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.
So I'm a huge fan of movies (both Asian and non-Asian). In fact, if you check out my list you'll see that I have more movies than I have dramas (shocking I know!). But I also know how difficult it can be to find a good movie, especially when you feel like you've seen everything out there. That's why I decided to do a weekly segment where I pick 3 movies that I feel are amazing and that more people should watch.
So let us begin!
Korea: Sunny(써니)
Na-mi is the new girl at school who just moved from the countryside. Whenever she's nervous she can't control her accent and one day one she is laughed at by the school bullies.Just then, a group of girls jump in to help. They are Chun-hwa, the most righteous girl in Jindeok Girl's High, unattractive Jang-mi who is obsessed with big eyes, Jin-hee the cursing queen, literature-loving girl Geum-ok and her monstrous powers, peculiar Bok-hee, who dreams of winning the beauty pageant, and cold, arrogant Suji. Na-mi joins them to form group 'SUNNY', promising each other they will stay together forever. But a sudden accident tears them apart. 25 years later, married and living with a fine husband and a beautiful daughter, Na-mi still feels something lacks from her life. One day, she runs into Chun-hwa and feeling joy from the encounter she decides to find other members of SUNNY too. Stepping out of everyday life devoted to her family, Na-mi begins her search of friends from the past, and remembering the dazzling friendship of the time she finds herself at the happiest moment of her life.
Genre: Drama, Friendship Year: 2011
Japan: Shinigami no Seido (死神の精度)
Chiba (Takeshi Kaneshiro) appears seven days before a person dies an unexpected death. His job is to observe the person for seven days, and then decide either to 'execute' or 'pass over'. Getting his work quickly out of the way, he goes to the listening booth of a CD shop and indulges in his favorite pastime, listening to 'humanity's greatest invention': music. He is...a Grim Reaper. Today, again, in the rain, he waits. His subject, her death due in seven days, is Kazue Fujiki (Manami Konishi), 27. She works for a manufacturing company, in the complaints department. Exhausted after her day, she emerges from her office. It's time for the Reaper to go to work.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Year: 2008
China: The Warlords (投名狀)
It's a heroic tale of three blood brothers and their struggle in the midst of war and political upheaval. It is based on "The Assassination of Ma," a Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) story about the killing of general Ma Xinyi.
Genre: Action, Drama, Friendship, Historical Year: 2007
So what do you think? If you've watched all three and loved them, then you have great taste :D
Recommend three of your favorite movies (Korean, Japanese, and Chinese ) for next week's article in the comments below.