Modern East Asian Films
Ranking modern(ish) live-action films I have seen from Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, etc.
Ranking by personal preference / rewatchability, not by filmmaking / storytelling quality
(if it were ranked in that spirit, something like In the Mood for Love would be much higher)
Ranking by personal preference / rewatchability, not by filmmaking / storytelling quality
(if it were ranked in that spirit, something like In the Mood for Love would be much higher)
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- DirectorKang Hyeong-cheolStarsYoo Ho-jeongShim Eun-kyungJin Hee-kyungSeven girls become good friends in high school, then events pull them apart for 25 years. When one of the friends lies dying in a hospital, she wishes to see each of them one last time.
- DirectorLee Hae-junStarsJeong Jae-yeongJung Ryeo-wonYeong-seo ParkA failed suicide attempt leads a heartbroken man to live a life in the wilderness.
- DirectorJeong-hyang LeeStarsShim Eun-haLee Sung-jaeAhn Sung-kiTwo strangers with very little in common, find themselves forced to live together.
- DirectorYu Shan ChenStarsVivian SungTalu WangDino LeeLove grows where it isn't expected in this endearing romantic comedy coming of age movie.
- DirectorShinobu YaguchiStarsJuri UenoYûta HiraokaShihori KanjiyaA tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up vitiating and replacing the schools brass band.
- DirectorJung-hwan KimStarsHan Ye-seulSong Joong-kiLee Sang-YeobJi-woong is a loser who can't find a job so he lies to his mom for money, but his mom abruptly cuts him off one day, and he becomes homeless. But that same day, salvation arrives in the form of Hong-sil who's extremely stingy. Her hobby is visiting the bank to make savings deposits, and her specialty is selling empty glass bottles and old newspapers for cash. One day, her savings plans are brought to a screeching halt when she learns she needs a separate bank account under someone else's name to reach her goal of 20 million dollars. That's when Ji-woong comes into the picture.
- DirectorWonsuk LeeStarsLee Si-youngOh Jung-seJi Chang-wookA messed-up life's woman buys a video tape named 'How To Use Guy with Secret Tips' that will change her life forever.
- DirectorKar-Wai WongStarsTony Leung Chiu-waiMaggie CheungSiu Ping-LamTwo neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
- DirectorKim Ho-jungStarsLee Chung-AhPark Gi-woongJeong Eun-wooJunko, a Japanese of Korean ancestry, comes to Korea and finds lodging at a guest house, .But the room that she is supposed to stay in belongs to the owner's son, Jong-man. On her first night in Seoul, Junko is forced to share the room with Jong-man and quickly decides she needs to find alternate accommodation. But the owner hopes to keep Junko as a guest and offers Junko free Korean lessons - from Jong-man.
- DirectorYan HanStarsBaihe BaiDaniel WuZi-Xuan ZhangAn imaginative woman copes with a debilitating form of cancer by remaining optimistic and spending time with her friends.
- DirectorMasayuki SuôStarsKoji YakushoTamiyo KusakariNaoto TakenakaA successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
- DirectorJae-young KwakStarsCha Tae-hyunJun Ji-hyunIn-mun KimA young man sees a drunk, cute woman standing too close to the tracks at a metro station in Seoul and pulls her back. She ends up getting him into trouble repeatedly after that, starting on the train.
- DirectorLee Byeong-heonStarsKim Woo-binLee Jun-hoKang Ha-neulA story about three friends, Chiho, Dongwoo, and Gyungjae. Each of them has just turned 20 years old and they must decide what to do with their life.
- DirectorKyeong-hyeong KimStarsKim Ha-neulKwon Sang-wooBaek Il-seobA man from a wealthy family who should be in his second year of college, is still finishing his highschool requirements. His family hire a tutor for him who is his own age but she comes from a poor background.
- DirectorJeong-hoon KimStarsLee Sun-kyunChoi Kang-heeOh Jung-seA comic artist and an unemployed sex columnist are trying to work together in order to win a lucrative comic-book competition.
- DirectorLee Chang-dongStarsSol Kyung-guMoon So-riAhn Nae-sangAn irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her.Really good, but hard to watch
- DirectorTsutomu HanabusaStarsJunpei MizobataIto OnoMasaki SudaHaruna who devoted herself to softball decide to find a boyfriend in high school by instruction from Yoh, who is willingly to teach her how to get a boyfriend but with only one condition, don't fall in love with him at all.Love the original manga
- DirectorMez TharatornStarsSora AoiPuttachat PongsuchatPreechaya PongthananikornYim goes to English school to keep his Japanese girlfriend in this Thai romantic comedy.
- DirectorIn-ho HwangStarsSon Ye-jinLee Min-kiPark Chul-minA magician meets an eccentric girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It is only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.
- DirectorStephen ChowLik-Chi LeeStarsStephen ChowKaren MokCecilia CheungA bar girl hires a struggling actor to give her acting lessons so that she can feign a greater interest in her customers. The longer they work together, the more they find they have in common.
- DirectorByun Sung-hyunStarsJi SungKim Ah-jungShin So-yulYoon-Jung accidentally calls a stranger instead of her boyfriend, and has phone sex with the unknown man. When her relationship with her boyfriend turns sour, she meets Hyun-Seung and falls in love with him, but finds out he is that stranger.
- DirectorKim Sung-suStarsLee Na-youngJang HyukAngela KellyReserved 25 year old Na Young-ju has to attend an English course but she would be much more interested in getting a boyfriend.
- DirectorYoung-hoon ParkStarsMoon Geun-youngKeon-hyeong ParkSong Ha-yoonIn pursuit of a triumphant comeback, a former dancing star imports a teenage phenom to play the role of his partner, only to discover that she barely has any experience. Can he train her to dance like a champ in just three months?
- DirectorYou-Jeong JangStarsLim Soo-jungGong YooRyu Seung-suGi-joon starts an agency that helps people locate their long-lost first loves and Ji-woo becomes his first client. She is dragged there by her worried father, Captain SEO, who learns that she's still hung up on Kim Jung-wook, a man she fell in love with on her trip to India in her early 20s. To identify the face of Ji-woo's long-lost first love, the two travel all around the country and come face-to-face with a smörgåsbord of Kim Jong-wooks. After days on end of little success in their search, the agency receives a single fateful phone call: an inquiry from none other than Kim Jong-wook himself, hoping to find Jin-woo through Gi-joon's agency. Gi-joon tells Ji-woo the good news but, having realized his feelings for her, Gi-joon turns and runs back to Ji-woo.