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Post by Paddy on Nov 28, 2008 19:45:33 GMT -5
Seeing as you specified anything not sexually explicit, I thought immediately of Ang Lee's Lust: Caution (which is sexually explicit) - which is excellent, but clearly not what you're after!
Here's a list of some of my faves - mostly Mandarin and Hong Kong movies:
Not One Less - Zhang Yimou (1999)
Eat Drink Man Woman - Ang Lee (1995)
A Touch of Zen - King Hu (1971) (longer than 2 hours - but brilliant)
Police Story 1 - Jackie Chan (1988)
Hard Boiled - John Woo (1993)
Mr. Vampire - Ricky Lau (1985)
In the Mood for Love - Wong Kar Wai (2000)
Chungking Express - Wong Kar Wai (1994)
There's quite a range of styles and genres here, but they are all brilliant - depending on your tastes! And there's lots more besides that I could recommend.
What can you recommend?
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Post by Paddy on Nov 28, 2008 19:59:05 GMT -5
Whoops - I missed the blood and gore bit of your post.
Hard Boiled and Police Story would fit in that category.
These two are English language mini-series based in Asia
Shogun - (1980) Japan
The Far Pavillions - (1984) India/Afghanistan
also
Shanghai Triad - Zhang Yimou (1995)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - Hayao Miyazaki (1984) animation
Princess Mononoke - Hayao Miyazaki (1997) animation
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Post by treedwellingcow on Nov 28, 2008 20:57:55 GMT -5
I'm not sure if this is under two hours but Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai"?
I second the "Princess Mononoke" recommendation, and also "Spirited Away".
I remember randomly watching a Korean movie called "Tae Guk Gi" (I think thats the spelling) about two brothers having to leave their family and fight in the war. Was a sad one but really good.
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Post by 2bob on Nov 28, 2008 22:00:18 GMT -5
- Beautiful country
- hero
- house of flying daggers
- curse of the golden flower
- grave of firelies (noted as being one of the best war movies ever made despite being an anime)
- ju - on
hat's all I can think of...there's some good anime ones as well
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Post by ChickenSoda on Nov 29, 2008 2:56:17 GMT -5
I think Seven Samurai is close to three hours, but it goes by quickly.
I'm tempted to sort by genre, but it'll start taking me too much time and deliberation. Anyway, *knuckle crack* here we go:
Korean:
City of Violence
Oldboy
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance
Lady Vengeance
Attack the Gas Station
Friend
Acacia
Joint Security Area
A Tale of Two Sisters
The Host
Japanese:
Battle Royale
Suicide Club
Audition
Lady Snowblood
Rashomon
Hana-bi
Kikujiro
Ichi the Killer
Gozu
All About Lily Chou-Chou
Full Metal Yakuza
Rashomon
Battles Without Honor and Humanity
Azumi
A Snake of June
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Zatoichi (ok, so this one's another 3 hour movie)
Good Morning
Meatball Machine
Bullet Ballet
Uzumaki
Noriko's Dinner Table
Visitor Q
Chinese:
Paddy already listed most of the Chinese movies that I know, but I'll add Ebola Syndrome. Also, Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer.
I don't really know that many Chinese movies =/.
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Post by B on Nov 29, 2008 3:23:07 GMT -5
Haha, I don't know if all those Takashi Miike films pass for "not too sexually explicit and not too heavy on blood and gore."
I like your taste in movies though, ChickenSoda. Ikiru is one I recommend, if you don't mind older, slower-paced movies. And a couple of really great animated movies are Millennium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers.
Any specific genre you were looking for?
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Post by ChickenSoda on Nov 29, 2008 7:57:13 GMT -5
Haha, I don't know if all those Takashi Miike films pass for "not too sexually explicit and not too heavy on blood and gore." I have this way of interpreting "not too" as "go nuts".  |
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Post by Subuatai on Dec 4, 2008 16:56:15 GMT -5
Central Asia is Asian too right? I was going to suggest a few movies =/
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Post by Paddy on Dec 4, 2008 17:19:42 GMT -5
Central Asia is the original Eurasia!
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Post by Subuatai on Dec 4, 2008 17:31:36 GMT -5
Heh ok, well here's some movies you may like 1) First is Kazakh movie called "Nomad: The Warrior", the leading characters are not ethnic Kazakhs however, which was a disappointed, but the Dzungar princesses are played by Kazakhs. It's not entirely historical, but a nice watch  www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f6cdxapkec(Full movie in English) 2) Also, you have Sergei Bodrov's movie - "Mongol", which by now many people have watched it... which had so many fictional elements some consider it an direct insult to Mongolian people. 3) Lastly, an upcoming Yakut film called "By Will of Chingghis Khaan", doesn't look too bad rutube.ru/tracks/542682.html?v=9982c8faddb1f43d741aa6a9a4a70f12 |
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Post by Subuatai on Dec 4, 2008 18:34:45 GMT -5
Haha yeah Mexicans, Hawaiians, posing as Kazakhs! But it's a movie so oh well lol
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Post by toyomansi on Dec 5, 2008 11:28:45 GMT -5
This is a great site for downloading all kinds of Asian movies: www.avistaz.com The movies I've recently seen are mostly comedies and horror: - Who's Got The Tape (Korean) - I'll Call You (Hong Kong) - Good Times, Bed Times (Hong Kong) - Kung Fu Dunk (Hong Kong) - Neighbor 13 (Japan) - Nightmare Detective (Japan) - Reincarnation (Japan) - Battle Royale (Japan) - Avatar (Singapore) |
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Post by penguinopolipitese on Dec 6, 2008 1:06:28 GMT -5
when i was a kid i peered into the adult section at a video store and beheld "asian f***fest 4". I always wondered what it was about...
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Post by betahat on Dec 6, 2008 3:49:55 GMT -5
I liked
the Once upon a time in China series
John Woo films (the killer, hard boiled)
infernal affairs (which inspired the departed)
Ong Bak
Hero/house of flying daggers
There are so many kickass Asian action movies, too many list. What I haven't seen are a lot of good Asian art/intelligent films, though I'm sure they are out there.
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Post by betahat on Dec 6, 2008 3:51:53 GMT -5
Oh yeah, Old Boy and Battle Royale were awesome too
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