Best Asian Movies 1996
by ellakabus | created - 10 Aug 2019 | updated - 10 Aug 2019 | PublicBest Asian Movies 1996
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1. Shall We Dance? (1996)
PG | 136 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A successful but unhappy Japanese accountant finds the missing passion in his life when he begins to secretly take ballroom dance lessons.
Director: Masayuki Suô | Stars: Koji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eri Watanabe
Votes: 11,739 | Gross: $9.68M
2. Long June (1996)
97 min | Drama
Director: Kamol Srisawat | Stars: Kriangkrai Angkunchai, Sorapong Chatree, Somchai Kemglad, Karnjanaporn Plodpai
Votes: 34
3. Dek raboet yeut laew yeut (1996)
107 min | Action
A group of teens are enjoying themselves, playing paint ball. At the same time, a group of convicts escape from the prison. Both head to a new building. The first group is just going there ... See full summary »
Director: Khomsan Srisawat | Stars: Suttida Kasemsan Na Ayutthaya, Thanaphong Khlaaiphongphan, Thana 'Oil' Suthikamorn, Johnny Unwa
Votes: 53
4. Book of Swords (1996)
84 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
An Asian cop returns to Chicago to revenge his brother's death, only to come up against a psycho threesome on a killing spree.
Director: Peter Allen | Stars: Ho-Sung Pak, Liesl Lombardo, Richard Divizio, Taimak
Votes: 388
5. Big Bullet (1996)
91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After assaulting his tactical commander during a raid gone sour, a dedicated but temperamental cop Sergeant Bill Chu is demoted to the Emergency Unit, long considered to be the police force's dumping ground for problem cops.
Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Ching Wan Lau, Jordan Chan, Tat-Ming Cheung, Theresa Lee
Votes: 1,019
6. East Palace, West Palace (1996)
90 min | Drama
Before the 1990s P.R.China criminalized the LGBT population. Without family law and marriage law for the LGBT couples, many had to secretly encounter for sexual activities with the risk of police arrests.
Director: Yuan Zhang | Stars: Si Han, Jun Hu, Jing Ye, Wei Zhao
Votes: 1,087 | Gross: $0.05M
7. Temptress Moon (1996)
R | 130 min | Drama, Romance
Not far from Shanghai, in a country town stands the palatial home of the Pang family. Old Master Pang is an addict who brings up his beautiful daughter Ruyi on opium smoke. Her older ... See full summary »
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Leslie Cheung, Gong Li, Kevin Lin, Saifei He
Votes: 2,041 | Gross: $1.08M
8. Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
118 min | Drama, Romance
Two Chinese-mainlanders living in Hong Kong form a close friendship. Over the years this grows into love, but there are obstacles.
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Stars: Maggie Cheung, Leon Lai, Eric Tsang, Kristy Yeung
Votes: 7,650
9. Young and Dangerous (1996)
97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Nam opens a bar in Wanchai and continues his rise in Hong Kong's Hung Hing gang. His best friend, Chicken, needs to lie low, so he's sent to Taiwan to work for Lui, leader of the San Luen ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Lau | Stars: Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Gigi Lai, Francis Ng
Votes: 2,057
10. The Sun Has Ears (1995)
104 min | Drama
The story of a northern Chinese peasant wife in the 1920s whose personal life is played out against a background of sweeping political change.
Director: Ho Yim | Stars: Qiang Gao, Yong You, Yu Zhang
Votes: 35
11. Swallowtail Butterfly (1996)
148 min | Crime, Drama
The struggles of a group of immigrant outcasts living in an alternative-future, xenophobic Japanese metropolis.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Ito, Yôsuke Eguchi
Votes: 4,423
12. Kids Return (1996)
107 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
Dropping out of high school, two friends at first find success, one as a up-and-coming boxer and one as a low level gangster. Yet, their life decisions still find a way of catching up with them.
Director: Takeshi Kitano | Stars: Ken Kaneko, Masanobu Andô, Leo Morimoto, Hatsuo Yamaya
Votes: 6,773
13. Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
Unrated | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A new Mothra takes to the air and must battle Death Ghidora to save humanity.
Director: Okihiro Yoneda | Stars: Megumi Kobayashi, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Aki Hano, Kazuki Futami
Votes: 1,520
14. Organ (1996)
110 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Two police detectives Numata and Tosaka infiltrate a group of underground black market human organ dealers. Things go haywire during a raid on the group's surgical headquarters.
