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What Asian Films Have You Been Watching Recently?
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Ended the night on a couple Korean cinema high notes with revisits of Lee Hae-joon's 2009, CASTAWAY ON THE MOON & Kwak Kyung-taek's 2011, PAINED. Both star actress, Jung Ryeo-won and she is superb in both. She really plays the emotionally scarred social outsider type character so well. I remember walking out the theater after watching CASTAWAY...and thinking it was one of my top movies of the year. I didn't quite have the same feeling with PAINED but it was good too in its own right. The scene where Jung Ryeo-won and Kwon Sang-woo first consummate their relationship with intercourse was just shot beautifully & the awkward silence between couples afterward with Jung Ryeo-won sitting on the toilet lost in thought was so palpable.
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Originally posted by Keeth View PostSpeaking of bloody arms, I watched Entrails of a Virgin last night. I like the first film more. EoaV is mostly interesting for the fisting & wrestling scenes.
I agree that the artwork for both films is the best.
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Originally posted by sukebanboy View PostHoly cow!
That looks like something I need to see
That severed arm but was done in one of the 'entrails' movies..
Not sure the cup noodle company would be happy with the product placement in that screen..although, being Japan they might love it!!!!
I decided to watch a couple of flicks using the trope of human flesh used in Asian dishes ala Bunman, Dumplings, Something's in my soup, etc. The first was utterly forgettable, CRUEL RESTAURANT (2008) by Koji Kawano of Undead Pool fame. The less said about this film the better. It's 13% rating at rottentomatoes is way too generous. The second was the Thai horror flick, MEAT GRINDER - uncut version (2009) & this was surprisingly quite good. A real plot here with a great acting job by the lead actress, Mai Charoenpura. man, I have to say those noodles did look delicious the way the poor saps were slurping them down. ^_^
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MEAT GRINDER is a great little flick...I picked it up blind buy when I was in a Thai movie marathon type mindset....nice little suprise..
I will definitely try to see RED ACCOUNT: MY BLOODY ANGEL....I know it wont be great..but I have a soft spot for pixelated sex with cheap gore movies from Japan
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Originally posted by sukebanboy View PostMEAT GRINDER is a great little flick...I picked it up blind buy when I was in a Thai movie marathon type mindset....nice little suprise..
I will definitely try to see RED ACCOUNT: MY BLOODY ANGEL....I know it wont be great..but I have a soft spot for pixelated sex with cheap gore movies from Japan
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Caught the 2015 Korean black comedy & satirical film, COLLECTIVE INVENTION earlier. It had the potential to be something memorable but I feel the director, Oh Kwang-kwon tried to do too much with the premise. A thinly veiled social commentary about the 'ills' plaguing modern capitalist Korean society is fine and dandy but at least make the movie interesting, entertaining or funny. unfortunately, this movie failed in that respect for the most part. well, at least Park Bo-young was as cute as ever as the scheming one night stand -- so it wasn't a total waste. ^_^
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Was browsing some of my directors folders on my HTPC and came across a Masaru Tsushima one. It has LEGEND OF THE DEVIL, LADY NINJA - REFLECTIONS OF DARKNESS, THE HAUNTED LANTERN but the one that caught my eye was LADIES IN TORTURE I & II (1994-1995). Meh, wasn't that good. Tried to capture the essence of Ishii's Joy of Torture series and Makino's Cruel Map of women's bodies & pinku films of that ilk but it's not even an homage to the spirit of those films but merely a crude retelling.
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Caught a double bill today with Kon Ichikawa's dark battle of the sexes comedy, TEN DARK WOMEN. This would make a great addition to a future Eclipse box set.
Then I checked out Norifumi Suzuki's FESTIVAL CHAMP with Hiroki Matsukata playing against type. No stoic yakuza here and that's a good thing! Some hilarious sex hijinks & a lot of goofball comedy reminiscent of the Truck Yaro series. I sure wish I had a better looking print of this though.
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