Kim Ji-Woon

You probably don't know that name, but you should. He is not only my favorite asian director, but he is about to break into the international spotlight. Films like The Quiet Family, A Tale of Two Sisters, and A Bittersweet Life have showcased Kim's unique talent. He has done it all, comedy, horror, noir, action, even an Asian western in the form of the recent The Good, The Bad and The Weird. He has basically never put out a film that I did not enjoy immensely and I don't expect that to change for his remake of Claude Sautet’s 1971 heist classic Max et les Ferrailleurs (to be titled Max and the Junkmen). There is talk that Kim has his eye on Clive Owen and Sienna Miller to star. If you've seen his action-noir masterpiece A Bittersweet Life than you should be very excited at the possibilities. Here is a taste: