ITT Good asian film (83)

1 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-09-05 23:50 ID:n+tQFkZE

since we have a drama thread, why not a movie one?

I will start.

Gozu

2 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-09-06 13:12 ID:5JKXaqZF

Movie: Singapore Dreaming

3 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-09-06 23:46 ID:w3Tbkofj

Yuuki

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5 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-09-13 05:46 ID:enMkljcA

Onibaba

6 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-09-14 01:18 ID:w3Tbkofj

Kamikaze Girls is supposed to be good. Only started watching it.

7 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-09-14 05:35 ID:Xam3FmTV

Lakidaku Seryu

8 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-09-16 11:20 ID:kEhfqtQR

Old Boy (Korea, 2003), which has also found it's way over here to America and Europe. It has insane amounts of violence and an awesome, confusing and dark story, and that combined with a rather open ending makes it one of my favourite movies, asian or not.

(Oh hey people, post a tad more than just a name, maybe an informational link or some info on why you like saiy film)

9 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-09-17 03:02 ID:Heaven

Konikawa Yakadowo

10 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-09-19 16:12 ID:CsWVfeMy

>>9 why you sage?

11 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-09-20 01:23 ID:Xam3FmTV

12 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-09-23 06:13 ID:BonZY8yg

Rajio no Jikan (or Welcome Back, Mr McDonald)

13 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-10-04 05:13 ID:gbk2vbHa

k - My Sassy Girl
j - Hula Girls
c - House of Flying Daggers

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15 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-10-25 05:09 ID:4hAkkqnR

Il Mare is a really good Korean film. You might know it as the inferior Western remake titled The Lakehouse.

16 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-10-27 06:38 ID:gbk2vbHa

Just saw love and honor the non related trilogy to hidden blade and twilight samurai and thought it was as good as the others. The series centers around lower level samurai life.

17 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-11-03 15:02 ID:1zdW9S72

the first 3 bruce lee movies
snake and crane art of shaolin with jackie chan
[4movies with nora miao]
best looking girl ever... go watch way of the dragon if u havent
shes in it al0t

18 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-11-07 00:23 ID:2Wjrnnmt

2LDK

19 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-11-10 09:50 ID:Q8ROdj+x

"Infernal Affairs". The Hong Kong original of "The Departed".
Trilogy btw.

20 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-11-10 09:53 ID:Q8ROdj+x

Oh and "Shinobi" as my Japanese film.
Plot kind of falters in the second half of the movie, but it's still damn cool.

21 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-11-26 21:15 ID:gZ9cXnus

Cave of the Yellow Dog features a Mongolian Nomadic family with a cute little girl who wants to keep a stray dog against her father's wishes. Nothing horrible happens. She is really cute. It is my favourite film right now. Did I mention she is cute?
http://www.caveoftheyellowdog.co.uk/

I would of used HTML formatting but it thought it was spam.

22 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-12-09 22:26 ID:gZ9cXnus

Kung Pow had a cute baby too

23 Name: Couch Potato : 2007-12-24 04:30 ID:c+TrWmFc

some of my recent favorites:

"Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" - if you like badass korean girls, lots of gore, directed by the cat who did Oldboy, so you know its really nuts.

"Lust, Caution" - if you have a long attention span, like forbidden love stories, lots of drama and tension, and has lots of semi-graphic fucking in it, but its a legit movie. Bring a girl and it will get her gorny, plus its a good movie.

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25 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-01-08 05:31 ID:5ejNjVcg

^ ban the retard above.

I recommend: Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring)

pretty much the only decent movie made around religion.

26 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-01-10 10:36 ID:IFQjifis

Just watched Koi no Mon, absurd, but hilarious.

Also, watched death note 1 & 2 a couple of nights ago (havent read any of the manga, so I actually really enjoyed the films)

27 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-01-11 10:39 ID:bKy/3I2O

Watch Vital, it's kinda weird but I really liked it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417243/

28 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-01-12 01:17 ID:8AZomm30

Wild Zero

lol

29 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-01-12 16:39 ID:qYedXnvp

Survive Style 5+

30 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-01-16 17:54 ID:dwEApv0f

>>28
Wild Zero is fucking brilliant.
the UK DVD cover is worth the price alone.

31 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-01-16 19:20 ID:h7jvEffs

Happy Times Hotel

32 Name: densha_onna : 2008-01-17 03:33 ID:1FFphOD7

Densha Otoko
Curse of the Golden flower is good...
I agree, the Death Note movies are pretty good.

