Skye-N-Rain is the Creator and co-admin of MyDramaList.Com. Together with Ji-n, they are actively improving MyDramaList day by day and hope to one day make it the biggest and most awesomest drama site on the web. Skye also apparently likes to talk in the third person.
Gah, it's already Monday. I was enjoying my weekend! Bring it back! Bring it back! Oh right, i'm supposed to be writing an article. Remember to check out last weeks picks if you haven't already. Now here are this weeks three movies (that will hopefully help you survive through the week):
Korea: The Man From Nowhere (아저씨)
A quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug- and organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.
Genre: Action, Drama Year: 2010
Skye's Note: This movie has slight nudity and quite a bit of graphic violence. Normally I wouldn't recommend a movie like that, but this movie is truly one of the most amazing films out there.
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Japan - Taiyou no Uta
Kaoru dreamily gazes from her bedroom window each morning just before dawn. She can see a stretch of the beach in front of her parent's house on a hill in Kamakura, but focuses upon the activity at the bus stop where Koji and his two best friends meet before going surfing. The appearance of the sun causes her to lowers the blinds and go to sleep for she suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) and exposure to the sun's rays has had the potential to kill her. At night she walks to the train station, plays her guitar and sings songs she has written, commonly returning home just a few minutes before it starts getting light. One morning she is at the bus stop singing when Koji arrives...
Genre: Drama, Romance Year: 2006
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China - Fearless
This film tells the story of Chinese Martial Arts Master Huo Yuanjia (1869-1910). Huo Yuanjia was the founder and spiritual guru of the Jin Wu Sports Federation.
This biopic is set during the late 1800's to early 1900's, a pivotal period in China's history, when the whole country is shrouded under increasing internal turmoil and the imminent threat of foreign invasion.
Huo Yuanjia (starring Jet LI) begins the story as a cocky, young Martial Arts practitioner with only one thing in his mind, to become the best at his craft at all costs. However, that leads to...
Genre: Action, Drama, Martial Arts Year: 2006
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So what do you think?
Recommend three of your favorite movies (Korean, Japanese, and Chinese ) for next weeks article in the comments below.
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