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How come China has never produced a Kurosawa?

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dead box office
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dead box office
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John Woo and Wong Kar-Wei have made some incredible movies
Aquamarine boyish market
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hong kong is a separate film industry the real answer is ...
stirring mad-dog skullcap
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are u a Chinese film mo? touch of sin looks 180, adding it t...
dead box office
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I've shilled another film by this guy. https://www.youtub...
Painfully honest glittery reading party coldplay fan
  05/28/25
> got banned for gay shit my brother in christ, Chen K...
ruby aphrodisiac lodge
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dead box office
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CR. Also, does Edward Yang count? Yi Yi and A Confucian Conf...
Self-absorbed Supple Hall
  05/28/25
Yuge Stephen Chow fan here
salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle
  05/28/25
kung fu, god of cookery, shaolin soccer. yes, in that order.
rusted embarrassed to the bone puppy
  05/28/25
Love on Delivery and Look Out, Officer! were both Belushi le...
salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle
  05/28/25
林子聰 is awesome.
rusted embarrassed to the bone puppy
  05/28/25
he's also a gifted physical comedy actor but i think i'm tal...
salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle
  05/28/25
https://youtu.be/-FsAstiwLnc?si=l7BDUIf4mw92mTIh
salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle
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dead box office
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this is like asking why the balkans have never produced a ma...
thriller wild jap
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dead box office
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China has some good filmmakers in the margins waiting to be ...
salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle
  05/28/25
I liked Beijing Bicycle which is kind of a callback to De Si...
Painfully honest glittery reading party coldplay fan
  05/28/25
kurosawa was wildly popular and pedestrian, think spielberg....
rusted embarrassed to the bone puppy
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salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle
  05/28/25
dont forget kung fu panda
cracking slate stead
  05/28/25
remember the Orbit Gum Girl? She acts in Chinese Films now f...
arousing self-centered station incel
  05/28/25
she is stupid pretty
salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle
  05/28/25
TBF, I watched 4-5 kurosawa films and thought almost all of ...
Glassy yapping dingle berry
  05/28/25
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dead box office
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Irradiated Site
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Zhang Yimou is more pedestrian, goofy and style over substan...
slap-happy bawdyhouse factory reset button
  05/29/25
he made more nuanced, "quieter" movies before goin...
Painfully honest glittery reading party coldplay fan
  05/29/25
6th gen directors mostly were babies or not even born when k...
rusted embarrassed to the bone puppy
  05/29/25
kurosawa is fucking awful
Clear Party Of The First Part
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eh he's no Goo Goo Muk Muk
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Date: May 27th, 2025 5:49 PM
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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:45 AM
Author: dead box office



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Aquamarine boyish market

John Woo and Wong Kar-Wei have made some incredible movies

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:56 AM
Author: stirring mad-dog skullcap

hong kong is a separate film industry

the real answer is mainland directors like zhang yimou made some bangers but they all got banned for showing gay shit (farewell my concubine) or for showing embarrassing episodes from chinese history (a touch of sin, to live)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:58 AM
Author: dead box office

are u a Chinese film mo? touch of sin looks 180, adding it to the list

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Date: May 28th, 2025 1:57 PM
Author: Painfully honest glittery reading party coldplay fan

I've shilled another film by this guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=333QeMq9kh4

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Date: May 29th, 2025 1:52 PM
Author: ruby aphrodisiac lodge

> got banned for gay shit

my brother in christ, Chen Kaige (farewell my concubine) made that movie in 1994, and since then has won double digit domestic film awards



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Date: May 29th, 2025 2:45 PM
Author: dead box office



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:58 AM
Author: Self-absorbed Supple Hall

CR. Also, does Edward Yang count? Yi Yi and A Confucian Confusion alone put him among the greats in any medium IMO.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle

Yuge Stephen Chow fan here

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Date: May 28th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: rusted embarrassed to the bone puppy

kung fu, god of cookery, shaolin soccer. yes, in that order.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 2:52 PM
Author: salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle

Love on Delivery and Look Out, Officer! were both Belushi level mass market comedies imo

