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In the end, “Way of the Dragon” is an ambitious movie by and with Bruce Lee. Although not perfected, its combination of comedy and action set a foundation for many other stories and heroes, as it offers an entertaining blend of both of these aspects. Its fight sequences alone prove the level of skill he had acquired in his years as action director and choreographer, as well as a level of confidence which he was going to develop further.

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In the end, “Way of the Dragon” is an ambitious movie by and with Bruce Lee. Although not perfected, its combination of comedy and action set a foundation for many other stories and heroes, as it offers an entertaining blend of both of these aspects. Its fight sequences alone prove the level of skill he had acquired in his years as action director and choreographer, as well as a level of confidence which he was going to develop further.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2021/01/film-review-way-of-the-dragon-1972-by-bruce-lee/

The much anticipated and hyped Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” is an adaptation and extension of Murakami’s short story of the same title from the 2014 collection “Men Without Women”. It comes shortly after “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” and, although a very different film, it also resumes and develops its final episode’s concept, of performing and role-playing as a way people can connect with their true feelings.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2021/10/film-review-drive-my-car-2021-by-ryusuke-hamaguchi/

The much anticipated and hyped Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” is an adaptation and extension of Murakami’s short story of the same title from the 2014 collection “Men Without Women”. It comes shortly after “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” and, although a very different film, it also resumes and develops its final episode’s concept, of performing and role-playing as a way people can connect with their true feelings.

What are your thoughts on the film?

Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2021/10/film-review-drive-my-car-2021-by-ryusuke-hamaguchi/

The film is split in three parts taking place in 1999, 2014 and 2025. The first one begins in Fenyang on New Years Eve, where two childhood friends, the young capitalist Zhang and the poor coal miner Liangzi, are both in love with Tao, a singer and dance instructor. Eventually, she decides to marry the former and soon after, they welcome their first child, who Zhang names Dollar. “Mountains May Depart” is a very meaningful, and technically elaborate film, despite some faults that occur in the last act.

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The film is split in three parts taking place in 1999, 2014 and 2025. The first one begins in Fenyang on New Years Eve, where two childhood friends, the young capitalist Zhang and the poor coal miner Liangzi, are both in love with Tao, a singer and dance instructor. Eventually, she decides to marry the former and soon after, they welcome their first child, who Zhang names Dollar. “Mountains May Depart” is a very meaningful, and technically elaborate film, despite some faults that occur in the last act.

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Coming-of-age dramas often focus on challenges that affect us all and how they can be overcome. But Yusuke Morii’s “Amiko” focuses very much on a child that isn’t like anyone else, and as such, those around her don’t know how to deal with her, as a story of a unique life sees a unique comedy in a strong directorial debut.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2023/03/film-review-amiko-2022-by-yusuke-morii/

Coming-of-age dramas often focus on challenges that affect us all and how they can be overcome. But Yusuke Morii’s “Amiko” focuses very much on a child that isn’t like anyone else, and as such, those around her don’t know how to deal with her, as a story of a unique life sees a unique comedy in a strong directorial debut.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2023/03/film-review-amiko-2022-by-yusuke-morii/

Movies dealing with homosexuality in South Korea are quite rare. “The King and The Clown” remains one of the finest, most subtle efforts to handle the subject. It is not merely a love story. It holds an emotional core that does not need words or actions sometimes. It just needs to be felt.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2021/08/film-review-the-king-and-the-clown-2005-by-lee-joon-ik/

Movies dealing with homosexuality in South Korea are quite rare. “The King and The Clown” remains one of the finest, most subtle efforts to handle the subject. It is not merely a love story. It holds an emotional core that does not need words or actions sometimes. It just needs to be felt.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2021/08/film-review-the-king-and-the-clown-2005-by-lee-joon-ik/

“The Apprentice” is a great movie that manages to shed light on a global topic and its particular circumstances in Singapore, without detracting anything from the dramatic/entertaining aspect of the film.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2023/03/film-review-apprentice-2016-by-boo-junfeng-2/

Director of “Oxhide” I and II, Liu Jiayin, had not shot anything since the latter and 2009, since he spent most of his time as an associate professor of screenwriting at the Beijing Film Academy. It seems that his days there have also given him inspiration, as the story of his newest movie, “All Ears” focuses on a mediocre screenwriter. “All Ears” is a film worth watching, particularly for art house fans of the style of Zhang Lu and Hong Sang-soo, although a briefer duration would definitely benefit the whole thing.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2024/02/film-review-all-ears-2023-by-liu-jiayin/

Director of “Oxhide” I and II, Liu Jiayin, had not shot anything since the latter and 2009, since he spent most of his time as an associate professor of screenwriting at the Beijing Film Academy. It seems that his days there have also given him inspiration, as the story of his newest movie, “All Ears” focuses on a mediocre screenwriter. “All Ears” is a film worth watching, particularly for art house fans of the style of Zhang Lu and Hong Sang-soo, although a briefer duration would definitely benefit the whole thing.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2024/02/film-review-all-ears-2023-by-liu-jiayin/

