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I made a version of the Chainsmoker Cat OP rebuilt entirely from the original movie/TV footage its references are based and/or rotoscoped from.

Mostly it was just a fun little obsessive project. I adore old film references and stuff, so fell in love with the OP instantly. I was thrilled there was already lots of videos breaking down the references, but was sad I couldn't find a references only version! So I made one.

Massive credit to Kyacchi’s reference video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEP6hpj368w), which did most of the heavy lifting identifying everything, plus a few other community/source breakdowns I used to fill in the gaps. I put it all in the description.

Anyway, hope you enjoy it!

REFERENCES / TIMECODES:

00:00 - Trainspotting (1996)
00:02 - For a Few Dollars More (1965)
00:03 - A Better Tomorrow (1986)
00:03 - Blade Runner (1982)
00:04 - Constantine (2005) / The Breakfast Club (1985)
00:05 - Pierrot le Fou (1965) / Sin City (2005)
00:06 - Joker (2019)
00:07 - Breaking Bad, Episode 2 (2008)
00:08 - Léon: The Professional (1994)
00:12 - Blue Spring (2001)
00:14 - D.E.B.S. (2004)
00:17 - Ready or Not (2019)
00:19 - Chinatown (1974)
00:20 - Malèna (2000)
00:24 - The Breakfast Club (1985)
00:25 - Footloose (1984)
00:26 - The Breakfast Club (1985)
00:27 - Footloose (1984) / Dirty Dancing (1987)
00:29 - Saizeriya menu numbers: 3301 / 3401
00:30 - Tantei Monogatari (1979), Episode 4
00:30 - Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) / Stand by Me (1986)
00:31 - Dumb and Dumber (1994)
00:33 - Trainspotting (1996)
00:36 - Kids (1995)
00:39 - Conclave (2024)
00:41 - Night on Earth (1991)
00:42 - Project A (1983)
00:47 - The Usual Suspects (1995)
00:52 - Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
00:55 - The King of Comedy (1982)
00:56 - In the Mood for Love (2000)
00:57 - Aoi Honō, Episode 11 (2014)
00:58 - Pulp Fiction (1994)
00:59 - Midsommar (2019)
01:00 - The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
01:01 - Fallen Angels (1995)
01:04 - The Breakfast Club (1985)
01:07 - Ju-On: The Curse 2 (2000)
01:08 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) / Outrage (2010)
01:09 - Fight Club (1999)
01:18 - Adieu l'ami / Farewell, Friend (1968)
01:22 - Flashdance (1983) / Spider-Man 3 (2007)
01:23 - Wednesday, Episode 4 (2022)
01:24 - Another Round (2020)
01:25 - Titanic (1997) / Death Proof (2007)
01:26 - Saturday Night Fever (1977)
01:27 - Adieu l'ami / Farewell, Friend (1968)

Is the Chinese government responsible for this?

They are way better than Hollywood horror movies. What do you think?

The movie Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring by Kim Ki-duk can see into the world of Buddhism and cinematography is excellent

I think it is a good anti-war film. It doesn't support either the US or Iraq. Shen Teng and Jiang Qiming both give good performances in the movie. It is worth watching.

This is a film I want to rewatch two or three times. I fell in love with the Korean Teochew dialect so much. I never thought the daily lives of our grandpas and grandmas—something so familiar to us—could be turned into such a viral movie. It really made me miss my late grandparents. Growing up in a big Teochew family meant having 10 to 20 people around.

​ As time goes by and we grow up, we often have to face things alone and stand on our own feet in a society that isn't always kind. This film brought back those fond memories and childhood warmth, giving me so much encouragement.

​#DearYou #teochew #LoveLetterToGrandma

Format: Feature Film / High-Caliber Neo-Noir or Crime Drama

Estimated Release / Exhibition: Early-to-mid 1990s (Watched in Brazil on 35mm / festival circuit ~1995–1997)

Country of Origin: Japan, Hong Kong, China, or South Korea (Excluding Taiwan; features left-hand drive / traffic environment)

Production Value: High cinematic quality, grounded, realistic tone (not a B-movie, Category III exploitation flick, or stylized "heroic bloodshed").