33 Name: densha_onna : 2008-01-17 03:39 ID:1FFphOD7

Waa, I want to see Lust, Caution
Wang Leehom~

34 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-01-18 08:57 ID:5U5Bw0sh

Hyper x Barely Mosaiced - Sora Aoi

35 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-04-01 06:15 ID:ziuRT23N

riki-oh Hilarous must see
anything by Akira Kurosawa, seven samurai most notably
Anything by miike, includes Gozu (first mentioned in post above), the vengeance trilogy (coldboy, sympathy for lady vengeance...) and my personal favorite miike film young thugs:innocent blood.
Once upon a time in china series with jet li is good
Condition zero and sex is zero are good korean comedies
Oh and don't forget the incredibly awesome japanese series running from the 1960's to the 2000's- Zatoichi 29 movies of awesome japanese cinema.

36 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-04-01 06:16 ID:ziuRT23N

Rented lust caution, haven't watched it yet, let you know what i think

37 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-04-01 06:17 ID:ziuRT23N

correction 2 posts up: zatoichi is 19* movies not 29, typo

38 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-04-05 10:57 ID:UO89dw5r

>>36
Lust Caution was so-so. Felt like they put in too much unneeded scenes.

Try Muay Thai (the recently rls'd one). There's a custom eng sub on ADC. It'll definitely change the way you think of Thai movies.

39 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-04-05 23:52 ID:Ehe8BGth

The Sympathy Trilogy: Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. Awesome movies.

40 Name: stupid guy : 2008-04-08 11:53 ID:KHEnnyZ4

1 litre of tears is a really good and sad movie. any1 know where 2 direct dl it???

41 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-04-09 01:24 ID:gdcPhM/T

Ping Pong

Funky Forest

Fallen Angels

Peppermint Candy

All about Lily Chou Chou

Last Life in the Universe

,...

42 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-04-22 08:09 ID:rL4GhD6t

Eel
Dr. Akagi
Attack the Gas Station
Summer in a Small Town

43 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-04-22 19:05 ID:+SAsabv5

Tetsuo the iron man.

44 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-04-25 00:02 ID:4Hhdjrrh

april story

45 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-04-29 00:48 ID:4KGfroI4

Koroshiya Ichi. One of the most brilliant, bloody gorefests I have EVER SEEN.

46 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-05-09 08:23 ID:wnzNmgW+

Dumplings.

47 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-05-14 18:25 ID:3expnfcN

Survive Style 5+

48 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-06-13 19:34 ID:AF6MhuuS

>>46
is the dumpling you are talking about in the 3-part three extremes film or is there another?

49 Name: Chika : 2008-06-13 23:13 ID:2/H8zGqm

おまえら笑える
I am Japan!

50 Name: Chika : 2008-06-13 23:14 ID:2/H8zGqm

今ここは朝の7時です。

51 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-06-14 12:00 ID:qvJajDU9

>>48
Yeah, its the same film. The longer version though.

52 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-07-27 18:03 ID:b+BwvADS

-Oldboy
-Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
-Hana-bi
-The Woman in the Dunes
-Battle Royale
-Sonatine
-Hero

53 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-07-27 19:07 ID:4dnG7eQy

Swing Girls.

is about jazz, a group of school girls and Jazz.
and comedy. nice movie

54 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-07-29 16:27 ID:8b7zN5+Y

a bittersweet life

55 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-07-30 06:55 ID:uPXm9WhB

I'll tell you what NOT to watch-- Jisatsu Sa-kuru, Suicide Club.

I watched that tonight and it was AWFUL. There were a few scenes that were done extremely well, but the movie as a whole was terrible.

Shimotsuma Monogatari is really good, though, as someone mentioned before, as are Infection and Shall We Dance?.

56 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-07-30 09:50 ID:zcRJzsRt

Itchy the killer

57 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-07-30 16:49 ID:pLTM2Xap

hey,the thread says "Asian film". Isn't it ok for having just japanese films around here?

58 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-07-31 12:50 ID:9DFVMTjO

Zatoichi
Shiri
Sonatine
Goyokin
Initial D

59 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-07-31 21:50 ID:Heaven

Pornostar: Not actually about a pornostar. It's about a guy who seems to have no emotions outside of cold rage getting involved with some yakuza. Contains one of the most startling scenes of violence I've ever seen.

