YeinJee's Asian Journal » Drama and Movie Reviews http://yeinjee.com Popular blog about Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, trend, events, traditions and offbeat stuff. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:23:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Departures (2008) movie review http://yeinjee.com/2009/departures-movie-review/ http://yeinjee.com/2009/departures-movie-review/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:25:37 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=22610 “Departures” (おくりびと, Okuribito) is a multiple award winning Japanese movie and winner of the best foreign language film at the 2009 Oscars.

Directed by Yojiro Takita and starring Masahiro Motoki, the movie follows the story of a nokanshi whose job is to prepare the death for encoffinment. Other main leads include Ryoko Hirosue and Tsutomu Yamazaki etc.

Japanese movie Departures aka Okuribito

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2009/departures-movie-review/feed/ 2 Getting Home (2007) review http://yeinjee.com/2008/getting-home-2007-review/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/getting-home-2007-review/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:24:30 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=1453 “Getting Home” (落叶归根; Luo Ye Gui Gen) is an award winning Chinese black comedy directed by Zhang Yang and starred veteran comedian Zhao Benshan.

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2008/getting-home-2007-review/feed/ 10 The Warlords (2007) movie review http://yeinjee.com/2008/the-warlords-2007-movie-review/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/the-warlords-2007-movie-review/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:40:58 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=826 “The Warlords” (投名状; Tau Ming Chong) is a 2007 Chinese movie, directed by Peter Chan and starred Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Xu Jinglei. The movie was the biggest winner of Hong Kong Film Awards in April 2008, capturing the best movie, best director and best actor awards etc.

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2008/the-warlords-2007-movie-review/feed/ 2 The Chaser (2008) movie review http://yeinjee.com/2008/the-chaser-movie-review/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/the-chaser-movie-review/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:50:43 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=761 “The Chaser” (추격자; Chugyeogja) is a Korean movie which won multiple awards at the Daejong Film Festival in 2008. I watched the movie shortly after the film fest, and I think their wins are quite justified… it’s simply a great movie.

Korean movie The Chaser

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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2008/the-chaser-movie-review/feed/ 4 Attention Please (2006) http://yeinjee.com/2008/attention-please-2006/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/attention-please-2006/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 04:39:49 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=257 “Attention Please” is a 2006 Japanese drama, adapted from the same title manga about the training of flight attendants for Japan Airlines.

The drama starred Aya Ueto, Ryo Nishikido, Saki Aibu, Miki Maya, Misa Uehara, Chihiro Otsuka, Kotaro Koizumi and Fumiyo Kohinata etc.

Japanese drama Attention Please
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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2008/attention-please-2006/feed/ 5 On Air (2008) drama review http://yeinjee.com/2008/on-air-2008-drama-review/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/on-air-2008-drama-review/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 07:40:16 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=236 “On Air” (온에어) is a Korean drama about TV drama production… behind the scenes, the challenges, struggles, teamwork, scandals and relationships.

The drama is directed by Shin Woo-chul and written by Kim Eun-suk, the team behind popular dramas “Lovers in Paris” and “Lovers in Prague” etc. Leading the cast are Lee Beom-soo, Kim Ha-neul, Park Yong-ha and Song Yun-ah.

Korean drama On Air
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]]> http://yeinjee.com/2008/on-air-2008-drama-review/feed/ 11 Sinking of Japan (2006) movie review http://yeinjee.com/2007/sinking-of-japan-movie-review/ http://yeinjee.com/2007/sinking-of-japan-movie-review/#comments Fri, 18 May 2007 13:14:51 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=15902 Sinking of Japan (日本沈没; Nihon Chinbotsu) was a a 2006 remake of 1973 film Japan Sinks, based on a fictional novel by Sakyo Komatsu. The new movie was directed by Shinji Higuchi and starred Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Kou Shibasaki etc.

The story is about Japan sinking into the sea due to tectonic plates’ motions… and time is running out for the Japanese as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis began to devour the soil.

Japanese movie - Sinking of Japan

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