- Japanese Girls at the Harbor (Minato no nihon musume) - Hiroshi Shimizu (1933)
- Osaka Elegy - Kenji Mizoguchi (1936)
- Sisters of the Gion - Kenji Mizoguchi (1936)
- The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum - Kenji Mizoguchi (1939)
- The 47 Ronin - Kenji Mizoguchi (1941-42)
- Spring in a Small Town - Fei Mu (1948)
- Women of the Night - Kenji Mizoguchi (1948)
- Drunken Angel - Akira Kurosawa (1948)
- Scandal - Akira Kurosawa (1950)
- Rashomon - Akira Kurosawa (1950)
- The Lady of Musashino - Kenji Mizoguchi (1951)
- Life of Oharu - Kenji Mizoguchi (1952)
- Ugetsu - Kenji Mizoguchi (1953)
- Tokyo Story - Yasujiro Ozu (1953)
- Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa (1954)
- Sansho the Bailiff - Kenji Mizoguchi (1954)
- Street of Shame - Kenji Mizoguchi (1956)
- Early Spring - Yasujiro Ozu (1956)
- Tokyo Twilight - Yasujiro Ozu (1957)
- Equinox Flower - Yasujiro Ozu (1958)
- Late Autumn - Yasujiro Ozu (1960)
- The End of Summer - Yasujiro Ozu (1961)
- Yojimbo - Akira Kurosawa (1961)
- Yellow Earth - Chen Kaige (1984)
- The Horse Thief - Tian Zhuangzhuang (1986)
- Red Sorghum - Zhang Yimou (1987)
- As Tears Go By - Wong Kar Wai (1988)
- Days of Being Wild - Wong Kar Wai (1990)
- Ju Dou - Zhang Yimou & Yang Fengliang (1990)
- Raise the Red Lantern - Zhang Yimou (1991)
- The Blue Kite - Tian Zhuangzhuang (1993)
- Eat Drink Man Woman - Ang Lee (1994)
- To Live - Zhang Yimou (1994)
- Chungking Express - Wong Kar Wai (1994)
- Ashes of Time - Wong Kar Wai (1994)
- Fallen Angels - Wong Kar Wai (1995)
- Shanghai Triad - Zhang Yimou (1995)
- Happy Together - Wong Kar Wai (1997)
- Not One Less - Zhang Yimou (1999)
- The Road Home - Zhang Yimou (1999)
- In the Mood for Love - Wong Kar Wai (2000)
- Happy Times - Zhang Yimou (2000)
- Hero - Zhang Yimou (2002)
- House of Flying Daggers - Zhang Yimou (2004)
- 2046 - Wong Kar Wai (2004)
- Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles - Zhang Yimou (2005)
- Curse of the Golden Flower - Zhang Yimou (2006)
- Still Life - Jia Zhangke (2006)
- Lust, Caution - Ang Lee (2007)
- Red Cliff - John Woo (2008)
- Wait for the Birth of the Husband - Zheng Hua (2008)
- Departures - Yojiro Takita (2008)
- Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry - Alison Klayman (2012)
- Coming Home - Zhang Yimou (2014)
- After the Storm - Hirokazu Koreeda (2016)
- Shoplifters (Manbiki Kazoku) - Hirokazu Koreeda (2018)
- Parasite - Bong Joon-Ho (2019)
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I have seen several Asian films that you might enjoy (fingers crossed!).
"3-Iron", 2004, South Korea, Ki-duk Kim, director (AKA: Bin-jip, "Empty House").
When I try to tell people about this film, they act like I've lost my mind. So I will leave it to you to watch the story unfold on your own screen. I find it a beautiful film with great subtlety. I know I must be missing some Korean cultural references, but nonetheless, it has a sustained fragility, as delicate as a soap bubble. It seems like the entire script could fit onto one sheet. (And the "ghosts" aren't meant as USA-type spooks, but represent Buddhist nothingness, I believe).)
"The Story of Qiu Ju", 1992, China, Zhang Yimou, director
(AKA: Qiu Ju da guan si, "Qiu Ju goes to court").
This is the story of a pregnant woman who feels that her family was deeply wronged by the local village chief and sets about to get justice. When the bureaucrats don't empathize with her point of view, she doesn't take "no" for an answer. There are no battling Ninjas suspended from sky-hooks and no glamor. I could not help but to empathize with this woman's David vs Goliath quest. The end is a little too pat for me, but the journey to that point is funny and effecting.
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Thanks for this. I will be reviewing The Story of Qiu Ju this year, and I will try to track down 3-Iron.
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