Favorite Asian Movies
by Nikos-mitropolus | created - 24 Apr 2014 | updated - 24 Apr 2014 | PublicAsian movies has become a strong popularity Around the world, they contain beauty, heart, action filled adventures, scary moments, but most of all entertaining in any type of genre. Here is My top 20 list of My favorite Asian movies
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1. Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Princess Shizu was born under a terrible curse. Only the eight legendary samurai, hailing from across Japan, can protect her from an ancient supernatural clan to fulfill their destinies as foretold by prophecy.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi
Votes: 1,326
2. Seven Samurai (1954)
Not Rated | 207 min | Action, Drama
Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, who gathers six other samurai to join him.
Director: Akira Kurosawa | Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
Votes: 368,762 | Gross: $0.27M
3. Ninja, a Band of Assassins (1962)
Not Rated | 104 min | Action, Drama
A young ninja becomes embroiled in a plot to kill a tyrannical warlord. He journeys across feudal Japan, facing deceit, betrayal, and enemy ninja at every turn. Goemon must complete his mission, regain his honor, and survive.
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Shiho Fujimura, Yûnosuke Itô, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Votes: 935
4. 2009: Lost Memories (2002)
R | 136 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A failed assassination attempt in Harbin, China in 1909 changes the course of history. Now two JBI agents must find the connections between it and an ancient Korean artifact.
Directors: Lee Dong-Joon, Si-myung Lee | Stars: Jang Dong-Gun, Tôru Nakamura, Jin-ho Seo, Shin Goo
Votes: 3,443
5. Natural City (2003)
R | 114 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the near future, humans rely heavily on androids to maintain society, but some of the machines revolt. A military officer in charge of doing away with the unruly cyborgs also loves the gynoid that looks over him.
Director: Byung-chun Min | Stars: Yoo Ji-tae, Lee Jae-un, Rin Seo, Jeong Eun-pyo
Votes: 4,647
6. The Lady Assassin (1983)
86 min | Action, Adventure
With the impending death of the Emperor Ching one candidate for the throne hires the lady assassin to get rid of another strong contender.
Director: Chun-Ku Lu | Stars: Tony Liu, Leanne Lau, Siu Chung Mok, Norman Chu
Votes: 142
7. The Resistance (2011)
PG | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a time of war, when occupation turns to genocide, one woman choose resistance over death and takes on the empire of Japan.
Director: Peng Zhang Li | Stars: Lingmeng Hu, Peng Zhang Li, Jeremy Marr Williams, Zhang Xiao Hua
Votes: 1,162
8. Azumi (2003)
Not Rated | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Raised to deal in cold blooded death, the teenage assassin girl Azumi must defeat three evil warlords while also battling her own heart.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Aya Ueto, Kenji Kohashi, Hiroki Narimiya, Takatoshi Kaneko
Votes: 15,238
9. Cyber Ninja (1988)
71 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic version of medieval Japan, a band of swordsmen battles an evil warlord and his mechanical army of ninjas, and are aided by a mysterious heroic cyborg ninja, Shiranui.
Director: Keita Amemiya | Stars: Hanbei Kawai, Kunihiko Ida, Eri Morishita, Makoto Yokoyama
Votes: 367
10. Goemon (2009)
128 min | Action, Drama, History
Based on a Japanese folk legend that echoes the tale of Robin Hood, this ninja thriller follows the exploits of Goemon Ishikawa (Yôsuke Eguchi), who leaves his fighting clan after its chief... See full summary »
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya | Stars: Yôsuke Eguchi, Takao Osawa, Ryôko Hirosue, Jun Kaname
Votes: 5,577
11. K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
137 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Set in a fictional Japanese city in 1949, a master criminal hones in on his latest victim.
Director: Shimako Sato | Stars: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takako Matsu, Tôru Nakamura, Ryôhei Abe
Votes: 2,170
12. The Magic Serpent (1966)
Not Rated | 86 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend Oroki-maru. The young prince Ikazuki-maru is rescued from the jaws of ... See full summary »
Director: Tetsuya Yamanouchi | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Tomoko Ogawa, Ryûtarô Ôtomo, Bin Amatsu
Votes: 432
13. Mulan: Rise of a Warrior (2009)
Not Rated | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
The epic story of the Chinese girl-warrior, Mulan, who fights to defend her father.
Directors: Jingle Ma, Wei Dong | Stars: Wei Zhao, Kun Chen, Rongguang Yu, Jiao Xu
Votes: 6,929
14. Shiri (1999)
R | 125 min | Action, Thriller
South Korean agents Ryu and Lee are tracking a female assassin from North Korea who has mysteriously disappeared. With new killings and the theft of a deadly bomb, time is running out to catch her.
Director: Kang Je-kyu | Stars: Han Suk-kyu, Choi Min-sik, Yunjin Kim, Song Kang-ho
Votes: 8,659 | Gross: $0.10M
15. Red Eagle (2010)
130 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Year 2016, Bangkok is a rotten capital infested with chaos and criminals. Widespread corruption by politicians has dipped the moral compass to a new low, and the government's hasty plan to ... See full synopsis »
Director: Wisit Sasanatieng | Stars: Ananda Everingham, Yarinda Boonnak, Wannasing Prasertkul, Jonathan Hallman
Votes: 922
16. The War in Space (1977)
TV-PG | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Earth is attacked by alien spacecraft from Venus. But a Japanese scientist has constructed a space craft, the Gohten, with which he may save humanity.
Directors: Jun Fukuda, Ishirô Honda, Toshio Masuda, Shûe Matsubayashi, Shirô Moritani | Stars: Kensaku Morita, Yûko Asano, Ryô Ikebe, Masaya Oki
Votes: 613
17. Naked Weapon (2002)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, he suspects that Madame M is back in business.
Director: Siu-Tung Ching | Stars: Anya, Marit Thoresen, Maggie Q, Daniel Wu
Votes: 8,135
18. Cheonsamong (2001)
84 min | Action, Fantasy, Romance
A Korean cop (Leon Lai) agrees to go back in time to rescue a woman (Eun-hye Park) who looks just like the mysterious beauty haunting his dreams.
Director: Hee-joon Park | Stars: Leon Lai, Park Eun-hye, Lee Na-young, Ji-moo Kim
Votes: 232
19. Battle Royale (2000)
Not Rated | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill one another under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama
Votes: 195,345
20. The Tower (2012)
Not Rated | 121 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A Christmas Eve party at a luxury residential building takes a horrific turn when a fire breaks out.
Director: Ji-hoon Kim | Stars: Kim Sang-kyung, Sol Kyung-gu, Son Ye-jin, Kim In-kwon
Votes: 6,858
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