Exiled
Election 2
Curse Of The Golden Flower
The Bow

Haven't got round to watching Typhoon and Welcome To Dongmakgol yet nor have I seen City Of Violence. Duelist was a disappointment though.

Plus you have to give a nod to The Host and New Police Story as they hit big on DVD this year. Sadly, DVD is mostly the way to go because this country is racist and ignorant towards foreign language cinema.

Shinobi finally gets its UK DVD release in February 2008 - almost a year after it was originally supposed to be released...

The Japanese have done it again:

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1320122413

How awesome does this film look?

A few heads up for you:

Korean horror R-Point is on Film 4 tonight at 1.35pm while Takeshi Kitano's Brother is on Film 4 on Friday at 12.30am.

And Tony Jaa's Warrior King is on Sky Movies Premiere all week after 10.00pm

Anyone heard anything about the Huo Yuan Jia Series from 2007?

I came across it there by accident and it stars Ekin Cheng and Jordan Chan who anyone who has seen Young and Dangerous will know these 2 are fantastic together.

Anyway it's on http://sensasian.com/product.php/en/V16175H-D/Huo_Yuan_Jia_(Vol._1-42_.End) for $44 which right now is about 22 quid. For 42 episodes that is a fantastic deal

Yup sure is.
Ekin Cheng looks a little more like him I believe. But obviously Jet Li is a better Martial Artist. What I don't get is how did he get a mad haircut like that back then?

Kung Fu Dunk

"Kung Fu Dunk," the high school-set martial arts action movie is set to be the biggest budget pic to emerge from Taiwan in recent years. The English-language title has apparently been changed recently from "Slam Dunk" to avoid confusion with a comic book franchise, of the same name. The cast is headlined by pop superstar Jay Chou, who made his first big screen appearance in "Curse of the Golden Flower.

The martial arts drama is about a young man who grew up in a kung fu school and was recruited by the university basketball team because of his excellent slam dunk skills. Follow him as he juggles his time between training for gruesome matches, fighting a fellow team member for the heart of the girl of his dream and trying to locate his family.

As well as Jay Chou, the movie will also reunites "Golden Flower" action director Ching Siu-tung and cinematographer Zhao Xiaoding. Working with a $10 million budget, the flick is directed by veteral helmer Kevin Chu Yin-ping. It also stars Charlene Choi, Taiwanese model Chen Bo-ling and Hong Kong's Eric Tsang. The Film is due for release around Chinese New Year, in Feb 2008.


Looks and sounds an intresting film! Iv read its been inspired by the slam dunk manga and anime series but not a direct take of it. Stars JaY chou and the gorgeous Charlene Choi. Im looking forward to this movie :).

Im looking forwad to this movie but iv only heard about it a little while back :).Should be quite an enjoyable film,probably like Shaolin soccer.Jay Chou i havent seen enough of so i hope to get to see this in the near future :).Zatoichi is a brilliant movie but iv watched the Kitano version several times now,really enjoyable flick :).

me to! It looks so cool but i actually dont see enough of Jay chou. My asian cinema and tv collection is mainly Japanese and Korean Cinema so im trying to start watching some chinese and Hong Kong stuff. Of course i have all Bruce Lees and a ton of Jet li, Jackie chan stuff but not as much other movies as i would like.

I enjoyed Im a Cyborg....very very good film. Shinobi is a good fun film though a tad short, and iv actually seen Mushi sh in japan on dvd but i failed to get it but it looks something i might have to pick up.Im looking forward to a lot of this years Asian film releases.Hopefully when i go over in April, i can pick up a few new Japanese releases and some obscure titles i enjoy a lot of :).CJ7 sounds right up my street though ;). Great stuff.

I doubt many people will take you up on seeing them sadly mib :(. Still i will watch The Killer and Kiss of the dragon so thanks for sharing ^^.

i have several versions of the battle royals ;) the 2 uk release tin sets, a couple of bullet ridden boxed japanese editions, a 3 disc BR2 collection ect..I love the movies, everyone has to watch them!

Seen that a while back. Cant remember the full plot but isnt it about a detective who discovers bodly parts in bin bags around the city he lives? I remember it had some twist to it.

I loved that film! I rented it and watched it twice before I fully understood it. Might give it another go and see if I take anything else from it.

My review of the Shinobi DVD is now up HERE

All comments and discussion are welcome.

a couple of asian movies im looking forward to in 2008 ^_^..



Rika
From the mind of director Kenichi Fujiwara comes 'Ultimate weapon high school girl: Rika.' A truly nuts looking Zombie horror flick about a sword wielding, undead killing, high school girl 'Rika.'


Three Kingdoms
Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon is an upcoming film based on the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong. It will be directed by Daniel Lee with a reported budget of US$25 million.

Andy Lau stars as Zhao Yun, a top general of the kingdom of Shu who takes a last stand against the invading forces from the kingdom of Wei. Maggie Q is Cao Ying, a granddaughter of warlord Cao Cao, whoses eldest son Cao Pi becomes the first emperor of the Wei kingdom.


Chocolate is a 2008 Thai martial arts film directed by Prachya Pinkaew with martial arts choreography by Panna Rittikrai, the same pair who directed Tony Jaa in Ong-Bak and Tom Yum Goong. The star of Chocolate is Yanin "Jeeja" Vismistananda, who makes her debut film performance. Hiroshi Abe and Pongpat Wachirabunjong also star.

A young autistic woman named Zen (Yanin Vismistananda) has developed uncanny martial arts skills by watching television, and from living next door to a Muay Thai academy.

The girl is the daughter of Zin (Ammara Siripong), the Thai wife of Yakuza boss Masashi (Hiroshi Abe).

Zin was previously the girlfriend of Thai gangster No. 8 (Pongpat Wachirabunjong), who was jealous of her relationship with rival gangster Masashi, so he cut off one of Zin's toes, and forbade her from seeing Masashi.


L changed the world
Only got info about this from my friend but a spin off from the other death note films and from what i gather is a story about his last 23 days of his life,will have to find out more about it but im excited about this!

That Rika film looks amazing! haha

Yeah i'll be checking out the L movie aswell. Am a big fan of Death Note although I thought the Anime was better than the live action. I still enjoyed the Live Action films though and the guy who played L was great so i'll be checking that one out.

Argh, I still haven't been to Japan or Hong Kong, although they are 2 places am dying to go to.

Yeah I recognised him from Nana aswell, he is the guitarist or bassist I believe.

Hmmm jealous! Me and my mate were going to go to Tokyo or Hong Kong this year but during a drunk night at the pub we all made a pack to go to Wrestlemania this year haha, flying out in just under 2 weeks. Spending 13 nights in Orlando, should be fun.

Who knows, we might be able to afford another holiday come August.

Anne Suzuki from The Returner/Initial D?
Just asking because I heard there are 2 Anne Suzuki's lol ^_^

Is it Anne or Anna Suzuki that is the expectant Mrs. HG?

If you having seen it already, the rather fab Curse Of The Golden Flower starts on SKY Premier from Saturday for the ensuing 7 days.

Saw The Curse of the Golden Flower for the first time on SKy this week...just amaizng...I loved Hero and House of the Flying Daggers, and had heard that this was a dissapointing effort, but it was just stunning. Visually its incredible, even more colour drenched than the previous films, and its story is full of darkness and menace too.

Oh and I also picked up the 2 disc special edition of Battle Royale...Ive had the single disc one a while, but thought it was worth a tenner to see more of this amazing film and more of the lovely lady now gracing my sig and avatar!

I have to agree GLOWlad, I don't get the negative comments towards Golden Flower but hey, the world is full of morons!