Recommended Asian films

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Akira Kurosawa movies: Dude is a legend, you should look into this guy. Some of his most famous movies in America are "Ran" (Based on Shakespears 'King Lear'), and "7 Samurai" which is one of my personal favorites. But this cat has a large catalog, he made movies over a few decades.

John Woo (befor crossing over to america): "Hong Kong Face Off," "A better Tomorrow I and II," "Once a Thief," "Bullet in the Head," "Hard Boiled." These are also movies that made Chow Yun Fat famous, and he is hard as fuck in these movies.

Also check out Jet Li movies from before he came to America, it's funny how these cats come to America, and their shit gets hella watered down, but their original movies are hard as fuck. Just a side note, when you get these movies, please by all means get the subtitled versions. The dubbed versions just don't tell the same story.
 
Defy

Defy

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yeah, I seen some clean ass jet li movies...

has anyone seen Zu Warriors? well, that was the name it was supposed to be when it came out stateside, but it wasn't released out here....it had another name like legend of the zu or something like that.....shit was like a live action dragonball z or something.....
 
Blackandproud

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vokal said:
where can i get ong-bak 2?

Tom Yum Goong- Tony Jaa other movie
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Its actully the same movie, On my dvd case it says 'Tom Yum Goong - Ong Bak 2'. Probley cos the basic plot is the same and its a more marketable title. ( Amazon.com have got it )


LOL to the porno movie titles!!! you guyz crack me up!!!

heres a few more:

Naked Weapon ( Girls, Guns and sfx )
Duel To The Death ( mad japan vs China movie)
2009 ( Dope political, Sci-fi action movie)
Arahan ( Acton-Comedy )
Avalon ( computer world movie like Existenz/Matrix)
 
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Blackandproud said:
Its actully the same movie, On my dvd case it says 'Tom Yum Goong - Ong Bak 2'. Probley cos the basic plot is the same and its a more marketable title. ( Amazon.com have got it )


LOL to the porno movie titles!!! you guyz crack me up!!!

heres a few more:

Naked Weapon ( Girls, Guns and sfx )
Duel To The Death ( mad japan vs China movie)
2009 ( Dope political, Sci-fi action movie)
Arahan ( Acton-Comedy )
Avalon ( computer world movie like Existenz/Matrix)
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i thought the same thing, Naked Weapon 1 of my favs
 
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You have some great choices, but are missing a major movie.. probably my "all time favorite" movie... OLDBOY! Everyone thats into Asian cinema/open minded this is a MUST SEE.










peep it, its one fucked up film.. great acting and the story is amazing.

Here's a little info about it too:

In the realm of revenge thrillers, you'd be hard pressed to find more ultra-violent vengeance and psycho thrills than in the creepy story of Oldboy. This Korean import made a pop splash at the Cannes Film Festival and during its limited theatrical run thanks to the imprimatur of Quentin Tarantino, who raved about it and its visionary director, Chan-wook Park, to anyone who would listen. It's easy to see why QT fell in love with the grindhouse attitude, fast-paced action, violent imagery, and icy-black humor, but it's a disservice to think of Oldboy as another Tarantino homage or knockoff. The darkly existential undercurrent in the themes that Oldboy traces over its life-long narrative arc is much more complex and deeply disturbing than anything of its kind. The movie's tagline is, "15 years of imprisonment... 5 days of vengeance." The imprisonee is Oh Dae-Su, an ordinary Joe who is snatched off a Seoul street corner and locked away in a dank, windowless fleabag hotel room for the aforementioned 15 years. Just as abruptly he is released, and thus the five days begin. Why did this happen to Oh Dae-Su? Ah, but that would be telling, and in fact we don't know ourselves until the final wrenching scenes.
Oldboy breaks into a classic three-act saga, the first of which details the hallucinatory period of imprisonment in which Oh Dae-Su wades from mild insanity to outright psychosis in the hands of unseen yet attentive captors. Act 2 is the revenge, when an entirely different tone takes over and Oh Dae-Su moves with single-minded purpose and clarity. It's this section that has gained the most notoriety, primarily for the claw-hammer dentistry scene, the one-man-army tracking shot, and the wriggling octopus that Oh Dae-Su consumes in a sushi bar (he's been dead so long he simply needs life back inside him in any way possible). In act 3, answers finally start to emerge and the sinister atmosphere grows even more profound--not without a healthy dose of extra bloodletting, of course. Oldboy is an undeniably poetic masterpiece of tension, fury, and dynamic craft. Ultimately, its epic cycle of tragedy is of the sort that mankind has been inflicting upon itself for all time. Some of the images may be gruesome, but all converge into a kind of beauty. It's in the telling of this lurid tale that these details become one and the memories of pain ultimately heal. --Ted Fry

