i mean, it doesn't matter in context. in the scene, we see neo learning all sorts of (eastern) fighting techniques, Kung Fu being one of them, he tells morpheus "I know Kung Fu" more in a sense of taking a well known example from a long list of things he knows. he jsut specifically points out the kung fu. to then spar in a japanese dojo isn't necessarily incorrect, as they can fight in any place they want, and since they use a lot of different fighting techniques anyway
Dude, I literally grew up on Hong Kong wuxia shows, I love these types of films and all the goofy sound effects that come along with it. One of my personal favorite shows was " Return of the Condor Heroes", I also recall that my favorite wuxia character was an evil man who killed people through the qi channeled from his zither. You're really dredging up my nostalgia right now, cool video as always:)
Even though my family is Vietnamese-American, we grew up on the dubs of The Legend of the Condor Hero, The Return of The Condor Heroes, and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. These videos really bring back the nostalgia.
@@randomsquad4067 i dont know why... but i prefer "Return of Condor Heroes" compare to "Legend of Condor Heroes". also i like The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber as well. other is The Duke Of Mountain Deer. Wei Xiao Bao is kickass anti hero
*Bong Joon-ho* (Memories of Murder, The Host, Mother, recently Parasite) *Park Chan-wook* (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Thirst, The Handmaiden) *Lee Chang-dong* (Secret Sunshine, Burning) *Kim Jee-woon* (I Saw the Devil, The Tale of Two Sisters) *Na Hong-jin* (The Chaser, The Yellow Sea, The Wailing)
The Wailing is damn terrific, and one that I've seen more than once despite being terrified of horror. Asian horror in general is more unsettling, especially with Thai horror (which I believe some Hollywood films remade. Shutter comes to mind).
Actually that invisible wire thing isn’t originally from Hongkong. It’s a tradition from Peking opera. Many elaborate contraptions were made for Chinese traditional opera styles.
Your passion for film is apparent in every video you make. You bring a lot to the film analysis genre on TH-cam. We're a lucky group of subscribers, thank you!
I only just started watching your videos. But your analysis of films is insightful and unique, and the fact that you're speaking to an english speaking audience about a type of cinema that can be very culture locked for a native english speaker is very helpful and amazing for people like me. I love foreign films, but with a culture like Chinese culture that is so long and complicated and ongoing and so, just, big, I have difficulty sometimes grasping how to watch or interpret them. Thank you for deciding to make this channel and deciding to do it for an english audience. These videos are very well done and incredibly educational.
I feel cultural touchstones that tells the story of the culture, or the nation are very important as well. "Raise the Red Lantern," "Farewell My Concubine," and "To Live" are some of my favorites. And yes, I am a great fan of both Zhang and Cheng's 90s works, those were right to be considered western Indie darlings. "Emperor and the Assassin" is a great biopic about the First Emperor of China and had great pathos for the protagonist, I'd actually vote it as much better about Qin Shihuang than hero because it's a full performance that really make you see things from both the Emperor's perspective and also that of his enemies- rare does it make me disgusted and at the same time pitying a character as he slowly walk towards loosing his mind and evil. "Red Cliff" (the 2 parter international version) is also great for those who are interested in a well told epic battle with a dizzying cast of characters.
Hero is an amazing movie. Even when putting aside the cultural context and the great choreography, the use of colour is stunning and meaningful. I'm glad to have coincidentally seen it on TV as a child.
I Personally Love Stephen Chow films there so funny and different from western comedies that there's a sense of fun and effort put into the jokes and there's a fun humbleness about them!
Just got into your videos, they are all really interesting and well composed. However, would it be possible for you to cover gateway Asian cinema that was not centered on martial arts? While I like them as much as anyone else, not every Asian person is a kung fu master so to speak. With Hollywood's continued insistence on largely excluding Asians from film, it would be nice to see the standout examples and films from Asia that do not pigeonhole Asians into dojos or the math classroom
I'll keep that in mind. I have plans on talking about good Chinese films, following my most recent video. None of the films I wanted to talk about is a martial art flick.
Might want to try Akira Kurosawa's non samurai movies like "Ikiru" & "high & low" and something newer like "shall we dance", " nobody knows", & "our little sister", ETC
Try Audition or any film made by the director of Snowpiercer (Ho Bong Min or something? I suck with Korean names). I guess Thailand has some good movies too but I've only seen Ong Bak.
Well he does feature Chungking Express at the beginning. I think his aim was to show some Asian cinematic techniques that are UNIQUE to Asian action cinema, such as qigong in wuxia films. Foreign enough that westerners often laugh it off as 'flying', which is, a little disrespectful. I'd love to see video essays on the drama films of Wong Kar-Wai and Zhang Yimou, great to see them represented here.
