love of Asian horror generalizing to other Asian genres?

[slayer666]

After managing to burn myself out on Asian horror for a bit, I've been watching more Asian action flicks lately - mostly of the martial arts variety - which I've always loved but haven't seen many. Last one I saw was The Protector. Anyway, I was curious whether this is a common experience. That is, does love of Asian horror lead you to explore other genres of Asian film?

[swiss tony]

good timing with this thread. i just ordered ong bak and warrior king last night, my first asian non horror movies. also, i was given shogun assassins a while ago and would like a review if possible, dave?

[AsylumSeeker]

I'd say I did the same. Moved from the horrors into the Revenge trilogy and Ichi.

[swiss tony]

do you recognise this movie? a squad of japanese soldiers somehow get teleported back to feudal japan. things go fine until they fall out with the local warlords. things descend into guns with limited ammo taking on hundreds of samurai in a fight to the death seige. was probably made in the eighties

[swiss tony]

Originally Posted by omcdave

um ill get back on this one man :o

i saw that movie as a child (yes, mum and dad let me do my own thing), so it may not even be asian, but i think it is. hope i haven't got you stumped dave. oh well, no pressure!lol

[swiss tony]

Originally Posted by slayer666

After managing to burn myself out on Asian horror for a bit, I've been watching more Asian action flicks lately - mostly of the martial arts variety - which I've always loved but haven't seen many. Last one I saw was The Protector. Anyway, I was curious whether this is a common experience. That is, does love of Asian horror lead you to explore other genres of Asian film?

i'm in the depths of a pure j horror binge that shows no sign of subsiding. just wondered how many movies you binged on before you were able to kick the habit or at least get a handle on it?

[swiss tony]

because you have to focus more so than usual because of the subtitles you take every detail in. if you switch off and miss a couple of lines of dialogue you're fucked. unlike english speaking movies where you can switch to auto pilot. i don't mind, i'm loving every movie. but then, you lot are screening them for me. thanks

[Pygar]

My love of Japanese monster movies and Ultraman shows actually led me into the J-horror thing in the first place, as i was digging around for laserdiscs and videoCDs in Chinatown years ago. I found a VCD of the original Ring, with a great cover of Sadako's eye on it. The owner of the shop said to me in cracked English, "You like scary movies?", and dug out Ring 2 for me as well!

I've been upto my neck in J-horror ever since.

While I still track Japanese horror carefully, the trail has lead me into the world of imported DVDs - the equally wonderful South Korean horrors, Thai horrors, older Japanese horror films, offbeat Japanese comedies (like Kamikaze Girls, or even Swing Girls), new samurai films (like Red Shadow, Azumi, Hidden Blade), the violent Korean black comedies (Oldboy, Lady Vengeance), Japanese killer schoolgirls (Sukeban Deka)....

...all kinds of stuff, old and new, that's miles away more interesting than anything on TV!

[slayer666]

Originally Posted by swiss tony

i'm in the depths of a pure j horror binge that shows no sign of subsiding. just wondered how many movies you binged on before you were able to kick the habit or at least get a handle on it?

This is a guess, but I think the number was probably around 30.

[swiss tony]

Originally Posted by slayer666

This is a guess, but I think the number was probably around 30.

then i'm probably about half way through. the tony jaa box set just arrived and i have one missed call and spider forest on back order. ichi was my last j horror (not really horror) and it was great. a seriously funny, twisted relentless movie. for my favourite quote look down...