{"id":1747,"date":"2012-02-03T14:24:50","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T20:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ragtagfilm.com\/blog\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2012-02-03T14:24:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T20:24:50","slug":"notes-from-the-attic-asian-extreme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ragtagcinema.org\/notes-from-the-attic-asian-extreme\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from the attic: Asian extreme"},"content":{"rendered":"

We watch a fair number of films from Japan, Korea and Hong Kong in our movie club. Before I started attending, the others watched the six-film 70s samurai series Lone Wolf and Cub<\/strong><\/a> (based on a manga). I've since watched it and it's pretty awesome (thanks, Tony). If you've ever seen Shogun Assassin <\/strong>(we showed it a couple times when we had a weekly Sunday Cult Night), Shogun is basically the first two Lone Wolf movies smashed together with a (kinda annoying) kid narrator.
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Speaking of assassins: if you missed 13 Assassins<\/strong><\/a> when we screened it last year you can rent it from 9th Street Video. It's a nod to classic samurai cinema and has an amazing battle scene at the end. Definitely worth checking out.<\/p>\n

Here's what we've watched lately:<\/p>\n

City Of Violence\u00a0<\/strong><\/a> (2006)\u00a0 This is a fun, action-packed Korean film. A detective returns home for a childhood friend's funeral and ends up investigating his death.\u00a0 A lot of Korean films I've seen have this great quality of mixing goofy comedy and tragedy like no other. CoV is no exception. See also Mother<\/strong> (2009), The Host<\/strong> (2006), Oldboy <\/strong>(2003), Thirst <\/strong>(2009).
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Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 (1998) From Japan. A discontented hotel worker fleeing her pervy uncle and a bank robber running from the yakuza form a weird relationship on the lam. Chock-full of fun characters and the best hit man ever...or maybe the most unusual.<\/p>\n

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And if you want to see a whole lot of explosions and ass-kickings (and maybe some smooth jazz) check out Hard Boiled<\/strong> (1992) and The Killer<\/strong> (1989) from master of action John Woo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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