Here's a fun fact. The Rurouni Kenshin live action trilogy's action director/stunt coordinator is Tanigaki Kenji who was Donnie Yen's right hand man for many years before branching off on his own to Japan
I’ve seen very few Asian films, but I would say my “gateway” films that make me want to seek out more are the films of Studio Ghibli and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” They are fairly accessible for a Western viewer, especially one who is already a cinephile, and can easily become favorites. And I saw “Seven Samurai”’ because I already loved “The Magnificent Seven.”
*Gateway films for getting into EAST Asian MARTIAL ARTS and ACTION Cineman* FTFY. Many of these observations are good as are the film recommendations, but if one were to watch your video and have it be their main impression of Asian cinema as a whole it would rule out all of South Asian cinema. It would also rule out many brilliant Dramas like In The Mood for Love or Nobody Knows. It also ignores South Korean cinema entirely, and the trend of great Tradgedy and Revenge films out of that country such as Oldboy or I Saw the Devil. Hong Kong Martial Arts movies and Golden Age Kurosawa movies are brilliant, but they can't be the only things in Asian cinema worth watching.
In terms of East Asian Cinema, I have mostly seen Samurai films such as Yojimbo, Seven Samurai, and Throne of Blood. While I have also seen Monster films such as the Godzilla films and other ones like Rodan.
Hero is one of my favorites. Loved the use of color and the way the story builds. (FWIW: Recently watched _Kung Fu Jungle_ which I really enjoyed. So many cameos!)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, and Hero are amongst my all-time favourite big-budget Chinese films. These are all beautiful and fun experiences. I really should see them again in HD (or 4K someday?). I also enjoy nearly anything from the middle years of Jackie Chan and Jet Li. I will look for these other films you mentioned. Sadly, I have never seen a Japanese samurai film. The Dollars Trilogy by Leone are a great time though!
All of the marine admirals (at least, all of the ones who are principally introduced at that rank; not sure about Sengoku) are based on famous Japanese actors.
I watched 'A Brighter Summer Day' recently, and even though im from Mumbai, it resonated with my childhood nostalgia so well, it brought tears in my eyes. Also The wild goose lake has one the best visuals ive seen, ever! Please recommend us some more masterpieces like these from china/taiwan
Interestingly enough, I stumbled onto "Hero" not long after its release. At the time I was blown away by it. Watching it for the first time at night when I was calmed and almost slowed down (didn't have a habit to stay awake too late, I was too young at the time) definitely helped to get into mood for many scenes of the film.
I watched Ip Man yesterday when I was drunk, I'm not sure why and I can't remember the end but it seems because of this youtube recommended me one of your videos and I think I'm watching them for 2 hours now. So I guess I'm a fan now. Thanks drunk me that you make stuff that hungover me can enjoy too.
Awesome video. I just want to add that Star Wars also takes a lot of inspiration from Middle Eastern / Muslim culture. For example Luke grows up on a planet called Tatouine which is an actual place by the same name in Libya (Tataouine) and the Jedi homeworld is called "Jedha" (Jeddah is a city in Saudi Arabia) and Al-Jeddi in Arabic refers to a mystic warrior. Beyond that, a lot of the costumes with robes are a mix of Japanese Kimono and the Arab Thobe. These are some of the more obvious inspirations another is the Force. It is described like Qi as stated in the video and it also requires people to 'submit' to it which is what is required of a Muslim to Islam. Submit as in submit to the will of God and Righteousness to gain peace. The Jedi gain enlightenment by submitting to the force. These are some of the obvious things there are more subtler tropes as well like gaining knowledge through apprenticeship.
I still remember one of my first Asian films as a child was watching the Red Dragon with Jet li. It introduced me to Asian cinema and I absolutely fell in love with it. It was the film that created my love for martial arts and Asian films. Then in then 4th grade I remember going to stay the night at my friends house, his brother had Hero on DVD and I had to watch it because Jet Li was in it. So growing up I would watch jet li in anything and Jackie Chan from the rush hour and police story films. I loved watching them fight with their different styles. So I lost it with they made forbidden kingdom. I had to beg my mom to take me to see it in the theaters and I loved it. The reason I love Asian cinema and foreign films is because I get to learn more about the world and different cultures.
Favourite Wong Kar-Wai movie? I do love Chungking Express, though it's hard to top In the Mood for Love. Wong's JUST announced 4K remasters of all his movies for 2020, so that's pretty cool!
@@ulerkadut8582 Indian cinema is not just about dancing. There's a lot of other stuffs in Indian cinema. You must know that Indian cinema is the world's second oldest flim industry in the world.
