Category: Eastern
Posted on December 31, 2015 |
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The Cat Samurai Goes to Southern Island / Samurai Cat 2 / Neko Zamurai Minami no shima e iku (2015)
Comedy | Drama
Kyutaro (Kazuki Kitamura) now lives with his nagging mother-in-law Tae (Hana Kino) and spends his days aimlessly. His mother-in-law informs him of a sword instructor position for the Tosa Domain on Shikoku Island. Kyutaro reluctantly decides to go there with his beloved cat Tamanojo. Soon, Kyutaro encounters more than he bargained for.
Starring: Kazuki Kitamura
Director: Takeshi Watanabe
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Posted on December 25, 2015 |
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Brain Fluid Explosion Girl / Nôshô Sakuretsu Girl (2015)
Comedy
Hana Ichii attends a school that she admired since she was a child. One day, she wakes up and finds herself locked in a cage with her classmates. They are forced to take part in a survival game using their cellphones.
Starring: Hinata Kashiwagi, Seika Taketomi, Moka Kamishiraishi, Sae Okazaki, Yûmi Shida
Director: Yûichi Abe
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Posted on December 24, 2015 |
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All You Need Is Love / Luo pao ba ai qing (2015)
Comedy | Romance
He used to be a happy-go-lucky Taiwanese wanderer, but following his mother’s death, he now settles down at his hometown in the Pescadores Islands running a crummy B&B. His carefree and peaceful existence is turned topsy-turvy when she appears: a wealthy, educated and popular travelogue blogger from China, who is determined to unlock her mother's secret past on this very island. Stranded in his decrepit B&B with her passport, cash and luggage lost in the sea, she eventually finds love in the least expected place.
Starring: Richie Jen, Kong Jiu, Kuo-i Li, Nien-Hsien Ma, Qi Shu, Lung Ti
Director: Richie Jen, Andy Luo
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Tags: Andy Luo, Kong Jiu, Kuo-i Li, Lung Ti, Nien-Hsien Ma, Qi Shu, Richie Jen
Posted on December 24, 2015 |
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The Crossing 2 / The Crossing: Part II / Tai ping lun 2 (2015)
Drama
A story of three couples and their intertwining love stories set in 1940s Taiwan and Shanghai, centered around the 1949 sinking of Taiping.
Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Xiaoming Huang, Dawei Tong, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Masami Nagasawa, Qianyuan Wang, Hitomi Kuroki
Director: John Woo
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Tags: Dawei Tong, Hitomi Kuroki, John Woo, Masami Nagasawa, Qianyuan Wang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xiaoming Huang, Ziyi Zhang
Posted on December 23, 2015 |
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Saving Mr. Wu / Jie jiu wu xian sheng (2015)
Crime | Thriller
Mr. Wu is kidnapped in Beijing by Zhang Hua and three accomplices, all disguised as cops and demanding a ransom of 3 million RMB. In the ensuing 20 hours, the Chinese detectives led by Chief Xing quickly form a task force and sweep the city. Time is of the essence though as Mr. Wu is ordered to be killed at 9pm regardless of whether the money is collected or not. The police eventually apprehend Hua alone and a dangerous mental showdown develops between police interrogators and Hua.
Starring: Andy Lau, Ye Liu, Ruofu Wu, Qianyuan Wang
Director: Sheng Ding
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Posted on December 22, 2015 |
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Eyes (2015)
Horror
One day, a mysterious letter 'F' starts to be written on doorplates in a condominium building. Since then, mysterious incidents consistently occur around Yukari Yamamoto, who is an ordinary female high school student living in the building…
Starring: Marika Itô
Director: Yôhei Fukuda
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Posted on December 21, 2015 |
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Vampire in Love / Koisuru vanpaia (2015)
Comedy | Romance
Kiira (Mirei Kiritani) seems like an ordinary young girl, who likes to talk with her friends and to dress up. Her ultimate goal is to become the world's best baker, but what differentiates her from others is that she is a vampire. She has never told anyone her secret, including her childhood friend Tetsu, whom she played with everyday and liked as a child. After her parents died when Kiira was only 12-years-old, she had to go live with her relatives and lost contact with Tetsu. Now, 8 years later, Tetsu appears at the bakery where Kiira is working part-time. Kiira is ecstatic to see her first love again. Soon, they are dating and Kiira dreams of having a family with Tetsu. Kiira also becomes filled with worries because she is vampire.
Starring: Mirei Kiritani, Shôta Totsuka, Natsume Mito, Ekin Cheng, Summer Meng
Director: Mai Suzuki
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Tags: Ekin Cheng, Mai Suzuki, Mirei Kiritani, Natsume Mito, Shôta Totsuka, Summer Meng
Posted on December 21, 2015 |
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Seven Days: Monday – Thursday / Sebundeizu MONDAY→THURSDAY / Seven Days: Friday – Sunday / Sebundeizu FRIDAY→SUNDAY (2015)
Comedy
Toji Seryo is a popular first year high school student. It's well known that Toji Seryo will date anyone that confesses their affection for him on a Monday, but he will break up with that person by Sunday. Yuzuru Shino is a third year student at the same high school. He looks pretty, but all of his former girlfriends end up dumping him. Yuzuru Shino becomes curious about Toji Seryo. On a whim, half serious & half joking, Yuzuru Shino asks Toji Seryo to date.
