ok so im obsessed with the Orient, and i really want to see some good films set there, especially about the history
ive seen seven samurai, crouching tiger, house of flying daggers, hero, any other recomendations??

*a touch of zen
*ran
*zatoichi
*yojimbo
*rashomon

I reccommend you bring your vocab into the 21St century lol!

SEVEN SAMURAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oldboy
ong bak
symothy for mr.vengance
Zatoichi

The Enforcer
Twin Warriors
The Legend
Fist of Legend

Ah, movies from the East..

If you're into rom coms:
My Sassy Girl
Il mare

Both korean. Not seen Il Mare yet, but I've heard good things about it.

Fly Me to Polaris (HK)
Also try a few Leon Lai+Sammi Cheung films, they've done a few rom coms together.

Another korean movie is:

Volcano high. Highly entertaining Street Fighter in highschool flick, also korean.


Other movies worth a look, action/drama/comedy:

Running out of Time
Infernal Affair
You Shoot, I Shoot
Any old Stephen Chow Movies such as:
Fight Back to School 1-3
Justice my foot
Forbidden City Cop
From Beijing with Love
God of Cookery
A chinese Odyssey 1-2
Saint of Gamblers

If you want some adult films,
I'd suggest
The Seven Samurai (of course!)
The Last Emperor (the first part is pure eye-candy)
Raise the Red Lantern,

and for fun,
The Butterfly Murders
(which is a cross between fantasy martial arts and a detective story)

Regards, Maz

wow ive never heard of any of those, apart from 7 samurai which is great! so thanks a lot guys!

3 Iron (S.Korea)
The Twilight Samurai (Japan)
Save The Green Planet (S.Korea)
Infernal Affairs trilogy (Hong Kong)
Last Life In The Universe (Thailand)
Joint Security Area (S.Korea)
Bangkok Dangerous (Thailand)
Battle Royale (Japan)
Tears Of The Black Tiger (Thailand)
Happiness Of The Katakuris (Japan)
Returner (Japan)
Brotherhood (S.Korea)
The Harmonium In My Memory (S.Korea)
Blind Shaft (China)
To Live (Hong Kong)
In The Mood For Love (Hong Kong)
Chunking Express (Hong Kong)
Fallen Angels (Hong Kong)

Does the original Ring movie count in this? Not a karate movie but it was made in the orient and it was far better than the american version.

You can't go wrong with a good Miike Takashi film. I suggest AUDITION.