Which is better...
Which is better... Chinese-themed kung-fu & sorcery drama or Japanese-themed samurai epics? Curious about favorites and why.
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Which is better... Chinese-themed kung-fu & sorcery drama or Japanese-themed samurai epics? Curious about favorites and why.
posted by Hythian at 8:24:00 am
11 Comments:
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*grins*
I don't have a lot of experience with either, really, though I found "Kung Fu Hustle" hysterical and "Crouching Tiger" beautiful. "Flying Daggers" needed more The Sex.
Thu Feb 09, 08:40:00 am GMT-8
*LAUGHING*
But, they had "The Sex"...which was right before "The End". ;P
I am good with both. There is a lot that can be done with both genre's.
In fact, I would love to have more Samurai movies instead of just the Manga and Anime things that are out.
Sengoku burai was good.
Shichinin no samurai is a classic.
Kumonosu jô was good.
Kagemusha was awesome.
Yojimbo - Eastwood owes a lot to Kurosawa.
Thu Feb 09, 10:26:00 am GMT-8
I tend to like Korean works, you get the best of both worlds that way.
Thu Feb 09, 11:17:00 am GMT-8
Hmmm...
I have only seen one Korean movie...it was very different.
Good...but different.
Thu Feb 09, 12:31:00 pm GMT-8
My answer is "yes" although my favorites are almost always the spoofs, like "Kung Fu Hustle."
Thu Feb 09, 05:17:00 pm GMT-8
If you can find them, "The Baby Cart Assassin" movies might be out on dvd now. They are the theatrical version of some "Lone Wolf & Cub" stories.
Hmm. Can you name a good korean movie? Or a couple to look for?
I think for me it depends on what I am looking for.
Japan / Samurai movies often have introspective or thoughtful stories with combat that tends to be sudden brutal and brief.
Chinese / Kung-Fu movies often have long flash fight scenes but occasionally very non-sensical stories.
Thu Feb 09, 08:45:00 pm GMT-8
Samuri movies tend to be tragic love stories and yawn fests. The story ends and usually everyone is dead.
Which is why so many of them feel like (or are) adaptations from Shakespeare.
Fri Feb 10, 11:16:00 am GMT-8
I don't know movies, unfortunately... but in general, Korean stuff takes stuff from the other Asian cultures and meshes it all together. There's a Korean manga series called "Dragon Hunters" that's... interesting.
K-pop is pretty neat, too. And look at Soul Caliber (it's a fighting video game). Seung Mina and Yunsung are way cooler than angst-samurai Mitsurugi and Taki the ninja boob girl. :P
I know, that has absolutely nothing to do with movies....
Sat Feb 11, 07:42:00 am GMT-8
Sudden urge to look into getting a copy of the new Soul Calibur game, or dig out my Dreamcast so I can play the old one that I do have. Never did unlock the entire art gallery. Used to be good with Ivy and Kilik, though Kilik was the king of the cheap combo.
*ponders* The only Korean mangwa I have, I think, might be 'Ragnarok' which is a weird riff on Norse mythology and built somewhat around a MMORPG that was popular over there.
Sat Feb 11, 05:46:00 pm GMT-8
It really depends on the mood. If you feel like goofy ultraviolence go with the kung-fu. After all that's what Big Trouble in Little China was birthed from and that movie is legendary. I'd recommend any film endorsed by the Wu-Tang Clan, or anything that has Wong Fei-Hong as the main character (of which there are over 100 titles).
Samarai films are more serious and dramatic. This also depends on moods. If you want a Western go with Yojimbo (Fistful of Dollars) Sanjuro (For a Few Dollars More) or the Seven Samurai (The Magnificent 7) Kurosawa is amazing and Toshiro Mifune is the M-F-ing man! The Shakesperean Kurosawa films are Throne of Blood (Macbeath) and Ran (King Lear). I think there's a Hamlet but I don't remember the title. The big must see however is The Hidden Fortress because George Lucas totally ripped it off for Star Wars.
Sun Feb 12, 07:05:00 am GMT-8
...and on this note we made Doyce watch Kung-fu Hustle.
Damn. Funny. Even the second time around.
Sun Feb 12, 08:40:00 pm GMT-8
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