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Getting Past the Subtitles
by Sean Peele & DK Lee
Just like you, we love movies. But you may not love Asian films as much as we do. We're here to share our love (or hate) with everyone who's not exposed to the gold mine of Asian cinema and culture, and if you're already a fan, join us as we share our take on a movie of the week. We watch, review, and discuss films from a myriad of Asian countries in order to explore new territory. So take a risk, get past the subtitles, and enjoy the show!
Episodes
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Monster of all Monsters | Godzilla (1954)
Kaiju #2 Ishirō Honda (1954) The inception of the true KING OF MONSTERS and his eternal beef with Tokyo The Host (Bong Joon-ho, 2006) Godzilla (Ishirō Honda, 1954) Shin Godzilla (Hideaki Anno, 2016) YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzMwCEPYI47Mq7W997iJkbg?view_as=subscriber Support us…
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Ugly Sea Monster | The Host
Kaiju #1 Bong Joon-ho (2006) The birth of a sea creature emerges from the Han River and wrecks havoc on civilians. It takes victims, including the daughter of a dead beat father. When the whole family learns the possibility of her survival, they prove to do anything possible to find her. The Host...
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Good Cop, Bad Cop | Tiger on Beat | Podcast Review
Buddy Cops # 4 Chia-Liang Liu (1988) Senior cop Francis Li is the opposite case of a role model for his new partner Michael Tso. In this true to form buddy cop, these unlikely pair work together to bust a drug operation against crime lord Johnny Law Midnight runners (Jason Kim, 2017) Veteran…
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Dysfunctional Heroes | Miss & Mrs. Cop
Buddy Cops # 3 Jung Da-won (2019) A young detective gets suspended from duty and is transferred with a civil servant unit. She gets partnered with a frightening, retired detective, who also is her sister in law? That's right, a dysfunctional family pair gets stuck together at work, but quickly...
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Justice against Corporation | Veteran
Buddy Cops # 2 Ryoo Seung-wan (2015) The hard boiled detected Seo Do-cheol uses any means necessary through his police jurisdiction to investigate the death of his friend Bae. Initially painted as a suicide, Do-cheol has his own doubts and digging further into the case, he is able to point a…
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The Power of Friendship | Midnight Runners
Buddy Cops # 1 Jason Kim (2017) Ki-Joon and Hee-Yeol are two cops in training who've become best friends in their time at the academy. On a night out to get away from school, they discover a young women getting kidnapped. The two rookies figure out that the proper way of doing things won't save…
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A Stubborn Father like Stubborn Daughter | Late Spring
Colorless Classics # 4 Yasujirō Ozu (1949) When it's for a widowed Professor to marry off his own daughter, she refuses to leave his side. Noriko, shares no interest and refutes all chances to get married. This causes friends and family to become concerned, and brings out all sorts plans and…
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The Housemaid
Colorless Classics # 2 Kim Ki-young (1960) When a piano teacher hires a housemaid to support his pregnant wife, he invites more trouble than good. The Femme Fatal, Myung-Sook, seduces the piano teacher and tries to tie his whole family under her string. Spring in a Small Town (Fei Mu, 1948) The...
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Separation and Seduction | Spring in a Small Town
Colorless Classics # 1 Fei Mu (1948) A devastated household and a separated marriage, Yuwen struggles to stay afloat in her marriage due to her husbands illness and depression. A old mutual friend of theirs visits their home. Little to the husbands knowledge, his friend brings both the...
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Shounen shogi or sad boy prodigy? | March Comes in Like a Lion
Podcast Review | Best of the Bet #4 Keishi Ohtomo (2017) Highschool student, Rei Kiriyama is ranked Shogi player. He lives alone, away from his adopted family because his foster sister like--hates him. He soon meets another family of sister that care for him. Kiriyama struggles to become the best...
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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler or a Spark of Genius?
Podcast Review | Best of the Bet #3 Toya Sato (2009) Kaiji Ito gets confronted by a group of loan sharks, led by a woman named Rinko. She drops on him a huge amount of debt, which he clearly can't payback. Instead, she offers him to take part of a game, which he's able to pay back his debts by...
