any recommended Asia movies or TV shows?

[MarkBrad]

Hi,
could anyone please recommend some asian movies,or TV shows to me? better the recently most popular.I may list it on my site.
Thanks

[Travis Bickle]

Here's afew I like:
Infernal Affairs
Lust, Caution
Mad Detective
Red Cliff
The Warlords

[JAC6]

There's a discussion with a lot of suggestions here.

And try LoveHKFilm.

[mugupo]

I wish there's a place you can Rent Asian Blu-ray in the U.S. that could really helpful since cost of those Asian blu-ray is usually 30-50% more than U.S. one.

[kndy]

Well, considering that the prices are somewhat getting cheaper on yesasia:

These are non-anime related and picked those that had decent prices or are cheap.

Breaking News
Lust, Caution
House of Fury
CJ7
Infernal Affairs
Days of Being Wild
Waterboys
PTU
Kung Fu Hustle
Fearless
Chungking Express

[mugupo]

cheapest site to get chinese blu-ray is probably dddhouse, china do had those double layer dvd that has 720p video (pirates disk) but with dvd sound.

[edwardsmith]

hi, if you like rock concerts i would definitely recomend Live In Manila - Journey. the quality is just unbelivable A10/V10. i got it from hong kong, ordered on line. just got today.

[Squall835]

Another site to check out is http://www.renchi.com/index.jsp. I've always had great service from them, and they often have the cheapest prices.

[aeric_7734]

Any suggestions would generally be based on what type of films you like. I have a huge list of fantastic Asian movies, but they span countries and genres.

Oldboy
Lady Vengeance
Battle Royale
X-Cross
R-Point
GP 506
Accident
Shamo
Dog Bite Dog
Beast Cops
Vengeance
Untold Story
City of Life and Death
Overheard
Protege
Izo
Yatterman
Deadly Outlaw Rekka
Dead or Alive
Sharkskin Man and Peach Hip Girl
The Host
Assembly
Warlords
The Good the Bad the Weird
City of Violence
.....

Too many to list all of really... but that covers some of my faves. Not all available on blu mind you, but worth checking out nonetheless.

[P@t_Mtl]

Two TV series for you...I don't know you taste

Chinese Paladin (China)

Sweet Spy (Korea)

[JimShaw]

For me it was the Japanese Blu of The Phantom of the Opera

[Sagacious Koreo]

Originally Posted by aeric_7734

Any suggestions would generally be based on what type of films you like. I have a huge list of fantastic Asian movies, but they span countries and genres.

Oldboy
Lady Vengeance
Battle Royale
X-Cross
R-Point
GP 506
Accident
Shamo
Dog Bite Dog
Beast Cops
Vengeance
Untold Story
City of Life and Death
Overheard
Protege
Izo
Yatterman
Deadly Outlaw Rekka
Dead or Alive
Sharkskin Man and Peach Hip Girl
The Host
Assembly
Warlords
The Good the Bad the Weird
City of Violence
.....

Too many to list all of really... but that covers some of my faves. Not all available on blu mind you, but worth checking out nonetheless.

Nice list. I'm not much into Takashi Miike though. My favorite of his has always been Bird People of China. I liked Crows Zero though too.

A fun place to start would be with Johnnie To movies. The finest director in Hong Kong today IMO. Amazing director. Throwdown is one of my favorite films of all time.

[GeorgeP12]

Check nominees and winners of Asian Film Awards 2007-2010

My favorites (apart from some titles mentioned by others):
Mother / Madeo (2009)
Tokyo sonata (2008)
If You Are the One / Fei Cheng Wu Rao (2008)
The Banquet / Ye yan (2006)
The Message / Feng sheng (2009)

UPD: Shame on me , forgot to mention:
Memories of Murder / Salinui chueok (2003)
Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

[aeric_7734]

Originally Posted by Sagacious Koreo

Nice list. I'm not much into Takashi Miike though. My favorite of his has always been Bird People of China. I liked Crows Zero though too.

A fun place to start would be with Johnnie To movies. The finest director in Hong Kong today IMO. Amazing director. Throwdown is one of my favorite films of all time.

I do love some Johnny To, though my favorite of his is Fulltime Killer. He's easily my favorite director currently working in Hong Kong. Comparing him with Miike, though, does a disservice to both I think. They have hugely distinct differences in style and themes, and Miike to me proves that he can work within almost any genre given his huge list of films. I don't like every film that Miike has done, but a good deal of them, including Bird People of China. Right now I'm actually more enamored by Mamoru Oshii's live action work... Stray Dog, Red Spectacles, Talking Head, even Avalon (can't wait for Assault Girls, really).

Johnny To is easily a more visual director, with controlled bursts of violence peppering his otherwise calm, and often charmingly comedic movies. He easily exemplifies what I love most about Hong Kong cinema. But really, the differences between the two are so vast it would almost be appropriate to simply say that Japanese cinema is so hugely different from Hong Kong films that they can't be fairly compared or weighed against each other.

Just my two cents, really.

[Sagacious Koreo]

I never compared the two...


I like both directors and I pretty much agree with everything you said.

[aeric_7734]

Originally Posted by Sagacious Koreo

I never compared the two...


I like both directors and I pretty much agree with everything you said.

Indeed, I just ramble sometimes.