Sane's AsiaPac Top 100
 

Seems like everyone is doing Top 100s so thought I'd join in with something a bit different - my top 100 from the Asia/Pacific area.

Why Asia/Pacific? Well, basically because that's where my wife and I are from and it's where a lot of the movies we watch are from :)

It'll take me a while to get through this but hopefully people will find it interesting.

100. Ploy (2007) - Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...vie_poster.jpg
Country: Thailand
Genre: Drama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRwqH3kgwwQ

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This sounds really cool. I love specialized lists like this. I doubt I will have seen many of these, but my watchlist will undoubtedly grow. :up:

99. Fireworks Wednesday (2006) - Asghar Farhadi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-wednesday.jpg
Country: Iran
Genre: Drama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul9_PFxIYBI

I hope so :)

98. Fallen Angels (1995) - Wong Kar Wai
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...els-Poster.jpg
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Drama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCFFJbREVN0

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I doubt I'll know too much, but I'll pop in from time to time to see how it's going. :up:

Cool. I'm including youtube videos so hopefully people can find something they might want to check out if they haven't seen much. Apart from the "arthouse" stuff there will be quite a lot of more mainstream Asian films - and the Pac part allows me to include stuff from Australia and NZ which you might have seen :)

97. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003) - Takeshi Kitano
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...toichi_017.jpg
Country: Japan
Genre: Action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F_zjwDPLPk

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It may seem like a funny question, but would you consider that Zatoichi movie a comedy? IMDb has it listed as one, which is why I ask.

All of Kitano's movies are funny at times - even the more serious themed movies like Sonatine or Fireworks. I guess because he started as a comedian he can't help it. Strangely enough the only film of his I've seen that was purely a comedy I found less funny than his serious films.

Zatoichi is kind of a fun action movie with large doses of Kitano's trademark humour :)

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If it showed up on a comedy list, would it surprise you?

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang is a unique director. Both Headshot and Last Life in the Universe were incredibly visceral experiences.

It'd surprise me. I don't remember it that way. Though I've only seen it once and I wasn't impressed at all. First time I can remmeber CGI blood, too. :(

No, wouldn't surprise me.

I've seen LLitU but not Headshot. Invisible Waves is the other Ratanaruang movie I've seen. Both he and Weerasethakul are fascinating directors and whilst I wouldn't say I completely "get" what they are going for all the time, I really like their style.

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Headshot is pretty crazy. Weerasethakul can be impossible at times, yet I've liked everything he's done so far. I don't even bother trying to "get" them. I'd rather just experience them through the senses.

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Excellent idea Sane! Look forward to getting some recommendations :)

Of your list so far I've seen Fallen Angels and Zatoichi, I've seen most of Kitano's work and really like him as a director and actor. I love the last scenes in Zatoichi they're really joyous :)

96. After the Rain (1999) - Takashi Koizumi
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...r_the_Rain.jpg
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama
Note: The movie Akira Kurosawa was working on when he died.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU9g8-a2xHo

Kitano knows fun :) What makes him quite exceptional though is how well he also deals with drama and tragedy.

He will have a movie in the top 10 of this list that left me emotionally drained - for days almost. It's probably not one of his better known films but I absolutely adored it.

95. What Time is it There? (2001) - Tsai Ming Liang
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...eisitthere.jpg
Country: Taiwan
Genre: Romance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ass11dxuyzU