Hypothesis

Something to do with how the films influence each other, the idea of postmodernism. Kung Fu Hustle is the best example..

Also, Throne Of Blood is basically a remake of Macbeth, and the story of Seven Samurai was made into a spaghetti western (the magnificent seven). AND Battle Royale takes ideas from Lord of the Flies.

Then there's the 'false' representation of Oriental culture. People like Zhang Yimou, projecting a fake, sensationalised image. See Hero, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, etc.

Hypothesis: East Asian Cinema versus Western Cinema: Issues and Influences

In my research I came across a number of issues involved with transnational cinema. For instance, Postmodernism (particularly intertextuality), and the issue of violence in East Asian Cinema.

Main texts: Kung Fu Hustle (Dir.Stephen Chow), Kill Bill (Dir. Quentin Tarantino)
House of Flying Daggers, Ichi The Killer

References so far:

Asian Cinemas; A Reader & Guide, Dimitris Eleftheriotis & Gary Needham- Japanese Cinema and Orientalism –

The Cinema Book 2nd Edition - Part 3 - National Cinemas and Film Movements - - Chinese Modernism in the era of reforms - Xudong Zhang

The Pocket Essential Film Studies; Andrew M. Butler 2005Trafalgar Square Publishing

MediaMagazine, Issue 21, September 2007. English and Media Centre.

tried the inter-library loan system. didn't work.

Remakes

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/05/34/remaking_east_asia.html
The Ring (2002) (USA) is a remake of the 1998 Japanese movie Ringu (dir. Hideo Nakata, left). The plots are almost identical. Before the release of the Miramax remake directed by Gore Verbinski, Ringu was the highest grossing movie in Japan which made $6.6 million, but the remake mae $8.3 million in the first two weeks alone. After this phenomenal success, Nakata made two more of his films remade: Dark Water, and Chaos.

Also, more famously, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954) was remade as a spaghetti western in the form of The Magnificent Seven (1960). Hollywood has the capability to transform original, foreign films into blockbusters which, in most cases, surpass the popularity and profit of the originals.