Your Favorite LIVING Asian Director

[Addicted2Bayhem]

I have so many...

John Woo of course, Andy Cheng (End Game and Redline), Joseph Kahn (Torque, several Britney Spears videos and rap videos), Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow, Annapolis, Fast & Furious 3: Tokyo Drift), Ang Lee (Sense & Sensibilities, Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Hulk). Who are yours?

[Cronos]

John Woo, Takashi Miike, Takeshi Kitano

there's some others but i cant remember their names right now

[king_verhoeven]

I believe there's a best/worst/favourite category for this

[CletusHorniblow]

You're gonna need to learn where to put your threads, sonner or later. This thread should go in Best/Worst/Favorites and your sunset thread belongs in General Movie Discussion.

Besides that, I'm a sucker for Takashi Miike.

[Brando @$$ Fat]

Holy shit, is the first post you've done where you don't mention Michael Bay firsthand? :p

But I agree with you about Ang Lee, he's as good as they come.

Of course, Kurosawa is king regardless.

[DarkKnight81]

Ang Lee for one movie- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

[MidnightAngel]

Tsui Hark
Pang Brothers
Hideo Nakata
Johnny To
Chan Wook Park

[Backstabba]

Park Chan-Wook, no doubt about it.

I hate Takeshi Mike (No offense to the fans, of course)

[Agent of God !]

John Woo,

He was to me at some point the undisputed champion of the action film genre for flicks like The Killer, Hardboiled, Once a Thief. He is so good at putting emotions in Asian actors in action films that sort of thing give a lot of depth to his action films.

I am disappointed at what he's been doing in Hollywood with Hard Target, Broken Arrow, M:I 2, Windtalkers and especially Paycheck (very boring). Face Off is the exception that proves he really has what it takes, i think studios don't give him enough creative freedom, he doesn't seem to write anymore and where is actor Chow Yun Fat. These guys split when they left Hong Kong.

I am also impressed by:

Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle)
Zhang Yimou (The House of flying Daggers, to me the 3rd best film of 2005)
Wong Kar Wai (Chungking Express)

http://www.acdrifter.com/Asian-Film-Poster/7/The-Killer.jpg

Agent out!

[Hannibal21]

Zhang Yimou

I dislike both 'Hero' and 'House of Flying Daggers', but he was at the top of his game in the late 80's - early 90's with 'Raise the Red Lantern', 'Red Sorghum', and 'To Live', I love those films too much to deny that his a favorite of mine.

Ang Lee

One of the most diverse directors out there, period. Brokeback Mountain is his masterpiece.

[BorderEevilIII]

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Gregg "F@#N" Araki!











nuff said :D

[TylerDurden182]

Park Chan-Wook

[Rocco84]

Top Five
01. Wong Kar Wai
02. Hayao Miyazaki
03. Tsai Ming-liang
04. Takeshi Kitano
05. Kiyoshi Kurosawa

[Gordon]

Johnnie To needs some recognition up in this shit. I am his die-hard fan among an American audience that doesn't even recognize his name. Anyways, I'll list ten, in no order.


Kinji Fukasaku
Ringo Lam
Andy Lau
Ang Lee
Takeshi Kitano
Hayao Miyazaki
Johnnie To
John Woo
Park Chan-Wook
Yimou Zhang

[mrdeeds]

There are many good ones, but there can only be one favorite....

Gene Cajayon - The Debut!:cool:

[Scarfather]

Takeshi Kitano

[zeppelin]

I just recently started getting into Wong Kar-Wai movies, so I'll go with him. He's got such style, and yet his movies are really *about* something. Exactly the kind of director I like.

[SamSanchez]

Wong Kar-Wai
Takeshi Kitano
Takashi Miike
Chan Wook-Park
Seijun Suzuki
Edward Yang

[Monotreme]

http://www.filmweb.no/bilder/multimedia/archive/00019/Regiss_r_Ang_Lee_19020c.jpg

Easily.

[jackboom]

Johnnie To right now is my favorite asian director at the moment, check out the Election movies as well as Exiled when it's released, very well made films with action and humor blended in nicely...man is at the top as far as Hong Kong directors go right now.

[Gordon]

Originally posted by jackboom
Johnnie To right now is my favorite asian director at the moment, check out the Election movies as well as Exiled when it's released, very well made films with action and humor blended in nicely...man is at the top as far as Hong Kong directors go right now.

!!!

Someone else on this forum recognizes his existance!

Funny too, since I just watched The Mission.

[Lost in Space]

ang lee
john woo

[SIREN30]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
Zhang Yimou

I dislike both 'Hero' and 'House of Flying Daggers', but he was at the top of his game in the late 80's - early 90's with 'Raise the Red Lantern', 'Red Sorghum', and 'To Live', I love those films too much to deny that his a favorite of mine.

Ang Lee

One of the most diverse directors out there, period. Brokeback Mountain is his masterpiece.

As you know, Hannibal, I'm a die-hard lover of Hero and I also really liked House of Flying Daggers for it's breathtaking imagery. Raise the Red Lantern, To Live, and my personal favorite-The Road Home just further clinch my opinion that for a full BODY of work, Zhang Yimou gets my vote.

But Ang Lee is a rediculously close second since I also love almost every one of his movies. Sense and Sensibility is in my top twenty and Crouching Tiger, Ride with the Devil, and The Wedding Banquet are also great movies. I also happened to love the Hulk.

[Tony_Montana]

John Woo
'Beat' Takeshi
Chan Wook Park

[Tony_Montana]

John Woo
'Beat' Takeshi
Chan Wook Park

[Le_Big_Mac]

Takashi Miike
Chan Wook Park
Yhang Zimou

[Fisting Ackbar]

Originally posted by Gordon
Kinji Fukasaku

He's been dead since 2003.

I really need to see more work from various prominent Asian filmmakers (Kim Ki-Duk in particular), but I'm open to seeing anything from Chan-Wook Park, Wong Kar-Wei and Ang Lee.

[KillaMyers]

Ryuhei Kitamura