Suicide Club (2001)

So, admittedly, it's been quite a while since I've watched what I would consider (with a lack of better words) an absurd/symbolic/intellectual horror film (examples: Miike - Audition/Gozu/Ichi the Killer, David Lynch - Mulholland Drive/Eraserhead/Blue Velvet), so Suicide Club took me a bit off guard.

This is a fairly complex film which examines themes of suicide (which is incredibly poignant and risque especially within Japanese culture), peer pressure, and the susceptible mass collective subconscious. To be honest, I left the film feeling a bit dissatisfied and unresolved, but the more I think about and read about this movie, the more I think it's an incredibly smart, macabre masterpiece.

I am having a hard time "rating" the film as I am still not sure that I completely "get" it yet... I honestly feel as though I am missing something integral to appreciating the movie as a whole... Which is why I am about to start a discussion thread here... I am perplexed (but not in a bad way) - I honestly want to explore this film a bit more as I feel as though it does deserve my cognitive attention.

Not a film to watch lightly, Suicide Club is smart, striking, and will definitely stay with you. Recommended for viewers who are looking for a little more than "just" a Japanese ghost story ("just" being in quotation marks as there is honestly nothing wrong with a damn good Japanese ghost story!).

PORNOSTAR aka Tokyo Rampage http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/tor.php

A young man decides one day to start killing yakuza. After he kills his first two he gets roped into helping a wannabe gangster to perform a hit.

This young psychopath quickly becomes more trouble than the gang expected. Will they be able to rid themselves of him, or will they be his next victims?

Great movie. I love the revenge on gangster movies. When I tried to download it however I had some trouble with spam, if anybody knows here I can download a copy of this(not from a torrent) please let me know. 4 out of 5.

Okay so after watching Tokyo Rampage last night I got into this big Yakuza/Takashi Miike binge.

I started with Ichi the Killer, which is always a fun a movie in my opinion. Unfortunately I had to watch in Youtube and a few English subbed parts were missing. So I had to watch about 20 minutes in Japanese with some Thai subtitles.

Then I watched Dead or Alive, http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/doa.php

Without a home and feeling no obligation to Japanese society or Yakuza, Ryuichi and his small group decide to make their own place by trying to take over the Shinjuku underworld and the drug trade from Taiwan. A Takashi Miike lesson is ultra violent extremes.The ending really does have a WTF moment. 4/5

Then of course I watched the sequel, http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/doa-22.php

Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their talents in killing for good. This also gets 4/5

I'm working on Dead or Alive: Final which is the end to this Takashi Miike trilogy.

raging phoenix

Acacia (2003)

A decent K-Horror with a bit tragic plot but the pace was pretty slow.

>>: B-

invisible target

Negative Happy Chainsaw Edge - http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/neg.php

One day, a pathetic high school student Yosuke meets a beautiful girl named Eri. Eri does battle every night with an indestructible, chainsaw-wielding maniac, “Chainsaw Man”. As Yosuke and Eri bond, he eventually joins the fight. Based on the best-selling novel by Tatsuhiko Takimoto. 4/5.

The last Asian horror movie I have seen was Ichi The Killer. I bought it on DVD a couple months ago but simply didn't watch it until recently. A friend back in high school told me it was ridiculously gory so I had to check it out.

Boy was he right.

Not only did it come with a little fake packet of blood souvenir, but the movie itself was practically dripping of blood. I enjoyed the movie as a whole, but there was some CGI that I didn't like. For example:

**Spoiler**
There is one scene where a bad guys face is literally sliced right off his head and splats against a wall, then slides down. While it was an inventive idea, it looked incredibly fake. I know that's probably pretty hard to imitate with real effects, but if you can't make it look decent then don't do it.
**Spoiler End**

Ichi The Killer WOULD be the bloodiest movie I have ever seen, if it weren't for Tokyo Gore Police. That movie was just...ridiculous. If you have seen it, you know what I mean.

