The Western Goes East

Ampontan has a good essay on the Japanese Western, “Sukiyaki Western Django.”

I guess it should be mentioned here that Korea has its own Western coming out next year, “The Good, the Bad, The Weird.” Directed by Kim Ji-woon (”A Tale of Two Sisters,” “Bittersweet Life“) and blessed with a kick-ass cast of Lee Byung-hun, Jung Woo-sung and Song Kang-ho, “The Good, the Bad, The Weird” take the Western genre to Japanese-occupied Manchuria of the 1930s.

Koreans imitating Italians imitating Americans? Should prove very interesting indeed.

UPDATE: Over at the Korean Film Archive, there’s an essay on Korea’s “Machuria Westerns” of the 60s and 70s. (HT to reader)

This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on July 2, 2007 at 10:22 pm, filed under East and Central Asia, Japan, Korean Culture. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

2 Comments

  1. The Western Confucian your flag
    Posted July 2, 2007 at 11:32 pm | Permalink

    Finally, a movie to look forward to. This coould be really, really good.

  2. SomeguyinKorea your flag
    Posted July 3, 2007 at 8:56 am | Permalink

    Yeah, it is certainly a very promising one. This sort of movie, if well done, has the potential to become an international hit.

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