Anukkai watches and talks about films from Asia
This week is a time for families to come together and try to avoid excessive conflicts. So, here is a movie about organized crime. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 136 minutes. … Continue reading WTF ASIA 240: A Family (2021)
Last week’s movie was about events that led to the toppling of an oppressive regime. This week’s movie takes place during a less successful attempt to topple an oppressive regime. Available on Einthusan. I have seen that this movie is … Continue reading WTF ASIA 239: Junoon (1979)
In a time of tyranny, in a land of lies, one man has the courage to stand up and say you know what, fuck you. Available in Australia, Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 129 minutes. … Continue reading WTF ASIA 238: 1987 – When the Day Comes (2017)
Yes, this movie is mostly told in flashbacks, just like last week’s movie. But this one is about copying, so it is fine. Available in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 126 minutes. Lee Man … Continue reading WTF ASIA 237: Project Gutenberg (2018)
Sometimes, there is nothing scarier than family. Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 123 minutes. The movie starts out as if there were a scene missing, but don’t worry, there will be plenty of backstory provided … Continue reading WTF ASIA 236: The Ceremony (1971)
Love. Death. The Show Must Go On. Available in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 120 minutes. It’s test time at the high school. Tan, the proctor, manages to wake up the kid who … Continue reading WTF ASIA 235: Talentime (2009)
No time for love, DH Joy Available in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 117 minutes. The movie starts with a voice-over accompanying a bunch of disjointed images that become slightly less disjointed … Continue reading WTF ASIA 234: Hello, Love, Goodbye (2019)
If you are going to someone’s house, always remember to call beforehand. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 115 minutes. Krishna had been singing in her sleep when her husband … Continue reading WTF ASIA 233: Ishqiya (2010)
Martin Scorsese really liked this one. Available in Canada, the Netherlands, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 113 minutes. Han Gong-ju is talking to someone about thinking up a tune in her mind, incorporating all of the sounds … Continue reading WTF ASIA 232: Han Gong-ju (2013)
Want to play a game of Kick the Can? Available in Canada, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 109 minutes. A pair of men named Tai and Cat walk go to an apartment and ask for a … Continue reading WTF ASIA 231: Exiled (2006)
If Superman had this childhood… Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 105 minutes. Oh dear… It takes a while for the image to come into focus. It finally does … Continue reading WTF ASIA 230: Kalel, 15 (2019)
What if the 2004’s Crash but in Indonesia? Oh, come on. It’s not like you were going to click on this anyways. Available in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 102 minutes. The … Continue reading WTF ASIA 229: Tanda Tanya (2011)
A movie set in Korea, made in Kazakhstan, and everyone is speaking Russian. All right, let’s do this. Available in Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and perhaps a few other countries. It is also available in the United States and probably Canada. I don’t know why … Continue reading WTF ASIA 228: Revenge (1989)
That’s right, folks. Another movie about a guy who drives a truck, lost his wife, and has a debt to pay. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 98 minutes. Ghalib arrives at the warehouse … Continue reading WTF ASIA 227: Milestone (2020)
Trucking through life as everyone dies. Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. I don’t trust those Amazon links, but it does seem to be on Youtube. Approximately 96 minutes. Jung Cheol-min is a truck driver. Because of … Continue reading WTF ASIA 226: 24 Hours to Die (2008)
So…apparently the 25th of September is going to be National Lobster Day in the United States? Okay… Available in Australia, Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 93 minutes. The movie starts out … Continue reading WTF ASIA 225: Lobster Cop (2018)
It’s Toshiro Mifune’s FIRST MOVIE! Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 89 minutes. I guess that this movie was so adamant in being under 90 minutes that uses the opening credit sequence to hint at … Continue reading WTF ASIA 224: Snow Trail (1947)
I believe you can get me through the night Available in Australia, Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 86 minutes. Well, that is a pretty nice opening shot, right? This is a community of T’boli. We get … Continue reading WTF ASIA 223: K’na, The Dreamweaver (2014)
A small story about a small home and the big measures to keep it. Available in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 83 minutes. So, that is her. Since she … Continue reading WTF ASIA 222: Hers (2017)
When non-Indians think of Indian movies, I am guessing that masala movies are most likely to spring to mind. And, since I have not featured a masala movie in a while, I might as well feature one of the masala-est … Continue reading WTF ASIA 221: Om Shanti Om (2007)
No, this is not the zombie movie, though you may sometimes mistake the main character for the walking dead. Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Also on Youtube and AsianCrush. The commonality of this title makes … Continue reading WTF ASIA 220: Alive (2014)