I've been a fan of Asian films for decades. Netflix is a very good source for Asian films, especially South Korea and India. I also import a lot of DVDs from other countries, so I'm always finding new film experiences. My first experiences with foreign films were British horror and comedy, then expanding to Japanese, then Hong Kong, then Italy, etc.. Those who only watch the films of one country are truly missing out on many great films.
As a fan of film, I've been weirded out by a lot in ten years. By a lot. I plan to keep doing so! And as a Brazilian, the one that weirded me out the most was a silent film from Brazil ^^
I love the recommendations on what films to watch as it's been years since I've seen some of those! I'm a big fan of Asian cinema and you definitely have a new subscriber! This is the 3rd video I've watched of yours! Please keep up the awesome content!!
Recently, there have been people asking where are or why are there not any BLM messages in Star Wars. In a past interview, somewhere on YT, a young black student asked this to George Lucas's wife, who is black. George, standing next to her, interrupted and went off on a tangent giving a long explanation that Star Wars is about being influenced by mythology from all over the world. I was thinking "EXACTLY, THANK YOU GEORGE". Some people don't look beyond US borders.
I've been watching foreign films for years, starting with Japanese Samurai films and TV in Hawaii. "Rashomon," "Yojimbo," "Seven Samurai," and "Kwaidan" put me on the foreign film ramp. Chinese films were found at Chinese-owned movie theaters, with a few of Jackie Chan and Kung Fu movies crossing over. As a Laserdisc fan, "Ju Dou," and "Raise the Red Lantern" came to my attention. (I also found "The Flying Guillotine" very interesting.) Lately, I've found TH-cam and other streaming services have "Purple Sunset" and "Youth," which vie for attention with "Come and See." Turner Classic Movies ia another source for "films from across the world," from Bollywood to modern African tales like 'Terra Sonambulo."
Video is about Asian cinema but completely ignores 90% of other Asian countries. Asia doesn't just have Japan, China, Korea or Hong Kong. There are many Asian movies out there.
Not gonna say that Hero "changed my life", but it was definitely a major cinematic experience for me. I was 18 when it came out and it might have been the first time I was truly struck by a film. The story, the action, the visuals, and the emotional ending. I've only seen it the one time... I'm scared that it won't hold up after all these years or to repeated viewings. But it really stuck with me. Someday I'll watch it again. Also, as someone who's studied Japanese for a long time, I think this was my first time hearing someone say a Japanese word (battoujutsu) with a Chinese accent, so that was a treat.
It's been so long since I seen my first martial arts film. I've been watching them as long as I can remember. It must have been when I was a baby in the 80's. I have no idea what I started with, could have been Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan. No idea. Probably something a family member or baby sitter had on. Lots of good stuff out there.
I find Korean cinema shares more aesthetic similarities with European cinema than the rest of Asia, so I'll eventually dedicate a specific video for Korean films.
@@AccentedCinema actually, good point. yet, kim ki duk's hwal for instance, much like japanese cinema. and i don't like korean cinema at all so i can't give any more examples but in many ways, korean cinema is closer to japanese in many cases.
The technique of battou-jutsu is much more generalized. In Italian treatises on longsword combat, you can see what essentially is the same posture, which in this video is called "Posta di Coda Longa" or "The Long Tail Guard" - th-cam.com/video/Cob3JMmtctY/w-d-xo.html
Maybe I'm a little off topic here but I have to get this off my chest- The plot of matrix , 'This world is an illusion' probably derives inspiration from "Maya", (Sanskrit: “magic” or “illusion”) a fundamental concept in Hindu philosophy that means the powerful force that creates the cosmic illusion that the phenomenal world is real. Similarly you may have seen hindus/buddhists touching feet of their elders, they bless by giving 'aashirwad' i.e by saying 'may the force be you'.
I'd like to get into more of Jin Yong's TV adaptations, but it's a bit daunting! I started Legend of the Condor Heroes from 2008 which I liked, but never got to the end!
There's actually an American Zatoichi remake called Blind Fury, starring Rutger Hauer. He's a soldier who loses his eyesight in Vietnam and is taught swordsmanship by the Vietnamese locals, and then eventually goes back to America and becomes a drifter.
asian movies are seldome ever properly explored the best films for me as a westerner i think are the 2 korean movies Taegukgi and JSA and the best ive seen out of hong kong is hard boiled all amazing films
Really think 2000s J-horror would be a better starting point, most people are already familiar with the ring and the grudge, so its really just enhancing the stuff they already sort of know.
depend if the type of fighting movie you want to watch.... goofy fighting, any movie with jackie chan in it. realism martial art, any movie with Jet Li in his prime. wuxia aka eastern superhero movie, Storm Riders, A Man Called Hero, The Swordmans, Condor Hero Trilogy (Legend of Condor Heroes, Returns of Condor Heroes and Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre)... Wuxia is commonly made into TV series rather than a full length movie because they are often adapted from novel and comic..
im not a chinese but im an asian.. tbh i watch lot of steven chow movie, like god of the gambler, etc jackie chan 80 movies city hunter etc and its just become part of my childhood with my own language dub ofc lmao....
