Your Recommended films from Asia

[Santeria]

Hi I was trying to search for good films from Asia.
I have seen only a few.
Oldboy, Vengeance for Mr Sympathy, Battle Royal 1 & 2, Ichi the Killer, Densha Otaku(Sp?), My Sassy Girl.

I saw the trailer for Tokyo Sonata and I thought it looked pretty interesting.

Do you guys have any recommendations?

I already have a thread for non-blockbusters, but for this one I want some good films from Asia and I dont want to miss out on any gems!

Thanks for sharing

I am open to any genres.

[Offender_Mullet]

Let's move this to the Asian releases section on this forum.

Here's what I have: Assembly, Ip Man & Oldboy.

Just ordered: Fearless, Flash Point, Mad Detective, Protege & SPL.

Buy all of them.

[Tru2theBlu]

You should really look into Korean films. They make very good films for the most part. Of course there are bad ones, but the style is much different than the U.S. Old Boy is a Korean movie for example. The action and violence is much different than you average U.S. film and arguably the best in Asia.

[steve_dave]

Here are some great Thai films:

Bullet Wives
Chocolate
Bangkok Haunted
Shutter
The Tiger Blade
Ocean Butterfly

Hong Kong:

Confession of Pain
Initial D
Infernal Affairs
Perhaps Love
City Hunter
A Better Tomorrow
God of Gamblers
House of Fury

Korea:

Il Mare (DO NOT BUY THE TAI SENG RELEASE)
3 Iron
R Point
Joint Security Area

These ones will be hard to find in their original uncut lengths but worth it:

Ong Bak
Tom Young Goong (Can find this as The Protector, play disc two not disc one)
Project A
Twin Dragons
My Father Is A Hero

[assydingo]

Yo-Yo Girl Cop

Pretty decent movie, worth a rental. Reminds me of the character from Ehrgeiz.

[Rob71]

A Tale of Two Sisters
Cello
The Host
Audition
Gozu
Premonition
Infection
The Eye

[brewp13]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

Tom Young Goong (Can find this as The Protector, play disc two not disc one)

I'm glad you mentioned this, I didn't even know there was another version of the film on the second disc. I'm excited to watch it now. Thanks.

[Trogdor2010]

Kung Fu Hustle and CJ7, Stephen Chow my dad and I would say is the chinese Orson Welles.

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by Santeria

Hi I was trying to search for good films from Asia.
I have seen only a few.
Oldboy, Vengeance for Mr Sympathy, Battle Royal 1 & 2, Ichi the Killer, Densha Otaku(Sp?), My Sassy Girl.

I saw the trailer for Tokyo Sonata and I thought it looked pretty interesting.

Do you guys have any recommendations?

I already have a thread for non-blockbusters, but for this one I want some good films from Asia and I dont want to miss out on any gems!

Thanks for sharing

I am open to any genres.

Finish out the trilogy. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance should be your next movie.

For Korea:
Shiri
I'm a Cyborg But That's OK
Attack the Gas Station
And if you have the time watch the drama series Coffee Prince and I'm Sorry I Love You

Japan:
Anything by Beat Takashi or Takashi Miike.
For Beat Sonatine is my favorite. For Miike Graveyard of Honor.

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by mikejet

Japan:
Anything by Beat Takashi or Takashi Miike.
For Beat Sonatine is my favorite. For Miike Graveyard of Honor.

S**t, I forgot about Sonatine. Get the US DVD for Zatoichi which is retitled as The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi. It has Sonatine as a double feature.

[Psychonaut]

Asian really depends on what you are looking for. Some personal recommendations are

Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall...and Spring
The Road Home
The Twilight Samurai
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
The Isle
3-Iron
The Host (A little more accessible to the mainstream)
Audition
Visitor Q
Fudoh: The New Generation
Machine Girl
Tokyo Gore Police

[Illini007]

Tae Guk-Gi is one of my favorite war movies.

[MOONPHASE]

Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni

It's a live action movie based on the anime of the same name(known in America as When They Cry). Characters look almost nothing like the original anime characters but otherwise it is still a good violent movie(even if it is nowhere as good as the actual anime).

[hardcorefrokid]

Oldboy!

[statikcat]

What about Vietnamese? The Rebel (Us title) is possibly the best movie to come out of the country.

[assydingo]

I'll third The Host

[JAC6]

For Hong Kong movies, this is a great site (and it has some recommendations): http://www.lovehkfilm.com/

[Zoiks]

A couple that have not been mentioned yet are:

Ruang rak noi nid mahasan (Last Life in the Universe)
Marebito

Both are interesingly odd, but cool.

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by OrlandoEastwood

S**t, I forgot about Sonatine. Get the US DVD for Zatoichi which is retitled as The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi. It has Sonatine as a double feature.

Yeah Sonatine is soooo much betetr thant hat movie he did with Omar Epps.

[OrlandoEastwood]

Originally Posted by mikejet

Yeah Sonatine is soooo much betetr thant hat movie he did with Omar Epps.

That would be Brother.