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God of Gamblers | Podcast Review
Podcast Review | Best of the Best #2 Wong Jin (1989) What you may think is a simple story following Ko Chun the world famous "God of Gamblers", turns out to be something no so extravagant. When all is going well for him, Ko Chun falls into an unlikely accident and is adopted by the trio of…
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Tazza: The High Rollers | Podcast Review
Podcast Review | Best of the Best #1 Choi Dong-hoon (2006) Having gambled away all his and his family's money away, Goni seeks out revenge on the swindler who took his money. Along the way he meets and trains under a legendary 'Tazza" Mr. Pyeong. From rags to riches, Goni continues to his new…
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Love Letter | Podcast Review
Podcast Review | Love is the air #4 Shunji Iwai (1995) Unable to forget about loss of her fiancé Itsuki, Hiroko sends a letter to his old address in Otaru. Surprisingly, she receives a letter back from a women bearing the same name. This Itsuki helps share her memories having known the same…
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A Man and a Women's Love Story | Podcast Review
Podcast Review | Love is the air #3. Lee Yoon-Ki (2016) When two parents meet overseas, Ki-Hong and Sang-Min confide in each other's loneliness. Haven't forgotten about her, Ki-Hong finds Sang-Min again in Seoul, beginning a scandalous, yet earnest relationship. The Classic (2003) A Moment to...
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A Moment to Remember | love is in the Air
Podcast Review | Love is the air #2. John H. Lee (2004) . In the Son Ye-Jin double feature, she plays Su-Jin, a women who returns home after a scandalous relationship. She meets and falls in love with Cheol-su, who works in construction under her father. They both start a life together until…
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"The Classic" love story | Podcast Review
Podcast review | Love is the air #1 Kwak Jae-yong (2003) Starting off with a "Classic" South Korean romance film. Son Ye-Jin stars as both a daughter, Ji-Hye and her mother, Joo-Hee, in a dual fated love story about Joo-Hee's first lover and Ji=Hye's current crush in college. The daughter…
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Jet Li is: Once Upon A time in China
Podcast review | Jet Li Series #4 Tsui Hark (1991) Wong Fei-Hung is given charge to a local militia and is a martial arts teacher in 19th century Foshan, China. With foreign occupancy running rampant, Wong and his militia get into trouble with all sides of authorities against a local gang out to...
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Jet Li is: Hero
Jet Li Series #3 Dir. Yi-Mou Zhang (2002) Jet Li stars as the character only referred to as Nameless. Set in a very stylistic and beautifuly shot ancient China, Nameless is rewarded by meeting the King after slaying the 3 most fearless assasins against him. The King, desiring to learn about his...
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Jet Li is: The Fist of Legend
Podcast review | Jet Li Series #2 Dir. Gordan Chan (1994) A remake for Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury, comes Jet Li's version of Chen Zhen; Senior student to Huo Yuanjia. After hearing news of his masters death by a challenger, he seeks revenge against them. Chen Zhen realizes there is a deeper truth…
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Jet Li is: Fearless
Loosely based on the life of a Huo Yuanjia. A man who looses everything at the cost of being the best martial artist. He learns what it really means to practice Wushu and matures into a truly iconic figure. Fearless (Ronny Yu, 2006) Fist of Legend (Gordan Chan, 1994) Hero (Zhang Yimou, 2002) Once...
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Comedy Central: Shaolin Soccer
From acclaimed Stephen Chow is his blockbuster hit before the blockbuster hit. Shaolin Soccer follows Sing, a Shaolin martial artist who meets a soccer coach that puts a team together to compete in a pro league. Seeing it as a way to debut Shaolin Kung-Fu, Sing recruits all of his old Kung-Fu...
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Comedy Central: My Love Story!!
Based on a Manga/Anime also known as Ore Monogatari!! Takeo Goda, a new freshmen in highschoool, has no luck with girls. He's not only big, but maybe comes off a little unapproachable to people other than his male classmates. Unlike his best friend Makoto Sunakawa, who is quite the ladies man.…
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Comedy Central: Taste of Tea (2004)
Taste of Tea follows the lives of the members of the Haruno family. The eight-year old Sachiko is struggling with a giant version of herself watching over her as she goes about her life and is trying to figure out a way to get rid of it. Hajime's crush recently moved away from the town and he…
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Comedy Central: Twenty (2015)
As a trio of friends turn twenty years old and rationalizing that their twenties are the midpoint of their lives they each look for an answer to live life to the fullest. Next Series: Comedy Central Twenty (Lee Byeong-heon, 2015) Taste of Tea (Katsuhito Ishii, 2004) My Love Story (Hayato Kawai,...
