Asian Revenge Film suggestions. I Need Em

Jeremy-S

So I'm in the mood for some Asian revenge films. I've seen most of the usual suspects in this genre already, Lady Vengeance, Mr Vengeance, Old Boy, I Saw the Devil, and several others. I'm looking for some suggestions that might be good. Gory, tame, slow, or fast paced, I don't care. Gimme ALL your suggestions, no need to list them by importance, but if you want to, then go ahead.

Oh, and if there's a revenge film that stands out to you, that's not Asian, then go ahead and list that too. Don't wanna lose out on a gem just cause of location

Cyrael

Check out Johnny To's movies, he usually has a lot more crime vengeance thing going on, but there's still elements of revenge teetered throughout.. Specifically try "Vengeance", "Exiled", and "Mad Detective" The first two are great, while Mad detective is decent.

Jeremy-S

Alrighty, I'll put The Good, The Bad, And the Weird back to the top of my instant queue. I think I watched it, but was sick, and slept through it.

I have watched Vengeance, which I really liked. I have not seen Exiled, or Mad Detective, but have put them both on my instant queue just now.

BTW, I've seen a lot of Takshi Miikes movies, and have really liked most of them. Loved Ichi The Killer, and Gozu. The dude comes up with some really weird shit, though. And I love that too

Anyway, that's 3 movies I gotta watch now. Keep em comin!!

System

The man from nowhere, Chaser and Irreversible come to mind.

Also Lay lines by miike was enjoyable.

Jin Roh is a really awesome anime which kind of has revenge in it but its just an all round great film.

Saman

I don't think Irreversible counts as an asian revenge film

I don't know if you've seen Riki-oh. It's pretty funny if anything.

System

Jeremy-S wrote: »

Oh, and if there's a revenge film that stands out to you, that's not Asian, then go ahead and list that too. Don't wanna lose out on a gem just cause of location

Ok?

Dylan Brady

Lol, not necissarily a GOOD asian revenge film but..
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1050160/

Also, you've probably already seen imprint, but this has got to be one of the most fucked up movies Ive ever seen, plus its on instant view :P
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Masters_of_Horror_Takashi_Miike_Imprint/70055000?trkid=2361637#height1991

Bal

I'll second what Jackwhat said, The Chaser should be pretty high on your list.

haikai

You might like the recent hit movie, The Man from Nowhere. A lot of people say it's kind of like the Korean version of the movie, Taken.

Korean title: 아저씨
trailer: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVl1bwWCXTU[/ame]

Poribo

Is that an actual genre? lol
What is it exactly? Bad guy has done something to the protagonist, then the protag goes on an adventure to find and take revenge on the bad guy?

teaandcigarettes

Thirding The Chaser - easily one of my favourite films. Hardly a revange film, but it's great regardless.

A Bittersweet Life has a somewhat revange-ish plot. Watch it for the awesome action though. Has some hilarious parts too.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URLtMbZLeVk[/ame]

Sonatine is another one with a revange theme - but don't expect it to be anything like the Vengance trilogy. It's Takeshi Kitano's film, so expect weirdness, slow (and I mean SLOW) pacing and rather unusual, awkward acting. I'm a huge fan of his, but I don't expect everyone to like his films.

Mother might be to your liking, but I haven't seen it yet and I don't know how developed is its revange plot.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPcijFQ4PpU[/ame]

Another two I can recommend, but have almost nothing to do with revange, are Memories of Murder and Joint Security Area. Memories of Murder is a must see. JSA is made by the same director as The Vengance Trilogy, so you should like it too.

Haikai: Looks like an awesome action flick. Gonna see it next :thumbup:

rolfness

Breathless is pretty awesome http://asianmediawiki.com/Breathless_%282009-South_Korea%29

its not pure revenge there lots of oter stuff int here too

theres more but my brain cant think without coffee

Zephiris

While this isn't particularly like Old Boy etc, it's still gory and japanese (even the buildings bleed ) and since Machine Girl was already posted I can't resist posting this:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo-gGes6qig[/ame]

Saman

Jackwhat wrote: »

Ok?

Haha, ok, sorry! The only scene that comes to mind from irreversible is the rape scene so I entirely forgot about the part with the revenge. I guess I missed the part about not having to be asian too!

@Jeremy-s: Still if you're going for action movies with lots of gore that are fun to watch I don't think irreversible is the right movie for that. It's more psychological. There is some gore and there is revenge, but not the same way as the other movies you've mentioned. If it sounds like it's your cup of tea however then go ahead.

rolfness

one really awesome revenge film is this:-

The Three burials of Maquelades Estrada
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419294/

Yes its not oriental but its pretty awesome.

I also found it immensely hilarious

Jeremy-S

Wow, lots of movies to sort through, thanks

JackWhat, Chaser and Irreversible I've seen. Chaser was pretty amazing, not so much for irreversible. IT was a good movie, and all, but the effect they were going for worked too well with me. The awful camera movements, and nausea inducing hum in the background worked together to make me sick, literally. One time watch, won't ever again JUST for that reason. Put in some better camera work, and remove the hum, and I'd watch it again. I'm looking into The Man From Nowhere, though, thanks.