Like your essay! But feel this one is over stretch, basically saying the west is copying the east on everything. Sword is a gentlemen's weapon in most cultures not only for asian.
fact: the orginal triolgy of starwars story was based on anccient indian epic named ramayan and the matrix trilogy was based on bhagvith gita philosphy and they given so many References i n second and third part (just another asian connection)
The Raid & The Raid 2 from Indonesia. You'll love these if you liked John Wick. Less shooting but more martial arts and more gore, directing and cinematography almost if not on par with the John Wick films.
"I know Kung-Fu (Chinese)"
"Well, you're in the wrong place for that (Japanese Dojo)"
Noice.
@Illidan Stormrage ?
@@Implosionstechnologie He meant that Kung-fu is not a term Chinese would use. They more likely to use the term Wushu (武術).
i mean, it doesn't matter in context. in the scene, we see neo learning all sorts of (eastern) fighting techniques, Kung Fu being one of them, he tells morpheus "I know Kung Fu" more in a sense of taking a well known example from a long list of things he knows. he jsut specifically points out the kung fu. to then spar in a japanese dojo isn't necessarily incorrect, as they can fight in any place they want, and since they use a lot of different fighting techniques anyway
@@Miraihi Kung Fu is more of a southern slang of saying it and the formal name is Wushu in competition and on stage.
@@Miraihi eh Kung Fu （功夫）is literally Chinese?
I love the closing statement - "where's the fun if you know everything about it?". Subscribed.
Dude, I literally grew up on Hong Kong wuxia shows, I love these types of films and all the goofy sound effects that come along with it. One of my personal favorite shows was " Return of the Condor Heroes", I also recall that my favorite wuxia character was an evil man who killed people through the qi channeled from his zither. You're really dredging up my nostalgia right now, cool video as always:)
evil man. check
zither. check.
probably. Dong Fang Bu Bai (the unbeaten east) but he is gong gong. so not sure to refer him as male or female or trans
Even though my family is Vietnamese-American, we grew up on the dubs of The Legend of the Condor Hero, The Return of The Condor Heroes, and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. These videos really bring back the nostalgia.
@@randomsquad4067 i dont know why... but i prefer "Return of Condor Heroes" compare to "Legend of Condor Heroes".
also i like The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber as well. other is The Duke Of Mountain Deer. Wei Xiao Bao is kickass anti hero
@@ulerkadut8582 He's a eunich, but 100% a man, just a gay man without his genitals.
@@ulerkadut8582 he's a eunuch
In recent years, the best asian cinema seems to come from Korea. The wailing still haunts me to this day man.
The Wailing & I Saw The Devil are two of my favorite South Korean films
*Bong Joon-ho* (Memories of Murder, The Host, Mother, recently Parasite)
*Park Chan-wook* (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, Thirst, The Handmaiden)
*Lee Chang-dong* (Secret Sunshine, Burning)
*Kim Jee-woon* (I Saw the Devil, The Tale of Two Sisters)
*Na Hong-jin* (The Chaser, The Yellow Sea, The Wailing)
@@PentameronSV Wah!? One of Kim Kaphwan sons is acting?!!
Great list, I would also add Kim Ki-duk (3-Iron and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring)
The Wailing is damn terrific, and one that I've seen more than once despite being terrified of horror. Asian horror in general is more unsettling, especially with Thai horror (which I believe some Hollywood films remade. Shutter comes to mind).
Actually that invisible wire thing isn’t originally from Hongkong. It’s a tradition from Peking opera. Many elaborate contraptions were made for Chinese traditional opera styles.
10:23 that chicken killed me lmao.
This actually topped the killing nipple twister! LOL
haha yeah.do you know what the movie is called? ^^
@@gigantniki It's from "The Legend II, a.k.a Fong Sai Yuk 2 (1993)"
www.imdb.com/title/tt0106937/?ref_=tt_rec_tti
@@evl619 thanks :)
jonathan smith me too!
Your passion for film is apparent in every video you make. You bring a lot to the film analysis genre on TH-cam. We're a lucky group of subscribers, thank you!
