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[ShepnTali]

 Any fellow fans here? I was raised on it since Blackbelt Theater, and I was a tiny tot. I had to watch all the Bruce Lee flix when my parents bought our first VCR. I even bought a tri-staff later on to swing around the back yard... like the one inthe 36 Chambers pic, but was wooden and black. What about some classic John Woo bullet fests?

Hong Kong Movie Database

Asian Wiki 


Hard Boiled




36 Chambers of Shaolin



Five Deadly Venoms



Sharon Yeung Pan-Pan... an all time sweetheart of mine. She just doesn't know it.

Modifié par ShepnTali, 02 juin 2013 - 03:54 .

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

Awesome, I like most of them. Specially Kung Fu and Triads movies.
But you know, this is BSN and you can't find many action movie fans here!

[Inquisitor Recon]

I'm trying to remember the name of this movie that was sort of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" set in Japanese occupied Korea if I recall, anybody know what I'm talking about?

[Hey]

I grew up watching a lot of these. There are some pretty nice films in the genre that are more modern as well. Ong Bak and IP man were really enjoyable.

[Ninja Stan]

I grew up with them. We used to have a Golden Harvest Cinema in town, just a single screen, I think. Every couple of weeks, my mom would get home from work, whip up a super quick dinner by the time my dad got home, and we'd scarf it down so we could get to the cinema on time for the movie.

Usually, it would be some comedy or campy vampire film, but occasionally they'd show something more adult, like an honest to goodness horror movie. Because the Chinese newspaper didn't really have an IMDb plot summary, and there was no internet back then, my folks had nothing to go on but the movie's title. So one night we go in as usual, and when the previews come up, they're Restricted, which is unusual for us. An usher comes in and asks my dad to take us kids out to the lobby, which is also unusual. I caught a glimpse of naked woman on screen as my dad took us out.

When the movie came on, we thought it was going to be another campy vampire comedy or something, but nope! It was a legitimate horror movie, and we kids spent a lot of time huddled under the seats with our eyes and ears closed. I remember some parts of the film, which would be horrifying to a child, and my younger brother (7 or 8 at the time) spent three terrified nights sleeping with my folks.

The movies I grew up with were mostly action films with Chow Yun-Fat, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, or Jet Li, and comedies. These days, I like Donnie Yen films like Ip Man and Jackie Chan in Little Big Soldier. He was also good in 1911 Revolution, but the film itself wasn't great.

Favourites from back in the day?

Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars
Dragons Forever
Project A (fun fact: Danny Trejo voiced the pirate leader in the dubbed version)
Aces Go Places
Magnificent Butcher
Miracles
Wheels on Meals
Mr. Vampire
Iron Monkey
...and a bunch whose titles I don't remember.

@Festae: if we're talking genre, your examples are good, but Ong Bak is Thai, not Chinese. Have you also seen Chocolate?

@ShepnTali: You can have her. Cynthia Rothrock was my crush back in the day.

[Hey]

Hi Stan,
I haven't seen Chocolate yet but i've almost pulled the trigger on it a few times. I'll check it out. Another good one I saw recently was "A Man from Nowhere". Less over the top and more grounded story telling but it's really good. Also, pretty much anything with Donnie Yen in it is going to be good. "Flash Point" is great.

[Ninja Stan]

Is "A Man From Nowhere" the Korean film where the gangster befriends a little girl, and the girl gets kidnapped? If it is, I've seen the trailer many times and it looks great! <checks IMDb> Ah, yes it is. "The Man From Nowhere" (2010)

Haven't seen "Flash Point" yet.

[RedArmyShogun]

Pretty much anything Jackie Chan has been in that wasn't made for the US.

Several Japanese Films such as Kagemushi and Seven Samurai (Not HK but still worthy of mention) Iron Monkey and a few of those Stan pointed out are good Same with 36 Chambers. I seen a few more of those but I just don't remember them at this time.

[Shepenwepet]

I'm a latecomer to the party, but here's two I recommend. If I had more time I'd think of more.

[Commander Dariush Shepard]

Ip Man, Flash Point, Jackie Chan's Police Story films (Wheels on Meals is fun, too) and Bruce Lee's films are all my favourites.

[ShepnTali]

A Golden Harvest cinema is something I'd like to visit. I remember Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest back in the day were the two big movie studios.


Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars
Dragons Forever
Project A (fun fact: Danny Trejo voiced the pirate leader in the dubbed version) <- Didn't know... will watch again soon.
Magnificent Butcher
Wheels on Meals
Iron Monkey


These are all the ones on Stan's older list I've seen and/or have on DVD. I've heard it said many years ago that Sammo Hung could do anything Jackie Chan could do, and I was skeptical. I soon changed my mind after watching a few of his movies. Sammo Hung was an amazing performer.


I have two Iron Monkey DVDs. One is with Donnie Yen, the one Stan is referring to I think, and one made in 1977. If I recall, they are not related in any way.


Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was my first theater experience of the genre.

[ShepnTali]

Shepenwepet ... thanks for the pics, and it reminds me, Dragon Dynasty and others have been producing great quality prints of the older films as well, with original Mandarin, Cantonese, or old american dub options. I grew up on the chopped dub versions with like the same four voice actors over, and over..


It really wasn't until around the last 5, 6, 7 years when the older ones got quality treatment in the states. I was stuck with old VHS TV recordings, and cheap DVDs that were clearly TV edited VHS dubs.

P.S. I've added the Hong Kong Movie Database in OP if anyone is curious/interested. 

Also, Japanese, Korean, Thai films are welcomed if you wish. I am just not as familiar with them.

Modifié par ShepnTali, 29 mai 2013 - 05:58 .

[Ninja Stan]

Well, if we're opening this up to Asian film in general, I get to flex my cinematic brain cells. Lately, I've been trying to get into more Asian film, mostly horror, but also action films. Not really into the dramas, though some of the historical stuff is pretty good.

The Warlords is an amazing film. If you have bros, hetero life partners, dudes, or "the guys," you'll want to watch this and pretend it's really dusty in the room or your allergies are acting up.

The Korean "Vengeance" trilogy is a well known bunch of films. I've only seen Oldboy (and it's great), but there's also Lady Vengeance and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, neither of which I've seen yet.

The Ong Back trilogy is filled with spectacular fight choreography, and while Tony Jaa isn't what I would call a "manly man" type, he's a really acrobatic performer and he acts the hell out of the fight scenes. Movies 2 and 3 in the series are historical fantasies and unconnected to the first.

Japanese gore/splatter films have been a guilty pleasure of late. Sushi Typhoon is a great studio to follow if you're into that kind of thing. Over-the-top, extreme blood fountains and maimings, ultra creative kills, and all with a pretty reasonable budget compared to North American film! For films of this genre, I've got Helldriver, Yakuza Weapon, Alien vs. Ninja, Mutant Girl Squad, Machine Girl, Tokyo Gore Police, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, and RoboGeisha.

For more traditional Japanese horror, I've seen Ringu and Ju-On (The Ring and The Grudge were pretty devent North American remakes), Ju-On: White Ghost/Black Ghost, Dark Water (don't watch the North American remake starring Jennifer Connolly), Shock Labyrinth, Battle Royale. And there are so many more I haven't seen yet!

I'm also a huge fan of sentai, so Zaborgar is a film I'd recommend. A hilarious homage to 1980s sentai films.

I wish Indian films were more common here, because I want to see some of those more recent films that have spawned clips on YouTube, like Robot and Singham. If you want to know how bananas Singham gets, I Googled "pulls guy out of flipping car" to find the clip I was looking for. As for Robot, here's the trailer.

[AtreiyaN7]

Heh, my mom was Chinese, so we used to go to Chinatown and watch Shaw Brothers martial arts movies at the Liberty Theatre all the time. It's been a loooong time, so I can't even remotely remember the names of the specific movies, but we sure watched a lot of them. And Bruce Lee movies - guess that goes without saying.

The weird thing is that my mom preferred jidaigeki (Japanese period shows - she rather liked anything that involved samurai, ninja, or good-hearted assassins who tended to secretly be ninja). Let's see...she was fond of the Zatoichi series and actually saw the star of the original series, Katsu Shintaro, at the Holiday Mart in town once (he was on vacation in Hawaii, heh)  if I'm not mistaken.

