Having said my views on Asian cinema in my last post, it’s time for the real professional, Jonathan Ross to do it. BBC FOUR in the UK kicks off Asian Invasion on Tuesday night at 10pm, a three-part documentary on Asian cinema. (See the trailers here.)
As part of the series, BBC FOUR are also showing a number of films to support the documentaries: four movies from Japan, one from Hong Kong (the fantastic Fulltime Killer) and three from Korea. The first film is tonight, The Twilight Samurai from Japan and starts at 10pm on BBC FOUR.
Preceding the film tonight is I, Samurai, which looks at the history of the Samurai.
We’re absolutely spoiled with this, so well worth catching these or putting the PVR on to record them.
Links:
BBC FOUR
Jonathan Ross’s Asian Invasion
Asian Invasion Movie Schedule