favorite films
-
1. Farewell My Concubine
Chinese Movie - 1993
follows the beautifully tragic life of jingju star cheng dieyi, who is in love with his best friend and co-star. i thought about this movie for a full week after i had finished it.
-
2. The Dude In Me
Korean Movie - 2019
it's not special or anything, i just really enjoyed it.
-
3. Peking Opera Blues
Hong Kong Movie - 1986
100% girl power! lovable characters, enjoyable film with a nonstop intensity and comedy breakers here and there.
-
4. Better Days
Chinese Movie - 2019
worst experience of my fucking life. i'm emotionally compromised.
-
5. Fallen Angels
Hong Kong Movie - 1995
my favorite wong karwai film, and i'm a huge wong karwai fan. enchanting stories of unrequited love. made me a kaneshiro fan as well.
-
6. The King and the Clown
Korean Movie - 2005
this film reminded me of farewell my concubine. it's a tragic story about two lovers and a traumatized king who becomes obsessed with one of them.
-
7. Kamikaze Girls
Japanese Movie - 2004
a story of two utterly different girls who learn the meaning of friendship through each other, while chasing the legend of an embroiderer and a yanki.
-
8. Blue Spring
Japanese Movie - 2002
i wrote an essay on this movie. apathetic high school boys make it to their senior year and have to face decisions regarding their futures.
-
9. My Rainy Days
Japanese Movie - 2009
more than just a romance: a coming of age revolving around rio and her friends who have been through too much. simultaneously, rio falls in love with a dying man.
-
10. Secretly Greatly
Korean Movie - 2013
three entirely different, cold hearted men learn what love is and become friends in an unlikely situation. get ready for the waterworks.
-
11. Days of Being Wild
Hong Kong Movie - 1990
wong karwai brings you to another world and into the lives of lost people looking for love.
-
12. Comrades: Almost a Love Story
Hong Kong Movie - 1996
two people meet in hong kong and bond over the loneliness of being in a foreign country. a beautiful movie about longing.