Other favorite characters and/or series of hers (and I watched them all too since I had to read the English subtitles for her): Abarenbo Shogun (about Tokugawa Yoshimune), Ooka Echizen, Yagyuu Jyuubei, Gokenin Zankuro (a Japanese series that starred Watanabe Ken before he hit Hollywood).

I've generally preferred Japanese movies/shows to Chinese ones on the whole, but I recently saw Riki-Oh: The Story of Riki. The level of absurd violence was, in its weird way, entertaining.

Modifié par AtreiyaN7, 30 mai 2013 - 06:13 .

[iOnlySignIn]

I have four words for you, four words:

Akira Kurosawa

John Woo

Also watch Mou Gaan Dou aka Infernal Affairs, a Hollywood rippoff of which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. 

Modifié par iOnlySignIn, 30 mai 2013 - 06:40 .

[Hey]

absolutely. seven samurai may be one of the most influential films ever made.

not really a simple martial arts action flick, but definitely worth of mention in any conversation..

[iOnlySignIn]

Festae9 wrote...

absolutely. seven samurai may be one of the most influential films ever made.

My favorite Kurosawa movie remains Yojimbo.



Akira Kurosawa - Toshiro Mifune and John Woo - Chow Yun-fat are the Asian equivalents of Sergio Leone - Clint Eastwood and Quentin Tarantino - Samuel L Jackson. It's a rare miracle that a director and a lead actor are so in sync with each other.

Modifié par iOnlySignIn, 30 mai 2013 - 06:54 .

[AtreiyaN7]

iOnlySignIn wrote...

Festae9 wrote...

absolutely. seven samurai may be one of the most influential films ever made.

My favorite Kurosawa movie remains Yojimbo.

Shichinin no Samurai (Seven Samurai), Rashomon, and Ikiru are probably my favorite Kurosawa films.

[Hey]

iOnlySignIn wrote...

Festae9 wrote...

absolutely. seven samurai may be one of the most influential films ever made.

My favorite Kurosawa movie remains Yojimbo.



Akira Kurosawa - Toshiro Mifune and John Woo - Chow Yun-fat are the Asian equivalents of Sergio Leone - Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese - Robert de Niro.

awesome

yojimbo is my favorite as well.   Ronin deserves an RPG I think.  

[iOnlySignIn]

AtreiyaN7 wrote...

iOnlySignIn wrote...

Festae9 wrote...

absolutely. seven samurai may be one of the most influential films ever made.

My favorite Kurosawa movie remains Yojimbo.

Shichinin no Samurai (Seven Samurai), Rashomon, and Ikiru are probably my favorite Kurosawa films.

While those are great, I prefer a bit more uplifting romanticism rather than pure grim reality in my movies. Ikiru in particular, is so depressing I could never watch it again. Shichinin no Samurai though I like just as much as Yojimbo despite the ending.

Modifié par iOnlySignIn, 30 mai 2013 - 07:01 .

[ShepnTali]

"Helldriver, Yakuza Weapon, Alien vs. Ninja, Mutant Girl Squad, Machine Girl, Tokyo Gore Police, Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, and RoboGeisha."


I must say, based on the titles alone, these are right up my alley. But that Robot trailer... I honestly have no words. But I am pumped to check out alot of the suggestions in here.


Here's one that falls in the flat out fun category. Five Element Ninjas, recently had a quality release in NA.


IMDB - A young martial artist seeks revenge on the Ninja who kills his martial arts brothers and teacher. He finds help in the form of a new teacher (who knows Ninjitsu) and new brothers. Together the four pupils face the Five Element Ninja challenge: Wood, Earth, Gold, Water, and Fire.


Five Element Ninjas original trailer (1982)

[Ninja Stan]

Ah, revenge tales. Where would Asian cinema be without them? For one thing, there'd be no Fearless Hyena!

[fchopin]

Yes i love them, not just from Hong Kong but from all over Asia.
I don’t mind watching with subtitles.

[Han Shot First]

For an awesome Samurai flick, you might want to check out 13 Assassins.

Modifié par Han Shot First, 30 mai 2013 - 03:09 .