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My Favorite Asian Cinema
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Audition (Uncut Special Edition)Audition (Uncut Special Edition)
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Amazing horror/drama. Takashi Miike is a genius. -Japanese
Ichi the Killer (Unrated Edition)Ichi the Killer (Unrated Edition)
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More Miike genius, one of my favorite movies. Very black comedy. -Japanese
GozuGozu
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Another Miike flick, very bizarre and surreal horror. -Japanese
Visitor QVisitor Q
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Takashi Miike again. Very strange comedy with a lot of taboos. Very funny if you have a black sense of humor. -Japanese
UzumakiUzumaki
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Awesome bizarre horror. The manga is also really good. -Japanese
Suicide Club (Suicide Circle)Suicide Club (Suicide Circle)
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One of my favorites. Strange horror movie involving a mass amount of suicides in teens somehow connected to a popular j-pop group. -Japanese
Ultimate VersusUltimate Versus
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Awesome action/horror/comedy. Martial arts, swords, guns, zombies, samurai, and numerous homages to other movies, what more could you want? -Japanese
Azumi [Region 2]Azumi [Region 2]
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Same director as Versus, Ryuhei Kitamura. Based on the manga of the same name. About a group of young assassins. Great action choreography and sword play. Plus Aya Ueto is gorgeous. -Japanese
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi /Sonatine Double FeatureThe Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi /Sonatine Double Feature
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Takeshi Kitano is a genius. His remake of the classic Zatoichi series is awesome, my only complaint is the use of the damn digital blood. Sonatine is also a great movie. -Japanese
Fireworks Aka Hana-biFireworks Aka Hana-bi
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Takeshi Kitano's best movie. Fantastic film. -Japanese
Death Note I & II (The Complete/Limited Boxset) 3 disc setDeath Note I & II (The Complete/Limited Boxset) 3 disc set
Death Note is awesome. The anime and manga are awesome as well. -Japanese
Battle Royale: Director's Cut (Collector's Edition)Battle Royale: Director's Cut (Collector's Edition)
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Take 40 highschool freshman, put them on an island with weapons and supplies and have them all fight to the death. And you have Battle Royale. I much prefer the manga over the movie, still fun to watch though. But again with the damn digital blood. -Japanese
Tetsuo - The Iron Man (Special Edition)Tetsuo - The Iron Man (Special Edition)
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Crazy movie, very artistic. Like one long industrial music video on acid. Awesome. Shinya Tsukamoto is the man. -Japanese
MarebitoMarebito
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Very strange low budget horror. Great movie. -Japanese
OldboyOldboy
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One of the best movies ever made in my opinion. Choi Min-Sik is a fantastic actor. Chan Woo-Park is a genius. This is the third and final film in his vengeance trilogy. -Japanese
Lady VengeanceLady Vengeance
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Chan Woo-Park again. Second movie in his trilogy, not as good as Oldboy but still fantastic. -Japanese
Sympathy for Mr. VengeanceSympathy for Mr. Vengeance
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First film in Chan Woo-Park's trilogy, worst of the three, but only by comparison. Because alone this movie is amazing, though very depressing. -Japanese
A Bittersweet Life (Director's Cut Edition) DVDA Bittersweet Life (Director's Cut Edition) DVD
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An amazing drama movie about revenge, similar to Oldboy, but very different at the same time. Very simple story, but very involving. There is some action, but it is not very stylized and is quite brutal and realistic. One of my favorite movies. -Korean
A Tale of Two SistersA Tale of Two Sisters
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Directed by Kim Jee-Woon who also did A Bittersweet Life. He is an amazing director, one of the best. This is a horror/drama based on an old Korean myth. Fantastic film. -Korean
Save The Green PlanetSave The Green Planet
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Psychological horror/drama/sci-fi/black comedy. Great movie. -Korean
2009 Lost Memories2009 Lost Memories
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Sci-fi/action with time travel. Takes place in an alternate future in which Japan won WWII and Korea is part of Japan. Really cool movie. -Korean
The Quiet FamilyThe Quiet Family
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Great black comedy about a family who just started a hotel, but everyone who stays, dies by the morning. Has prefame Choi Min-Sik and Song Kang-Ho, both excellent actors. Fun movie. -Korean
The Host (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)The Host (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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Great drama with a giant mutated monster. Stars one of my favorite Korean actors, Song Kang-Ho. Really good movie. -Korean
Attack the Gas Station!Attack the Gas Station!
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Comedy about four guys who take over a gas station for fun, hilarity ensues. Fun movie. -Korean
Guns & TalksGuns & Talks
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Comedy about the every day life of four upcoming assassins. -Korean
Memories of MurderMemories of Murder
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Amazing crime drama based on the first known serial killing in Korea. Stars Song Kang-Ho. Excellent film. -Korean
Shadowless SwordShadowless Sword
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Pretty damn cool sword play/martial arts movie. For fans of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and other wuxia films. -Korean
The Infernal Affairs Trilogy (Infernal Affairs 1 / Infernal Affairs 2 / Infernal Affairs 3) (Special Collector's Edition Box Set)The Infernal Affairs Trilogy (Infernal Affairs 1 / Infernal Affairs 2 / Infernal Affairs 3) (Special Collector's Edition Box Set)
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The amazing trilogy that was remade as The Departed. Excellent movies. Plus Anthony Wong is in them! -Chinese
Ebola SyndromeEbola Syndrome
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One of my favorite movies. One of the blackest comedies ever made, don't watch this if you are the least bit squeamish or easily offended. Anthony Wong is the man. -Chinese
The Untold StoryThe Untold Story
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Anthony Wong! He again plays a deranged psycho. Very similar to Ebola Syndrome, though not as good. Based on a true story/chinese urban legend. -Chinese
Riki-Oh - The Story of RickyRiki-Oh - The Story of Ricky
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One of the most ridiculously weird movies I have ever seen. Lots and lots of gore, but it's all really really cheesy. Hilarious movie. -Chinese
Dog Bite Dog [Dog Bite Dog [
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Awesome crime film involving police trying to catch an assassin, but it's so much more than that. Edison Chen goes from playing his usual pretty boy role, to a violent, unfeeling assassin. Very cold and brutally realistic violence. -Chinese
Hard Boiled - Criterion CollectionHard Boiled - Criterion Collection
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One of the greatest action films ever made. John Woo is amazing. Chow Yun Fat is so damn cool. -Chinese
The Killer  -  Criterion CollectionThe Killer - Criterion Collection
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More John Woo and Chow Yun Fat, excellent. -Chinese
A Better TomorrowA Better Tomorrow
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The movie that jump started John Woo and Chow Yun Fat's careers. Excellent movie, as is the sequel which you also need to see. -Chinese
Jackie Chan's Project AJackie Chan's Project A
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Classic Jackie Chan, one of his best movies. -Chinese
Iron MonkeyIron Monkey
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One of the best kung fu movies ever. Very simple Robin Hood-esque story line, but some of the best choreography ever. -Chinese
HeroHero
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An amazing Jet Li film. Plus it has the beautiful Zhang Ziyi. -Chinese