Product Description
Oh Dae-su is an ordinary Seoul businessman with a wife and little daughter who, after a drunken night on the town, is abducted and locked up in a strange, private prison. No one will tell him why hes there and who his jailer is and his fury builds to a single-minded focus of revenge. 15 years later, he is unexpectedly freed, given a new suit, a cell-phone and 5 days to discover the mysterious enemy who had him imprisoned. Seeking vengeance on all those involved, he soon finds that his enemys tortures are just beginning.
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Blackandproud

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Im gonna peep out that Oldboy since a few peeps recommended it and its one of the only titles named not in my collection yet.

Anyone seen lady Vengence? its suppose to be dope and directed by the same guy as Old Boy.

Azumi 2 is good but not as good as the first by a long shot, same goes for Battle Royal. Both have different directors so that probley the reason. Still good films though but dont think there gona be better then the prequals.
 
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Fucky McFuckerson

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Blackandproud said:
Im gonna peep out that Oldboy since a few peeps recommended it and its one of the only titles named not in my collection yet.

Anyone seen lady Vengence? its suppose to be dope and directed by the same guy as Old Boy.

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Oldboy is the best out of the 3 "revenge" movies he did....Sympathy For Mr.Vengeance is his first one....then Oldboy...then the aformentioned Sympathy For Lady Vengeance....they all are dope...but Oldboy takes the cake...
 
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Akira Kurosawa's movies are basically all classics. 7 Samurais is his best.

Also check out "Hero" and "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring" that was already said here. And "Once Upon a Time in China" movies are also good.
 
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Defy said:
battle royale 2 was good? I heard bad things about it....I need to get the first one, that was the shit.....and I still haven't seen #2
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Is it as good as the first one?? NO..
Is it any good?? In my opinion YES. I actually enjoyed it even though the camera work at times could have been better. One thing it does is that it gives u a different look at terrorism and terrorists but besides the point I actually enjoyed the movie.

Someone mentioned Akira LOVE THAT MOVIE. As for a reccomended film Dead Or Alive i liked 1 better than 2 and 3 and also i liked the Black Society Triolgy myself all by Miike..
 
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mR.SiPpYGeTiPpY

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oh shit.. who's that sick kung fu guy who does all his stunts w/o protection. He can run across people's heads.

I saw a sick fight between him and this capoera guy in a burning temple. Anyone know what film i'm talkin about?

oh, and you gotta watch the recent japanese version of Godzilla. lol that shit is cheesy
 
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Fucky McFuckerson

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mR.SiPpYGeTiPpY said:
oh shit.. who's that sick kung fu guy who does all his stunts w/o protection. He can run across people's heads.

I saw a sick fight between him and this capoera guy in a burning temple. Anyone know what film i'm talkin about?

oh, and you gotta watch the recent japanese version of Godzilla. lol that shit is cheesy
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Ong Bak...

That Godzilla was directed by Ryuhei Kitamura....the guy who did Versus and Azumi...I heard it was gay...so I never peeped it...

BY the way...Versus 2 comes out soon...

http://imdb.com/title/tt0410849/

ANd hes got another movie in production as well...

http://imdb.com/title/tt0482459/
 
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