I only just started watching your videos. But your analysis of films is insightful and unique, and the fact that you're speaking to an english speaking audience about a type of cinema that can be very culture locked for a native english speaker is very helpful and amazing for people like me. I love foreign films, but with a culture like Chinese culture that is so long and complicated and ongoing and so, just, big, I have difficulty sometimes grasping how to watch or interpret them. Thank you for deciding to make this channel and deciding to do it for an english audience. These videos are very well done and incredibly educational.
I feel cultural touchstones that tells the story of the culture, or the nation are very important as well. "Raise the Red Lantern," "Farewell My Concubine," and "To Live" are some of my favorites. And yes, I am a great fan of both Zhang and Cheng's 90s works, those were right to be considered western Indie darlings.
"Emperor and the Assassin" is a great biopic about the First Emperor of China and had great pathos for the protagonist, I'd actually vote it as much better about Qin Shihuang than hero because it's a full performance that really make you see things from both the Emperor's perspective and also that of his enemies- rare does it make me disgusted and at the same time pitying a character as he slowly walk towards loosing his mind and evil.
"Red Cliff" (the 2 parter international version) is also great for those who are interested in a well told epic battle with a dizzying cast of characters.
I wouldn't recommend Red Cliff, it is way too fantastical and the performance was souless.
Watch the 1994 version TV drama if you like Three-Kingdoms
@@ollieyang4613 Red Cliff was literally the movie that made me said "The book was better"
I love "To Live"; it is a classic. Thanks for mentioning the "Emperor and Assassin," which I had not heard of but it sounds interesting.
I’d also highly recommend any King Hu film you can see - Touch of Zen and Dragon(gate) Inn are two must-sees
Hero is an amazing movie. Even when putting aside the cultural context and the great choreography, the use of colour is stunning and meaningful. I'm glad to have coincidentally seen it on TV as a child.
I Personally Love Stephen Chow films there so funny and different from western comedies that there's a sense of fun and effort put into the jokes and there's a fun humbleness about them!
We call these "gateway drugs," and I have been hooked ever since my first taste.
Gateway Films for Getting into East Asian Cinema
Just got into your videos, they are all really interesting and well composed. However, would it be possible for you to cover gateway Asian cinema that was not centered on martial arts? While I like them as much as anyone else, not every Asian person is a kung fu master so to speak. With Hollywood's continued insistence on largely excluding Asians from film, it would be nice to see the standout examples and films from Asia that do not pigeonhole Asians into dojos or the math classroom
I'll keep that in mind. I have plans on talking about good Chinese films, following my most recent video. None of the films I wanted to talk about is a martial art flick.
@@AccentedCinema Maybe some gangster films? Like gu huo zai etc.
Might want to try Akira Kurosawa's non samurai movies like "Ikiru" & "high & low"
and something newer like "shall we dance", " nobody knows", & "our little sister", ETC
Try Audition or any film made by the director of Snowpiercer (Ho Bong Min or something? I suck with Korean names). I guess Thailand has some good movies too but I've only seen Ong Bak.
Well he does feature Chungking Express at the beginning. I think his aim was to show some Asian cinematic techniques that are UNIQUE to Asian action cinema, such as qigong in wuxia films. Foreign enough that westerners often laugh it off as 'flying', which is, a little disrespectful.
I'd love to see video essays on the drama films of Wong Kar-Wai and Zhang Yimou, great to see them represented here.
btw, Rurouni Kenshin series is getting two more live-action movies in 2020. So there's that to look forward to.
Here's a fun fact. The Rurouni Kenshin live action trilogy's action director/stunt coordinator is Tanigaki Kenji who was Donnie Yen's right hand man for many years before branching off on his own to Japan
I’ve seen very few Asian films, but I would say my “gateway” films that make me want to seek out more are the films of Studio Ghibli and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” They are fairly accessible for a Western viewer, especially one who is already a cinephile, and can easily become favorites. And I saw “Seven Samurai”’ because I already loved “The Magnificent Seven.”
'death touch' be like:
omae wa mou...
Nani!? (But yes, it's very similar concept)
Is that a reference from the fist of northern star?
Violets are blue
roses are red.
In English it means
“you’re already dead”
*Gateway films for getting into EAST Asian MARTIAL ARTS and ACTION Cineman* FTFY. Many of these observations are good as are the film recommendations, but if one were to watch your video and have it be their main impression of Asian cinema as a whole it would rule out all of South Asian cinema. It would also rule out many brilliant Dramas like In The Mood for Love or Nobody Knows. It also ignores South Korean cinema entirely, and the trend of great Tradgedy and Revenge films out of that country such as Oldboy or I Saw the Devil. Hong Kong Martial Arts movies and Golden Age Kurosawa movies are brilliant, but they can't be the only things in Asian cinema worth watching.
i respect takeshi kitano deeply. such an underrated genius.
