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Murder on D Street / D zaka no satsujin jiken (2015)
Mystery
An owner of a soba noodle shop is found dead at the D. Hill. The police concluded the death was an apparent suicide. However, a brilliant but eccentric private detective Kogoro Akechi and his wife Fumiyo sees that it is a murder case, not a suicide, and start their own investigation. They notice something weird is going on in the secondhand bookshop and gradually, hideous love-hate relationships and immeasurable passion and lust surrounding the wife of the bookshop is revealed. What is the truth of the murder case? This year marks the 50th anniversary of Ranpo Edogawa's death and his masterpiece is adapted to the screen for the first time in 16 years.
Starring: Ryûnosuke Kawai, Hôka Kinoshita, Yoshimasa Kondô, Kôta Kusano, Takashi Nishina, Eiko Ohtani, Shoko
Director: Shoji Kubota
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Tags: Eiko Ohtani, Hôka Kinoshita, Kôta Kusano, Ryûnosuke Kawai, Shoji Kubota, Shoko, Takashi Nishina, Yoshimasa Kondô
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Pale Moon / Kami no tsuki (2014)
Drama
A mellow drama following the moral decline of a housewife turned bank employee who embezzles a fortune from her customers and indulges in an affair with a younger man. Set in 1994, shortly after the burst of Japan's economic bubble.
Starring: Rie Miyazawa, Sosuke Ikematsu, Yûko Ohshima, Seiichi Tanabe, Satomi Kobayashi, Yoshimasa Kondô, Renji Ishibashi
Director: Daihachi Yoshida
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Tags: Daihachi Yoshida, Renji Ishibashi, Rie Miyazawa, Satomi Kobayashi, Seiichi Tanabe, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Yoshimasa Kondô, Yûko Ohshima
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The Continent / Hou hui wu qi (2014)
Drama
Three men go on a road trip to find a new life away from the island they live on.
Starring: Shaofeng Feng, Wallace Chung, Bo-lin Chen, Joe Chen, Zhangke Jia, Luodan Wang
Director: Han Han
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Tags: Bo-lin Chen, Han Han, Joe Chen, Luodan Wang, Shaofeng Feng, Wallace Chung, Zhangke Jia
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Chappie (2015)
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Chappie tells the story of a robot imbued with artificial intelligence who is stolen by two local gangsters who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.
Starring: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel, Watkin Tudor Jones, Yolandi Visser, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Hugh Jackman
Director: Neill Blomkamp
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Tags: Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Neill Blomkamp, Sharlto Copley, Watkin Tudor Jones, Yolandi Visser
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The Great Debaters (2007)
Biography | Drama
A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Denzel Whitaker, Jermaine Williams
Director: Denzel Washington
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Are We There Yet? (2005)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance
The fledgling romance between Nick, a playboy bachelor, and Suzanne, a divorced mother of two, is threatened by a particularly harrowing New Year's Eve. When Suzanne's work keeps her in Vancouver for the holiday, Nick offers to bring her kids to the city from Portland, Oregon. The kids, who have never liked any of the men their mom has dated, are determined to turn the trip into a nightmare for Nick.
Starring: Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen, Philip Bolden, Jay Mohr, M.C. Gainey
Director: Brian Levant
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Tags: Aleisha Allen, Brian Levant, Ice Cube, Jay Mohr, M.C. Gainey, Nia Long, Philip Bolden
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An American Rhapsody (2001)
Drama
A young Hungarian girl struggles to find her place in the world when she's reunited with her parents in the USA years after she was left behind during their flight from the communist country in the 1950s.
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Nastassja Kinski, Tony Goldwyn, Kata Dobó, Mae Whitman, Lorna Scott
Director: Éva Gárdos
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Tags: Éva Gárdos, Kata Dobó, Lorna Scott, Mae Whitman, Nastassja Kinski, Scarlett Johansson, Tony Goldwyn
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After Fall, Winter (2011)
Drama
WINTER is a dangerous, sexy, poignant and at times darkly funny story about two people who desperately want intimacy but have fashioned lives of reclusivity and emotional fracture which ultimately spells the doom of their great love. WINTER begins with Michael, in his mid forties, suicidal about his writing career, which once flourished and now is on a downturn. He leaves his home in New York and goes to Paris in hopes of igniting his passion for writing and life. He also has a penchant for S and M. Soon after is arrival he meets Sophie, a sexy, smart, soulful, nurse who helps dying people transition to the after world. She and Michael instantly have chemistry albeit combative. Sophie has a secret. Her other job is being a dominatrix. Throughout the film, Sophie is nursing a little girl, Anais, who is dying of leukemia.
Starring: Eric Schaeffer, Lizzie Brocheré, Marie Luneau, Christian Mulot, Sylvie Loeillet
Director: Eric Schaeffer
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Tags: Christian Mulot, Eric Schaeffer, Lizzie Brocheré, Marie Luneau, Sylvie Loeillet
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Bats (1999)
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Swarms of genetically altered bats blaze a path of terror through a sleepy Texas town. The only hope to stop the growing tide of devastation is a zoologist who studies bats, her assistant, and the local sheriff.
Starring: Lou Diamond Phillips, Dina Meyer, Bob Gunton, Leon
Director: Louis Morneau
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Tags: Bob Gunton, Dina Meyer, Leon, Lou Diamond Phillips, Louis Morneau
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Heaven's Burning (1997)
Action | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
While honeymooning in the land Down Under, reluctant Japanese bride Midori decides to free herself from an arranged marriage by faking her abduction. Ironically, she soon ends up as a hostage thanks to a botched bank holdup. That is, until the getaway driver intervenes and rescues her. The chase is on as the duo attempts to elude the cops, the crooks and Midori's humiliated spouse.
Starring: Russell Crowe, Yûki Kudô, Kenji Isomura, Ray Barrett, Robert Mammone
Director: Craig Lahiff
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Tags: Craig Lahiff, Kenji Isomura, Ray Barrett, Robert Mammone, Russell Crowe, Yûki Kudô
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Amos & Andrew (1993)
Comedy | Crime
When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal. Amos is to pretend to take Andrew prisoner and hold him for ransom but let him go and escape. Amos and Andrew suddenly realize that the Chief's problems are all gone if the two of them both die in a gun battle. The worst partnership in film history then tries to get away from the local police.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Dabney Coleman, Brad Dourif, Michael Lerner, Margaret Colin
Director: E. Max Frye
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Tags: Brad Dourif, Dabney Coleman, E. Max Frye, Margaret Colin, Michael Lerner, Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson
