Asian extreme (8 titles)

hard hitting films from Japan and Korea

70% from 2 members

Odd plot, but a fantastic start

starts like a father and son story and the goes mental! A must see!

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 »

Rate this: 62% from 15,697 members

A real feast

OldBoy on DVD (2003)
Starring: Kang Hye-jeong
Director: Chan-wook Park, Park Chan-Wook
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A man is inexplicably kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years and his wife is brutally murdered. On his release, he is given a wallet full of money and a mobile phone. A stranger calls and asks him to try and figure out why he was imprisoned. A girl appears and promises to help him solve the enigma ..read more »

Rate this: 72% from 41,494 members

Ichi The Killer on DVD (2001)
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto
Director: Takashi Miike
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Prolific director Takashi Miike (AUDITION) keeps finding new ways to test the boundaries of on-screen violence. ICHI THE KILLER is a masterful piece of filmmaking, simultaneously funny and horrific, but it's only for viewers with strong stomachs. One character, Kakihara (Japanese indie film ..read more »

Rate this: 64% from 8,464 members

Beat Takeshi is a master and this is probably the best

Gonin on DVD (1995)
Starring: Kazuya Kimura, 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Masahiro Motoki
Director: Takashi Ishii
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Set in an economically depressed part of Japan, Takashi Ishii's GONIN features five men, all down on their luck, who decide to band together for one spectacular heist. But when things don't go quite as planned, they have to defend themselves against the local Yakuza. Ishii's film, starring Japan's ..read more »

Rate this: 59% from 1,015 member

Beat Takeshi's period samurai drama, a bit offbeat but so worth a watch

Zatoichi on DVD (2003)
Starring: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano
Director: 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano
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Takeshi Kitano, best known for such gangster films as VIOLENT COP, BOILING POINT, and BROTHER, makes his first period drama with ZATOICHI, an updating of the classic Japanese character portrayed by Shintaro Katsu in movies and television from 1962 to 1989. Zatoichi is a blind samurai who shuffles ..read more »

Rate this: 70% from 18,905 members