*Knows Kung-fu
*Is in a Japanese dojo
Well... its called a simulation.
I greatly admire what you are doing here and am so glad I found this channel!
In terms of East Asian Cinema, I have mostly seen Samurai films such as Yojimbo, Seven Samurai, and Throne of Blood. While I have also seen Monster films such as the Godzilla films and other ones like Rodan.
Asian = Japanese/Chinese.
Well done bro. Well done
Great Video! You really deserve far more attention.
Love how you talked about Hero. It was my childhood!
"Gateway Films for Getting into **East** Asian Cinema" should be the title of this video
Hero is one of my favorites. Loved the use of color and the way the story builds. (FWIW: Recently watched _Kung Fu Jungle_ which I really enjoyed. So many cameos!)
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, and Hero are amongst my all-time favourite big-budget Chinese films. These are all beautiful and fun experiences. I really should see them again in HD (or 4K someday?).
I also enjoy nearly anything from the middle years of Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
I will look for these other films you mentioned. Sadly, I have never seen a Japanese samurai film. The Dollars Trilogy by Leone are a great time though!
Anyone realized that the dude from Zatoichi Challenged looked like that one admiral in one piece or its just me?
Oda took inspiration from Zatoichi's design and mannerisms to create Fujitora.
All of the marine admirals (at least, all of the ones who are principally introduced at that rank; not sure about Sengoku) are based on famous Japanese actors.
I watched 'A Brighter Summer Day' recently, and even though im from Mumbai, it resonated with my childhood nostalgia so well, it brought tears in my eyes.
Also The wild goose lake has one the best visuals ive seen, ever!
Please recommend us some more masterpieces like these from china/taiwan
Great videos man. As a Chinese and a film lover, I find your videos are funny and educational. 特别喜欢你对中国电影的一些批评和期待。加油！
Interestingly enough, I stumbled onto "Hero" not long after its release. At the time I was blown away by it.
Watching it for the first time at night when I was calmed and almost slowed down (didn't have a habit to stay awake too late, I was too young at the time) definitely helped to get into mood for many scenes of the film.
your videos are always an inspiration, if only for the film recommendations. But your insight and analysis is always appreciated!
Man from nowhere ♥
7 Samurai ♥
Zatoichi ♥
I watched Ip Man yesterday when I was drunk, I'm not sure why and I can't remember the end but it seems because of this youtube recommended me one of your videos and I think I'm watching them for 2 hours now. So I guess I'm a fan now. Thanks drunk me that you make stuff that hungover me can enjoy too.
You killed me with the chicken!!!! XD
Awesome video. I just want to add that Star Wars also takes a lot of inspiration from Middle Eastern / Muslim culture. For example Luke grows up on a planet called Tatouine which is an actual place by the same name in Libya (Tataouine) and the Jedi homeworld is called "Jedha" (Jeddah is a city in Saudi Arabia) and Al-Jeddi in Arabic refers to a mystic warrior. Beyond that, a lot of the costumes with robes are a mix of Japanese Kimono and the Arab Thobe. These are some of the more obvious inspirations another is the Force. It is described like Qi as stated in the video and it also requires people to 'submit' to it which is what is required of a Muslim to Islam. Submit as in submit to the will of God and Righteousness to gain peace. The Jedi gain enlightenment by submitting to the force. These are some of the obvious things there are more subtler tropes as well like gaining knowledge through apprenticeship.
And Dont Forgot The Corusant Planet Which is a real place Name Khurasan(The Old Name I guess its Located Somewhere in Afganistan)
Lucas was inspired from dune , which drew inspiration from middle eastern culture
Hero is just 2 hrs of melodrama/fights. It's a good movie regardless. Also watched Yojimbo going to watch Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (wrong order).
I still remember one of my first Asian films as a child was watching the Red Dragon with Jet li. It introduced me to Asian cinema and I absolutely fell in love with it. It was the film that created my love for martial arts and Asian films. Then in then 4th grade I remember going to stay the night at my friends house, his brother had Hero on DVD and I had to watch it because Jet Li was in it. So growing up I would watch jet li in anything and Jackie Chan from the rush hour and police story films. I loved watching them fight with their different styles. So I lost it with they made forbidden kingdom. I had to beg my mom to take me to see it in the theaters and I loved it. The reason I love Asian cinema and foreign films is because I get to learn more about the world and different cultures.
Underrated channel
Have to watch Hero again. The visual so beautiful.
I have seen "Hero" and "Ruruni Kenshin" from the ones you recommended. They are my low-key favorites.
Thumbs up for Chungking Express!
Favourite Wong Kar-Wai movie? I do love Chungking Express, though it's hard to top In the Mood for Love. Wong's JUST announced 4K remasters of all his movies for 2020, so that's pretty cool!
