Contest: ENTER TV & Media Avatar Contest: Asian Cinema

Pondering about a good theme, I remembered that earlier this year, "Parasite" was the first Asian movie to win the Oscar for Best Film.
So, I thought, let's celebrate the cinematic features of Asia.

There's obviously a lot to choose from, so to make some restrictions, let's exclude SciFi and Fantasy. Repeat: No SF/Fantasy. And, because those would make a good theme on their own, let's exclude animated films, as well. Other than that, any other movie produced on the Asian continent and had a theatrical release (even if only in its home country) qualifies; Martial Arts movies, Samurai features, dramas, comedies, biopics, go wild.

Still, there are the usual rules. Entries can not be larger than 200x200 pixels and/or 1 Mb data, and also keep those entries clean, folks.

Let's have three entries per user.

 

nice one! i got a few asian favs thats high on my all time fav list.
coming back to this...

 

Raise the Red Lantern, 1991, China.

 

#1

The Way of the Dragon (Hong Kong, 1972)

 

Oldboy, 2003, South Korea. Possibly the most disturbing film I've ever seen in my life.

 

#2

Yojimbo (Japan, 1961)

 

Someone is watching this guy scraping bird droppings of a large plastic bird...
if you want to know who and why, and also wouldn't mind a lighthearted and warm story,
then you should watch the South Korean movie "Castaway on the Moon".


This total Asian Gem are "Megane" or Glasses as it's called in english
another warm story, this time from Japan.


these two movies are unbelievable cute, just go see them...

 

#3

Tampopo (Japan, 1985)

 

Come on, there have to be more fans of Asian films around here.

 

3# Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

 

- Naked Weapon (at least here)

- R2B/Soar into the Sun - though if memory serves it was sold as Black Eagle here

- Ip Man

 

I think most of the ones I've watched lean that way too.

 

Alright, while turnout wasn't as big as I'd wanted, I think we have a good number of entries. So, this is the LAST CALL! If you wish to enter, get to it, I'll put the poll up in 1-2 days.

 

Quick recap:

@auntiehill #1

Raise the Red Lantern (China, 1991)

@auntiehill #2

Oldboy (South Korea, 2003)

@Kai "the spy" #1

The Way of the Dragon (Hong Kong, 1972)

@Kai "the spy" #2

Yojimbo (Japan, 1961)

@Kai "the spy" #3

Tampopo (Japan, 1985)

@Captain pl1ngpl0ng #1

Castaway on the Moon (South Korea, 2009)

@Captain pl1ngpl0ng #2

Megane (Japan, 2007)

@Captain pl1ngpl0ng #3

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (China/Taiwan, 2000)

@John Clark #1

Naked Weapon (Hong Kong, 2002)

@John Clark #2

R2B: Return to Base, aka Soar into the Sun (South Korea, 2012)

@John Clark #3

Ip Man (Hong Kong, 2008)


Poll goes up in a few hours.

 

You can now go vote.