Asian Movies

[Cloud]

OK guys what are your favorite Asian movies?

Battle Royale (Japanese) is my favorite. It's about a class of Japanese school children whose school bus gets gassed and they awake on a military run island. Once a year the Battle Royale programme airs on TV where the children must fight to the death until only one remains. This movie is awesome.

Ong-Bak (Thai) staring Tony Jaa. A villager's quest to return the stolen Ong-Bak (a Buddha's statue head) takes him to the city, where many fights ensure. Tony Jaa does all his own stunts and there is no wire work. An awesome actor/Thai kick boxer.

Others include Initial D (Japanese) a must see for drift fans. Old Boy (Korean) a tale of revenge. Jet Li's Fearless (Chinese). Final Fantasy VII Advent children (Japanese) the follow up to the awesome game. Hard Boiled (Chinese/Hong Kong) a film by John Woo and a must for Stranglehold fans. Bruce Lee films and many more.

Hoping to see soon; Welcome to Dongmakgol (Korean), Little Red Flowers (Chinese), Lady Vengeance (Korean) and some Johnnie To films.

[jaferris]

O man u listed some well good ones
i love with a passion the following
Infernal Affairs Trilogy ( american version is The Departed ) asian version loads better best 3movies eva story is amazing
Oldboy
Battle Royal 1+2 soo good and violent :) ( The 2nd better,got similar d day landing scene but it school kids fighting, doesnt end well for some of them lol and they cant escape as they got exploding colars lol)
Shiri (female assion lol cant spell like agent 47 lol )
Initial D
The Host ( like godzilla but better :) )
Brotherhood ( better than saving private ryan imho )
Warrior King ( tony jaa movie ) similar to ong bak but better i think
Ong Bak (tony jaa movie)
The Bodyguard 1+2

omg how could i 4get this
The New Police Story ( flipping awsome movie Gr8 jackie chan movie)

well list can go on for ages

[vhayste]

I wanted to watch Battle Royale for a long time now but I can't find a copy anywhere...

Initial D is one of my favorites. I have watched a lot of Asian movies (being an Asian myself) and enjoyed Jackie Chan and Jet Li movies.

[Frizzed]

Ong Bak is awesome, some great fight scenes are in this movie.

[Cloud]

O man u listed some well good ones
i love with a passion the following
Infernal Affairs Trilogy ( american version is The Departed ) asian version loads better best 3movies eva story is amazing
Oldboy
Battle Royal 1+2 soo good and violent :) ( The 2nd better,got similar d day landing scene but it school kids fighting, doesnt end well for some of them lol and they cant escape as they got exploding colars lol)
Shiri (female assion lol cant spell like agent 47 lol )
Initial D
The Host ( like godzilla but better :) )
Brotherhood ( better than saving private ryan imho )
Warrior King ( tony jaa movie ) similar to ong bak but better i think
Ong Bak (tony jaa movie)
The Bodyguard 1+2

well list can go on for ages

Yeah I loved The Host (Korean) that was a really enjoyable film. But I would have to pick Ong-Bak over Warrior King, both were great anyway.

[S1D1OUS]

Not gonna write ones that are already on here but some of the other asian films that rock are :
A bittersweet life
Bangkok dangerous
Infernal affairs
Sympathy for mr.vengence

To name a few :)

[fatces]

Not gonna write ones that are already on here but some of the other asian films that rock are :
A bittersweet life
Bangkok dangerous
Infernal affairs
Sympathy for mr.vengence

To name a few :)

symphaty for mr. vengance is very cool, but i liked more oldboy, and have yet to see symphaty for lady vengance. as for my favorite it must be Ichi the killer, it's an awesome movie; i've seen almost all of the movies mentioned here and i liked some of them:p

anyone here as seen visitor Q, it's from Takachi Miike (same as ichi), just want to know what do you guys think of that movie

[sam49]

Well one of my favourite Asian movies is Dil to Pagal Hai (Indian) & The Way of the Dragon.

[APX]

Wow, you guys actually thought the live action of Initial D was good?

It was utter crap, I mean the crap to the max, very bland and come on, chinese dudes being japanese people? = failure.

[Dothis]

All of Akira Kurosawa films. I will save you all the trouble of reading them.
OldBoy
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Lady Vengeance
A Tale of Two Sisters
Ichi the Killer
Audition
Ringu
Ju-on: The Grudge
The Killer
Hard Boiled
Shutter

To name off a couple.

[Jdm7399]

Wow, you guys actually thought the live action of Initial D was good?

It was utter crap, I mean the crap to the max, very bland and come on, chinese dudes being japanese people? = failure.

Initial D

^^^Jdm loves his Drifting, even if you hate it APX.

Young and the Dangerous

^^^I have the entire set and I love the Triad shit.

God of Gamblers

^^^Who doesn't like watching "High Rollers" with tricks up their sleeves?

[APX]

Initial D

^^^Jdm loves his Drifting, even if you hate it APX.


I love drifting too, i've been in love with initial D since I saw it at a local anime store, watched the crap out of the first stage, played all the arcade versions and even the cycraft one, but the live action just made me shake my head at it.

[exo-apollo]

Spirited Away

[APX]

That's more of an anime, but ok. :O

[exo-apollo]

That's more of an anime, but ok. :O

I class anything I see at a movie theatre as generally being a movie, but cool.

[Blackjaw x]

I don't like Asian movies because they censor out all the good stuff.

[Cloud]

I don't like Asian movies because they censor out all the good stuff.

All the ones I've seen are all original with no censoring and with a lot of good stuff in lol. Do watch them on DVD or TV?

[Blackjaw x]

Err.. I watch them on the internet. ;)

[nictasty]

Hard Boiled (Chinese/Hong Kong) a film by John Woo and a must for Stranglehold fans. Bruce Lee films and many more.

Hoping to see soon; Welcome to Dongmakgol (Korean), Little Red Flowers (Chinese), Lady Vengeance (Korean) and some Johnnie To films.

Well first off I agree that Stranglehold fans definately need to see Hard Boiled because the game is the sequel to that movie. Also I would say you need to see Lady Vengeance and probably see Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance just to round out the Trilogy. And as a heads up, if you want a couple of good Johnnie To flicks, check out Election 1 & 2, and Exiled. I hear they're in process of making Election into a US movie this year also. I just hope they don't bone it like a lot of the other remakes they do over here.

One thing I didn't notice on any of your lists that you should all see immediately is the Zatoichi remake with Takeshi Kitano. In fact, go see all of his movies, I have yet to find one that didn't amaze(well, besides Dolls).