With the Japanese film industry being one of the most prolific in the world, a plethora of Japanese films that aren’t widely known inevitably exist. However, the fact that only a few people have watched them does not diminish their value in the least. Furthermore, since the majority of these films are independent productions, they […]
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The 30 Best Asian Movies of The 21st Century (So Far)
The progression of Asian cinema has become globally evident since the 90s and is now a widely acknowledged fact, with a plethora of productions screening in festivals around the world and gaining distribution in a constantly growing number of countries. The number of Hollywood remakes of Asian genre films also proves this, chiefly among them […]
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The 15 Best Hong Kong Action Movies
As much as the Japanese excel in family dramas and horror movies, and the Korean in thrillers and crime ones, the film industry of Hong Kong accordingly shines in action films. Starting in the early 60s with productions shot by Shaw Brothers, continuing with Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, kung fu was omnipresent in the […]
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The 12 Best Contemporary Japanese Family Dramas
Since the 1950s, with internationally acclaimed films like Akira Kurosawa’s “To Live”, Yasujiro Ozu’s “Tokyo Story” and Kenji Mizoguchi’s “Tales of Ugetsu”, Japanese filmmakers have been excelling in the family drama genre, one that still produces most of the country’s masterpieces. Although there have been some changes, the essential parts of the category are still […]
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The 10 Best Takeshi Kitano Movies
One of the foremost prolific artists and individuals in his field, Takeshi Kitano has established himself as a global star and one of the most celebrated persons in his native Japan, He is a director, actor, film editor, screenwriter, show host, presenter, author, poet, painter, video game designer, entrepreneur and professor of visual arts. He’s […]
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The 25 Most Extreme Asian Movies Ever
Asian cinema has entailed extreme films, almost since its conception, incorporating themes and concepts that, at least to the eyes of individuals in the West, seem improbable. Japanese filmmakers are the definite masters of the style, mainly due to notions resulting from the atomic bomb. However, there is representation in the field from Korea and […]