20th Century Classics Challenge
My personal mini-challenge for 2018~! I challenge myself to:
( x ) watch at least two 20th century productions from each country listed on MDL (South Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand)
~ finished two for every country but Korea, oops!
(✔︎) watch at least two dramas/movies from each decade from the 1930s to the 1990s (done as of July 24th)
Bonus:
(✔︎) watch one or more film(s) released in or before the 1920s (done as of July 25th)
(✔︎) watch at least one 20th century production from the Philippines (which was added to the MDL database in February) (done as of Mar 5th)
I usually watch a few Japanese classics every year but this year I'd like to watch even more 20th century films and TV productions, expanding to other countries as well! And since I've previously never seen anything from Asian cinema that's older than Seven Samurai (1956), I also want to find earlier works to watch.
Titles are listed in order of release date.
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1. Momijigari
Japanese Movie - 1903
Completed July 25th
(Shot in 1899, and first publicly screened in 1903. The oldest extant Japanese film and the first film to be designated an Important Cultural Property.) -
2. A Page of Madness
Japanese Movie - 1926
Completed July 25th
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3. Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
Japanese Movie - 1935
Completed May 4th
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4. Song at Midnight
Chinese Movie - 1937
Completed Jan 12th
(Considered the first Chinese horror film!) -
5. Sanshiro Sugata
Japanese Movie - 1943
Completed July 24th
(Kurosawa Akira's directorial debut! Sadly, roughly 17 minutes of footage are missing due to wartime censoring in 1944, and postwar censoring.) -
6. Spring in a Small Town
Chinese Movie - 1948
Completed Feb 19th
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7. Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
Japanese Movie - 1954
Completed Mar 31st
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8. The Wedding Day
Korean Movie - 1957
Completed Jan 8th
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9. Kiku to Isamu
Japanese Movie - 1959
Completed July 26th
(The first Japanese film to show mixed race black/Japanese people, as well as the concept of interracial relationships.) -
10. Ten Dark Women
Japanese Movie - 1961
Completed Jan 14th
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11. Onmitsu Kenshi: Season 1
Japanese Drama - 1962, 13 episodes
Completed Jan 15th
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12. Dragon Gate Inn
Taiwanese Movie - 1967
Completed Feb 20th
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13. A Touch of Zen
Taiwanese Movie - 1971
Completed Mar 8th
(Inspired Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon bamboo forest scene!) -
14. Lady Snowblood
Japanese Movie - 1973
Completed Jan 1st
(Inspired Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films!) -
15. Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising
Filipino Movie - 1977
Completed Mar 5th
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16. The Yagyu Conspiracy
Japanese Drama - 1978, 39 episodes
Completed May 31st
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17. Kage no Gundan 1: Hattori Hanzo
Japanese Drama - 1980, 27 episodes
Completed Feb 1st
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18. Lady Is the Boss
Hong Kong Movie - 1983
Completed Jan 5th
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19. The New Adventures of Chor Lau Heung
Hong Kong Drama - 1984, 40 episodes
Completed June 25th
(Austin Wai~~ (♡∀♡人) Gotta watch more from him!) -
20. The New Heaven Sword and the Dragon Sabre
Hong Kong Drama - 1986, 40 episodes
Completed July 22nd
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21. Koo Gum
Thai Movie - 1988
Completed Jan 2nd
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22. Dung Duang Haruetai
Thai Drama - 1996, 20 episodes
Completed June 14th
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23. Doku
Japanese Drama - 1996, 10 episodes
Completed Jan 17th
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24. Virgin Road
Japanese Drama - 1997, 11 episodes
Completed Mar 27th