Directors The Ultimate ASIAN Film Tournament (1 Viewer)

[Lew Crippen]

Chungking Express--brutal, as has been said.

High and Low

 

[Brook K]

Tetsuo Iron Man
Happy Together
abstain (Cure great but Victim)
abstain (Yojimbo excellent but no Red Lion)
abstain (too long since I've seen Street Fighter, no DM)
High and Low (but BSW is excellent too)

 

[Jim_K]

My votes
Akira
Abstain to avoid a tie - would've voted for Chungking Express
Abstain - No Cure but Victim is very good
Yojimbo
Street Fighter (1974)
High and Low



Akira over Tetsuo: The Iron Man 4-2

Happy Together over Chungking Express 3-2

Yojimbo over Red Lion by default

Street Fighter (1974) over Drunken Master (1978) 3-1

High and Low over The Bad Sleep Well 6-0

Cure & Victim get tossed


next

The Bride with White Hair

vs.

Princess Mononoke

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Aparajito

vs.

Good Morning

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Robot Carnival

vs.

Ghost in the Shell

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The Scent of Green Papaya

vs.

Raise the Red Lantern

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The Killer

vs.

Dead or Alive

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Chushingura: 47 Samurai (1963)

vs.

The Loyal 47 Ronin (1941)

 

[SteveGon]

Uh, abstain alll around (only seen one in each bracket).

:frowning: :b

 

[Bill McA]

Princess Mononoke
Good Morning
Robot Carnival
Raise the Red Lantern
abstain - no Dead or Alive
abstain - no Loyal 47 Ronin

 

[MartinTeller]

Well, this truly sucks.

abstain (no Bride)
abstain (no Aparajito)
abstain (no Robot Carnival)
abstain (no Red Lantern)
abstain (no Dead or Alive)
abstain (no Loyal 47 Ronin)

 

[Simon_Lepine]

Dead or Alive

 

[Brook K]

Princess Mononoke
Good Morning
abstain - no Robot Carnival
abstain - no Scent of Green Papaya
abstain - no Dead or Alive
The Loyal 47 Ronin

 

[Angelo.M]

raise the red lantern (the greatest Chinese film ever made)

 

[Ted Lee]

man, i really picked a lousy tournament (only cuz' i'm abstaining from everything) to start out with...

abstain no The Bride with White Hair
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abstain neither
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abstain no Robot Carnival
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Raise the Red Lantern
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abstain neither
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abstain neither

raise the red lantern (the greatest Chinese film ever made)

ayup!

 

[Brian Lawrence]

abstain (Mononoke was okay, but a bit over-rated)
abstain (Good Morning did nothing for me)
abstain
Raise the Red Lantern
abstain
abstain

 

[Jim_K]

My votes
Princess Mononoke
Abstain - no Aparajito
Ghost in the Shell by a hair
Raise the Red Lantern
The Killer
Chushingura: 47 Samurai (1963)


Princess Mononoke over The Bride with White Hair 3-0

Raise the Red Lantern over The Scent of Green Papaya 5-0

Robot Carnival, Aparajito, The Loyal 47 Ronin (1941) & Dead or Alive get tossed

next

Cyclo

vs.

Battle Royale

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Woman in the Dunes

vs.

Dreams

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Once Upon a Time in China II

vs.

Legend of the Drunken Master (1994)

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Ôdishon (Audition)

vs.

Onibaba

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Rhapsody in August

vs.

Tokyo Story

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Kagemusha

vs.

Ran

 

[Angelo.M]

abstain
Woman in the Dunes (a classic)
Legend of the Drunken Master (1994)
abstain
Tokyo Story (another classic)
Ran (ditto)

 

[SteveGon]

Abstain - Neither.
Woman in the Dunes
Abstain - Neither.
Abstain - Neither.
Tokyo Story
Ran

 

[Ted Lee]

abstain neither
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abstain no Woman in the Dunes
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Legend of the Drunken Master (1994)
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abstain neither
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abstain neither
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abstain no Kagemusha

 

[Brook K]

abstain - neither
abstain - Love Woman in the Dunes, no Dreams
Legend of the Drunken Master (China II is also good)
abstain - Odishon excellent, no Onibaba
abstain - Tokyo Story is one of the best films ever made, but no Rhapsody

Ran - Kagemusha very good, but fairly low on my Kurosawa list.

 

[Bill McA]

abstain - no Battle Royale
Woman in the Dunes
abstain - no China II
abstain - no Onibaba (and I'm not sure why you are not listing Audition under the more commonly known English title???)
Tokyo Story
Kagemusha

 

[Jim_K]

corrected

 

[MartinTeller]

abstain (no Battle Royale)
abstain (no Woman in the Dunes)
Legend of the Drunken Master
abstain (no Onibaba)
abstain (no Tokyo Story, but it's next on my Netflix queue)
Ran


I just read up on Battle Royale, sounds really interesting. Too bad there's no Region 1 release, not even on VHS.

 

[Jim_K]

My votes
Abstain
Woman in the Dunes
Once Upon a Time in China II
Onibaba
Tokyo Story
Ran


Woman in the Dunes over Dreams 4-0

Legend of the Drunken Master (1994) over Once Upon a Time in China II 4-1

Tokyo Story over Rhapsody in August 4-0

Ran over Kagemusha 5-1

Cyclo, Battle Royale & Onibaba get tossed


next

Five Deadly Venoms

vs.

Lady Snowblood

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Sanjuro

vs.

Sword of Doom

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Spirited Away

vs.

Kiki's Delivery Service

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Vive L'amour

vs.

What Time Is It There?

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City on Fire

vs.

God of Gamblers

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Flowers of Shanghai

vs.

Ju Dou