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  • Lone Wolf and Cub I: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

    November 17, 2002 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Lone Wolf and Cub I: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

    Country: Japan Director: Kenji Misumi Writer: Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima Producer: Shintaro Katsu, Hisaharu Matsubara Cast: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Fumio Watanabe, Tomoko Mayama, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Tomoo Uchida, Taketoshi Naito, Yoshi Kato, Yoshiko Fujita,

  • Legend of the Mountain (1971)

    November 17, 2002 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Legend of the Mountain (1971)

    AKA: Walking in the Mountain Director: King Hu; Producer: King Hu, Cheuk Hon Wong; Writer: King Hu Cast: Sylvia Chang, Hui Lou Chen, Wu Chia Hsiang, Shih Chun, Feng Hsu Running Time: 130 min ~~~ Plot: Hsu Feng stars in this fantasy adventure as Ho, a Sung

  • Legend of Zu (2001)

    November 17, 2002 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Legend of Zu (2001)

    director Tsui Hark Cast: Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Louis Koo Tin-Lok, Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi Almost exactly twenty years after Tsui Hark innaugurated the Hong Kong new wave with Zu: Warriors From the Magic Mountain, Hark gives us Zu’s first sequel. Of course,

  • The Ring has made Japan hot in Hollywood

    November 2, 2002 • Film, NewsComments Off on The Ring has made Japan hot in Hollywood

    Japanese movies eyed for makeover. ‘The Ring’ has made Japan hot in Hollywood Japan Times With “The Ring,” the horror film based on the 1998 Hideo Nakata hit “Ringu,” sailing past the $100 million mark in the United States,

  • All About Ah-Long (1989)

    October 30, 2002 • Film, hong kongComments Off on All About Ah-Long (1989)

    “A great melodrama obviously inspired by KRAMER VS KRAMER. But this version is more “”realistic.”” There is a certain ambiguity in this film (regarding the characterization for instance) that was not present in the American

  • Nightmare Scenario

    September 20, 2002 • Culture & Trends, FilmComments Off on Nightmare Scenario

    Hollywood horror is creatively dead, but Asian films are reviving the genre. Guardian Unlimited Looking forward to Scary Movie 3: Lord of the Brooms? Or Halloween: Resurrection? Or how about Freddy Vs Jason, which doubles as Nightmare on Elm Street Part Nine

  • Seijun Suzuki’s Taisho Trilogy

    September 6, 2002 • Events, FilmComments Off on Seijun Suzuki’s Taisho Trilogy

    The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center and Asian Film Foundation with support from The Japan Foundation Proudly Present EROTIC-GROTESQUE-NONSENSE: SEIJUN SUKUZI’S TAISHO TRILOGY – U.S. PREMIERES Maverick director Seijun Suzuki is

  • It Runs East-West

    August 22, 2002 • Culture, LifestyleComments Off on It Runs East-West

    Sawtelle may be a north-south street on the map, but for many homesick young Asians, it goes straight to the heart. CalendarLive The pack of young women stationed outside FuRaiBo, a Japanese-style pub or izaka-ya on West Los Angeles’ Sawtelle Boulevard,