I think there are more to Asian cinema than just fighting and fighting, you should recommend other films
yeah or you know films from other country, asia ain't just China, Hong Kong and Japan
There are. It's called yellow films.
This channel mainly focuses on Chinese films
asian good at slapstick, horror and drama. and dancing (india).
@@ulerkadut8582 Indian cinema is not just about dancing. There's a lot of other stuffs in Indian cinema. You must know that Indian cinema is the world's second oldest flim industry in the world.
I go back to the Five fingers of death Era ,NYC.
I've been a fan of Asian films for decades. Netflix is a very good source for Asian films, especially South Korea and India. I also import a lot of DVDs from other countries, so I'm always finding new film experiences. My first experiences with foreign films were British horror and comedy, then expanding to Japanese, then Hong Kong, then Italy, etc.. Those who only watch the films of one country are truly missing out on many great films.
As a fan of film, I've been weirded out by a lot in ten years. By a lot. I plan to keep doing so! And as a Brazilian, the one that weirded me out the most was a silent film from Brazil ^^
Hero is an awesome movie. Has everithing you need in a good film,excellent fotography, incredible coreography and an intrigant plot. Very good movie
really good stuff and thanks for reminding me about Fong Sai Yuk. that series is fire
I love the recommendations on what films to watch as it's been years since I've seen some of those! I'm a big fan of Asian cinema and you definitely have a new subscriber! This is the 3rd video I've watched of yours! Please keep up the awesome content!!
Hero is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Saving this video on a list so I have a list of flims to check back on. Until I can write it down somewhere.
Fong Sai-Yuk was my gem when I was a kid....
those old zatoichi movies are so fuckin good. a ton of em were on hulu for a while. need to see the whole series
This is a really good channel!
also i suggest to see Wong Kar-Wai's filmography (which they are beautiful)
Recently, there have been people asking where are or why are there not any BLM messages in Star Wars. In a past interview, somewhere on YT, a young black student asked this to George Lucas's wife, who is black.
George, standing next to her, interrupted and went off on a tangent giving a long explanation that Star Wars is about being influenced by mythology from all over the world. I was thinking "EXACTLY, THANK YOU GEORGE".
Some people don't look beyond US borders.
Rurouni Kenshin!!!!!
Subscribed!!!
Love your title cards.
Thank you, for this very pithy presentation. Well done.
I've been watching foreign films for years, starting with Japanese Samurai films and TV in Hawaii. "Rashomon," "Yojimbo," "Seven Samurai," and "Kwaidan" put me on the foreign film ramp. Chinese films were found at Chinese-owned movie theaters, with a few of Jackie Chan and Kung Fu movies crossing over. As a Laserdisc fan, "Ju Dou," and "Raise the Red Lantern" came to my attention. (I also found "The Flying Guillotine" very interesting.) Lately, I've found TH-cam and other streaming services have "Purple Sunset" and "Youth," which vie for attention with "Come and See." Turner Classic Movies ia another source for "films from across the world," from Bollywood to modern African tales like 'Terra Sonambulo."
When I think "chi-blocker" fighting in stories I immediately think of the great Ty Lee in the Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon series.
Video is about Asian cinema but completely ignores 90% of other Asian countries. Asia doesn't just have Japan, China, Korea or Hong Kong. There are many Asian movies out there.
Comrades: Almost a Love Story ,Lust and Caution and Infernal Affairs
Good video mate but I can’t stop laughing when I saw 2:52. Looks like 屎😂😂😂
What does it means?
That Kitano Zatoichi movie is amazing
Not gonna say that Hero "changed my life", but it was definitely a major cinematic experience for me. I was 18 when it came out and it might have been the first time I was truly struck by a film. The story, the action, the visuals, and the emotional ending. I've only seen it the one time... I'm scared that it won't hold up after all these years or to repeated viewings. But it really stuck with me. Someday I'll watch it again.
Also, as someone who's studied Japanese for a long time, I think this was my first time hearing someone say a Japanese word (battoujutsu) with a Chinese accent, so that was a treat.
What a refreshing view of arts and cinema! How about a "gateway" series? Would love to hear what you have to say about Brazillian cinema!
Thank you 🙂
If i may correct the pronouncing of "draw and cut" its "batto-jutsu" jutsu as in "choos(e) "... "chootsu"
Thank you! and sorry for what will inevitably more butchering of language I don't speak. I'll try my best ;p
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Hundred step soul reaping palm is a fucking awesome name.
2:55 The word for air(氣), looks more like the word shit(屎)
It's been so long since I seen my first martial arts film. I've been watching them as long as I can remember. It must have been when I was a baby in the 80's. I have no idea what I started with, could have been Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan. No idea. Probably something a family member or baby sitter had on. Lots of good stuff out there.