Justice, My Foot! was also very good and the fat Cantonese thug phenotype guy he has across from him in many of these is a highly underrated comedic actor. afaik chow didn't direct these but as i understand it he had a good deal of creative control after he got more clout within the hk star system

God of Cookery was a little overrated seeming but i enjoy low budget Shaw Brothers fare and still had fun with it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 2:57 PM
Author: rusted embarrassed to the bone puppy

林子聰 is awesome.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 3:21 PM
Author: salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle

he's also a gifted physical comedy actor but i think i'm talking about "Uncle Tat" (達叔), who had me in stitches 4/5 times he had a bit on screen

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS5zbR54eGNS8FXXEQrtP2Fk8A2BwmTwWEG5Q&usqp=CAU

the Cantonese Jack Black with only a tenth of JB's schtick-obnoxiousness

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Date: May 28th, 2025 5:13 PM
Author: salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle

https://youtu.be/-FsAstiwLnc?si=l7BDUIf4mw92mTIh

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Date: May 28th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: dead box office



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Date: May 28th, 2025 11:24 AM
Author: thriller wild jap

this is like asking why the balkans have never produced a massimo bottura

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Date: May 28th, 2025 1:34 PM
Author: dead box office



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Date: May 28th, 2025 2:07 PM
Author: salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle

China has some good filmmakers in the margins waiting to be discovered by Western critics still. A lot of Mainland film from the 70s and 80s still hasn't been professionally translated into English

Generally the reasons CCP film endeavors failed are the same as to their Soviet counterparts: peevish MASSOLIT type bureaucrats holding the censorial rod, unsocialized peasant populations lacking taste for what's rareified in cinema, and a general lack of resources ponied up for anything beyond what's "high concept" enough to appeal to both party and people

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Date: May 28th, 2025 2:12 PM
Author: Painfully honest glittery reading party coldplay fan

I liked Beijing Bicycle which is kind of a callback to De Sica's Bicycle Thieves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpHgZgFBfJ0

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Date: May 28th, 2025 2:31 PM
Author: rusted embarrassed to the bone puppy

kurosawa was wildly popular and pedestrian, think spielberg. he was not critically acclaimed and while he brought japanese cinema international, it is the cinephile and cineaste set that really worships him. japanese at the time thought his films were immature, too western and flashy. it is funny to me that white liberals worship kurosawa now.

chinese cinema was closed off for many decades and unknown to the west. there are many great directors, more recently the fifth generation, zhang yimou and chen kaige being personal favorites. the fact that barely anyone knows these names tells me that you guys think chinese cinema is jackie chan in rush hour.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 2:32 PM
Author: salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle



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Date: May 28th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: cracking slate stead

dont forget kung fu panda

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Date: May 28th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: arousing self-centered station incel

remember the Orbit Gum Girl? She acts in Chinese Films now for some reason:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Branch

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:42 PM
Author: salmon pea-brained meetinghouse wrinkle

she is stupid pretty

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Date: May 28th, 2025 5:15 PM
Author: Glassy yapping dingle berry

TBF, I watched 4-5 kurosawa films and thought almost all of them were awesome and 100x better than anything today

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:33 PM
Author: dead box office

What do you recommend in English for getting started?

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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:12 PM
Author: Irradiated Site



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Date: May 29th, 2025 11:25 AM
Author: slap-happy bawdyhouse factory reset button

Zhang Yimou is more pedestrian, goofy and style over substance than Kurosawa

If you said Lou Ye or Peter Ho-Sun Chan you would sound more credible (ie, 6th gen directors)

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Date: May 29th, 2025 11:43 AM
Author: Painfully honest glittery reading party coldplay fan

he made more nuanced, "quieter" movies before going big budget Hollywood

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Date: May 29th, 2025 1:59 PM
Author: rusted embarrassed to the bone puppy

6th gen directors mostly were babies or not even born when kurosawa was making movies. peter chan is hk, thats where he started and was most successful. yes, he made some films in china.

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Date: May 29th, 2025 11:48 AM
Author: Clear Party Of The First Part

kurosawa is fucking awful

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Date: May 29th, 2025 2:47 PM
Author: Razzmatazz principal's office pervert

eh he's no Goo Goo Muk Muk

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Date: May 29th, 2025 9:16 AM
Author: dead box office



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