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How come China has never produced a Kurosawa?

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Khaki Garrison
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Khaki Garrison
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John Woo and Wong Kar-Wei have made some incredible movies
Cocky heady trailer park
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hong kong is a separate film industry the real answer is ...
Low-t jet elastic band
  05/28/25
are u a Chinese film mo? touch of sin looks 180, adding it t...
Khaki Garrison
  05/28/25
I've shilled another film by this guy. https://www.youtub...
Rebellious library
  05/28/25
> got banned for gay shit my brother in christ, Chen K...
wild swollen stage travel guidebook
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Khaki Garrison
  05/29/25
CR. Also, does Edward Yang count? Yi Yi and A Confucian Conf...
Sticky Feces
  05/28/25
Yuge Stephen Chow fan here
Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo
  05/28/25
kung fu, god of cookery, shaolin soccer. yes, in that order.
fragrant snowy office macaca
  05/28/25
Love on Delivery and Look Out, Officer! were both Belushi le...
Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo
  05/28/25
林子聰 is awesome.
fragrant snowy office macaca
  05/28/25
he's also a gifted physical comedy actor but i think i'm tal...
Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo
  05/28/25
https://youtu.be/-FsAstiwLnc?si=l7BDUIf4mw92mTIh
Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo
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Khaki Garrison
  05/28/25
this is like asking why the balkans have never produced a ma...
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Khaki Garrison
  05/28/25
China has some good filmmakers in the margins waiting to be ...
Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo
  05/28/25
I liked Beijing Bicycle which is kind of a callback to De Si...
Rebellious library
  05/28/25
kurosawa was wildly popular and pedestrian, think spielberg....
fragrant snowy office macaca
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Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo
  05/28/25
dont forget kung fu panda
coiffed out-of-control chapel hairy legs
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remember the Orbit Gum Girl? She acts in Chinese Films now f...
learning disabled fantasy-prone lettuce son of senegal
  05/28/25
she is stupid pretty
Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo
  05/28/25
TBF, I watched 4-5 kurosawa films and thought almost all of ...
titillating rusted love of her life menage
  05/28/25
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Exciting Native
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Zhang Yimou is more pedestrian, goofy and style over substan...
offensive location multi-billionaire
  05/29/25
he made more nuanced, "quieter" movies before goin...
Rebellious library
  05/29/25
6th gen directors mostly were babies or not even born when k...
fragrant snowy office macaca
  05/29/25
kurosawa is fucking awful
free-loading dashing nursing home gaming laptop
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eh he's no Goo Goo Muk Muk
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Date: May 27th, 2025 5:49 PM
Author: Khaki Garrison



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:45 AM
Author: Khaki Garrison



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Cocky heady trailer park

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:56 AM
Author: Low-t jet elastic band

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: Khaki Garrison

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: Rebellious library

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: wild swollen stage travel guidebook

> 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: Khaki Garrison



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:58 AM
Author: Sticky Feces

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: Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo

Yuge Stephen Chow fan here

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Date: May 28th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: fragrant snowy office macaca

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 2:52 PM
Author: Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo

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: fragrant snowy office macaca

林子聰 is awesome.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 3:21 PM
Author: Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo

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: Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo

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

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Date: May 28th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Khaki Garrison



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Date: May 28th, 2025 11:24 AM
Author: Stimulating navy indirect expression brunch

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: Khaki Garrison



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Date: May 28th, 2025 2:07 PM
Author: Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo

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: Rebellious library

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: fragrant snowy office macaca

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: Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo



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Date: May 28th, 2025 2:46 PM
Author: coiffed out-of-control chapel hairy legs

dont forget kung fu panda

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Date: May 28th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: learning disabled fantasy-prone lettuce son of senegal

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: Frozen step-uncle's house tattoo

she is stupid pretty

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Date: May 28th, 2025 5:15 PM
Author: titillating rusted love of her life menage

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: Khaki Garrison

What do you recommend in English for getting started?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730447&forum_id=2...id.#48968886)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:12 PM
Author: Exciting Native



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Date: May 29th, 2025 11:25 AM
Author: offensive location multi-billionaire

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: Rebellious library

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

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Date: May 29th, 2025 1:59 PM
Author: fragrant snowy office macaca

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: free-loading dashing nursing home gaming laptop

kurosawa is fucking awful

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Date: May 29th, 2025 2:47 PM
Author: multi-colored theater dingle berry

eh he's no Goo Goo Muk Muk

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Date: May 29th, 2025 9:16 AM
Author: Khaki Garrison



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