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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone
Hong Kong
2000
Dante Lam (Director) Wong Wai-Fai (Action Director) Tony Leung Ka-Fai Sandra Ng Roy Cheung Eason Chan Anthony Wong Samuel Pang Chapman To Eric Tsang Richard Ng Helena Law Lan Lee San-San Jo Kuk Lee Lik-Chi Sunny Luk Chan Hing-Kar (Writer) Amy Chin Siu-Wai (Writer) Cheung Man-Po (Cinematographer)
Not quite as topical as it once was, but still exceptional (Friday, June 24, 2022)
Masterpiece (Sunday, May 27, 2001)
The Ages of Lulu
Spain
1990
Bigas Luna (Director, Writer) Francesca Neri Óscar Ladoire María Barranco Fernando Guillén Cuervo Rosana Pastor Javier Bardem Juan Graell Pilar Bardem Pepa Serrano Santiago Segura Almudena Grandes (Writer) Carlos Segarra (Soundtrack) Fernando Arribas (Cinematographer)
Provocative (Thursday, June 23, 2022)
The Twin Swords
Hong Kong
1965
Hsu Tseng-Hung (Director) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) Jimmy Wang Yu Chin Ping Ivy Ling Po Petrina Fung Bo-Bo Lo Lieh Tien Feng Lin Jing Kao Pao-Shu Ku Feng Ching Miao Fung Ngai Lee Wan-Chung Wu Ma Shen Chiang (Writer) Wang Yung-Lung (Cinematographer) Wang Fu-Ling (Soundtrack)
Basically Temple Of The Red Lotus Part 2 (Tuesday, June 21, 2022)
Temple Of The Red Lotus
Hong Kong
1965
Hsu Tseng-Hung (Director) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) Jimmy Wang Yu Chin Ping Ivy Ling Po Lo Lieh Tien Feng Lin Jing Kao Pao-Shu Lee Wan-Chung Chen Hung-Lieh Helen Ma Ku Feng Lau Kar-Leung Yuen Wo-Ping Tang Chia Shen Chiang (Writer) Wang Yung-Lung (Cinematographer) Eddie H. Wang (Soundtrack) Wang Fu-Ling (Soundtrack)
Not quite as impressive as I remembered, but still pretty cool (Sunday, June 19, 2022)
Highly recommended (Saturday, April 5, 2003)
Chasuke's Journey
Japan
2015
Sabu (Director, Writer) Office Kitano (Production Company) Ren Osugi Ito Ono Kenichi Matsuyama Yusuke Iseya Hiromasa Taguchi Tina Tamashiro Susumu Terajima Hiroki Konno Takashi Matsuyuki Toru Tezuka Shun Sugata Daisuke Sôma (Cinematographer) Junichi Matsumoto (Soundtrack)
Another unique film from Sabu (Saturday, June 18, 2022)
Limbo
Hong Kong
2021
Soi Cheang (Director) Gordon Lam Cya Liu Mason C. Lee Hiroyuki Ikeuchi Fish Liew Hugo Ng Sammy Sum Hanna Chan Zodiac Law Au Kin-Yee (Writer) Shum Kwan-Sin (Writer) Kenji Kawai (Soundtrack) Cheng Siu-Keung (Cinematographer)
A Hong Kong film (Saturday, June 18, 2022)
Bitter Honey
Japan
2016
Gakuryu Ishii (Director) Fumi Nikaido Ren Osugi Seiko Iwaidô Hanae Kan Kengo Kôra Yôko Maki Masatoshi Nagase Kiyohiko Shibukawa Saisei Murô (Writer) Takehiko Minato (Writer) Toshiyuki Mori (Soundtrack) Norimichi Kasamatsu (Cinematographer)
A very literary film (Wednesday, June 15, 2022)
Deadly Dream Woman
Hong Kong
1992
Taylor Wong (Director) Cheung Man Deannie Yip Jacky Cheung Chingmy Yau Ken Lo Kwan Hoi-San Lo Hoi-Pang Yuen Cheung-Yan Manfred Wong (Writer) Herman Yau (Cinematographer) Lau Chi-Yuen (Soundtrack)
Drags for a sub-90 minute film (Sunday, June 12, 2022)
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
Japan
2002
Takashi Miike (Director) Riki Takeuchi Ryôsuke Miki Kenichi Endo Mika Katsumura Sonny Chiba Yûya Uchida Tetsuro Tamba Daijirô Harada Renji Ishibashi Shigeo Kobayashi Kazuya Nakayama Joe Yamanaka (Actor, Soundtrack) Shigenori Takechi (Writer) Kiyoshi Itô (Cinematographer)
Absurd and poetic (Tuesday, June 7, 2022)
Magadheera
India
2009
S.S. Rajamouli (Director, Writer) Ram Charan Kajal Aggarwal Dev Gill Srihari Sarath Babu Brahmanandam S.S. Kanchi (Writer) Vijayendra Prasad (Writer) M.M. Keeravani (Soundtrack) KK Senthil Kumar (Cinematographer)
Fun tale of reincarnated lovers (Monday, June 6, 2022)

Reviewed on this day in 2007

Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Five Superfighters
Hong Kong
1979
John Lo Mar (Director) Hsu Hsia (Action Director) Shaw Brothers (Production Company) Kwan Fung Hau Chiu-Sing Austin Wai Tony Leung Siu-Hung
Pretty dumb (Tuesday, June 26, 2007)