Asian Cinema ...

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

any fans of asian cinema here ?? i love asian cinema ... as a wu-tang (the rappers) fan i got into alot of the old school kung fu movies - especially the ones they sample on their music - which have some of the craziest fighting scenes you could ever imagine in cinema ... john woo is the most influential director you've never heard of and watching some of his older films then watching quentin tarantino you can see where he got his influence ... tarantino knows his asian cinema like the back of his hand and gives major respect to the asian cinema ... shaw brothers are responsible for the best kung fu movies ever... so if you're a fan what are some of your favourite movies ?? if you're not i highly recommend you check out some of these ...

Infernal Affairs ... anyone who has seen the departed should check this out ... this is the original movie the departed ripped off
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338564/

Chow Yun-Fat:

The Killer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097202/

God of Gamblers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097244/

A Better Tomorrow
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092263/

Jackie Chan:

Project A
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085127/

Dragons Forever
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093015/

Young Master
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081499/

Legend of the Drunken Master
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111512/

and my personal favourite jackie chan movie ...
Drunken Master
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080179/

Lone Wolf & Cub ... 6 samurai movie length tv shows about a samurai who was betrayed by his shogun who had his wife murdered ... he becomes a rogue assassin on the trail of revenge and takes his son along ... love these ... but if you're not into japanese language and subtitles there's an american version with english dubs called Shogun Assassin which mashes together pieces from the first and second series ... heavily sampled of GZA's "Liquid Swords" if anyone has hear that
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081506/

now for the kung fu

36th Chamber of Shaolin
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078243/

Five Venoms
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077559/

Shaolin and Wu Tang
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083062/

Mystery of Chessboxing
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199813/

Two Champions of Death
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078428/

Wu Tang Master
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086303/

some like 18 Fatal Strikes and Invincible Hero didn't have anything on them on imdb just a title ... i cbf going through anymore movies but if anyone knows any others post em up !!

 

[elyod138]

I'm a big fan of Asian Cinema, more so the slow moving dramas.

Kim Ki-Duk, Wong Kar-Wai are two of my favourite directors.

Some favourites:
Oldboy
Chungking Express
Last Life In The Universe
3-Iron
In The Mood For Love
Oasis
Days of Being Wild
Samaria
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
The Isle
The Taste of Tea
The Bow

oh and Liquid Swords is an awesome album.

 

[Misanthrope]

Battle Royale
Infernal Affairs
Oldboy

All classics. There are others, but those three are brilliant by any standard.

 

[Danger]

The Young & Dangerous series is mad!

 

[Misanthrope]

Saying The Departed 'ripped off' Infernal Affairs is a little unfair. It was, as far as I'm aware, a Hollywood remake in the same way that The Ring and The Grudge were - done with permission and even assistance (in the latter two films' cases, anyway) of the original team.

 

[sydraider]

No Hentai?

 

[Tom Shines]

Does Shaolin Soccer count?

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Saying The Departed 'ripped off' Infernal Affairs is a little unfair. It was, as far as I'm aware, a Hollywood remake in the same way that The Ring and The Grudge were - done with permission and even assistance (in the latter two films' cases, anyway) of the original team.

it just annoys me how scorcese gets an oscar for a "remake" and master piece's like goodfellas, raging bull and taxi driver get nothing

 

[Misanthrope]

It was a pretty damn good remake. And he won for directing, not for writing. It's hard to argue that The Departed wasn't a damn well put together film.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

i know he's not a writer ... but he's made better movies ... and let's be honest ... infernal affairs > the departed

don't get me wrong i thought the departed was an awesome film ... but it was already done ...

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=sWYe-Ef3u5M

that is the greatest shoot i've ever seen ... all in one take

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

oh and you reminded me ... Ringu ... what a great film that was ... seen it on sbs a few times ... i knew i'd let one classic slip

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178868/

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Izo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I2k4r9YAMg

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHs4bwy7Myk

A tale of two Sisters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anF5XiN8QY8

Imprint
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OyR5xyLuuw

Ichi the Killer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coiVr5Pl4-s

City on Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-UbU0AnOus

Art of the Devil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCmXwD0vVDw

without a doubt, Asia make the best horror movies ... don't even question that, and their hollywood rip off "remakes" do no justice to them

 

[Phillips]

A Bittersweet Life.