The Asian Film Thread

I remember loving a Tale of Two Sisters after watching it for the first time even though I was confused about a lot of stuff just because it was really beautiful and I wasn't expecting that from a "horror" movie.

I recently checked out the Myth with Jackie Chan, Everlasting Regret, and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. The Myth was pretty good, not my favorite Jackie flick but it was entertaining. Everlasting Regret I ended not liking as much as I thought I would even though I'm a Sammi Cheng fan. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance was amazing, can't wait to see Lady Vengeance.

I recently bought Election off of ebay after confirming with the seller that it was the official HK DVD but what ended up in the mail? A bootleg. How lame, I guess I've learned my lesson.

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The Promise and Fearless are being released in US cinemas in May and August respectively as wide releases. I'm looking forward to seeing both of them even though people have said the Promise sucked. Anyone seen it?
http://impawards.com/2006/promise.html

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Speaking of Initial D, there's news that Edison is going to be in the Grudge 2.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryid=28&cs=1

What I'm looking forward to is the US release of Lady Vengeance. Even though it'll probably never reach me in theaters, I'm waiting for the Region 1 DVD because I still haven't gotten a all-region player.
http://films.tartanfilmsusa.com/lady...TrailerLow.mov

I was lucky to catch most of April Story by Shinji Iwai on TV yesterday and really loved it. It's about a shy girl who comes from Hokkaido to Tokyo to attend university.

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Originally Posted by jouhou

"April Story" is the international title. "Shigatsu monogatari" is the original title for those who want to know.
You saw this on TV?? Where do you live? What tv station?

The channel is called AZN TV which I think is only on cable TV. They play a lot of the same movies over and over again but I lucked out when they played this.
http://www.azntv.com/fc_movie.aspx

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I saw Tokyo Story a few days ago; good movie. Personally, I prefer Kurosawa over Ozu's films (Ikiru is probably my favorite though it's been a while). I haven't seen much of Ozu, though.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by of pom

What are some good "Kurosawa" films?

Definately see Ikiru if you get the chance. Also Stray Dog and Red Beard are very good.

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The trailer for the Il Mare Remake is out...
http://pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/mov..._wsdert_dl.mov

starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves.
Glad I saw the original first.

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But it's dumb when remakes are made because western audiences don't like reading subtitles or seeing foreign faces. Especially when they don't really acknowledge the original.

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