​Plot Overview: A grounded, tragic crime drama centered on a group of four to six men who steal money/assets from a powerful organized crime group/syndicate. After the theft, the syndicate systematically tracks them down and executes them one by one in cold, non-sensationalized fashion, from what I remember.

​- Key Narrative Details & Specific Scenes

​Grounded Violence, Baseball Bats: The violence is realistic and unglamorized (specifically featuring some brutal, non-stylized beatings using baseball bats and blunt weapons rather than Hollywood-style gunplay).

​Romantic Arc: Two of the young male leads share a deep, romantic/homoerotic bond.

​Boat Hideout: One of the group members, a long-haired man, lives on/near a boat or waterfront hideout. During the syndicate’s campaign of retaliation, his female partner/wife or daughter is brutally assaulted/raped by hitmen while he is forced to watch.

​The Bathtub Execution and Nervous Tic: Another associate (from what I remember, a chubby / twitchy guy with a distinct nervous facial tic) returns to his home/apartment to find his family (wife and/or daughter) murdered inside a bathtub as payback.

​Final Assassination / Closing Scene: The main surviving lead(s) attempts to flee the city by travel/express bus. He believes he has made his escape, but a hitman boards/ambushes him, executing him inside the bus right before the end.

​Visual and Production Style

​Grounded tone, somber atmosphere, realistic ensemble acting.

​Probably: High production values (likely screened at international film festivals or art-house circuits in the mid-90s).

​Features left-hand traffic / driving orientation (common to Hong Kong or Japan).

Hello everyone I'm planning a get together with a friend soon and I was looking for some recommendations for some Chinese movies we could watch together.

So we really like science fiction and horror. Fantasy or mythology is also within our interests. We really like post-apocalyptic movies but I'd imagine that's a more niche subgenre so I figure there are probably fewer options available there. We do occasionally like animation.

We would rather not rent a movie at this time but between the two of us we have several streaming services;

• Netflix

• Hulu

• Disney+

• Paramount+

• Prime (I think)

• Peacock

Plus any of the free ones like Plex, Pluto TV, and Tubi.

I added The Wandering Earth to my Netflix watchlist because it came up in a Google search and I liked the synopsis. Someone on another subreddit said that was a good option after I had already considered it myself so that was encouraging. I also noticed an animated film called Green Snake on Netflix that looked somewhat interesting. The only issue with Green Snake is we haven't seen the first film White Snake and nobody is streaming it anywhere.

So does anyone have any suggestions? Is that a good enough description of what I'm looking for to get any ideas flowing for anyone?

Artistic retarded individual, so yeah, don't recommend movies with high art stuff. [I like regular Asian movies like" Pee Mak", also thrillers.] It is for one night, as I don't have much time. Please no weird movies or movies that will scare me since I am easily afraid at night. Just movies that I can enjoy.

An asian movie or drama, where the ML is a goon kind of guy . He is not in a good relationship with his family and has some kind of a disease, might be the heart because there was a hospital scene. Somehow a girl enters his life (I think he saved her from someone before). Finally the guy dies (due to his illness, as far as I can remember) and the girl visits his grave.

Ps: I saw it on YouTube back in 2021, but I felt the movie/drama is a little older.

Cinepals: Just luxuriated in an enthralling period drama and whodunnit murder mystery set in the sword and armor world of Japan circa 1579.

THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER (in theaters) comes courtesy of director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (no relation to Akira) who’s known stateside for horror flicks like CURE. Both title characters can’t escape Arioka Castle, a fortress under siege from a bloodthirsty warlord. The samurai character Araki Murashige, is the stern but wily leader of Settsu province, who willfully skirts time-honored samurai rules regarding executing enemies and their unfortunate messengers He’s more pragmatic than caring, raising eyebrows by sparing the lives of those that might serve his interests.

Kanbei, the prisoner, is ensconced in a dirty dungeon and they develop a symbiotic relationship as Kanbei gets off advising Araki on strategies to keep enemies and backstabbing in-house betrayers at bay.

The tormented Araki is portrayed by Masahiro Motoki who starred in the 1981 Best Foreign Film Oscar Winner DEPARTURES. He has the gravity and wounded fire of Toshiro Mifune, somehow keeping his wits, and his subordinates respect, while cornered. Masaki Suda, an actor and singer, brings a mind-gaming theatricality and feline elan as the shackled prisoner who toys with his captor.

Kurosawa came up directing yakuza b-films and adapted the bestselling novel by Honobu Yonezawa, because the director prefers mysteries where authority figures, not hired gumshoes, must juggle punishing responsibilities while searching for clues. Visually, Kurosawa honors the pageantry of Japanese historical epics but the story has more on its mind than battles and red herrings delving into issues of Christianity vs. Buddhism and whether divine intervention is a delusion or an inevitable system of justice.

At two-and-a-half hours, THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER never flags and in one sitting it engaged me in its palace intrigues more than the bloody, action-packed but largely glum, humorless third season of HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (HBO) with its cliffhanger killings of key figures desultory vs. dramatic. Conversely, THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONERS pays off with an emotive and plot twisty bang -- or should I say clang?

Can anyone recommend me films about women rights?

I have been living abroad for the last 20 years, but I visit India regularly. In the past 3–4 years, I have noticed that many people I know have become increasingly interested in Korean films and web series.

I am from South India, and the trend seems to be more or less the same across the different states. I’m not sure whether the same is true in North India as well.

It’s not just films and web series either. There seems to be a growing interest in Korean fashion, beauty products, food, etc.

What do you think is driving this growing popularity of Korean culture in India? Is it mainly because of K-dramas and K-pop, or are there other factors behind it?

i want to watch NOW an asian movie about a HEARTBREAKING LOVE STORY, please recommend me something and destroy my emotions

soo far the only korean movies i watched were parasite and recently oldboy. i really enjoyed both movies. i want to know what movies do y'all recommend i should watch?

Hello, I run a film club for older adults. They are from 60-100 years old and are of mixed ability and cognition. This is an inclusive group, so 2 or 3 live with dementia.

There are some parameters that the films need to fit into:

♡ About 1h 40 or less

♡ Not too sweary, sexy or violent (I usually go to a 12 rating max)​ (this is to keep in mind access and members with dementia).

♡ Mostly in English or minimal subtitles, (due to ability to read/speed of having to read)

For more challenging watches we have seperate events. This month's theme is East and South East Asian history month. I have a few films I'm considering but I thought I'd ask for suggestions to see if there are any better suggestions. I always make a short list of about 5 and then put them to the vote. So far my ideas are:

The Farewell (but I thinknit had too much Mandarin)

An animal option as we can get a dubbed version

Tigertail. I've not seen it so need to check out the language ratios.

Yellow Rose

The Weeping Camel

Ilo Ilo

Thanks in advance!

Shout out to those in the UK who don’t get access to as many Asian films, Tubi has always had a few interesting ones and at least offers a bit of variety, but I’ve noticed some ones of note that are rarely available in the UK.

In particular, there are currently A Taxi Driver, Audition, Baby Assassins, Miracle in Cell No. 7, The World of Kanako, A Melody to Remember, A Page of Madness and The Hill of Secrets.

There are also a few that you sometimes see elsewhere, such as Han Gong-ju, Bedevilled and The Isle. Though there are still some good ones available in the UK, I thought I’d flag some I wouldn’t want people to miss.

This is a BIGGGG stretch but I’m trying to find this super weird movie about a hikkikamori who begins to hallucinate his man hood talking to him as a green puppet like he’s a loser. A man who wants to be like ultra man, A woman who lives in a hoarder house and burns it down. And host club member who manipulates girl into selling their body. And somehow the hoarder woman and the manipulated girl are related. It was super strange movie and I really wish I could remember what it was called. It was on Netflix longgggggg time ago