Park Sum-boo’s feel-good dance film is the sort of peppy cheer we could all use right now.
Category: Musical
Inu-Oh
Music gives new life to the deceased in Masaaki Yuasa’s tribute to history, performance arts and hair metal.
The Fantastic Magic Baby
It’s all dancing, spinning and magical centaur monsters in Chang Cheh’s stage-to-screen production.
Killing Romance
Lee Won-suk’s bombastic musical comedy is a wild ride from beginning to end.
The Love Eterne
Love blossoms between a woman playing a man and a woman playing a woman playing a man, in Li Han Hsiang’s opera classic.
The Monkey Goes West
Our heroes sing and dance their way to the West in the first of Ho Meng-hua’s Journey series.
Alakazam the Great
Excellent animation clashes with a ludicrous localisation to make an unforgettable Journey to the West-ish adaptation.
The Singer
A travelling bard sings his way to justice in Cho Jung-rae’s musical drama.
The Fox Family
It’s some singing, some dancing in Lee Hyeong-Gon’s fantasy musical.
Office
Johnnie To switches gear and gives us this strange but fascinating look at Hong Kong office life
Tokyo Tribe
A frenetic rap musical, complete with over-the-top action and nonstop energy. You’re getting exactly what you pay for.
The Happiness of the Katakuris
This black comedy musical is delirious and fun, but possibly a bit too absurd for its own good
The Asian Cinema Critic 