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Vengeance Incarnate: The Handmaiden (2016)
A pickpocket and a con-artist devises a plan to steal the inheritance of a rich Korean man who made his wealth by betraying his country. The pickpocket infiltrates the household as a handmaiden to the niece of the man but things take a turn when she falls in love wit her... Next Series: Comedy...
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Vengeance Incarnate: Lady Vengeance (2005)
Framed with a murder of a child, Geum Ja enacts her long awaited plans of revenge when she is released from prison. Vengeance Incarnate: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) Old Boy (2003) Lady Vengeance (2005) Handmaiden (2016) Youtube:...
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Vengeance Incarnate: Old Boy (2003)
Arguably the pinnacle of revenge thrillers, Old Boy pushes the bounds and limits of revenge. A man is kidnapped and taken captive in a small room with no contact with the outside world except a delivery of fried dumplings everyday. Stuck in the room for 15 years with no understanding of why or…
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Vengeance Incarnate: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
We're back! We are kicking it off with our retrospective of director Park Chang Wook and his exploration of the theme of vengeance. Ryu, a deaf man, is desperate to find a kidney replacement for his sick sister. With no luck finding a suitable donor, he resorts to contacting shady organ sellers…
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Cozy Holiday Series: Story of Yonosuke (2013)
Are those who have met Yonosuke Yokomichi luckier to have known him? The unassuming student arrives in Tokyo and meets a myriad of people whose lives have all been impacted by him in big and small ways. Cozy Holiday Series: Tokyo Godfathers (2003) It All Began When I Met You (2013) Merry…
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Cozy Holiday Series: Merry Christmas Mr. Mo (2016)
A man diagnosed with cancer decides to make a movie as his last gift to the ones he loves. Cozy Holiday Series: Tokyo Godfathers (2003) It All Began When I Met You (2013) Merry Christmas Mr. Mo (2016) Story of Yonosuke (2013) Youtube:...
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Cozy Holiday Series: It All Began When I Met You (2013)
Six stories of ten people are interwoven together with Tokyo Station as the central backdrop on the eve of Christmas. Cozy Holiday Series: Tokyo Godfathers (2003) It All Began When I Met You (2013) Merry Christmas Mr. Mo (2016) Story of Yonosuke (2013) Youtube:...
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Cozy Holiday Series: Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
An eccentric homeless trio finds an abandoned baby while dumpster diving and resolves return the baby to the mother. Cozy Holiday Series: Tokyo Godfathers (2003) It All Began When I Met You (2013) Merry Christmas Mr. Mo (2016) Story of Yonosuke (2013) Youtube:...
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Asian Gangsta Series: The Outlaws (2017)
A cop pursues an unknown gangster from China that begins to stir up trouble as he sparks chaos within rival gangs. Next Series: Cozy Holiday Series Tokyo Godfathers (2003) It All Began When I Met You (2013) Merry Christmas Mr. Mo (2016) Story of Yonosuke (2013) Youtube:...
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Asian Gangsta Series: Mr. Six (2015)
An old gangster hears that his estranged son is missing after getting into some trouble. He tracks him down and prepares to pay the debt that his son owes with the help of his former gang members when things go even more awry. Asian Gangsta Series: Sonatine (1993) A Bittersweet Life (2005) Mr.…
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Asian Gangsta Series: A Bittersweet Life (2005)
The loyal mobster Sun Woo is tasked with keeping an eye on his boss' girlfriend. When he finds out that she has been seeing another guy, he decides to take matters into his own hands rather than telling the boss... Asian Gangsta Series: Sonatine (1993) A Bittersweet Life (2005) Mr. Six (2015) The...
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Asian Gangsta Series: Sonatine (1993)
An aging gangster contemplating retirement is tasked with a sketchy job to mediate between two rival gangs... Asian Gangsta Series: Sonatine (1993) A Bittersweet Life (2005) Mr. Six (2015) The Outlaws (2017) Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzMwCEPYI47Mq7W997iJkbg?view_as=subscriber...
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Evangelion Rebuild Series: Evangelion 3.0 + Thrice Upon a Time
The series finale... Shinji comes to terms with the events that plague his past and finds the courage to pilot the EVA once and for all to secure the future of the planet... Next Series: Asian Gangsta Sonatine (1993) A Bittersweet Life (2005) Mr. Six (2015) The Outlaws (2017) Youtube:...
