Asian Movies

[Foomanchew24]

Just watched Sympathy for Mr. Vengence last night. It was a bit slow but the ending was all worth it. This movie is from the director of Old Boy and is the first in a three part revenge Trilogy starting with Sympathy for Mr. Vengence, then Old Boy, and finally Sympathy for Lady Vengence (Have not seen this one yet). If you havn't seen any of these you must go see them now. Here are the IMDB pages for these movies.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310775/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451094/

Also I watched "Attack the Gas Station" very funny movie. Maybe more than usual since I was drinking during it, but it was very funny. Its about a goup of friends that well...attack a gas station, several times. Good fun, definately a must see.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262246/

[Xollence]

Old Boy was one of the strangest Korean movies I've ever saw. If you like movies like that, check out H. And if you like movies like Attack the Gas Station watch Kick the Moon. It's about a 2 highschool kids that grow up, the nerd becomes a gang leader and the #1 fighter becomes a teacher. You can find them both at piratebay.

Oh yeah, dramas are sometimes funnier than the movies. Check out this site, it has all the new and old Asian drama series. http://www.d-addicts.com/forum...1e73980b&start=625 (http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/torrents.php?type=kdrama&sort=name&sid=42f0483c19e a9f4e8688ddea1e73980b&start=625)

[Jadugar]

I would recommend the following movies.

Kung Fu Hustle (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373074/)

Shaolin Soccer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286112/)

House Of Flying Daggers (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385004/)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190332/)

[Terracosmo]

Haven't seen as many of these as I'd like, but I like Shaolin Soccer and it's ilk. Silly asian-style humor.

I don't like those artistic martial arts movies though (Flying Daggers for example). Pretty yes, but man, so boring.

[Jadugar]

You must see Kung Fu Hustle. Its by the same director who made Shaolin Soccer and he has improved a lot. The special effects are great. It has some of the best fighting scenes. The comedy moments are not so silly in this one.

[Rek]

yeah, but those aren't really asian movies... they aired in the US

I don't feel like linking,
"battle royale"
"suicide circle"
"versus"

those are some bad ass movies... especially battle royale.

[intense]

Battle royale 1
Battle royale 2 (though not as good as first)
My Sassy Girl
Windstruck

[Xollence]

Yeah I didn't like BR2 much, My Sassy Girl is one my favorites. BTW how do you guys understand the movies? I didn't think they made subs for some of those movies yet.

[intense]

yea.... well i got some pirated dvds of them, so im guessing thats a reason...
My Sassy girl is also one of my faviourites, and i still would watch it regardless of the number or times ive seen it already.
PLUS windstruck is the first part of My Sassy Girl, so i reccommend for you to watch it first before watching Sassy Girl. But the wierd part is that in Windstruck, the girl is already a cop, and in sassy girl, she is still a student. Its like going back in time... hahaha.... wierd, but still, if you can manage to ignore that, you'll enjoy the movie. However, Windstruck isnt as good as Sassy Girl, because it feels like Windstruck dragged on for 40 minutes.... jeeze.

[Rek]

yeah, pirated DvD's FTW!

[ChiaCheese]

i love battle royale. i'm also a big fan of Takashi Miike (ichi the killer). several of his movies are already available on DVD in america. i just (finally) picked up Audition friday. it was only $14.99, i would recommend everyone here run out and buy it. but so far my favorite Miike film is the Happiness of the Katakuris. i also find the Stephen Chow films to be alot of fun.

[GhostKaGe]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295368/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359692/

2 pretty good films

if anyone knows anything like these please let me know

[kAi]

Battle Royale was awesome.

Takashi Miike, is great, Ichi the Killer was awesome.

Young and Dangerous was also made, Hong Kong triad shit.

also good is Zatoichi, Seven Samurai, and many more.

[Mae]

Ichi the Killer was so-so, it felt like they kept adding more gore and violence just for the shock value.

I love the Zatoichi series, even the black and white ones are worth it.

Yojimbo (The Bodyguard) is one of my all time favorites.

A Chinese Ghost Story was really good too, some action and some good comedy.

The Emperor and the Assassin was an OK period piece, and I've recently watched Hero (w/ Jet Li) and it was good if kinda artsy.

And I still really like Farwell My Concubine (drama, serious, very good but not alot of violence) and Hang the Red Lantern (also serious)

I asked in another thead, but I'll try again... Does anyone know the movie about the Japanese housewife who ties herself up in rope to get her husband's attention? Saw it in a class once, bothers me I can't remember the name.

