asian cinema / films

[grad]

righto this week i've mostly been 'obtaining' films from the far east...

monday started off with battle royale (doh, didn't realise it was on c4), was pretty good but not as good as i expected.

tuesday was 'hero', now i liked this one a lot...a beautiful film, top fighting and good story.

tonights going to be either lady snowblood or my sassy girlfriend..or iche the killer if he's ready

also in the pipeline are god of gamblers and musa...

anyone got any other reccomendations? I know the above are all mainstream, it's just that they are easily accessible (as in getting hold of)...which helps any genre as long as it's good..

[Wolfy]

Mine are probably more main stream than yours mate but anything by the Sensi - Akira Kurosawa takes some beating.

Not all his films are action though and a lot of them are based on shakespeare....Quality filmage though. His best and most famous being 'Seven Samurai' which is bloodyyyyyyyyyyyyy long but is a great film. Its up there in film snobs 'top 10 films of all time' kinda thing...Been fecked by Hollywood as well thousands of times in one guise or another...

For out and out blood fest/action - John Woo before he hit Hollywood is always bang on! 'Die xue shuang xiong' (The Killer) is shit hot.

[piratepete]

ive seen some jap films an i think they are mad but top the films ive seen all were new but in black and white . i love manga films think they are top cartoons for adults lol

[blue jammer]

How long have you got? lol

(these are all emule network friendly)

Ichi The Killer (amazing, I loved this) - Also get 1-Ichi (the prequel - again awesome stuff)

Takashi Miike's films are ace, he's a stunning director, and one that likes to push things, new directions aplenty, check out more of his films:

Dead Or Alive
Audition
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
Visitor Q (really sick!)
The Happiness of the Katakuris (amazing, a musical horror/comedy affair)
Dead or Alive Final
Gozu (so surreal you'll think you're tripping!)

Some other films by other directors:

Jisatsu Circle (Suicide Club)
Ju-on (do not get Ju-on - the grudge, as that was a shit remake)
Yin shi nan nu (Eat Drink Man Woman)
Returner
Over The Rainbow

(coupla words on some of those films here)

[Ed]

Takeshi Kitano - Sonatine, Brother, Violent Cop, Kikujiro (I really liked this, won at Cannes I think). Get Brother first it's half in English and will break you in gently.

If you like Anime, and have nephews, nieces etc try castles in the sky, Totoro, Spirited Away anything by Miyazaki.

There's a good un called Ghost in the Shell as well, which is a bit like Blade Runner I seem to remember.

There's a classic series of Yakuza (Japanese Mafia) films I watched whe I lived in Japan and they were quality, but fecked if I can remember the name-if it comes to me will let you know.

[doolz]

hero is a fantastic film jet li donny yen wooo mad fights and very beautifull film too boot
jet li films are the dogs danglies

fist of legend
once upon a time in china series jet li as the legend wong fei hung
teh legend of fong sai yuk 1 and 2
and many more all great imo

other essential veiwings imo

a better tomorrow series
hardboiled
god of gamblers
the killer
saviour of teh soul
warriors of zu mountain
and many more


wont start on teh kung fu

[blue jammer]

Originally Posted by doolz

warriors of zu mountain

That's ace

[grad]

cheers guys, top feedback, I'll check some of them out.

last nights was 'azumi' best of the 3 this week, just a top fun film.

ichi's all ready to go and will be screened on friday

[cam]

Im a little lost to say the least at this thread, do you actually watch films in other languages that you cant understand and think there good ?

[Ed]

Originally Posted by cam

Im a little lost to say the least at this thread, do you actually watch films in other languages that you cant understand and think there good ?

Bet you've seen a few Swedish in your time Cam.........

er guess they come with sub titles mate

[cam]

Originally Posted by Ed

Bet you've seen a few Swedish in your time Cam.........

er guess they come with sub titles mate

nagh mate all the stuff like that that ive seens been in english

Dont think I could understand a bird saying " eh awwwwwwwww eh awwww " in swedish

[blue jammer]

Originally Posted by cam

Im a little lost to say the least at this thread, do you actually watch films in other languages that you cant understand and think there good ?

They aren't just good, most of them are fan-fookin-tastic fella.

As the directors don't use the regular cliched stuff that the english/amercian directors do, and it's great to see other peoples cultures.

Should give them a go mate, don't be blinkered and think "ugh subtitles, that ain't for me, pah" you'd be surprised how easy it is after a while of reading/watching the film, how easy it is

[cam]

Originally Posted by blue jammer

They aren't just good, most of them are fan-fookin-tastic fella.

As the directors don't use the regular cliched stuff that the english/amercian directors do, and it's great to see other peoples cultures.

Should give them a go mate, don't be blinkered and think "ugh subtitles, that ain't for me, pah" you'd be surprised how easy it is after a while of reading/watching the film, how easy it is

argh so they have subtitles well thats a bit different then.

[GemGem]

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