I loved Ichi the Killer. One of my favorite Takashi Miike movies.

robin-b-hood

Mad Detective (2007). Another Johnnie To masterpiece, this movie flickers between a heartfelt comedy to a tragic sense of being, to a great study in psychology to intriguing crime drama. And all the time the viewer is left wondering where the line of sanity is drawn; or is it being redrawn as we speak? No matter, as the end of this wonderfully convoluted crime drama perfectly if not bravely ties it all together with satisfying resolve. The acting was top notch, with our main protagonist stealing the show with his zany and occasionally sad antics. The direction oozed of style, and the camera allowed for its dark atmosphere to sneak out stolen color with aplomb. The score was light in tone and perfectly augmented the lightheartedness of insanity, keeping the bleak notion of the story's reality from besmirching our fun. Told with a sense of balance that threatened to be lost at any moment, this was a story with no need of bullet ballets to keep the viewer saddled with tension. Merci beaucoup.
Genruk

The grudge 1 & 2
The ring 1
And death note: the last name

All great movies

johnnie to's vengeance

tidal wave

Yoga (2009)

Very average, boring at the end.

>>: C

Last seen asian movies
 

Tokyo Gore Police
Onechanbara Samarai Bikini Squad
Attack Girls Swim Team vs The Undead

Dark Water (2002)

Yet further proof that the Asians do it better... Dark Water is a fantastic creepy ghost movie... Great atmosphere, suspense, and legitimately creepy moments. Loved the ending too. It's definitely up there with The Ring and Shutter.

4/5.

samurai princess

Though I didn't find it that much creepy but surely it's a beautiful film indeed. In compare to the remake it more effectively treated the emotional content of the story throughout the movie and specially at the end. Loved it too.

Why haven't any of you seen "I saw the devil" yet?

Get to it, chop chop.

Is its dvd released already? or if you saw it on the net then please share the link.:)

No, i haven't seen it anywhere. I was hoping you guys had.

Not available on Netflix yet. :(

rashomon
chungking express

the legend is born: ip man

^^ Hey - you... YOU!

What do you think of Suicide Club? Join the dying discussion! You're a mysterious Mod, Mr. Zwoti - I have NO idea what your tastes are.

well if you did then i wouldn't be so mysterious :p

Re Cycle (2006)

Beautiful story with great visuals.

>>: B+

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G.P. 506 (2008) Soldiers and officers of GP 506 located somewhere in the vicinity of the DMZ fail to report back to their superiors.Though they had located two surviving soldiers, one of them being an enlisted soldier and a suspect in the mass murders and the other the said base’s commanding officer.

The MP team finds out that a homicidal virus is responsible for the massacre and they later get isolated in the same post due to the raging weather while being infected with the same disease. 4/5 http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/506.php

No Mercy (2010) When a beautiful young woman is found butchered into six parts by a river, with an arm missing, Kang a forensic pathologist is beckoned for one last job.

Min, a rookie detective narrows down the investigation, which points to Lee Seong Ho as the primary suspect. Lee, a respected environmental activist, confidently admits his guilt, saying that he committed the crime in order to oppose constructions that would divide a local river into six parts.But is all as it seems... 4/5 http://www.asian-horror-movies.com/nomer.php

tokyo zombie


it had some pretty visuals, but i found it lacking...though it has been a few years since i saw it.

happy?

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I am satiated, yes.

Kwaidan
Shutter

Scare 2 Die (2008)

A horror anthology of 3 stories where except the first one the other two doesn't make any sense. The funny part is may be as it was produced by Pang brothers there was a glimpse of a scene from Re-Cycle (2006) that they use in the last segment.

Overall, it was pretty disappointing.

>>: C-

The Good, The Bad, and The Weird


I really liked this one, the characters were fun, the story was decent, and the action was great.

A Tale of Two Sisters

Shinya Tsukamoto's Haze

Kakashi aka Scarecrow (2001)

It was a decent plot but pretty slow and it could have been potentially scarier than it was but it didn't go that way.

>>: B-

Dream Home

This was suprisingly graphic and brutal,with several scenes that were uncompromising and uncomfortable to watch.That is not to say that Dream Home is nothing more than a gore fest (Although there is much grue on show),there is also an engaging back story that is told in a series of flash backs,which gradually reveal the central characters motives .

7/10