[Jman]

Casshern (http://www.gofishpictures.com/casshern/casshern_main.html)

[GhostKaGe]

Dare mo shiranai (Nobody Knows) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408664/)
This is a film ive been trying to find for some time with very little luck if possible id rather download it but have so far been unable to find a source.
Pirated DVD's not FTW when ya can't find what your looking for

Four siblings live happily with their mother in a small apartment in Tokyo. The children all have different fathers and have never been to school. The very existence of three of them has been hidden from the landlord. One day, the mother leaves behind a little money and a note, charging her oldest boy to look after the others. And so begins the children's odyssey, a journey nobody knows. Though engulfed by the cruel fate of abandonment, the four children do their best to survive in their own little world, devising and following their own set of rules. When they are forced to engage with the world outside their cocooned universe, the fragile balance that has sustained them collapses. Their innocent longing for their mother, their wary fascination toward the outside world, their anxiety over their increasingly desperate situation, their inarticulate cries, their kindness to each other, their determination to survive on wits and courage.



CANNES, France (AFP) - A teenage boy from Japan, Yagira Yuuya, won the Cannes film festival's Best Actor award for his role in the movie "Nobody Knows" by director Hirokazu Koreeda.

The film, which had its world premiere at Cannes before release in Japan in July, is based on a real-life story from 1988 in which four children born of different fathers who never went to school were abandoned by their mother and left to fend for themselves.

When tragedy struck, not a single resident in the building was aware of their existence.

"For 15 years I never stopped thinking about this," Koreeda told AFP in an interview at Cannes. "I wanted to show children surrounded by irresponsible adults. The oldest, who is 12, is the only person in the story to show a sense of responsibility right up until the end. This touched me."

The youngster, who was not at the ceremony as he had to fly home for exams, plays the oldest of the four children, who are aged between four and 12 in the film.

The youngster won ahead of several adults widely expected to scoop the prize -- Australia's Geoffrey Rush (news), the star of "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers", or young Mexican newcomer Gael Garcia Bernal, who plays Ernesto "Che" Guevara in "The Motorcycle Diaries."

[Xollence]

I just finished watching Kung Fu Hustle, I didn't like it much. Some parts were really corny, but it did have some good action scenes.

[Jadugar]

Originally posted by: Xollence
I just finished watching Kung Fu Hustle, I didn't like it much. Some parts were really corny, but it did have some good action scenes.

You cant have it all.

[Phoenix20578]

If you can find them, I recommend Peace Hotel & the Shogun Assasin series. Awsome action.

[Honoko]

chingu is really good korean flick if anyone's into watching gang drama.... the main gangster character was badass right to the end.

[ChaosK]

the early jackie chan movies (the 1s that were dubbed horribly)

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

damnit I wanted to past Battle Royale before anyone but I was banned yesterday i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif

Yea thats pretty much the only sub-titled japanese movie I've seend. I've also read a bunch of bits and pieces of the manga that is still being released in the U.S. The movie was great as is the manga, but the manga is FUCKED UP. So yea I wouldnt recommend it to anyone who cant take messed up shit.

[Foomanchew24]

The first Battle Royale is one of my more favorite Japanese movies. Avoid the second one as it is complete and utter crap. It is nothing like the first one.

[Kagemane_no_Jutsu]

Yes, I heard from my friend who collects the manga. What's it about exactly?

[Jaredster]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386064/

[Xollence]

That girl in Taegukgi was so cute. Too bad she committed suicide last year. i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif

[Jaredster]

Originally posted by: Xollence
That girl in Taegukgi was so cute. Too bad she committed suicide last year.


yea whats up with that?

[Phoenix20578]

Suicide and death takes away all the good actors of the world, then leaves us with crap like J Lo and Hillary Duff.

[Xollence]

Hehe well at least they're not as bad as the actors in the Sci-Fi channel movies.

[Phoenix20578]

They can't be that bad.

*Out of curiosity, Phoenix goes and watches 5 min of a movie on the Sci-Fi channel. He is now scarred for life.*

OK, they are.

[kAi]

ooo, forgot to mention Lone Wolf and Cub, based on the manga of course, which also kicks ass.
I've seen something on a TV series of this, but aren't sure if it's based on the same thing, maybe, I'm gunna try one of them, see if it is, because that would be awesome if it does.

[Jadugar]

Has anyone seen "The Crying Freeman", the movie. Its based on an anime with the same same. Its an old film but still very good.

[Elessar]

Originally posted by: kAi
ooo, forgot to mention Lone Wolf and Cub, based on the manga of course, which also kicks ass.That's the same as the 'Samurai Assassin' series that was mentioned earlier fyi.


Also worthy to mention:
Sex is Zero (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0341555/)
Korean "American Pie" stlye comedy.

...ing (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381838/)
Drama/Love story about a girl with a terminal illness.

Azumi 1/2 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431641/)
Well, assassin samurai girl unleashed....

Seppukku (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056058/)
Old b/w samurai movie, very good (superb story, very little action).

Oh, and btw, they made a hilarious real-character movie out of 'Cutie: Honey'....

[Phoenix20578]

Azumi!!! Thats it. Thats a great movie, I just couldn't remember the name. i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif I definetly recommened that for anyone whose into hardcore ninja action.

