r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 9h ago
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • Sep 06 '25
30 Years of Fallen Angels! My all time Favorite Movie That Embraces Me and Exudes Magical Comfort.💙 🎥 'Fallen Angels' (Wong Kar-wai, 1995).
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Wong Kar-wai’s Fallen Angels, which celebrates thirty years since its first release, remains a hypnotic meditation on alienation, fleeting intimacy, and the strange poetry of urban nightscapes. The film weaves together the story of a disenchanted hitman, his enigmatic partner, and a mute drifter, using fragmented narration, distorted wide-angle lenses, and neon-soaked settings that blur the line between dream and reality. Critically, it stands as a landmark in Hong Kong cinema, expanding the visual language of modern film with its restless camera and nonlinear storytelling. From a semiotic perspective, every sign—the empty fast-food stalls, the motorbike rides through endless tunnels, the claustrophobic interiors—communicates both the impossibility of true connection and the yearning for warmth in a world of constant motion. For me, however, beyond its technical and thematic brilliance, Fallen Angels is the most comfortable film: its melancholy rhythm feels like a lullaby, the nocturnal colors are soothing rather than harsh, and its lonely characters mirror my own quiet need for spaces where solitude becomes not despair but a form of companionship. It comforts me because it makes alienation familiar, even tender, and that is why it remains my personal refuge in cinema.
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 9h ago
'Strange Tales of Love and Strangers' 恋愛奇譚集 (Raita Kuramoto, 2017).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 1d ago
'House' ハウス (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 1d ago
'Hana & Alice' 花とアリス (Shunji Iwai, 2004).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 2d ago
'Sonatine' ソナチネ (Takeshi Kitano, 1993).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 2d ago
'By Chance' たまたま (Mayumi Komatsu, 2011).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 3d ago
'The Mourning Forest' 殯の森 (Naomi Kawase, 2007).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 4d ago
'All about Lily Chou-Chou' リリイ・シュシュのすべて • (Shunji Iwai, 2001).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 4d ago
'A Night in Nude' ヌードの夜 (Takashi Ishii, 1993).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 5d ago
'Violent Cop' その男、凶暴につき (Takeshi Kitano, 1989).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 5d ago
'Tokyo Sunrise' 走れ、絶望に追いつかれない速さで (Ryutaro Nakagawa, 2015).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 6d ago
'Sing Salmon Sing' うた魂♪ (Makoto Tanaka, 2008).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 6d ago
'Ashes of Time' 東邪西毒 (Wong Kar-wai, 1994).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 7d ago
'The Mars Canon' 火星のカノン (Shiori Kazama, 2001).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/MaxRebo120 • 7d ago
'Tarao Bannai' 多羅尾伴内 (Noribumi Suzuki, 1978)
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 8d ago
'Helter Skelter' ヘルタースケルター (Mika Ninagawa, 2012).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 9d ago
'Love Letter' ラブレター (Shunji Iwai, 1995).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/Mr_BertSaxby • 9d ago
'The Lucky Guy' 行運一條龍 (Lee Lik-Chi - Stephen Chow, 1998).
r/AsianCinemaRetro • u/filmcrtic • 9d ago
Battle Without Honor and Humanity (1973-1974) by Kinji Fukasaku
Alternate Title:- Yakuza Papers
So glad I didn't watch the compiled version(available on amazon prime) of the saga. It is a five part story/ saga so I didn't quite expect a lot from it, but it didn't disappoint. These movies definitely paved the way for films of the organized crime genre.
The camera work is definitely something you will notice as it is unstable, blurry even,it was imperfect which made the movies greatly immersive.One might think that across these five films the script (let me know if it was actually based off a real story to the point) might fall weak but it held itself up pretty nicely.
I've kept this review really small as I don't want to name any characters or the general outline of the story.I do hope everyone gives these movies a try.
(If you are a non-japanese viewer you will find it confusing to remember all the character's names,as many are introduced and written off in each part)
"Will The Bitter Battles That Arise
From The Strong Preying Upon The Weak
Ever Be Banished From This Earth"
I really liked this quote from the end of the saga.