Asian Cinema

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

RE: Asian Cinema

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Just checked my R2 DVD and it's 1hr 50 minutes with 34 minutes of extras = 2hr 24 minutes in total. I assume that is where your 140 minutes comes from.

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

most probably ;).Looking forward to going over there in a month now, going to scour the bargain shops to pick up some good bargain asian films.I got a 2 disc,boxed set edition of the returner for only 5 pounds before, a tin 3 disc set of Cashern for 7 pounds and other Korean, Japanese films ect all for a superb price and most of them almost impossible to get in this country.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

A couple of heads up:

BBC1 has Jet Li's Fist Of Legend on Saturday night (sadly dubbed but still an excellent Martial arts film) while Ch 4 are showing Battle Royale again on Monday night.

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Cheers mib,i have both on dvd but may as well check them out on tv if i havent much to do :).

Man In Black · Anime Mod

The often violent but intelligent Hong Kong film One Nite In Mongkok airs on Film 4 on Sunday night at 1.30am. It stars Daniel Wu and Edison Chen's bang buddy Cecelia Cheung back when she was hot.

Also when scouring the Asian DVD import sites, be on the look out for this just released DVD of the Korean comedy Miss Gold Digger:

Actress Han Ye-seul offers advice on how to "shop" for men in her screen debut. In her polygamous romantic relationships, she adopts different personas for each boyfriend, from being a prim and proper lady for her JFK-like boyfriend to a sexy party girl for a young rapper. But when her shopping spree starts to get tangled, the men show their true side when they discover that they have been manipulated.

And from Japan from a few years ago Kamikaze Girls:

Momoko (pop idol Kyoko Fukada) yearns to live in 18-century Versailles than in her back-country hometown of Shimotsuma, heartland of the yakuza. To escape, she loses herself in the dreamy, doll-like fashions of the "Lolita scene. Her idol is Akinori Isobe, chief designer of Baby, the Stars Shine Brighther favorite Lolita design hose. She travels all the way to Tokyo to shop at their store.

One languid summer, to help fund her expensive hobby, Momoko runs a classified ad of brand-name knock-off clothes (produced by her dad) for sale. She encounters a buyer named Ichiko (the real name is Ichigo), who happens to live in her neighborhood.

Super-rebel Ichiko (model and J-rock icon Anna Tsuchiya), is a Yankee-style member of the Ponytails motorbike gang, one of Ibaraki's "Wild speed tribes, whose teeth-rattling customized bikes are decked out with fiberglass shields and bannered backrests.

Somewhat against Momokos will, she and Ichigo slowly develop a strong friendship as they share their feelings on the odd goings-ons around them.

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Iv heard of them both and actually could have picked up Kamakaze girls cheaply over there in my last trip but i didnt fancy it.Probably will pick it up if i see it again though :).

GLOWlad · A List Star

I have the Japanese version of One Missed Call, its solidly creepy, without touching the heights of Dark Water or Ring...

Anyone know where one can get the cool ringtone from One Missed Call?

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Sadly nope but it is a good movie :).I love picking up all the weird films i can find in japan in bargain places because you never know what you might expect.I have tons of weird horror and CGI action stuff which will never see the light of day here ^-^.

braxious · 500 Club Member

can any one of you help - i saw a chinese film ( kinda horror / ghost story) there the main character was a white witch in the middle of a lake it was set in winter intertwined was was a love story and for the life of me i cant rememeber the title

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

It does sound familiar to me but im not quite sure what that might me.Mib, what do you think it is? ;)

Man In Black · Anime Mod

First off, the ringtone from One Missed Call can be downloaded from this Russian site HERE

I haven't seen this yet but the sequel should be out on DVD already.

As for the film Braxious is after, it sounds like The Bride With White Hair.

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Just heard there is going to be a sequal to Korean film,Gwoemul (the host) in korea the next year from my korean friends,should be pretty cool, i loved the first film so quite looking forward to that :).

-- Edited by Totoro101 at 09:56, 2008-04-16

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

I just pre ordered Korean Drama film 7 days which i will get for my birthday when i come back from my trip, it sounds quite an intresting story about politics and kidnapping (or so it sounds like) and stars Kim Yoon Jin and park Hee Shun.Quite a bargain to ^-^.