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Post by Martin Stett on Jul 7, 2023 15:01:25 GMT
I'm a sucker for East Asian cinema, so I'm thinking that maybe I should get into some of their TV as well. I've seen a fair amount of anime, but nothing on the live-action side. I understand that a lot of K-dramas are popular internationally, and some J-dramas as well. Has anyone seen any of these? What would you recommend?
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Post by SZilla on Jul 7, 2023 16:01:17 GMT
Well, the only east Asian shows I've seen are anime as well, with the one exception being Squid Game, which is kind of a gimme I suppose, but it might be a good place to start anyway, as its easily accessible with it being on Netflix.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jul 7, 2023 18:12:46 GMT
Well, the only east Asian shows I've seen are anime as well, with the one exception being Squid Game, which is kind of a gimme I suppose, but it might be a good place to start anyway, as its easily accessible with it being on Netflix. I forgot Squid Game. Fun show, but very, very stupid. I did love the games though. That tug-of-war match was intense! |
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Post by Lord_Buscemi on Jul 7, 2023 21:08:01 GMT
Alice in Borderland
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Post by Mattsby on Jul 8, 2023 18:22:03 GMT
Netflix is a goldmine of kdrama and jdrama.
From recent years besides Squid Game - and Alice in Borderland which is very similar - My Name (2021) has a star performance from Han So-hee (who with Jeon Jong-seo are like the Leo/Joaquin of younger Korean actresses). It's also only 8 eps...... for some reason most East Asian series run around 12 eps, and the eps may run over an hour each, so I sometimes jump ship even if I kinda like what I've seen (for example, last year's Little Women series from Park Chan-wook's cowriter and crew).
For a non-crime, quintessential jdrama...... actually one of my fav first-watches of this year (even tho...it's very much a romcom soap opera)...... Long Vacation (1996) !!! The eps used to be on Youtube nicely upscaled but I can't find the link. But I'd be curious if you'd like that one, Martin.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jul 8, 2023 18:51:34 GMT
I think I'll start with something high-octane, since I'm currently watching a calmer show (the anime Sound! Euphonium, which plays like a sports drama for music kids).
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Jul 13, 2023 0:59:12 GMT
My guess would be Asia.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jul 18, 2023 20:49:38 GMT
 One episode of this was overlong, completely devoid of character development, needlessly ugly, and I already want everyone to die very violent, horrible deaths and the cute little lasers into people's skulls are not fulfilling the loathing I am feeling for each character in the show. |
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Post by Martin Stett on Jul 18, 2023 20:52:29 GMT
For a non-crime, quintessential jdrama...... actually one of my fav first-watches of this year (even tho...it's very much a romcom soap opera)...... Long Vacation (1996) !!! The eps used to be on Youtube nicely upscaled but I can't find the link. But I'd be curious if you'd like that one, Martin. Easy enough to find it on pirate sites. I'll try it next. |
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Post by Martin Stett on Jul 31, 2023 21:15:43 GMT
Netflix is a goldmine of kdrama and jdrama. From recent years besides Squid Game - and Alice in Borderland which is very similar - My Name (2021) has a star performance from Han So-hee (who with Jeon Jong-seo are like the Leo/Joaquin of younger Korean actresses). It's also only 8 eps...... for some reason most East Asian series run around 12 eps, and the eps may run over an hour each, so I sometimes jump ship even if I kinda like what I've seen (for example, last year's Little Women series from Park Chan-wook's cowriter and crew). Fun show. It loses its way after the reveal - the ambiguity and mystery kept the tension just high enough to be enticing, and after the reveal it settles into a rather dull drama. My biggest problem is that this is a two hour movie stretched into seven hour series. The fight scenes are cool - and I appreciate that we have a full TV show of hand-to-hand fighting action - but they need to be used so much because there is no script. I'm glad I tried this though. Any other recommendations? I didn't like the first episode of Long Vacation. |
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Post by themoviesinner on Aug 1, 2023 12:33:48 GMT
You're a fan of Sion Sono right? You could try watching Tokyo Vampire Hotel, a mini-series he made that I enjoyed a lot and I'd rank just outside his top 5 works. I don't know how you'll feel about it though, as it's pretty messy and unhinged, at such a level that if I didn't know that Sono had created it, I would have sworn it was made by Takashi Miike.
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