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Happy Vader
13 years, 3 months ago at Jan 29 15:06 - For Me Its:
Maggie Cheung
Zhang Ziyi
Vicki Zhao
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Tony Leung
Chen Daoming
Andy Lau!
Maggie Cheung
Zhang Ziyi
Vicki Zhao
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Tony Leung
Chen Daoming
Andy Lau!
Veed
13 years, 3 months ago at Jan 31 21:36 - Right now is Donnie Yen. I've been watching the amazing movies he's done with director Wilson Yip lately, and Im really enjoying them so far. Donnie steals the show.
Happy Vader
13 years, 3 months ago at Feb 1 6:54 - Donnie Yen Is Seriously Talented....... Agreed!
astro_man23
13 years, 3 months ago at Feb 3 21:22 - Son Ye-jin
Bae Du-na
Eun-hye Park
So Yi-hyun (from Gloria)
Kim So-yeon
and this man-beast of an ass kicker: Tony Jaa
I almost didn't recognize Vicky Zhao with hair since all I remember her as is the shiny bald head in Shaolin Soccer.
Bae Du-na
Eun-hye Park
So Yi-hyun (from Gloria)
Kim So-yeon
and this man-beast of an ass kicker: Tony Jaa
I almost didn't recognize Vicky Zhao with hair since all I remember her as is the shiny bald head in Shaolin Soccer.
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13 years, 3 months ago at Feb 3 22:57 - Am I going to get flamed if all my guys/gals are from Godzilla movies?? =P
Haruo Nakajima - The actor inside Godzilla's original suit and many of the famous ones that followed. This guy put his physical health on the line going into a new medium to special effects - suitimation - which added a popular alternative to stop motion for animating giant monsters.
Akira Takarada - The hero from the original Gojira who also made appearances in a good number of the successive Showa Godzilla films (and again in Final Wars!).
Akihiko Hirata - He played the tortured scientist Serizawa in Gojira. Probably the most interesting character in the film.
Kumi Mizuno - She also made an appearance in Final Wars. I remember her most from her role in Invasion of the Astro Monster, where she played a female alien from Planet X torn between her human lover and her allegiance to her homeworld.
...that's all I can come up with at the moment. Pretty much any recurring actor/actress in kaiju productions who acted well and played someone written to be interesting in the first place has my vote.
Haruo Nakajima - The actor inside Godzilla's original suit and many of the famous ones that followed. This guy put his physical health on the line going into a new medium to special effects - suitimation - which added a popular alternative to stop motion for animating giant monsters.
Akira Takarada - The hero from the original Gojira who also made appearances in a good number of the successive Showa Godzilla films (and again in Final Wars!).
Akihiko Hirata - He played the tortured scientist Serizawa in Gojira. Probably the most interesting character in the film.
Kumi Mizuno - She also made an appearance in Final Wars. I remember her most from her role in Invasion of the Astro Monster, where she played a female alien from Planet X torn between her human lover and her allegiance to her homeworld.
...that's all I can come up with at the moment. Pretty much any recurring actor/actress in kaiju productions who acted well and played someone written to be interesting in the first place has my vote.
astro_man23
13 years, 3 months ago at Feb 5 1:55 - I really liked Godzilla: Final Wars. I remember Akihiko Hirata from Godzilla vs. King Kong, which absolutely needs a sequel.
Mackenzi
13 years, 2 months ago at Feb 16 5:23 - I haven't seen a lot of Asian actors or Asian films, so mine are fairly mainstream. But they were very memorable actors for me.
1) Jay Chou, from the Green Hornet reboot: adorable, charming, funny. I want to see more of him in the future.
2) Ken Watanabe, from Inception, Memoirs of a Geisha, and The Last Samurai: Also charming, dignified, handsome (oh so handsome!) and suave. I hardly ever like war movies but I want to see Letters from Iwo Jima now I know he's in it.
3) Michelle Yeoh, from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sunshine, and Memoirs of a Geisha: Beautiful, graceful, poised. She shouldn't have done that last Mummy movie, it was below her talents.
1) Jay Chou, from the Green Hornet reboot: adorable, charming, funny. I want to see more of him in the future.
2) Ken Watanabe, from Inception, Memoirs of a Geisha, and The Last Samurai: Also charming, dignified, handsome (oh so handsome!) and suave. I hardly ever like war movies but I want to see Letters from Iwo Jima now I know he's in it.
3) Michelle Yeoh, from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sunshine, and Memoirs of a Geisha: Beautiful, graceful, poised. She shouldn't have done that last Mummy movie, it was below her talents.
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Abhi
13 years, 2 months ago at Feb 27 8:14 - Tony Leung Chiu Wai is, hands down, one my favourite actors. His resume is impressive - In the Mood for Love, Infernal Affairs, Happy Together, Chungking Express, City of Sadness, Lust/Caution, Red Cliff and Hero. The list is indeed long. He has played, to my knowledge, the romantic lead, the bad guy, a gay man, a blind man and a mute man. He's a fantastically talented and versatile actor.
Rylvan
12 years, 2 months ago at Mar 10 5:27 - Maybe they can get him and Tony Jaa next time around.
xxixii
11 years, 11 months ago at Jun 7 16:30 - BC68 beat me to ity - I second JeeJa Yanin - a modern day female Jackie Chan
Alos Pang Brothers fave - Angelica Lee
Alos Pang Brothers fave - Angelica Lee
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11 years, 11 months ago at Jun 7 18:54 - Toshirô Mifune
I cannot get enough of his manical laughter
I cannot get enough of his manical laughter
astro_man23
11 years, 11 months ago at Jun 8 0:38 - Just the other day, I was thinking about Toshiro in Akahige and Yojimbo. I went through a Kurosawa phase that lasted for months, but I haven't watched a good ronin film in a couple of years. Hmm, I think I'll change that soon.
Just wanted to add to this thread another good piece of Asian cinema: Dr. Wai in the Scriptures with No Words. It's sort of a Hong Kong version of Indiana Jones with lots of laughs. It's not as mainstream as other Jet Li movies, but it does have a hilarious rematch with Billy Chow, who was General Fujita in 1994's Fist of Legend, the much better remake of Chinese Connection (Sorry, Bruce.) Poor Billy was typecasted as an evil Japanese general again, lol. Plus Onimusha, I mean Takeshi Kaneshiro is Jet's sidekick.
Also, Forbidden City Cop (Stephen Chow) was recently remastered and put on Blu-Ray. Great date movie if your girl likes kung fu comedy.
Dunno about you guys, but I like pairing whatever Asian movie I'm watching with the appropriate food. Japanese movie-Japanese food. Chinese movie-Chinese food. And now I'm starving.
Just wanted to add to this thread another good piece of Asian cinema: Dr. Wai in the Scriptures with No Words. It's sort of a Hong Kong version of Indiana Jones with lots of laughs. It's not as mainstream as other Jet Li movies, but it does have a hilarious rematch with Billy Chow, who was General Fujita in 1994's Fist of Legend, the much better remake of Chinese Connection (Sorry, Bruce.) Poor Billy was typecasted as an evil Japanese general again, lol. Plus Onimusha, I mean Takeshi Kaneshiro is Jet's sidekick.
Also, Forbidden City Cop (Stephen Chow) was recently remastered and put on Blu-Ray. Great date movie if your girl likes kung fu comedy.
Dunno about you guys, but I like pairing whatever Asian movie I'm watching with the appropriate food. Japanese movie-Japanese food. Chinese movie-Chinese food. And now I'm starving.