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Friday, June 22, 2007

My Top Ten Asian movies

I started compiling top Ten list of best Asian movies.
Still I am watching many Asian movies.
But this is my list at this point of time

My top ten Asian movies you must watch before you die.

1) Rashomon - Kurosawa {masters Master movie}
2) Seven Samurai - Kurosawa {Another Master movie}
3) In the Mood For love - Wong {An unique love story}
4) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - Lee {best stuff Lee.}
5) Spring, Summer, Winter...Spirng- Kim Dunken {A circle of life in a unique way.}
6) Memories of Murder - Joon Bong {Asian version of Silence of the Lambs. Even it was better.}
7) Internal Affairs - Wai Keung Lau {The best undercover cop story.}
8) Apu Trilogy - Satyajit Ray {A long journey of life. Definitely a monumental work}
9) The 36th Chamber of Shaolin -Liu {Master movie for all kung fu fans.}
10) To Live aka Huozhe - Yimou Zhang {A long journey of a couple. Masterful work.}

Honorable mention
Kung Fu Hustle - Chow
YI YI - Edward Yang
Maya Bazaar- (Indian, Telugu)
Enter The Dragon (Not sure it was released in Hollywood first or in Hong Kong. Idea is you can not compile any list without Bruce lee)

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