinema has it.

And if anyone has suggestions on Indian/Pakistani/Filipino/Indonesian/Malaysian films I guess I get to add them too if there's an official release.

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Author Topic: Asian Film fans (Read 3948 times)