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TuskCracker
Oct 27, 2004, 08:51
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for better reading, does this by year

Trying to make this better organized. Here is by year.

These receive great reviews, and i cannot comment. I
have never seem them
-> A Borrowed Life (1994)
-> In The Mood for Love (2000)
-> Millennium Mambo (2001)
-> Unknown Pleasures (2003)





1988
Horse Thief (1988)


1989
City of Sadness (1989)
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou

1990
Ju Dou (1990)
Directted: Fengliang Yang, Yimou Zhang

Iron & Silk
1990
(made by western person)
Directed by Shirley Sun


1991
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 - China/Hong Kong/Taiwan - Period Film/Marriage Drama/Feminist Film
Directed by Zhang Yimou.


Ju Dou
(some list as 1991)
Directted: Fengliang Yang, Yimou Zhang


1993
Farewell, My Concubine
1993 - China/Hong Kong
Directed by Chen Kaige.




1994
Eat Drink Man Woman
1994 - Taiwan - Urban Comedy/Domestic Comedy
Directed by Ang Lee

Chungking Express (Chong qing sen lin)
1994
Director: Kar Wai Wong

A Borrowed Life (1994)
Director: Nien-Jen Wu

The Legend of Drunken Master “Jui kuen II” (Chia-Liang Liu, 1994)

To Live “Huozhe” (Yimou Zhang, 1994)


Ashes of Time “Dung che sai duk (1994)” (Kar Wai Wong, 1994)

Picture Bride “Bijo photo” (Kayo Hatta, 1994)



1995
Good Men, Good Women (1995)
Director Hsiao-hsien Hou

Tokyo Fist “Tokyo-ken” (Shinya Tsukamoto, 1995)

Maborosi (Hirokazu Koreeda, 1995)

Whisper of the Heart "Mimi wo sumaseba" (Yoshifumi Kondo, 1995)

Fallen Angels “Duo luo tian shi” (Kar Wai Wong, 1995)

Shanghi Triad “Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao” (Yimou Zhang, 1995)

Memories (Kouji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura, Katsuhiro Ôtomo: 1995)

Ninja Scroll “Jûbei ninpûchô” (Yoshiaki Kawajiri, 1995)


1996
Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996)
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou

Fudo: The New Generation “Gokudô sengokushi: Fudô” (Takashi Miike, 1996)

God of Cookery “Sik san” (Stephen Chow & Lik-Chi Lee, 1996)



1997
Fireworks “Hana-bi” (Takeshi Kitano, 1997)

Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon, 1997)

Happy Together “Cheun gwong tsa sit” (Kar Wai Wong, 1997)

Cure “Kyua” (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997)

Princess Mononoke “Mononoke-hime” (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)


1998
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Tian yu
1998
Director: Joan Chen


After Life
Wandafuru raifu
1998
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda


Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl “Samehada otoko to momojiri onna” (Katsuhito Ishii, 1998)

The Hole “Dong” (Ming-liang Tsai, 1998)

The Ring “Ringu” (Hideo Nakata, 1998)



1999
The Road Home
Wo de fu qin mu qin
1999
Directed by Yimou Zhang


Note One Less
Yi ge dou bu neng shao
1999
Directed by Yimou Zhang


Dead or Alive (Takashi Miike, 1999)

The Mission “Cheong feng” (Johnny To, 1999)

Gemini “Sôseiji” (Shinya Tsukamoto, 1999)

Kikujiro (Takeshi Kitano, 1999)

My Neighbors the Yamadas “Houhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun” (Isao Takahata, 1999)

Shiri “Swiri” (Je-gyu Kang, 1999)



2000
Yi Yi: A One and a Two (2000)
Directed by Edward Yang.

In The Mood for Love (Fa yeung nin wa) (2000)
Director: Kar Wai Wong

Platform (2000)
Director: Zhang Ke Jia


Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon “Wo hu cang long” (Ang Lee, 2000)

Eureka (Shinji Aoyama, 2000)

Suzhou River “Suzhou he” (Ye Lou, 2000)

Ah! My goddess: The Movie “Aa! Megamisama! The Movie” (Hiroaki Gôda, 2000)

Battle Royale ” Batoru rowaiaru “ (Kinji *beep* 2000)

Audition “Ôdishon” (Takashi Miike, 2000)

Joint Security Area "Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok" (Chan-Wook Park, 2000)

Peppermint Candy “Bakha sating” (Chang-Dong Lee, 2000)

Versus (Ryuhei Kitamura, 2000)

2001
Millennium Mambo (2001)
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou


Spirited Away “Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi” (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001)

Ichi the Killer “Koroshiya 1” (Takashi Miike, 2001)

Pistol Opera (Seijun Suzuki, 2001)

All About Lilly Chou-Chou “Riri Shushu no subete” (Shunji Iwai, 2001)

The Happiness of the Katukuris “Katakuri-ke no *beep* (Takashi Miike, 2001)

Address Unknown ” Suchwiin bulmyeong” (Ki-Duk Kim, 2001)

Visitor Q “Bizita Q” (Takashi Miike, 2001)

What Time is it There? “Ni neibian jidian” (Ming-liang Tsai, 2001)




2002

Hero “Ying xiong” (Yimou Zhang, 2002)

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance “Boksuneun naui geot” (Chan-Wook Park, 2002)

Infernal Affairs “Wu jian dao” (Siu Fai Mak & Wai Keung Lau, 2002)

Millenium Actress “Sennen joyu” (Satoshi Kon, 2002)

Dark Water “Honogurai mizu no soko kara” (Hideo Nakata, 2002)

A Snake of June ” Rokugatsu no hebi” (Shinya Tsukamoto, 2002)

Suicide Club “Jisatsu circle” (Shion Sono, 2002)

2003
Unknown Pleasures (2003)
Director Zhang Ke Jia


Warriors Of Heaven And Earth
(Tian di ying xiong) (2003)


The Twilight Samurai (2003)
Director: Yoji Yamada

Oldboy (Chan-Wook Park, 2003)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…….. and Spring “Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom” (Ki-Duk Kim)

Tokyo Godfathers (Satoshi Kon, 2003)

Zatoichi (Takeshi Kitano, 2003)

2004
The World (2004)
Director Zhang Ke Jia

House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) (2004)
Directed by; Yimou Zhang

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Mamoru Oshii, 2004)


Warriors Of Heaven And Earth (Tian di ying xiong)
Directed: Ping He

2005
Warriors Of Heaven And Earth (Tian di ying xiong)
(for many in America, will be 2005)


House Of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)
(for many will not see until 2005)

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