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(Asian Action/Horror) e.g.: 95 films

by AverageWeightOctopi • Created 14 years ago • Modified 2 years ago
Personal recommendations for East Asian films with strong Action, Thriller &/or Horror themes. (not strictly ordered)
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  • Kim Kap-su, Yum Jung-ah, Lim Soo-jung, and Moon Geun-young in A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

    1. A Tale of Two Sisters

    20031h 54mR65Metascore
    7.1 (71K)
    After being institutionalized in a mental hospital, Su-mi reunites with her sister, Su-yeon, and they return to live at their country home. But strange events plague the house, leading to surprising revelations and a shocking conclusion.
    DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLim Soo-jungYum Jung-ahKim Kap-su
  • Lee Byung-hun in A Bittersweet Life (2005)

    2. A Bittersweet Life

    20051h 59mNot Rated
    7.5 (45K)
    Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't follow his boss's orders.
    DirectorKim Jee-woonStarsLee Byung-hunShin Min-aKim Yeong-cheol
  • Lee Yeong-ae in Lady Vengeance (2005)

    3. Lady Vengeance

    20051h 55mR75Metascore
    7.5 (89K)
    After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.
    DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsLee Yeong-aeChoi Min-sikYea-young Kwon
  • Nozomu Sasaki and Hidenobu Kiuchi in Monster (2004)

    4. Monster

    2004–200575 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.7 (58K)
    Tenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. The boy, now a charismatic young man, reappears 9 years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial murders.
    CreatorNaoki UrasawaStarsHidenobu KiuchiLiam O'BrienEiji Hanawa
  • Song Kang-ho, Jung Ik-han, Jung Hyun-jun, Lee Joo-hyung, Lee Ji-hye, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Park Myeong-hoon, Park Keun-rok, Jang Hye-jin, Lee Jeong-eun, Choi Woo-sik, Park Seo-joon, Park So-dam, and Jung Ji-so in Parasite (2019)

    5. Parasite

    20192h 12mR97Metascore
    8.5 (1.1M)
    Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
    DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoLee Sun-kyunCho Yeo-jeong
  • Ghost in the Shell (1995)

    6. Ghost in the Shell

    19951h 23mTV-MA76Metascore
    7.9 (166K)
    A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.
    DirectorMamoru OshiiStarsAtsuko TanakaIemasa KayumiAkio Ôtsuka
  • Lee Byung-hun, Lee Yeong-ae, and Song Kang-ho in Joint Security Area (2000)

    7. Joint Security Area

    20001h 50mNot Rated58Metascore
    7.7 (37K)
    After a shooting incident at the North-South Korean border DMZ leaves two North Korean soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss and Swedish team investigates what actually happened.
    DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsLee Yeong-aeLee Byung-hunSong Kang-ho
  • Memories of Murder (2003)

    8. Memories of Murder

    20032h 12mNot Rated82Metascore
    8.1 (243K)
    In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
    DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoKim Sang-kyungKim Roe-ha
  • Rurôni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku romantan - Tsuioku-hen (1999)

    9. Rurôni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku romantan - Tsuioku-hen

    19994 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    8.6 (17K)
    In the era of Japan's Meiji Restoration, an assassin regains his humanity.
    StarsMayo SuzukazeJunko IwaoNozomu Sasaki
  • Kim Min-hee, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, and Kim Tae-ri in The Handmaiden (2016)

    10. The Handmaiden

    20162h 25mNot Rated85Metascore
    8.1 (189K)
    In 1930s Korea, a girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a countryside estate. But the maid has a secret: She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler to help seduce the Lady and steal her fortune.
    DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsKim Min-heeHa Jung-wooCho Jin-woong
  • Takeshi Kitano in The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)

    11. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi

    20031h 56mR75Metascore
    7.4 (53K)
    The blind masseur/swordsman comes to a town in control of warring gangs, and while bunking with a farming family, he meets two women with their own agenda.
    DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsTakeshi KitanoTadanobu AsanoYui Natsukawa
  • Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)

    12. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

    19991h 42mR59Metascore
    7.3 (20K)
    A traumatized member of an elite para-military police force falls for the sister of a female terrorist courier who died in front of him on duty.
    DirectorsKenji KamiyamaHiroyuki OkiuraStarsMichael DobsonYoshikazu FujikiSumi Mutoh
  • Takako Matsu in Confessions (2010)

