Asian movies to catch
Posted by YILKA in Entertainment, MoviesJun 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment
1. Departures (Okuribito) <2008>
Selected as Winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film 2008, Departures is a must for people who appreciate the Japanese culture and want to explore more about Japanese life and probably even death. Being a semi-pro cellist, Daigo Kobayashi cannot get away with the thought: “This celo is innocent. But because it’s in my hand, it became a loser“; so he decided to move back to his hometown together with his wife. He got a new job with no-question interview and discovered that the actual work is Nokanshi or ‘encoffineer’ – a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and enter the last journey.
Despite the fact that no one supported him including his wife, Daigo takes a pride in his work and begins to perfect his art of ‘Nokanshi’ acting as a gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. And just like that, the music comes naturally out of his heart remaining him of his happy childhood and his current gently job …
Departures bring you back to the countryside of Japan where everything is so natural and fresh, the people live a simple but yet joyful and meaningful life. Its music soundtrack is so touching, you will be moved 
2. Storm Warriors II (Fung Wan) <2009>
The latest sequel to Storm Riders I is now officially announced to be released by Dec 2009. As an adaptation of comic master Ma Wing Shing’s 1990s best-selling ‘Fung Wan’, Storm Warrirors 2 retold story of Wind or Phong trung chi thần Nhiếp Phong (by Ekin Cheng – Trịnh Y Kiện) and Cloud – Bất khốc tử thần Bộ Kinh Vân (by Aaron Kwok – Quách Phú Thành) joined in a decisive battle against Lord Godless – Tuyệt Vô Thần (by Simon Yam), a ruthless Japanese warlord bent on invading China.
For now only the trailer is available and it looks like a copycat from 300 (2007) and Sin City (2006)
Some new characters in Storm Warriors 2 (apart from those mentioned in my previous post):
3. I Corrupt All Cops (Gam chin dai gwok) <2009>
Directed by Wong Jing – one of the most famous talented and controversial Hong Kong film maker, I corrupt all cops is a story about Hong Kong – the land of corruption – during 1960s. There you are either a cop or criminal; it is a grey world with rules were made to be broken and at the end of the day, the real sufferers are the people of Hong Kong … Like other films made by Wong Jing, this movies came with violence, hot chicks, gangsters and cops 
Vietnamese audiences may recall Wong Jing’s famous B-series movies like: Sex and Zen, Naked Weapons, God of Gamblers, My Kung Fu Sweetheart, Kung Fu Mahjong … which I’m sure you mostly came across before 
I Corrupt All Cops is, luckily enough, on the higher side
That might be all for this week; good Asian movies are hard to come by those days, note me if I miss any movie in Comment section
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