[kAi]

Originally posted by: Elessar


Originally posted by: kAi
ooo, forgot to mention Lone Wolf and Cub, based on the manga of course, which also kicks ass.That's the same as the 'Samurai Assassin' series that was mentioned earlier fyi.

it's Lone Wolf and Cub, not Samurai Assassin, people who use this name are dumb.

[Roko]

Don't think anyone's mentioned House of Fury. Recently watched it, and I thought it was pretty decent. It's a martial arts movie if your curious.

[Xollence]

Originally posted by: intense
yea.... well i got some pirated dvds of them, so im guessing thats a reason...
My Sassy girl is also one of my faviourites, and i still would watch it regardless of the number or times ive seen it already.
PLUS windstruck is the first part of My Sassy Girl, so i reccommend for you to watch it first before watching Sassy Girl. But the wierd part is that in Windstruck, the girl is already a cop, and in sassy girl, she is still a student. Its like going back in time... hahaha.... wierd, but still, if you can manage to ignore that, you'll enjoy the movie. However, Windstruck isnt as good as Sassy Girl, because it feels like Windstruck dragged on for 40 minutes.... jeeze.

Hmmm... what do you mean it's the first part? I don't think the movies have anything to do with each other. In My Sassy Girl the girl doesn't even have a name.

[Foomanchew24]

Windstruck (2004) was released after my sassy girl (2001) I have not wathced either yet so I am not sure of thier time line(in the movie) in relation to each other, or if they are even related. I have head good things about both but mostly for My Sassy Girl over Windstruck. I will be watching these when I get time.

[Elessar]

Originally posted by: kAi
it's Lone Wolf and Cub, not Samurai Assassin, people who use this name are dumb.Well, call them whatever you want, but now they know that the Samurai Assassin series (that isn't really a series, as it is only one movie with that title made out of the series) mentioned earlier is "the same" as the Lone Wolf and Cub series you mentioned.

And by now they have even realized that they should watch the Lone Wolf & Cub series.

This topic is a recommendation of asian movies. It benefits noone if there are double entries because people talk about the same movies with different names like they weren't mentioned before.

[Xollence]

Yeah besides the ending of Windstruck, there's no real connection between the two. My Sassy Girl was based off of a guy's website, Windstruck didn't really happen.

Foo You should watch My Sassy Girl first, you'll probably like it more.

[soldier]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Grave of the Fireflies (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/) yet. Granted, it's anime, but it still has as much emotional depth and drama as any of the better asian films; probably one of the best.

My favorite is To Live (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110081/), which I also can't believe anyone hasn't mentioned yet. It's about a man with a gambling problem who reforms himself, and after losing everything due to his gambling, his family must now also persevere through the Communist revolution in China. It sounds like a played out storyline, but if it is, it's the one with the best execution. Everything about this movie is the awesome. If you're really looking for an asian film that definitively embodies the scope of asian cinema, check out this classic. You'll cry, you'll laugh, and you'll feel heartwarmed. If anybody else has seen this movie, vouch for it so that I don't look like a homo.

[RedX1z]

one of my favorite would be blue spring..to me i would say this is better than any of the new things that are out today. blue spring may lack originality just by a little, but it's something that'd i would keep on my hd, because it's a very decent movie. high school gangs and whatever, been done since who knows when, but who cares? one idea comes from another.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002CX134.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

http://www.acdrifter.com/Images/MoviePosters/Blue_Spring.jpg

[Uchiha Barles]

Ong Bak Muay Thai Warrior. I think that's the name. This is one of my favorite martial arts movies of all times! This guy is phenomenal, and there's no one like him making movies nowadays. Period.

Page of links and trailers (http://https://http//www.themoviebox.net/movies/2004/NOPQR/Ong-Bak/trailer-page.html)

He also has another movie out which I haven't gotten to see yet. Should get on acquiring it immediately.

[Miro69]

Seen a lot of the movies mentioned here. Funny thing i just started getting into a lot of korean movies lately... but probably the best one that i've seen and that no one's mentioned is

SILMIDO

http://imdb.com/title/tt0387596/
http://aznfilms.com/product_in...c47ef105ba0a8565686921 (http://aznfilms.com/product_info.php/cPath/21_5/products_id/1411?osCsid=e15ec4a0f9c47ef105ba0a8565686921)

[Divinity]

If you guys are looking for an Asian horror movie, I suggest watching "Shutter". It's a thai movie and this movie really freaked me out.... The ending was unexpected.

Storm Riders is a good samurai/fantasy movie as well.

[Psyke]

I have to agree that Shutter is a eerie show, and it's one of the best of recently years. And yeah, the ending was good.

[el_boss]

I resently saw Ran by the master Akira Kurosawa. It really feels like alot of animes today have been inspired by Kurosawas movies. The way people talked in the movie was really close to the way people talk in animes. For such an old movie it has rally well made battle scenes.

IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089881/)