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Massy2k6

#1 August 28, 2008, 05:54:01 pm

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I love to watch asian movies, especially horrors. I watched a Tale of Two Sisters the other day and didnt understand a thing, the movie Azumi I finished watching today and although it looked old was pretty decent.

What are your top Asian movies you would recommend someone to have to watch? I think if we are talking about Asian movies then Battle Royale is a must, some others I would recommend would be Suicide Club, The Eye and Oldboy.

Also has anyone seen any Asian remakes from America which are actually worth watching? I actually liked the remake of The Ring, sequal wasnt all that though. Recently released was One Missed Call which I watched and didnt think was all bad but I have yet to see the Original version so cant comment but I heard the director didnt even watch the original before filming the remake which makes me laugh.

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Roman

#2 August 28, 2008, 05:58:48 pm

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easy answer: akira kurosawa

that's all i got.

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#3 August 28, 2008, 06:26:27 pm

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The Guinea Pig series of movies is a must see for any fan of Asian movies. Japanese cinema at its best.

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Alec

#4 August 28, 2008, 06:44:22 pm

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Kurosufaia if you have a soul

seriously watch it now.

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Blitzen

#5 August 28, 2008, 06:46:26 pm

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Gorram Jackie Chan's Drunken Master.

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TheMonster

#6 August 28, 2008, 08:32:37 pm

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asian asian.. asian, when are we going to discuss dutch directors

anyways
3: Joon-ho Bong - Memories of Murder
2: Kar Wai Wong - 2046, Eros
1: Chan-wook Park - JSA, Revenge Thrilogy

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pburn

#7 August 28, 2008, 08:35:24 pm

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Quote from: TheMonster on August 28, 2008, 08:32:37 pm

anyways
3: Joon-ho Bong - Memories of Murder
2: Kar Wai Wong - 2046, Eros
1: Chan-wook Park - JSA, Revenge Thrilogy

Tears of the Black Dragon
Last Life in the Universe
Takeshi Kitano
Akira Kurosawa
Infernal Affairs 2
Johnny To

Also btw Azumi sucks ass and is not really old at all. Most jap movies are just shit.

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TheMonster

#8 August 28, 2008, 08:39:51 pm

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Quote from: Psyburn on August 28, 2008, 08:35:24 pm

Most jap movies are just shit.

I wouldn't say that, but seeing as how my list is Korean only, I should agree

Quote from: XxSylverxX on November 21, 2006, 01:30:03 am

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Mince Wobley

#9 August 28, 2008, 09:34:26 pm

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Tetsuo the Iron Man, the music is great and it has some awesome chase scenes

Play Raimond Ex (if you haven't already)

I'll not TAKE ANYTHING you write like this seriously because it looks dumb

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Massy2k6

#10 August 28, 2008, 11:15:39 pm

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Quote from: Psyburn on August 28, 2008, 08:35:24 pm

Also btw Azumi sucks ass and is not really old at all. Most jap movies are just shit.

It felt old to me, and yeah some of the special effects they tried using were pretty poor but it was worth the 2 or so dollars I spent for it.

Quote from: TheMonster on August 28, 2008, 08:32:37 pm

1: Chan-wook Park - JSA, Revenge Thrilogy

I heard Lady Vengeance wasnt such a great movie.

Heard some good things about Ichi the Killer I think its called, a friend is letting me borrow it soon so im looking forward to that.

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#11 August 28, 2008, 11:18:01 pm

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Quote from: Massy2k6 on August 28, 2008, 11:15:39 pm

It felt old to me, and yeah some of the special effects they tried using were pretty poor but it was worth the 2 or so dollars I spent for it.

I don't see how it feels old besides the fact that all Japanese movies have shitty film grain

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Massy2k6

#12 August 28, 2008, 11:19:34 pm

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Hard to explain what I mean by old... just doesnt look as sharp as movies you see released now and like you said kinda grainy if that makes sense.

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#13 August 29, 2008, 02:17:14 am

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Oldboy (Korean) is the only one I can remember having any merit to it.

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pburn

#14 August 29, 2008, 02:18:00 am

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Quote from: Massy2k6 on August 28, 2008, 11:15:39 pm

I heard Lady Vengeance wasnt such a great movie.

Where did you hear that?

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Sludgelord

#15 August 29, 2008, 02:34:34 am

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all anime!

Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden

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K-hos

#16 August 29, 2008, 04:47:13 am

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Anything with Bruce lee in it

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all anime!

If an image says a thousand words, and a video shows 24 images each second, then why couldn't they condense everything I needed to learn at school into one hour long video :V

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TheMonster

#17 August 29, 2008, 07:10:38 am

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Quote from: Massy2k6 on August 28, 2008, 11:15:39 pm

I heard Lady Vengeance wasnt such a great movie.

uhmm don't think so, Sympathy for lady vengeance is seen as the savior of the Revenge Trilogy since Sympathy for Mr vengeance wasn't up to Chan Wook-parks standards.

Oldboy was by far the best though

Quote from: XxSylverxX on November 21, 2006, 01:30:03 am

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PTizzle

#18 August 29, 2008, 02:03:33 pm

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Apart from what has mentioned, I've really enjoyed (that I've seen semi-recently) Audition and Nobody Knows.

Asian cinema is really hit and miss for me, I don't really love generic fighting movies where the bullets never hit anyone that much. That said, I dug Exiled (from Johnny To, one of his more recent films) quite a bit because it had a good story and well done action, even though people would fire 200 times and hit nothing but air.

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#19 August 29, 2008, 03:14:13 pm

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I tend not to like asian movies too much because of the hairy vaginas.

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Vellfire

#20 August 29, 2008, 06:27:06 pm

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Japanese:

Battle Royale
Suicide Club
The Taste of Tea
One Missed Call (the remake looked too shit to watch sorry)

Korean:

A Tale of Two Sisters
The Whispering Corridors Trilogy (although apparently there's a fourth movie so who knows about it)
Conduct Zero

Also both of the versions of Legend of the Drunken Master were good.

I haven't seen too many Asian movies that other people haven't, but yeah, Conduct Zero and The Taste of Tea are the two lesser known ones that I'd recommend, ESPECIALLY The Taste of Tea.

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