Starring: Tomoki Hirose, James Takeshi Yamada, Hinako Tanaka, Yûki Hiyori, Yukihiro Takiguchi, Rin Ishikawa, Itsuki Sagara
Director: Kenji Yokoi
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Tags: Hinako Tanaka, Itsuki Sagara, James Takeshi Yamada, Kenji Yokoi, Rin Ishikawa, Tomoki Hirose, Yûki Hiyori, Yukihiro Takiguchi
Posted on December 19, 2015 |
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Office / Design for Living / Hua li shang ban zu (2015)
Comedy | Musical | Romance
Billion-dollar company Jones & Sunn is going public. Chairman Ho Chung-ping has promised CEO Chang, who has been his mistress for more than twenty years, to become a major shareholder of the company. As the IPO team enters the company to audit its accounts, a series of inside stories start to be revealed. Lee Xiang, a new hire at Jones & Sunn, brings with him youthful ideals and dreams. Within the neoliberal market, the logic of intrigue rules, complicated by entanglements of love-hate relationships, which weaves a power play and a pathos-laden tragedy inside the office.
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Sylvia Chang, Eason Chan, Wei Tang, Siu-Fai Cheung
Director: Johnnie To
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Posted on December 19, 2015 |
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Memories of the Sword / Hyeomnyeo: Kar-ui gi-eok (2015)
Action | Drama | History
While the Goryo Dynasty in the medieval Korea, three warriors named Deok-ki, Poong-chun and Seol-rang have led a riot against the king and his foreign allies from Kitan, China. But Deok-ki betrays them, which results in the death of Poong-chun. But Seol-rang is able to escape with Seol-hee, Poong-chun's little daughter, and her sword. 18 years later, Seol-rang got blind but she raised and taught Seol-hee very well. Both feel that the time for revenge is right, but Deok-ki is now one of the most powerful men in the country. All of them know, that spilling blood is the only way of redemption.
Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Do-yeon Jeon, Go-eun Kim
Director: Heung-Sik Park
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Posted on December 18, 2015 |
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Detective Conan: Edogawa Conan Missing Case / Detective Conan: The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History / Meitantei Konan: Edogawa Konan shissou jiken – Shijou saiaku no 2-kakan (2014)
Animation | Drama
Conan, who has lost his memories, is dragged into a furore over a terrorist bombing plot, once again alongside the poor actor Sakurai! Unable to let down his guard until the very end, how would the incident conclude?
Starring: Minami Takayama, Megumi Hayashibara, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryôko Hirosue, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Ken'ichi Ogata, Kappei Yamaguchi
Director: Yasuichirô Yamamoto
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Tags: Kappei Yamaguchi, Ken'ichi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Minami Takayama, Rikiya Koyama, Ryôko Hirosue, Teruyuki Kagawa, Wakana Yamazaki, Yasuichirô Yamamoto
Posted on December 17, 2015 |
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Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA / Joint Security Area (2000)
Drama | Thriller | War
In the DMZ separating North and South Korea, two North Korean soldiers have been killed, supposedly by one South Korean soldier. But the 11 bullets found in the bodies, together with the 5 remaining bullets in the assassin's magazine clip, amount to 16 bullets for a gun that should normally hold 15 bullets. The investigating Swiss/Swedish team from the neutral countries overseeing the DMZ suspects that another, unknown party was involved – all of which points to some sort of cover up. The truth is much simpler and much more tragic.
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Ha-kyun Shin, Byung-hun Lee, Tae-woo Kim, Yeong-ae Lee, Ju-bong Gi, Christoph Hofrichter
Director: Chan-wook Park
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Tags: Byung-hun Lee, Chan-wook Park, Christoph Hofrichter, Ha-kyun Shin, Ju-bong Gi, Kang-ho Song, Tae-woo Kim, Yeong-ae Lee
Posted on December 15, 2015 |
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Miss Hokusai / Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai (2015)
Animation | Biography | Drama
An adaptation of Hinako Sugiura’s cult manga, a beautiful story revolving around O-Ei, daughter of master painter Hokusai. The director of the exquisite "Colorful" created this portrayal of a family and an age, the era of the city of Edo during the early 19th century. And it also fulfills a major challenge with flying colors: to turn the pictures by the author of "The Great Wave of Kanagawa" into animated images.
