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MarshalDillion55 (100 KP) rated God of War (Dang kou feng yun) (2017) in Movies

Feb 9, 2018  
God of War (Dang kou feng yun) (2017)
God of War (Dang kou feng yun) (2017)
2017 | Action, History
10
8.5 (2 Ratings)
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Lots of Martial Arts action (1 more)
The historical aspects
Historical action doesn't get any better than this
Taking place in 16th century China, the movie follows the story of General Qi Jiguang (Wenzhuo Zhao) in his fight against the Wokou (Japanese Pirates) that were terrorizing the Chinese coast. Based on a true story.
  
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Asif Kapadia recommended In Ghostly Japan in Books (curated)

 
In Ghostly Japan
In Ghostly Japan
Lafcadio Hearn | 2021 | Horror
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Book Favorite

"A collection of magical, supernatural Japanese folk tales, first recommended to me by a well-traveled and well-read friend, this collection has a special significance as a four line footnote from this book about a young boy training to be a samurai inspired the screenplay of my first feature film, “The Warrior.”"

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    Ichi (2008)

    Ichi (2008)

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    Ichi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but...

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Rings (2017) in Movies

Oct 30, 2017 (Updated Oct 30, 2017)  
Rings (2017)
Rings (2017)
2017 | Horror
4
3.8 (21 Ratings)
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Done to death (excuse the pun)
(Rant) The American Ring series is a franchise that should never have been given the go-ahead in the first place, mostly because it's a massacre of the original Japanese film, as Hollywood has never heard of the term "less is more". And this pretty much tops the entire collection as the most pointless film that was made. Lessons were clearly not learnt from the initial two movies.

For one, assume that Samara is evil. There are no two ways about that. So why these do-gooders continually attempt to save her is beyond me. Do they never learn? And two, after seeing what Samara can do to a person's face in the previous films, this seems to be less frightening in the third and hopefully final film in the trilogy. Hence the above the qualm - less is more.

The Japanese films diverge massively, and the best part of it is the fact that they don't need to be over-dramatic to create pure fear. Japanese and Korean subtlety does not translate well in the US film industry and its uniqueness is why the movies were exemplary. Not worth your time.