Goraaz, Riki-Oh was amazingly awful in the best possible way. Now that you mention it, I might have to dig that out again. And the whole has to be Asian thing... Well, I was the one who titled his thread, "Asian Revenge Films..." so don't feel too bad about it.

BoneBrew, Machine Girl RULES!! They messed with the whole machinegun arm thing for so long, cause you knew it was coming, just not when. So many attacks on a single arm, before you got the goods. That movie was amazing. Imprint is good. The only Masters of Horror episode to get banned from Showtime. Gotta love Miike

Bal, Haikai, Thanks for those. And thanks for the trailer link. The Man From Nowhere is not on netflix instant view, so I'm gonna have to wait, or find it for cheapish. But it looks like a good one

nightFlarer, you seriously haven't heard of revenge films? Are you a movie fan at all?

teaandcigarrettes, I will check those out. I don't mind slower paced movies for the most part, as long as there's a real point to them. Thanks

rolfness, Breathless looks like it'll be right up my alley. It's not on Netflix Instantview, but I'll be finding that one as soon as I can on dvd. Also, The Three Burials looks interesting too, thanks for both suggestions.

Zephiris, I had seen that trailer, but not the movie. Then forgot what the movie was called, and have been looking for that one for a while now, so double thanks!

Fantastic, so many movies I haven't seen yet! This is great! Keep em coming if you can. I know where to ask about my next movie genre itch. Thanks so much guys, really appreciate the help

Wells

a classic:

yeman

Here's one of the most recent that falls exactly under "Asian revenge films" category. Beautifully shot, nice music.

Kokuhaku (aka Confessions)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1590089/

thomasp

yeah, confessions is pretty sick. worth a watch indeed.

makecg

Mother was pretty good..

My favorite is MACHINE GIRL

I love these type of movies.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEd-lhbj1gQ[/ame]

Rens

Azumi! awesomely weird movie.

and ofcourse..

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-T7yPJVvXw[/ame]

vik

Lone Wolf And Cub series - some of the coolest movies ever. (Shogun assassin is the re-cut westernised version, avoid!)

Here is a vid that doesn`t tell you much about the movies but has a cool (t)rack

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7NifQowTX8[/ame]

rolfness

vik wrote: »

Lone Wolf And Cub series - some of the coolest movies ever. (Shogun assassin is the re-cut westernised version, avoid!)

Here is a vid that doesn`t tell you much about the movies but has a cool (t)rack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7NifQowTX8

+1

MattQ86

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is one of the most intense movies I've ever seen as far as things getting progressively worse and worse for everybody involved goes.

I watched Raging Phoenix today...that's kind of a revenge flick. Well, for everybody but the main character it is. For her it's more about drunken capoeira.

Del

teaandcigarettes wrote: »

Thirding The Chaser - easily one of my favourite films. Hardly a revange film, but it's great regardless.

A Bittersweet Life has a somewhat revange-ish plot. Watch it for the awesome action though. Has some hilarious parts too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URLtMbZLeVk

~ BEST. KOREAN. MOVIE. EVAR.

moose

doh nm - saw you mentioned old boy in your original post.

still worth a video

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLn1y9v6yno[/ame]

Jeremy-S

Thought I was gonna have some time to watch one or two of them last night, but nope... And I like to really "get into" the movies I watch, so having one going while I'm working isn't something I'm willing to do. Maybe this weekend I'll have the time. I was able to watch Hard Revenge Milly. It's in the same vein as Machine Girl, with crazy amounts of violence, and over the top gore. For a 43 minute movie it wasn't too shabby.

But thanks for more suggestions!! I'm writing these down on a list so I don't miss anything. And I'll hunt them down as best I can.

Wow, A Bittersweet Life looks pretty amazing. That's going on the list.

Jungsik

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYA-TWYhDC8[/ame]

Princess Aurora is prty good too !

Jungsik

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYA-TWYhDC8

Princess Aurora is good

TheWinterLord

I cant believe no one mentioned Oldboy

Oldboy is a huge revenge movie, its awesome. this is the movie you are looking for probably.

GAh i searched through the thread for Oldboy not Old boy... ofcourse its in the OP... sry move along nothing to see here...

Jeremy-S

Princess Aurora looks pretty great, unfortunately it's not on netflix right now, so I'm just gonna have to search and find it for cheap Thanks for the trailer link.

TheWinterLord, I don't blame you. Oldboy deserves to be mentioned on every great movie thread ever made, at least once a page. Did I mention hallway hammer fight? Well then, hallway hammer fight is bad ass!! One of the best scenes in cinematic history

Jeremy-S

So I was gonna watch Robogeisha on Netflix last night, but even though it's language is Japanese, it's dubbed in English? I knew something was wrong when the "Funimation" card came across the screen. So I move on to One Night in Mongkok, again, dubbed...

But I did get to watch Mad detective, and that was pretty great. The editing at the end must have been a total nightmare.