This isn't some random list. I have handpicked these films based upon criteria. All are Asian films. Countries or regions include Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. Learn the directors, the periods, and the actors. Learn the styles of each director. This list contains some very famous films. One of them is ranked the best film ever made (regardless of time or origin). Several others appear in the top 50 films of all time. Most all are highly rated by the various review sites. Many are considered to be 'Great Films' by a well known reviewer.
And you should pay for some films. Because if everyone leaches, then nobody is going to invest in making films.
The list is not in some particular order. Links are added at random as I feel like it.
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I'm incredibly impressed. Definitely will try to get to all of these. After Phone I'm going to watch Oldboy, and then go from there. And you should pay for some films. Because if everyone leaches, then nobody is going to invest in making films.
The list is not in some particular order. Links are added at random as I feel like it.
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Anyone taking an interest in Asian cinema must become familiar with the following directors:
- Yasujiro Ozu
- Wong Kar-Wai
- Akira Kurosawa
- Edward Yang
- Tran Anh Hung
- Kon Ichikawa
- Masahiro Shinoda
- Hiroshi Teshigahara
- Lee Chang-dong
- Hou Hsaio-hsien
- Yoshishige Yoshida
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Shohei Imamura
- Nagasi Oshima
- Mikio Naruse
- Sejun Suzuki
You might resist the older films due to your own tastes. I suggest you don't. Ease your way into such films if you desire, for there are treasures within. You may associate a lot of Asian cinema with gangster and swordplay fights. However, so many Asian films deal with family and relationships, and they are powerful films. Click all the links I provided in my prior post and watch the video trailers/clips to get a sampling of the genres.
Above all, become familiar with the directors, and I'll say it again - do not discount the older films. You'll be missing a lot. And you can't ever lay claim to being a fan of Japanese Cinema unless you watch Hiroshi Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes and The Face of Another. Same goes for Yaujiro Ozu's Tokyo Twilight and Late Spring. And Masahiro Shinoda's Pale Flower. And Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu (a deficiency on my part which needs to rectified). And Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai and Iriku (another deficiency on my part which urgently needs to be rectified). And regarding non Japanese directors, Edward Yang's Yi Yi and Wong Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love, 2046, Fallen Angels, and Chungking Express. Throw in Wong Kar-Wai's Ashes of Time Redux as well. The list goes on. Get to it!
