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9 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Han Gong-ju. 2013 1h 52m R. 7.2 (2.8K) Rate. 68 Metascore. Han Gong-Ju transfers to a new school to escape her past. It takes a long time for her troubled past to catch up with her but when it does, the revelation is devastating. Director Lee Su-jin Stars Chun Woo-hee Jung In-sun Kim So-young. 2. Hope.
- 16 Hachi-ko
- 15 Grave of The Fireflies
- 14 Nobody Knows
- 13 Hula Girls
- 12 My Darling Is A Foreigner
- 11 The Wind Rises
- 10 Flying Colors
- 9 Foujita
- 8 Miss Hokusai
- 7 The 8-Year Engagement
The movie Hachi-ko, also known as Hachikō Monogatari, was based on a real Akita dog of the same name in Tokyo in the early 1900s who waited at the Shibuya train station for his owner each day for around nine years unknowing that he had died. Fans of the animated sci-fi comedy Futurama might already be familiar with Hachi-ko’s story from the show’s ...
Grave of the Fireflies is one of Studio Ghibli’s more heart-wrenching types of movies. Taking place in Kobe, Japan during World War II, the film tells the story of how siblings Seita and Setsuko care for each other and survive the final months of the war. The film has earned much recognition over the years and has been hailed by the renowned late f...
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Nobody Knows is a film based on a real-life incident in Japan known as the Sugamo child abandonment case that happened in Tokyo’s Toshima Ward in which a mother abandons her children leaving them alone in an apartment for nine months. The children would eventually be found by the Sumago police, though sadly, one of the siblings ...
Hula Girlstells the real-life story of how back in the mid-60s a group of girls saved their small coal mining town, Iwaki, from economic downfall by learning to hula dance to attract tourists. Due to their efforts, they helped launch the Joban Hawaiian Center, now known as the Spa Resort Hawaiians, and hula dancing has continued to be one of the th...
My Darling is a Foreigneris a funny rom-comset in Tokyo about the relationship between a Japanese manga artist named Saori Ogura and an American man named Tony Laszlo and all the cross-cultural experiences that come with being an international couple. The film is based on the experiences of the real-life Saori Oguri and her relationship with her hu...
The Wind Rises is another Studio Ghibli inspired by a true story, this time from the life of the Japanese aircraft engineer Jiro Horikoshi, who was most famous for creating the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane used by the Japanese military during World War II. While the animated historical fiction is based on Jiro Horikoshi’s life, it does take so...
Flying Colorsis based on true experiences written by Japanese author and educator Nobutaka Tsubota in his 2013 novel about his student Sayaka Kobayashi and how she managed to pass her entrance exam to get into Keio University. The movie stays pretty faithful to Tsubota’s novel, even downright keeping some of the first names of people mentioned in t...
As indicated by the film’s title, Foujita is a biopic based on the Japanese artist of the early 1920s Tsuguharu Foujita. Foujita was well-known for mixing traditional Japanese art with the European Modernism style in his painting, which according to Bonhams, was famously associated with his works of nudes and cats. The movie dives into many aspects...
Production I.G’sMiss Hokusai takes an interesting approach to the biopic genre in a similar vein to Studio Ghibli’s The Wind Risesin that it takes artistic liberties by telling a historical figure’s story through imaginary animations. The film focuses on the life of the real-life famous Japanese artist Hokusai’s daughter Ōi Katsushika, who becomes ...
The 8-Year Engagementis a remarkable love story that defies all odds. It’s a true story about the couple Hisashi Nishizawa and Mai Nakahara who were supposed to get married in 2007. Before they could tie the knot, however, Mai got sick and fell into a coma until 2011 when she woke up with no memories of her fiance. Regardless, Hisashi held on hope ...
- The Big Sick. Released: 2017. Rated: R. Director: Michael Showalter. Based on the real-life love story between Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, the married couple who cowrote the script, The Big Sick follows an aspiring Pakistani American comedian—also named Kumail—as he pursues stand-up comedy and falls in love with Emily.
- Turning Red. Released: 2022. Rated: PG. Director: Domee Shi. Set in Toronto, Canada, Turning Red follows Chinese Canadian teen Mei as she navigates life at home and school, all the while transforming into a giant red panda when her emotions are heightened.
- Saving Face. Released: 2004. Rated: R. Director: Alice Wu. Alice Wu’s 2004 romantic comedy is a love letter to New York’s Chinatown. Michelle Krusiec plays Wilhelmina Pang, a young Chinese American surgeon who is a closeted lesbian.
- The White Tiger. Released: 2021. Rated: R. Director: Ramin Bahrani. How do you take charge of your life when the odds are stacked against you? Balram Halwai is a “white tiger”—someone whose intelligence is once in a generation.
Laugh, cry, sigh, scream, shout or whatever you feel like with these comedies, dramas, romances, thrillers and so much more, all hailing from Asia.
- Jessie Nguyen
- Senior List Writer
- ‘The Apu Trilogy’ — India. The Apu Trilogy is a renowned Indian film series directed by Satyajit Ray which follows the life and coming-of-age journey of a young boy named Apu in rural Bengal.
- ‘Vengeance Trilogy’ — South Korea. The Vengeance Trilogy is a series of South Korean films directed by Park Chan-wook that consists of three films, which are not direct sequels, but share thematic and narrative elements.
- ‘Human Condition Trilogy’ -— Japan. The Human Condition Trilogy, also known as Ningen no Joken, is a highly acclaimed Japanese film series directed by Masaki Kobayashi.
- Inagaki’s ‘The Samurai Trilogy’ — Japan. The Samurai Trilogy, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, is a series of films that portray the life and adventures of the legendary swordsman Musashi Miyamoto, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa.
Oct 8, 2021 · In this list, you’ll find Asian-American flicks filmed in English, as well as movies in their native language with subtitles. Featuring award-winning art films, romantic comedies, thrillers...
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