Devils on the Doorstep: Absolutely fucking awesome Chinese black comedy/anti-war film. Set in Japanese occupied China at the end of WWII, it's about some villagers who are made to look after two prisoners - a Japanese soldier and a Chinese interpreter. Really stylised, so maybe not for everybody.

This thread is more than a little Japan-centric, but Japan probably produces produces more films that are promoted and readily available in the west, so I don't we can blame it entirely on weeaboo faggotry. (Though it's certainly a factor.)

60 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-08-03 01:14 ID:VKgD9RcP

>>58
The Initial D movie is one of the worst movies ever made

61 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-08-03 16:37 ID:OAF/yM7c

>>60
seconded!

62 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-08-12 17:28 ID:oS75EJHS

Yojimbo
Sanjuro
Ichi the Killer
Fudoh: The Next Generation
Vengeance is Mine
The Lone Wolf and Cub movies
The Hanzo the Razor movies

63 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-08-12 19:33 ID:zfsruKdL

>>62
I watched Vengeance is Mine a couple of days ago. The main character was not the kind of character I'd expected him to be, and was much more interesting for it. Great film, with a different kind of feel to it than any other film about a serial killer I've seen.

64 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-08-28 03:17 ID:89oGhQnJ

survive style 5+

65 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-08-29 21:32 ID:gbPep1WG

Chocolate

66 Name: Bane : 2008-08-31 03:26 ID:lXjEYqkx

A Tale of Two Sisters (once you figure out what happened after watching it 12 times...)

67 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-09-02 11:21 ID:pKSrmt4y

Versus
Oldboy

Also, there was a korean movie I once watched, it was called 9 iron or 12 iron or something simliar. I couldn't find anything about it so I'm probably getting the name wrong. ( '・ω・)

68 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-09-02 14:11 ID:Heaven

>>67
...3-Iron?

69 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-09-03 02:42 ID:JQxpZWtn

  • Renai Shashin (other names: Love Collage, Collage of our Lives)

it features lots of pretty photography. alot lots of engrish. it made me cry in a manly way.

70 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-09-03 03:59 ID:Heaven

>>68
Yes, that's it :3

71 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-09-08 00:06 ID:/QbqVfX0

A Better Tomorrow 1 and 2

72 Name: Couch Potato : 2008-09-22 20:03 ID:xBH7Epu7

>>69

The best part of the movie is when Ryuuhei is in the black man's appartment and he's like "ARE YOU GAY?"

73 Name: Couch Potato : 2009-01-19 22:21 ID:KCWI2iai

My Sassy Girl, I am surprise this has not been optioned for an American remake. I would love to see someone like Seth Rogan in this hilarious romantic comedy.

74 Name: Couch Potato : 2009-01-19 23:34 ID:Heaven

>>73 What are you talking about? There is a American Sassy Girl remake with Elisha Cuthbert, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404254/

I haven't bothered watching it, because i don't want to be blasphemous to the true sassy girl and ruin the memories i have of watching it

75 Name: Couch Potato : 2009-01-19 23:56 ID:KCWI2iai

>>74
Wow, thanks for informing me, I must really be behind on the movie news.

76 Name: Couch Potato : 2009-01-20 16:38 ID:Heaven

>>75 you're welcome^^

77 Name: Couch Potato : 2009-01-20 23:00 ID:AIYW+ik/

Shanghai Dreams (Chinese) is a really good film.

78 Name: Couch Potato : 2009-01-21 16:11 ID:2yyS+Fu5

>>77
Haha I download this movie in 2005 but still haven't seen it

79 Name: Couch Potato : 2009-01-22 07:34 ID:wv6157iM

Dreams
Seven Samurai
Rashomon

Three great movies, all worth a buy/rent/download.

80 Name: Couch Potato : 2009-06-11 20:15 ID:U8PpZ2No

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance.

81 Name: Ryuuchi : 2009-06-14 23:49 ID:mOQrKgON

Kuro-Obi a.k.a. Black Belt

82 Name: Otakun : 2009-07-15 07:56 ID:7KWEq/Z/

it might be old, but Three Kims is pretty good if you're into martial arts and comedy

83 Name: Couch Potato : 2009-07-25 01:13 ID:OhEiQdrU

Se, Jie (Lust, Caution) is pretty good

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