The best asian films so far...:) (20 titles)
its the best asian films i've rented so far...:)
60% from 3 members
Audition
Definitely one of my favourite 'horror' films; Takashi Miike's best.
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Audition
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki
Director: Takashi Miike
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AUDITION is an art-house cult horror film that will be talked about for a long time to come. Ryo Ishibashi stars as Aoyama, a single father who has not dated since his wife died seven years earlier. To help find another woman to bring joy into Aoyama's charmless life, his best friend, television ..read more »
62%
from 15,653 members
Memoirs Of A Geisha
Fantastic. Converted from the book expertly
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Memoirs Of A Geisha
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh
Director: Rob Marshall
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This epic motion picture from the director of Chicago is based on the international best-selling novel by Arthur Golden. Torn from her impoverished family before World War II and sent to work in a geisha house, a child will blossom into the legendary geisha Sayuri. Beautiful and accomplished, ..read more »
69%
from 59,066 members
Twilight Samurai
Excellent romantic, it seems like real life, really grips you.
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Twilight Samurai
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Hiroyuki Sanada, Rie Miyazawa, Nenji Kobayashi
Director: Yoji Yamada
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Hiroyuki Sanada, who played Ujio in Edward Zwick's Hollywood epic THE LAST SAMURAI, stars in a different kind of samurai film in Yoji Yamada's poignant drama THE TWILIGHT SAMURAI. Sanada plays the title character (Seibei Iguchi), who gets his nickname because he is a lowly worker who chooses to go ..read more »
72%
from 4,441 members
Bad Guy
Dark and Stylish
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Bad Guy
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jae-hyeon Jo, Won Seo
Director: Kim Ki-Duk, Ki-Duk Kim
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While strutting through Downtown Seoul, Hang-gi, a local gangland pimp, spots young Sun-hwa, a pretty, middle-class college student, waiting on a park bench. He sits next to her, creating a disparate scene of two classes in soft harmony, until she sneers at his advances and rushes into the arms of ..read more »
52%
from 1,635 member
Lust, Caution
Very gripping.
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Lust, Caution
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Joan Chen, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei
Director: Ang Lee
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An espionage thriller set in WWII-era Shanghai, in which a young woman, Wang Jiazhi (Tang Wei), gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee (Tony Leung).
67%
from 16,399 members
Cello
REALLY GOOD! i liked this a lot. Very typical but still very 'chilling'
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Cello
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Sung-Hyun-Ah, Park Da Ahn
Director: Lee Woo-Chul
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Directed with a sure hand by Woo-Cheol Lee, this complex and suspenseful Korean horror thriller tells the story of Mi-ju, a virtuoso cellist who survives a brutal car accident and decides to spend more time with her family, becoming a music teacher. But just when her life seems to be in order, a ..read more »
57%
from 586 members
Tae Guk Gi - Brotherhood
Best asian war film
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Tae Guk Gi - Brotherhood
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Dong-Kun Jang, Bin Won, Eun-ju Lee
Director: Je-gyu Kang
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A drama about the fate of brothers forced to fight in the Korean War.
73%
from 5,277 members
Hero
Favourite Kung-fu film
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Hero
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang
Director: Yimou Zhang
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Jet Li stars in this Academy Award-nominated martial-arts masterpiece takes place amidst the turmoil of China's "Warring States" period. An orphan fighter (Jet Li) presents himself to an avaricious king, bearing the weapons of three assassins (Donny Yen, Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung) in exchange ..read more »
64%
from 53,604 members
The Isle
cool.
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The Isle
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Jung Suh, Yoo-Seok Kim, Sung-Hee Park
Director: Kim Ki-Duk, Ki-Duk Kim
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The eerily beautiful photography and melodic musical score of THE ISLE stand in odd contrast to the brutal horror story it tells. On the serene surface of a secluded bay float a series of candy-coloured fishing houses, rented to men who seek an escape. The owner and operator of the village is a ..read more »
51%
from 2,884 members
In The Mood For Love
stylish arthouse
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In The Mood For Love
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
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IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE centres around Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung), neighbors living in a crowded apartment building in 1962 Hong Kong. Both married to people who are always away, they spend many nights home alone. The two make each other's acquaintance and soon find that ..read more »
69%
from 10,665 members
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