Best Asian Movies
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Seven Samurai
I have seen some other good ones like Spirited Away, Akira, A Silent Voice, Hero, and Ran, but Seven Samurai is just superior. Unbelievably good movie.
This is one of the greatest movies ever! A total epic and should be #1 and much higher on the greatest of all time list!
Toshiro Mifune is a complete tour-de-force as Kikuchiyo in one of the best movies ever made.
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Oldboy
The fight scene alone (all choreographed and no CG or BS camerawork) sets this film apart. Adaptations of manga (generalize that to all of literature) onto the screen can all learn from this film.
Overall, a cult classic, highly underrated when taking into account how little known it is internationally.
Engaging from start to finish. There is no other movie like it. Great acting, great story, and great directing.
No film has actually surpassed this film from South Korea in terms of technicality and story. Deserves a 10/10.
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Inang Yaya
Aside from the noble story, the inspiring story really touches the hearts of Filipinos and anyone else who knows how to love a beloved one. By appreciation...
One of the greatest Philippine movies. Maricel Soriano, the lead actress, is one of, or I should say, the greatest actress of her generation.
Nice characters. Many can relate to the movie. It is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Superb. Very good.
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Ikiru
Watanabe here reminded me of my grandfather.
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Battle Royale
The best thing about this film is not the daring, unflinching, unapologetic raw brutality or the courage it took to make. The best thing is that this film forces you to ask yourself what you would do if you had to kill, perhaps some of those closest to you, to survive. Would you cower in fear? Would you trust in others? Or would you forsake everyone and carve a path of carnage through them?
That question and the way each member of the ensemble cast answers it make this an incredibly important film.
A modern classic. It neither perverts the novel nor eclipses it. The two are equally thrilling versions of the same basic premise, but with very different themes.
The Hunger Games sucks compared to this.
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Kung-Fu Hustle
The great Stephen Chow. It's like watching exaggerated live anime but it doesn't look cheap. Laugh trip.
A great comedy with eye-catching computer work!
It makes me happy whenever I watch this movie. I love Stephen Chow.
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Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
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Late Spring
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Akira
Hands down, BEST anime film of all time and likely the most influential. This movie introduced anime to the U.S. and is the main reason we enjoy it so much today!
Maybe the best animated movie of all time and way ahead of its time. Wicked picture, story, and soundtrack! Just an all-time great movie.
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Tokyo Story
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Hong Kil-dong
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Hope
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Grave of the Fireflies
This is a must-watch movie. I would rate it 9/10.
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Princess Mononoke
Should be closer to one. Better than most of these annoying kung fu flicks. I love everything Miyazaki (also like Spirited Away and Nausicaa).
Miyazaki's film. It's all I can say.
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Rashomon
Directed by the great Akira Kurosawa, this may be the first movie to tell a story by showing different versions of the same event, as different characters saw it.
Only intelligent people choose this. Maybe that's why it is so less popular.
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Enter the Dragon
All-time classic movie featuring the legend Bruce Lee.
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Love Exposure
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Hero
Great film starring Ziyi Zhang. If you loved the famous trilogy of Zhang Yimou, you're going to love this.
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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
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House of Flying Daggers
It is strikingly beautiful. The bamboo forest is by far the most outstanding viewing in the movie. The actors are very interesting, as is the culture.
Intense and beautiful. I love visually striking movies, and this is one of the best I've ever seen. Ziyi Zhang is always stunning!
An all-time favorite. A beautifully made work of art.
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Sepet
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The Life of Oharu
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A Brighter Summer Day
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Woman in the Dunes (1964)
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Tokyo Twilight (1957)
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Sholay
The greatest movie ever seen in Bollywood. Also, Shah Rukh Khan starred in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, another great movie in India.
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The Sentimental Swordsman
