Your Recommended films from Asia

[kamenriderrx]

Too bad most of my favorite korean films are not on Blu Ray yet. (Sassy Girl, Friends, Bittersweet Life, etc)

[OrlandoEastwood]

Chinese films:
Confession of Pain - This one is good. I got my DVD off eThaiCD.com for $6.50. It's R3 PAL and has English subtitles. Only annoying thing is that there's a warning at the top of the screen whenever someone drinks alcohol.

Lord of the Wu-Tang aka The Evil Cult - The VHS version is called LotWT while the DVD version is TEC. TEC is 15 minutes longer. The DVD version is available in a JET LI 4 Pack set which I got for $13.

Black Mask - Apparently there's no real true version of this one. It's been edited in all versions that have been released in the world. US Edit is available on Blu-Ray.

Tokyo Raiders - The US DVD is released by Sony. I have the US VHS copy so I don't know what the DVD is like. I liked it. Hiroshi Abe is great in this film. He plays a Japanese mob boss who is after Tony Leung Chiu-Wai's character.

Japanese films:
CASSHERN - Great visuals and story. The action sequences are nice too. I got my copy off eThaiCD.com for $10.50. It's R0 NTSC and has English subtitles. No censorship.

Machine Girl - Crazy violent, if that's the kinda thing you are into. I got my DVD at Borders back last summer when it came out for $20.

Returner - A cool sci-fi action film. I got my copy for $5 in the cheapo bin at the US Navy Exchange. I've rented it a few years back and enjoyed it. When I saw in the bin, I grabbed and bought it.

Forbidden Siren - This one is based off the videogame Siren. Not sure which game it is based off of, haven't played them. Apparently the only legit DVD that has English subtitles is an R3 copy from Malaysia. But then again, it's Malaysia, another bootleg capital in Asian countries.

Battle Royale - Another violent goodie. Beware, most DVD copies are bootlegs.

Battle Royale II: Revenge - All right, here's the thing; two versions of the film. Battle Royale II: Requiem sucks go for the Revenge version.

Dolls - A sad film from Takeshi Kitano. Great movie, I got mine off eThaiCD for $8.50. The transfer is not that great due to PAL conversion.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

Black Mask - Apparently there's no real true version of this one. It's been edited in all versions that have been released in the world. US Edit is available on Blu-Ray.

Actually, the complete original version has been released by Mei Ah as part of the "A Grand Colleciton of Black Mask" DVD set. Both films are the original Hong Kong versions with DTS & DD Cantonese 5.1 and English subtitles.

[OrlandoEastwood]

Yeah, I know about that version. The odd thing is for Black Mask 2: City of Masks, it doesn't contain the original English audio. But then again, Black Mask 2 wasn't that great.

[assydingo]

Great movies that are meant to be watched back-to-back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjRX4Fk2Rrg

[krazeyeyez]

lmao i am so sold on yo-yo cop from that poster, good call

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by kamenriderrx

Too bad most of my favorite korean films are not on Blu Ray yet. (Sassy Girl, Friends, Bittersweet Life, etc)

Are you talking about Chingu?