I have ring 0, but haven't watched it yet. I picked it up at the Japanese mall and it doesnt have subs. My japanese is very rusty. Actually, it sucks. I loved the first 2.
Shogun Assassin is toned-down considerably (violence-wise). As a separate movie, for what it's worth, it is still fun to watch. You will enjoy watching the whole series much more, though. The movies are notorious for geysers of blood spraying from the samurai-blade wounds!
Last J-movie I saw happened to be "Unagi" (The Eel). I loved that film. I also saw with that a "Beat" Takeshi film where he is a samurai and is one of the heads of a militia in a village. There are two gay-lovers in the militia and the story centers around one of the gay lovers. It is cooler...
Oh yeagh- I forgot all about the Ringu films. I have seen the first two, directed by Nakata, and I have the other sequel that was directed by Jouji Iida, Ring: Spiral. The afore-mentioned i bought and I forget to see if it had subs or not. Oh well. The Korean adaption is quite interesting as...
I have a lot of favs, but the handful I love are "Owl's Castle" directed by Shinoda Masahiro, "Versus" directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, all of Miike's films, "Battle Royale" and "Sonatine", and many of the films Riki Takeuchi stars in. I guess that is more than a handful. It is hard to narrow it...
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