Almost everything i watch is Asian media..
I just checked out Takishi Miike's "happyness of the Katakuri's"
and Wong Kai Fai's "Fulltime Killers". There are lots og htrat and not so great asian movies out there other than fight/ cop movies..
Takeshi Kitano directed and wrote a beautiful movie named "Kikujiro" and i think he might have even wreitten/directed the mildly known, quasi-english fiilm "Brother". I love beat Takeshi and think he is a really sweet older gentleman. He reminds me of my grandpa.
I guess Shaolin Soccer got picked up by Miramax and should actually be in theaters now.. (hopefully subbed and not dubbed)..also I'm not sure of the director but there is a cantonese movie out called "Happy times" which is conversely pretty goddamn depressing. Depite this it's a pretty decent movie and has it's good spots.. but If you're on any anti depresants i'd avoid it
I didnt go into detail on any of the movies i mentioned because If you are remotely interested in them i hope you would look them up. There is a magazine you can find in most bookstores next to 2600 called "Asian Cult Cinema".. that's a good place to start looking for new movies. Giant Robot magazine is a great place to see what is currently going on in asian cinemea and is where i first heard of "Better Luck Tomorrow" (which Cynthetiq is gonna hook me up with a copy hopefully in the future seeing as how he works for mtv and all). Also there are loads of places to order online no need to download movies when you can rent them, or buy them on DVD or VCD. I wont go into my long "downloading materials is the devel" speech because some of these movies just just cant get on any legal media avenues.. so i understand. If it wasnt for downloading and VCD's i would have never watched "Hero" or a whole score of films.. So.. good luck!