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Evangelion Rebuild Series: Evangelion 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
14 years after the near Third Impact, Shinji awakes in a completely transformed world with Misato at the helm of Wunder, a massive airship built with the core of Eva 01 fighting against NERV after realizing their true motives... Shinji tries to figure out his place within this chaotic world....
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Evangelion Rebuild Series: Evangelion 2.22 You Can You Can {Not} Advance
With the continuous attack of the angels, NERV is given reinforcements in the form of Asuka Langley Shikinami and Mari Illustrious Makinami. Asuka stays with Misato along with Shinji and their rocky relationship begin to form as Asuka becomes a catalyst of sorts for a blooming friendship between...
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Evangelion Rebuild Series: Evangelion 1.1 You Are {Not} Alone
A boy named Shinji finds himself thrown into a chaotic war between humanity and monsters called angels. His father, who is in charge of the group created to protect humanity with the use of EVAs (giant robots designed to combat angels) tasks his estranged son to pilot it. Shinji struggles his...
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Time Traveling Series: My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday (2016)
A guy sees the perfect girl on a train. He musters up the courage to start a conversation. Things seem to be going well. However, as you say your farewells, she has tears in her eyes. She says she will see him tomorrow but something feels off... Next Series: Evangelion Evangelion 1.1 You Are…
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Time Traveling Series: Ditto (2000)
A girl stumbles upon a broken radio transceiver while stalking her admirer. In an attempt to learn how to use it, she begins talking with another guy on the other side of the line. Things get complicated as they realize that they are living in different time periods. Our next series will be the...
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Time Traveling Series: Heaven's Soldiers (2005)
In the midst of a meeting between North and South Korean delegates, a North Korean major disobeys orders and steals a nuclear warhead in an effort to avoid denuclearization. A South Korean officer and his squad is tasked to bring him back but they find themselves in hot waters when a comet hits…
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Time Traveling Series: Time Traveler - The Girl Who Leapt through Time (2012)
Akari finds out that her mother had been developing a time traveling liquid to try and visit a mysterious man in the past. After a car accident, she asks Akari to go in her stead to meet the man and give her the message that she promised to remember him. Our next series will be the Time Travelers...
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Thailand Series: Last Life in the Universe (2003)
The suicidal Kenji is a Japanese librarian at the Japan Foundation in Bangkok. He meets a woman through misfortune as her sister dies from a car accident as she was distracted by Kenji trying to jump off the bridge. Their unlikely friendship metamorphizes as they relate to the sense of loss and...
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Thailand Series: Heart Attack (Freelance) (2016)
Work work work. A life of a freelancer has no place for respite. However, constant work puts a strain on the protagonist's body which prompts him to get a check up at a dermatologist. There he meets a doctor who catches his eyes. Will her instructions be enough for him to change his ways for the...
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Thailand Series: Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (2003)
Gritty, brutal action from the iconic Thai action star Tony Jaa, Ong Bak was the movie that put him on the world stage showcasing his mastery over his body performing awe-inspiring stunts reminiscent of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. Thailand Series: 1) Bad Genius (2017) 2) Ong Bak: Muay Tai Warrior...
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Thailand Series: Bad Genius (2017)
What do you get when you have a genius student surrounded by bad influences? A large scale standardized test cheating scandal. This Thailand film draws inspiration from the Hollywood heist films that puts you at the edge of your seat! Thailand Series: 1) Bad Genius (2017) 2) Ong Bak: Muay Tai...
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Kurosawa Cinema: Madadayo (1993)
Kurosawa's swan song, his heartfelt film about a professor who isn't ready to leave the world and the people he loves just yet. Our next series will be films hailing from Thailand! Thailand Series: 1) Bad Genius (2017) 2) Ong Bak: Muay Tai Warrior (2003) 3) Heart Attack (2016) 4) Last Life in the...
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Just like you, we love movies. But you may not love Asian films as much as we do. We're here to share our love (or hate) with everyone who's not exposed to the gold mine of Asian cinema and culture, and if you're already a fan, join us as we share our take on a movie of the week. We watch, review, and discuss films from a myriad of Asian countries in order to explore new territory. So take a risk, get past the subtitles, and enjoy the show!
HOSTED BY
Sean Peele & DK Lee
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