Who makes the best Asian movies?

[Mnementh]

AllfatherStarr said:
I'd say Japan, they got the all-time classics courtesy Kurosawa. Chinese cinema, at least from what i have seen, often compromises depth for entertainment. And also, Anime cannot be discounted, not just becaause of Studio Ghibli, but because of gems like Wings of Honneamaise, Jin-Roh the Wolf's Brigade, pretty much anything from Satoshi Kon. Anime accounts for some of the finest Asian cinema I have seen. Though I have immensely enjoyed a lot of Chinese cinema(Wuxia stuff, John Woo - Chow Yun Fat collaborations freely come to mind), id say Japan wins it for me on overall quality and having a bit more depth to it.

Ah, Jin Roh. I hate to say it, but it is an older movie, from the 90s. I would interprete the 'Who makes the best movies?' as talking about the present, and Akira Kurosawa is no longer alive. And well, all movies are for entertainment (including Akira Kurosawa and Jin Roh). I think you mean shallow entertainment. And for that you can not say chinese movies are only shallow. Try flowers of war or something like that. Basically Zhang Yimou was never about shallow entertainment (red lantern). And you didn't even mention Korea and the excellent Park Chan-Wook.