know of any good japanese movies?

DalerMehndi · Post by **DalerMehndi** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:48 pm

I love how this is the General ANIME forum and yet somehow Japanese movies are spoken of

You cannot make another post so soon after your last, please try again in a short while

oh god...i forgot about this place and that crap

demented · Post by **demented** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:50 pm

Gaav's friend wrote:no i watched it on the action chanel the names of the actors were in japanese and so was the title it had it subed underneath that the name was vampire effect

Vampire Effect is Hong Kong. The Japanese names that you saw were the character names, not the actors.

Speaking of Hong Kong, I loved watching "The Bride with White Hair". The sequel wasn't bad but paled in comparison to the original.

Tsunami Jones · Post by **Tsunami Jones** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:27 pm

I haven't seen Bride With White Hair, but it has piqued my curiousity before. Perhaps I'll eventually get around to seeing it.

Some of my favorite Hong Kong movies that I happen to recommend to everyone because they'll change your life, are:

A Better Tomorrow 1-3 (2 is the best one, and even has the fabled rice scene!!) Awesome Gun-Play from the master: John Woo

The Invincible Super Chan (According to the box, it's banned in 34 countries!): The most ridiculously bad martial arts flick that I've ever seen.

Ricky-Oh: The Story of Ricky. Most violent film that I've seen + it's ridiculously awesome

Snake vs. Crane: Arts of Shaolin (my favorite Jakie Chan movie besides the original Druken Master)

Hard Boiled: The last movie that John Woo made in Hong Kong

demented · Post by **demented** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:49 pm

How come you didn't mention "The Killer"? If you are gonna recommend Hard-Boiled, you gotta also say something about The Killer. Hard-boiled, is wonderful and is one of my top picks, but The Killer was a more balanced film in story and action, which I consider to be better than HB overall. Hell, Cowboy Bebop's church shootout was obviously influenced by the Killer. As for the A Better Tomorrow Series, I've only seen the first two, never really bothered with the third. Number two also seemed to influenced Bebop, Spike's raid on the Red Dragon Synicate in the finale was very similar to the climax of ABT II

azulmagia · Post by **azulmagia** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:52 pm

The Godzilla Movies

The Gamera Movies

Fugitive Alien and its sequel

What's Up, Tiger Lily?

Tampopo and Juzo Itami's other films

The Daimajin series looks interesting, but I've never seen 'em.

Ditto Takashi Miike's oeuvres. Many of which are uber-disturbing.

Tsunami Jones · Post by **Tsunami Jones** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 10:55 pm

Gah!! You're right! I totally spaced out The Killer! How could I forget it with a slogan like "Two men, ten-thousand bullets." Yes, it is a totally sweet film . . . except for a few odd things. Like the fact that they go to the 'casualty ward' of 'Scared Heart' hospital, and in the dub they dub over a cat with some guy going, "Meow." But yeah, it's a sweet film.

EvaXephon · Post by **EvaXephon** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 11:12 pm

Eichi The Killer? That one?

Tsunami Jones · Post by **Tsunami Jones** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 12:00 am

EvaXephon wrote:Eichi The Killer? That one?

No, this is just, "The Killer." It's a hong kong action film by John Woo that has Chow Yun Fat in it.

shai-hulud · Post by **shai-hulud** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 1:21 pm

Actually there's both a Killer by John Woo and Ichi The Killer by Takeshi Miike.

Fyi, that "meow" was Jeffery calling the cat.

I have the complete daimajin box set. In every movie the majin only shows up in a deus ex machina form.

Other reccomendations:Fudoh, Lady Snowblood, Battle Royale 1&2, any Kurosawa, Versus, Azumi, Hero