    13. Confessions

    20101h 46mNot Rated
    7.7 (44K)
    Yuko, a teacher of middle-school, is shattered to see her four-year-old daughter dead. She returns back to the school and finds out that her students are responsible for her daughter's murder.
    DirectorTetsuya NakashimaStarsTakako MatsuYoshino KimuraMasaki Okada
  • Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, and Ziyi Zhang in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

    14. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

    20002hPG-1394Metascore
    7.9 (288K)
    A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.
    DirectorAng LeeStarsChow Yun-FatMichelle YeohZiyi Zhang
  • Ha Jung-woo and Kim Yoon-seok in The Chaser (2008)

    15. The Chaser

    20082h 5mNot Rated64Metascore
    7.8 (77K)
    A disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing.
    DirectorNa Hong-jinStarsKim Yoon-seokHa Jung-wooSeo Young-hee
  • Kim Su-an, Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Sohee, and Choi Woo-sik in Train to Busan (2016)

    16. Train to Busan

    20161h 58mNot Rated73Metascore
    7.6 (286K)
    While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
    DirectorYeon Sang-hoStarsGong YooJung Yu-miMa Dong-seok
  • Kôji Yakusho in Cure (1997)

    17. Cure

    19971h 51mNot Rated70Metascore
    7.5 (31K)
    A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
    DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsMasato HagiwaraKôji YakushoTsuyoshi Ujiki
  • Tadanobu Asano, Kiki, and Nami Tsukamoto in Vitâru (2004)

    18. Vitâru

    20041h 26mR
    6.7 (3.5K)
    After a tragic car accident where his girlfriend Ryôko Ooyama (Nami Tsukamoto) died, Hiroshi Takagi (Tadanobu Asano) suffers amnesia with his memories completely blanked. When he sees a book about dissection, he decides to join the medical school with the support of his parents. In the dissection class, his group participates of the autopsy of a young woman, and while cutting apart the tissue, he partially recalls his accident. Later, when he sees a tattoo in the arm of the corpse, he discloses that she was his girlfriend and becomes obsessed to go further in the examination of the body.
    DirectorShin'ya TsukamotoStarsTadanobu AsanoNami TsukamotoKiki
  • Ayako Kawasumi, Kazuya Nakai, and Ginpei Sato in Samurai Champloo (2004)

    19. Samurai Champloo

    2004–200526 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.5 (60K)
    Fuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."
    CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeStarsKazuya NakaiGinpei SatoAyako Kawasumi
  • Squid Game (2021)

    20. Squid Game

    2021–202518 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.0 (666K)
    Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits with deadly high stakes: a survival game that has a whopping 45.6 billion-won prize at stake.
    CreatorHwang Dong-hyukStarsLee Jung-jaeGreg ChunTom Choi
  • The Scarlet Letter (2004)

    21. The Scarlet Letter

    20041h 55mNot Rated
    6.3 (1.3K)
    A detective, his three women, and a murder case--This captivating suspense drama explores emotional relationships and human nature's darker sides as a cop whose lust for love threatens to invade his professional life.
    DirectorHyuk ByunStarsHan Suk-kyuLee Eun-juSung Hyun-ah
  • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

    22. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

    20041h 40mPG-1368Metascore
    7.4 (42K)
    In the year 2032, Batô, a cyborg detective for the anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot--one created solely for sexual pleasure--who slaughtered her owner.
    DirectorsMamoru OshiiNaoko KusumiMizuho NishikuboStarsAkio ÔtsukaAtsuko TanakaTamio Ôki
  • Stephen Chow, Siu-Lung Leung, Qiu Yuen, and Danny Kwok-Kwan Chan in Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

    23. Kung Fu Hustle

    20041h 39mR78Metascore
    7.7 (157K)
    In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
    DirectorStephen ChowStarsStephen ChowWah YuenQiu Yuen
  • Oldboy (2003)

    24. Oldboy

    20032hR78Metascore
    8.3 (681K)
    After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.
    DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsChoi Min-sikYoo Ji-taeKang Hye-jeong
  • Won Bin and Kim Hye-ja in Mother (2009)

    25. Mother

    20092h 9mR79Metascore
    7.7 (77K)
    A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
    DirectorBong Joon HoStarsKim Hye-jaWon BinJin Goo

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