Director: Kei Fujiwara | Stars: Kei Fujiwara, Kimihiko Hasegawa, Natsuyo Kanahama, Kenji Nasa
Votes: 609
15. Picnic (1996)
68 min | Drama, Fantasy
Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a ... See full summary »
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Chara, Tadanobu Asano, Koichi Hashizume, Naomasa Musaka
Votes: 2,275
16. Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage killers to destroy his father's organization.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shôsuke Tanihara, Miho Nomoto, Tamaki Kenmochi, Marie Jinno
Votes: 3,835
17. Non-Stop (1996)
82 min | Comedy, Action, Crime
A salaryman, a drug addict and a yakuza go on a breathless three man chase through the streets of Tokyo, each for a different reason and fighting demons.
Director: Sabu | Stars: Tomorô Taguchi, Diamond Yukai, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Akaji Maro
Votes: 902 | Gross: $0.04M
18. A Petal (1996)
101 min | Drama, History
A young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the country's takeover by the military the year ... See full summary »
Director: Jang Sun-woo | Stars: Lee Jung-hyun, Moon Sung-Keun, Yeong-ran Lee, Choo Sang-mi
Votes: 481
19. Born to Kill (1996)
110 min | Action, Romance
Kil is a professional hitman, who leads a very lonely life composed of a pack of Marlboro, instant noodle, cash in the freezer, a knife, a motorcycle and Chichi, a pet monkey. But when he ... See full summary »
Director: Hyeon-su Jang | Stars: Jung Woo-sung, Shim Eun-ha, Jo Kyeong-hwan, Kim Hak-cheol
Votes: 164
20. Crocodile (1996)
102 min | Drama
A woman forms a twisted bond with a homeless violent thug who prevented her suicide.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Cho Jae-hyun, Jae-Hong Ahn, Jeon Moo-song, Yun-kyeong Woo
Votes: 1,849
21. Ghost Mama (1996)
105 min | Drama
Story of a happy couple, Ji Seok and In Ju, who lived with their son Da Bin until a tragic accident left Da Bin alive but In Ju dead a year later. Ji Seok tries to commit suicide, but only he can see In Ju as a ghost, which comforts him.
Director: Ji-Seung Han | Stars: Jin-shil Choi, Kim Seung-woo, Park Sang-ah, Kwon Hae-hyo
Votes: 32
22. Tukabseu 2 (1996)
117 min | Action, Comedy
An unlikely pair of cops take part in a massive crackdown against the local mob.
Director: Kang Woo-suk | Stars: Park Joong-hoon, Bo-sung Kim, Kang Seong-jin, Ji Su-Won
Votes: 112
23. The Adventures of Mrs Park (1996)
104 min | Comedy
Park Bong-gon is having problems at home with her husband and his temper. She decides to leave and pursue her childhood dream of becoming a singer and begins seeing it through at a club ... See full summary »
Director: Tae-gyun Kim | Stars: Shim Hye-jin, Ahn Sung-ki, Kyun-dong Yeo, Choi Ji-woo
Votes: 41
24. Mahjong (1996)
121 min | Comedy, Drama
When a well known businessman goes missing, owing $100m to Taipei's underworld, two hoods decide to follow his son, the leader of a youth gang. A small group of trendy foreigners gets caught up in the action.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Tsung Sheng Tang, Chang Chen, Lawrence Ko, Chi-tsan Wang
Votes: 1,649
25. Army Daze (1996)
85 min | Comedy
A Singaporean-made comedy about a group of 18 year old boys who are beginning the mandatory two-year military service in the Singapore army. Despite their different racial and family ... See full summary »
Director: Keng Sen Ong | Stars: Sheikh Haikel, David Yong, Adrian Lim, Kevin Mark Marghese
Votes: 176
26. Magic Temple (1996)
TV-PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Jubal, Sambag, and Omar journey to the Magic Temple to battle the evil forces of Ravenal, learning the importance of camaraderie and believing in themselves.
Directors: Peque Gallaga, Lore Reyes | Stars: Jason Salcedo, Junell Hernando, Marc Solis, Anna Larrucea
Votes: 137
27. Madrasta (1996)
TV-PG | 120 min | Drama
A woman marries a man whose marriage has been annulled recently and finds being a stepmother to his children to be very difficult.
Director: Olivia M. Lamasan | Stars: Sharon Cuneta, Christopher De Leon, Zsa Zsa Padilla, Claudine Barretto
Votes: 96
28. Ober da bakod 2 (1996)
111 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Ariel Ureta | Stars: Janno Gibbs, Anjo Yllana, Leo Martinez, Manilyn Reynes
Votes: 12
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