Where the film truly thrives, without buts this time, apart from the casting and acting, is its production values. DP Katsumi Yanagijima captures the idyllic seaside setting with gusto, occasionally in impressive fashion. The interior of the hotel is gorgeously set, with the various rooms fitting the aesthetics of each scene to perfection, while the contrast of the bright exteriors and the darker interiors works quite well throughout the movie. “Three Sisters of Tenmasou” is a mixed bag of a film, since its individual elements are much better than their sum. It definitely deserves a watch though, if only for the cast.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2023/08/film-review-three-sisters-of-tenmasou-2022-by-ryuhei-kitamura/

Where the film truly thrives, without buts this time, apart from the casting and acting, is its production values. DP Katsumi Yanagijima captures the idyllic seaside setting with gusto, occasionally in impressive fashion. The interior of the hotel is gorgeously set, with the various rooms fitting the aesthetics of each scene to perfection, while the contrast of the bright exteriors and the darker interiors works quite well throughout the movie. “Three Sisters of Tenmasou” is a mixed bag of a film, since its individual elements are much better than their sum. It definitely deserves a watch though, if only for the cast.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2023/08/film-review-three-sisters-of-tenmasou-2022-by-ryuhei-kitamura/

In an unprecedented one man show, Anurag Kashyap, co-wrote, produced and directed the film, in a style that is much reminiscent of early Guy Ritchie films (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch) both in context, with the mafia, and technically, since the film uses extensively slow and stop motion, close cut editing, quick, explanatory flashbacks and great mixture of image and music. In the latter aspect, the film is a true audiovisual masterpiece, with Rajjev Ravi’s cinematography splendidly portraying the decaying environment of the city and the depiction of the various timelines being accurate in all of their aspects, in a trait that also benefits the most from Subodh Sirastava’s costumes.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2016/08/anurag-kashyaps-gangs-wasseypur/

In an unprecedented one man show, Anurag Kashyap, co-wrote, produced and directed the film, in a style that is much reminiscent of early Guy Ritchie films (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch) both in context, with the mafia, and technically, since the film uses extensively slow and stop motion, close cut editing, quick, explanatory flashbacks and great mixture of image and music. In the latter aspect, the film is a true audiovisual masterpiece, with Rajjev Ravi’s cinematography splendidly portraying the decaying environment of the city and the depiction of the various timelines being accurate in all of their aspects, in a trait that also benefits the most from Subodh Sirastava’s costumes.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2016/08/anurag-kashyaps-gangs-wasseypur/

Horiuchi’s film is an oddball entity, one which straddles the fine line between the real and the surreal all too comfortably; it holds up a mirror for all who watch to find themselves in, daring its audience to cling on to something they can relate to, all the while throwing curveballs to throw everyone off its true scent. Uncanny and yet so familiar, what truly sets “All Summer Long” apart is its cast, who allow just enough of their character’s startling truths to emerge to crack the surface without veering off the side of the yellow brick road. There is no innocence left in summer’s death throes; as the season gives in to autumn all will find themselves in situations they could never imagine. Whether or not they learn something from their experiences, or whether they will simply disappear with the season remains to be seen.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2022/07/film-review-all-summer-long-2022-by-yuki-horiuchi/

Horiuchi’s film is an oddball entity, one which straddles the fine line between the real and the surreal all too comfortably; it holds up a mirror for all who watch to find themselves in, daring its audience to cling on to something they can relate to, all the while throwing curveballs to throw everyone off its true scent. Uncanny and yet so familiar, what truly sets “All Summer Long” apart is its cast, who allow just enough of their character’s startling truths to emerge to crack the surface without veering off the side of the yellow brick road. There is no innocence left in summer’s death throes; as the season gives in to autumn all will find themselves in situations they could never imagine. Whether or not they learn something from their experiences, or whether they will simply disappear with the season remains to be seen.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2022/07/film-review-all-summer-long-2022-by-yuki-horiuchi/

“Daughter of the Nile” is a film about young people trying to find their version of life, their definition of culture somewhere between ideals of the past and the more attractive present. It is a movie which carries a distinct notion of these events being unique in the way the will never comes back, but having been repeatedly looked at like pictures in a photo album, an awareness of time moving on an events destroying any sense of idyll or happiness one has build for himself, whether it is an escapist fantasy or a more grounded sense of togetherness when starting a business with friends. In the end, just like the teenage protagonists of Godard and Truffaut these “orphans of the world” also carry a sense of doom with them, a feeling that all of this is just temporary.

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Click on the link to read our review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2018/09/film-analysis-daughter-of-the-nile-1987-by-hou-hsiao-hsien/