Music gives new life to the deceased in Masaaki Yuasa’s tribute to history, performance arts and hair metal.
Category: Musical
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 