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[emperor]

"Land of Borat" Kazakhstan shines in Oscar limelight

A Kazakh-financed film has been nominated for best foreign film at this year's Oscars, a welcome creative boost to this central Asian country that was so heavily lampooned by the hit "Borat" movie...
"Mongol", submitted by Kazakhstan in the Foreign Language Film category for the 80th Academy Awards, was made by a Russian director and stars Japanese, Mongol and Chinese actors.

Mongol

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[emperor]

The Borat film, which portrayed Kazakhstan as a nation of horse urine-drinking racists, was nominated for best screenplay at 2007 Oscars but didn't win.

Anyone interested in collaborating on a film which portraits Japan as a nation of schoolgirl-urine-drinking racists?

[Greji]

Anyone interested in collaborating on a film which portraits Japan as a nation of schoolgirl-urine-drinking racists?

You want some suggestions for cast?

[Socratesabroad]

Director Sergei Bodrov's "Mongol" is a story about survival and war tracing the early life of Mongol conqueror Genghiz Khan, played by Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano.

The movie was actually quite good. I thought I recognized the lead but couldn't be sure since I never figured out what language they were speaking (though the Chinese characters spoke Chinese).
I especially loved seeing the Chinese portrayed as mercenary and corrupt, which is how they were at the time.

[Takechanpoo]

And needless to say, Genghiz Khan's soldiers are the origin of ugly, uncivilized, and evil Mordor's orcs in The Lord of the Rings.

[Buraku]

'Mongol' actor Tadanobu Asano has high hopes for Academy Award
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080209p2a00m0et030000c.html
Leading Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano, whose latest film, "Mongol," was nominated for an Academy Award in the best foreign language film category, said he hopes the flick will win an Oscar later this month



(pic taken from 'Koroshiya' a typical type of genre within J-film that features murder, violence against women and rapes as the main plot)


I've seen Tadanobu Asano in a number of films, he's quiet good in some Dramas, Action flicks and Comedy but he's also helped make a few stinkers. I wonder if he's Oscar worthy material, will he receive critical acclaim ? then again what the fuck do these guys know ? Most of the Academy Awards people spend their weeks with heads up their own ass.

[Mulboyne]

It's the film which has been nominated, not Asano.

Clip here:

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