Asian Movies: Reviews and Watch Guides
Reviews and recommendations for Korean, Chinese and Japanese movies, from action and crime to romance, with picks on Amasian TV.
Watching Yim Si-wan in Love in Disguise? The Film That Made His Character’s Silence Matter
The central idea: In The Attorney, the most frightening part of an injustice isn’t only what happens to its victims.…
Watching Kim Ji-won in Doctor X? Her Vampire Mystery Movie Is Worth Finding
Kim Ji-won is back on television as a surgeon who refuses to bow to hospital politics in Doctor X: Mafia…
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train and the Anime Movie That Changed the Box Office
When Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train opened in Japan in October 2020, it had an…
Only Know Lee Jung Jae as Gi Hun? Four Films to Watch Next
From the endearingly flawed lead of Squid Game to an inscrutable undercover cop and a relentless pursuer, these four editor’s…
Ha Jung-woo: The Korean Actor Who Keeps Reinventing Himself
Ha Jung-woo has spent much of his career playing characters who look completely different on paper. A serial killer, a…
Before Mission: Cross 2, Watch Hwang Jung-min in Deliver Us from Evil
Hwang Jung-min is returning to action-comedy this October with Mission: Cross 2, but his next role isn’t the only reason…
Park Jeong-min: The Korean Actor Making Every Role His Own
Park Jeong-min has a habit of making supporting characters difficult to forget. Whether he is playing a streetwise fixer, a…
Hidden Blade: A Chinese Spy Thriller Built on Secrets and Double Agents
Set in Shanghai during World War II, Hidden Blade follows a network of underground operatives working inside a city controlled…
3 Chinese Action Comedies When You Want Something Lighter
Sometimes you want an action movie without spending two hours watching everyone look miserable. Chinese-language cinema has plenty of films…
From Occult Mysteries to Zombie Outbreaks: 4 Korean Thrillers to Watch
Korean thrillers have a habit of making familiar genres feel unpredictable. A ghost story can become a supernatural adventure, a…