Hero for sure. What about 'Old Boy' or any Korean classics?
I find Korean cinema shares more aesthetic similarities with European cinema than the rest of Asia, so I'll eventually dedicate a specific video for Korean films.
@@AccentedCinema actually, good point. yet, kim ki duk's hwal for instance, much like japanese cinema. and i don't like korean cinema at all so i can't give any more examples but in many ways, korean cinema is closer to japanese in many cases.
3:50 I always find the names in Star Wars characters are really Chinese-like, e.g. Qui-Gon Jinn (金魁剛), Obi-Wan (歐比王) Kenobi, Yoda (尤達)...
You need to watch The Blade by Tsui Hark.
i really couldn't get into Kung Fu movies , chambara movies on the other hand , i just can't get enough of it
The technique of battou-jutsu is much more generalized. In Italian treatises on longsword combat, you can see what essentially is the same posture, which in this video is called "Posta di Coda Longa" or "The Long Tail Guard" - th-cam.com/video/Cob3JMmtctY/w-d-xo.html
Can't believe you didn't mention Blind Fury when talking about Zatoichi
Maybe I'm a little off topic here but I have to get this off my chest-
The plot of matrix , 'This world is an illusion' probably derives inspiration from
"Maya", (Sanskrit: “magic” or “illusion”) a fundamental concept in Hindu philosophy that means the powerful force that creates the cosmic illusion that the phenomenal world is real.
Similarly you may have seen hindus/buddhists touching feet of their elders, they bless by giving 'aashirwad' i.e by saying 'may the force be you'.
I miss those old movies. Who else remembers shaolin temple?
cursed to die in 100 steps*
invents wheelchair kungfu*
just go full hardcore mode and dig in Yin Yong's books adaptation TV series pre-2010 if you need some thing to binge watching
Jin Yong?
I'd like to get into more of Jin Yong's TV adaptations, but it's a bit daunting! I started Legend of the Condor Heroes from 2008 which I liked, but never got to the end!
@@ealing456 shud go watch it till the end.
@@3.1422 I must be about half way through at the time. Just found it on VIKI to stream, so I can't wait to get back into it!
@@ealing456 Start again from the beginning 😆😆
There's actually an American Zatoichi remake called Blind Fury, starring Rutger Hauer. He's a soldier who loses his eyesight in Vietnam and is taught swordsmanship by the Vietnamese locals, and then eventually goes back to America and becomes a drifter.
asian movies are seldome ever properly explored the best films for me as a westerner i think are the 2 korean movies Taegukgi and JSA and the best ive seen out of hong kong is hard boiled all amazing films
There’s a sword stance in Warframe that uses reverse katana(or nikana in the game) grip, and has similar slashes and strikes.
I was lucky enough to see 'Hero' in my local cinema :D
I love Chinese and Korean cinema but I do enjoy the ones with more realistic action but nothing beats crouching tiger
Really think 2000s J-horror would be a better starting point, most people are already familiar with the ring and the grudge, so its really just enhancing the stuff they already sort of know.
That chicken that gets death punched is the funniest thing Ive ever seen
I am at minute 4 and holy fuck I NEVER realized Darth Vaders helmet looks similar to a Samurai Helmet :O
depend if the type of fighting movie you want to watch....
goofy fighting, any movie with jackie chan in it.
realism martial art, any movie with Jet Li in his prime.
wuxia aka eastern superhero movie, Storm Riders, A Man Called Hero, The Swordmans, Condor Hero Trilogy (Legend of Condor Heroes, Returns of Condor Heroes and Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre)...
Wuxia is commonly made into TV series rather than a full length movie because they are often adapted from novel and comic..
im not a chinese but im an asian.. tbh i watch lot of steven chow movie, like god of the gambler, etc jackie chan 80 movies city hunter etc and its just become part of my childhood with my own language dub ofc lmao....
4:15 The OG of NANI!!!!!
Like your essay! But feel this one is over stretch, basically saying the west is copying the east on everything. Sword is a gentlemen's weapon in most cultures not only for asian.
Chi, Chakra, Nen , The Force :D
enjoyed the video, keep up the good work, you've got one more subscriber :)
fact: the orginal triolgy of starwars story was based on anccient indian epic named ramayan and the matrix trilogy was based on bhagvith gita philosphy and they given so many References i n second and third part (just another asian connection)
The Raid & The Raid 2 from Indonesia. You'll love these if you liked John Wick. Less shooting but more martial arts and more gore, directing and cinematography almost if not on par with the John Wick films.
man this reminds me that for a month i did a Zatoichi marathon and watched all 25 lol