Ngh, you have some great ones there. I love Asian cinema so much, though Ichi the Killer makes my nipples hurt. :p Farewell my Concubine makes me cry every damn time.
Hero is my favourite film of all time. It is, in a word, fucking mindblowing. The Last Emperor is another amazingly beautiful Chinese film. I' mless keen on House of Flying Daggers, because I really don't think Zhang Ziyi can carry a film like that, though it has the best fight scene at the end of it in the snow.
Bright Future is a modern Japanese film that I adored. It's very slashy, but actually it's just a good film without that. Another modern Japanese masterpiece is Dolls - very original, and quietly poignant.
A Tale of Two Sisters is a really wonderfully shot Korean film you might like - I need to see it again, but it has this amazing William Morris/Korean design aesthetic to it that I love. I have quite a few Korean films and still feel like I don't really get them, so that's the only one I'd really like to recommend.
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Hero is my favourite film of all time. It is, in a word, fucking mindblowing. The Last Emperor is another amazingly beautiful Chinese film. I' mless keen on House of Flying Daggers, because I really don't think Zhang Ziyi can carry a film like that, though it has the best fight scene at the end of it in the snow.
Bright Future is a modern Japanese film that I adored. It's very slashy, but actually it's just a good film without that. Another modern Japanese masterpiece is Dolls - very original, and quietly poignant.
A Tale of Two Sisters is a really wonderfully shot Korean film you might like - I need to see it again, but it has this amazing William Morris/Korean design aesthetic to it that I love. I have quite a few Korean films and still feel like I don't really get them, so that's the only one I'd really like to recommend.
I have yet to see Pan's Labyrinth! This isn't on.