best asian film

wrecked

for me it's battle royale brilliant film which gave a new sdge to film making
ie it's ok and good to give guns to kids and let them loose, good stuff

wrecked

just relised that Ghost In Shell and Akira isn't up soz

Makaveli

Clearly the likes of Kurosawa, Miyazaki and Kitano don't count.

Hero is ten times the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is.

Hecate

Voted for Crouching Tiger - I liked it, much more style and substance that a lot of the splatter fests up there. It was also the highest grossing foreign language film ever (is that still the case??), bringing asian cinema to a much wider audience.

ps: But wasn't Kitano in BR??

Makaveli

Well I meant as a director.
Also, his role in BR wasn't exactly huge.

Retr0gamer

My vote would go to either Seven Samurai or Wings of Honneamise. A poll for this topic is a bit silly.

The Real B-man

bancock banging:D

gandalf

Wheres Shaolin Soccer !!!!! Bloody hell how could you leave that out, its a bloody classic

echomadman

from that list, Drunken Master gets my vote,

ixoy

From the list here, I went for Ringu.
CTHD isn't the highest foreign language movie really, that goes to 'The Passion of the Christ'...

mike65

The Seven Samari of course! Either that or Shogun Assassin!

Mike.

Karl Hungus

Originally posted by Makaveli
Clearly the likes of Kurosawa, Miyazaki and Kitano don't count.

My feelings exactly...

I voted Ichi The Killer myself.

Mac daddy

I Voted for Ichi grazy film hehe

What about manga's- you should have added "The Fist Of The North Star" great manga

positron

You missed out ZATOICHI!!

pork99

You forgot my favourite "Tokyo Office Girls in Illegal Perverse Lesbian Zenra Prison"

(oh pork99 you sad sad sad little man)

Chad ghostal

drunken master. classic.

Evil_Bilbo

What about Hero?

elvis2002

Hero is better than any movie there.

I also think the korean movie "Shiri" deserves a mention.

Dead Or Alive 1 was fairly crazy, audition was mental too. But i suppose al os mikes films are mad with the maddest being ichi.

I'd go for Hero. Simply because it was the most amazing movie Ive seen. Just mind blowing good.

fizzynicenice

Ichi man, we love Miike here don't we boys.
And Tadanobu Asano was great in it, he reminds me of a Japanese Johnny Depp

wrecked

i already said i accidentally forgot manga
also your not going to see your favorites in the poll as everyones is different

The Earl

Can't believe seven samurai wasn't one of the choices!

Dont be at yourself

My, what a comprehensive list of asian films.

PWEI

And what about Audtion and The Eye,two more excellent Asian films?

Kone

What no Eye, no Akira, no Spirited Away, no Grudge?

nadir

im not so good at math but I could have sworn there were more than 6 good asian films.

PWEI

Sorry,this is an old topic but can anybody tell me where I can get a copy of Hero?

iasc

http://www.dddhouse.com/dddhouse/en/index.jsp?action=productDetail&productID=3885

nice and cheap this place

lodgepole

iasc wrote:

http://www.dddhouse.com/dddhouse/en/index.jsp?action=productDetail&productID=3885

nice and cheap this place

"China extended Specail Edition DVD-9
Running time approx. 180 mins. including more than one hour cast & credits.
including photo booklet."

Is it an actual extened edition or is there an hour of credits? If it is a three hour version of the film, is it much better than the 2 hour that I would have seen (on the Chinese 2 disc set from yesasia.com)?

iasc

not to sure, never seen the extended edition, reckon get it for the sake of it
180 mins seems very long, since the one in have is just over an hour and a half long

PWEI

iasc wrote:

http://www.dddhouse.com/dddhouse/en/index.jsp?action=productDetail&productID=3885

nice and cheap this place

Thanks for that.
Aren't the dvds from dddhouse.com supposed to be copies?

ObeyGiant

No, DDDHouse are all legit dvds.

calex71

if hero was on the list id have voted, beautiful looking film and very well directed wish id seen it on a cinema screen

Retr0gamer

I've changed my mind. Just watched Princess Mononoke. Now that was an amazing film.

PWEI

ObeyGiant wrote:

No, DDDHouse are all legit dvds.

They're all legit alright but its a disaster of a website.I spent an hour this morning getting set up and ordering a couple of dvd's only to be told
"Transaction failed,Failure URL Invalid or Missing".I left it for a while and tried
again later but keep getting Transaction failed.

positron

The House of Flying Daggers, from the same dude who did 'Hero'. Heard a lot about it, and I have ordered one on cd-wow hk today (HKD 89$).

Buck Owens

I'd like to add Versus and Infernal Affairs both fanastic films.

Otacon

I can see a lot of people have drawn your attention to it, Wrecked, but the selection you gave was poor.

Not only were classic animes like Akira and Ghost in the Shell left out but films like Infernal Affairs (a remake is already in pre-production), The Returner and Shiri were also neglected. Tsk, tsk.

Anyway, I voted for CTHD cos I haven't seen Hero yet...

Karl Hungus

Otacon wrote:

The Returner and Shiri were also neglected.

And I can well imagine why.