QUOTE (acsin92 @ Jun 7 2009, 02:19 PM)

Do we have a topic here in the forums that talks about an in depth analysis of asian movie invasion in the west? I want to know when the asian invasion started and what are the implications and impact of it to the west?
The 'Asian invasion' is nothing new. It dates as far back as the early 1950s, particularly with Akira Kurosawa's movies, such as
Drunken Angel (1948),
Stray Dog (1949),
Rashomon (1950),
Seven Samurai (1954),
The Hidden Fortress (1958),
Yojimbo (1961), etc. Many of these movies were remade into Hollywood or European movies, like
The Magnificent Seven, The Outrage, Fistful of Dollars, Star Wars, Last Man Standing, etc. There were also other influential Japanese movies at the time, including
Tokyo Story (1953) and of course
Godzilla (1954).
Alongside the 'Japanese invasion', there was also an 'Indian invasion' in the 50s and 60s, with Bengali films being influential in the West, particularly Satyajit Ray films like
The Apu Trilogy (1955-1959) and
Charulata (1964) for example, as well as some Hindi movies by the likes of Raj Kapoor and Guru Dutt. It was followed from the 70s to the 90s by the 'Hong Kong invasion', with Bruce Lee's posthumous international stardom and the rise of Jackie Chan, John Woo, Ringo Lam, Chow Yun Fat, Jet Li, etc.
From the 80s, the 'anime invasion' began gaining a stronghold in the West, largely thanks to
Robotech (1985) and
Akira (1988), although some earlier anime were popular in the West as far back as the 60s (like
Kimba the White Lion and
Speed Racer for example). In the early 2000s, there was the rise in popularity of J-Horror films. By the late 2000s, films from China (action/drama), Japan (action/anime/drama/horror), South Korea (action/drama) and Thailand (action) have become increasingly more mainstream in the West.