Great Asian War Movies

[Joushio]

I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to what movie I should watch next, Obviously I'd like to see some sort of asian war movie...I'm mainly interested in "older" war movies, by older I don't mean when the movie was made but the era or year the movie takes place.Such as The Three Kingdom's etc. Thanks in advance!

 

[Archonsod]

Seven Samurai, or if you feel like a series The Water Margin. Yojimbo. Not much in the way of mass battle (the first being used as the basis for the Magnificent Seven, the second being a Japanese version of the archetypal Western) There's a few recent Chinese movies too, like Curse of the Golden Flower. Can't think of anything which would conform to a 'war movie' style off the top of my head.

 

[Joushio]

Yeah,Sorry I was a bit vague. I've seen all those you've listed..minus the water one...I prefer storylines like Seven Samurai,With the action sequences of lets say....The Hidden Fortress(Castle? Fort?)

 

[Archonsod]

You'd love The Water Margin then - review

 

[Joushio]

Ill check it out,Thanks man.

 

[Agent Griff]

There's a cool Korean movie called The Brotherhood of War if I'm not mistaken. It takes place during the war between North and South Korea and it's a really cool movie that gives a harrowing depiction of war. It's also right and bloody and kind of reminds me of Call of Duty at times. It was released in 2006 or 2007 and I saw it on HBO.

 

[italiano]

There's a cool Korean movie called The Brotherhood of War if I'm not mistaken. It takes place during the war between North and South Korea and it's a really cool movie that gives a harrowing depiction of war. It's also right and bloody and kind of reminds me of Call of Duty at times. It was released in 2006 or 2007 and I saw it on HBO.

Is this the one that takes place during the Korean war where the older brother switches to the North Korean side after a girl is shot and/or believes his brother is dead?

I have to say I don't like what Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon did for Chinese combat. There's far too much wire work in the high profile Asian movies these days and it's a shame, because they're quite enjoyable.

I remembered an epic Chinese war movie being advertised on tv, have no idea what is was though.

 

[Agent Griff]

Yeah, that's the one. The one with the South Korean soldier that changes sides.

 

[Joushio]

Yeah, I saw that movie. Its was really good I def recommend!

 

[italiano]

Can't remember how good it was, but I watched all of it so it must have been at least decent. I generally like Korean movies, they don't seem to try and feature insane effects or stunts like Hollywood or Hong Kong.

 

[Joushio]

I can't watch any hollywood movies anymore, Most of them are garbage.

 

[Commander]

Shogun Assassin was pretty good..like it was a 1 man war lol..good movie you should check it out.

 

[Yeyinde]

You should definitely watch Curse of the Golden Cleavage Flower!

Nah, it's okay, but kinda hard to take seriously.

 

[mrcrotch]

I'm a great asian war movie.

 

[italiano]

You should definitely watch Curse of the Golden Cleavage Flower!

Nah, it's okay, but kinda hard to take seriously.

Mmm, Gong Li.

The movie is a perfect example of the over-the-top sequences that now seem to populate the major 'global Asian movies, starting with Crouch Tiger Hidden Dragon. Far too much wire work, it just gets sillier and sillier. Fortunately, they all have a hot asian actress, usually Ziyi Zhang.

 

[mrcrotch]

I really enjoyed House of Flying Daggers.

 

[italiano]

I really enjoyed House of Flying Daggers.

Yes, Ziyi was hot. Seriously, I thought it was great, but the soldiers in the bamboo forest were a bit much. These movies also never have happy endings, which is refreshing to be honest, but unfortunately it usually means the killing of Ziyi. She died in Crouching Tiger, House of Flying Daggers and Hero, although in Hero she only died in one version (a fictional one). I really like all of these actually, it's just that some of the over-the-top combat sequences bother me.

 

[Swordmaster]

Zatoichi and Akira Kurosawa's Ran are good.

 

[Vulkan]

I found Nomad (The warrior) to be decent, it's set in the 18th century in Kazakhstan, where most of the people are descendants of Mongols.

It has an actor or 2 that are north american, but they look and sound Kazakh enough, and the battles were good. All in all it seemed fairly historically accurate as well.

 

[Swordmaster]

I found Nomad (The warrior) to be decent, it's set in the 18th century in Kazakhstan, where most of the people are descendants of Mongols.

It has an actor or 2 that are north american, but they look and sound Kazakh enough, and the battles were good. All in all it seemed fairly historically accurate as well.

The Zungars were Mongol, not Kazakhs. They're Turkic.