Starring: Kumiko Asô, Gaku Hamada, Kengo Kôra, Yutaka Matsushige
Director: Keiichi Hara
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Posted on December 15, 2015 |
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Eye in the Sky / Gun chung (2007)
Crime | Thriller
Longtime screenwriter Yau Nai-hoi makes his feature directorial debut with this tale of a Hong Kong surveillance unit ensnared by underworld violence. In the aftermath of a daring daytime jewelry store heist, criminal mastermind Shan (Tony Leung) and his crew celebrate their success with a rooftop barbecue. The good times are quickly cut short, however, when Shan's men summon the wrath of their boss by attempting to muscle him into giving up a bigger cut. But Shan's men aren't the only ones who want a heartier piece of the pie, because it seems as if the boss himself is scheming to take the men at the top for all they're worth. In order to do so, Shan executes a second high-profile robbery that finds him doggedly pursued though the streets by determined cops. In order to catch the elusive criminals the police will have to work harder than ever, a fact that's not lost on grizzled surveillance unit leader Captain Wong (Simon Yam). Known casually by the code name "Dog Head" to his underlings, Captain Wong is currently mentoring pretty rookie "Piggy" (Kate Tsui), and has made it unmistakably clear that the sole function of the SU is not to engage the criminal, but observe him. When "Piggy" breaks the primary rule of the SU during a particularly sensitive mission on the streets of Kowloon, Shan retaliates by striking back at the unit with everything he's got.
Starring: Simon Yam, Tony Leung, Suet Lam, Maggie Siu, Siu-Fai Cheung, Kate Tsui
Director: Nai-Hoi Yau
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Tags: Kate Tsui, Maggie Siu, Nai-Hoi Yau, Simon Yam, Siu-Fai Cheung, Suet Lam, Tony Leung
Posted on December 12, 2015 |
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Kakekomi / Kakekomi onna to kakedashi otoko (2015)
Comedy | Drama
Set in the Edo period during a time when the divorce rate was actually 2x higher than the present day. A thrift ordinance has been announced by the government and the lives of common people get worse. During this time, many woman who want to divorce run to the Tokei-ji which is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Japan. The Tokei-ji helps women who are abused from their husbands and get divorced if they so desire. Nobujiro Nakamura (Yo Oizumi) is a doctor and wants to be a literary writer. He is staying at the Goyo yado in Tokei-ji. Nobujiro Nakamura tries to help the women with various ideas to start a new life. He develops feelings for one of those women. Jogo (Erika Toda) runs to the Tokei-ji because she is sick and tired of her husband. Her husband doesn't take responsibility for his family and does whatever he wants. A concubine, Ogin (Hikari Mitsushima), for a wholesale dealer runs to the Tokei-ji. Does Nobujiro Nakamura love Jogo, Ogin or a different woman?
Starring: Yô Ôizumi, Erika Toda, Hikari Mitsushima, Rina Uchiyama, Misuzu Kanno, Hyunri
Director: Masato Harada
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Tags: Erika Toda, Hikari Mitsushima, Hyunri, Masato Harada, Misuzu Kanno, Rina Uchiyama, Yô Ôizumi
Posted on December 12, 2015 |
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Initiation Love / Inishiêshon rabu (2015)
Romance
Set in Shizuoka and Tokyo, Japan in the late 1980's. Suzuki (Shota Matsuda) is a university student in Shizuoka attempting to find a job. Mayu (Atsuko Maeda) is a dental hygienist. They meet through a blind date and begin to date, but Suzuki finds a job in Tokyo and goes there. They begin a long distance relationship, but their relationship breaks down.
Starring: Shôta Matsuda, Atsuko Maeda, Fumino Kimura, Takahiro Miura
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
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Posted on December 12, 2015 |
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Prophecy / Yokokuhan (2015)
Mystery | Thriller
A man named Gates heads a mysterious group called "Shinbunshi" who don newspaper masks and post internet videos informing the public of their crimes of justice against people they deem guilty of things not punishable by law. Meanwhile, Erika Yoshino, an elite inspector from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's cyber crime division attempts to track down the members of Shinbunshi and put a stop to their crimes. However, the group gradually begins to win over the support of the public with their videos.
Starring: Tôma Ikuta, Erika Toda, Ryôhei Suzuki, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Gaku Hamada, Nana Komatsu
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
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Tags: Erika Toda, Gaku Hamada, Nana Komatsu, Ryôhei Suzuki, Tôma Ikuta, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Posted on December 11, 2015 |
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May We Chat / Mei Gaau Siu Nui (2014)
Drama
Set in the generation of smart phones and web 2.0, the film follows three troubled young girls who will do anything to escape their stifling lives – even if it means turning to drugs and prostitution. The advent of technology may have made communication easier than ever, but cautionary tales of misunderstood youths remain as relevant as they were two decades ago.
Starring: Irene Wan, Kabby Hui, Rainky Wai, Heidi Lee, Mak Tak-woh, Cheuk Man Au
Director: Philip Yung, Cheuk Man Au
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Tags: Cheuk Man Au, Heidi Lee, Irene Wan, Kabby Hui, Mak Tak-woh, Philip Yung, Rainky Wai
Posted on December 4, 2015 |
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Talvar / Guilty (2015)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Talvar is a fictional dramatization of true life events revolving around the Aarushi Talvar murder case investigation. Known as the 'Noida Double Murder Case', it happened in the city adjoining India's capital, Delhi, in 2008. The incident still resonates in the minds of the public, as there is no sense of closure in the case in spite of a guilty verdict – the parents of the murdered girl have been sentenced to life for killing her. This thriller is a work of fiction which is based on one if the most intriguing and talked about murder cases in recent Indian history.
Starring: Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Neeraj Kabi, Sohum Shah, Atul Kumar, Gajraj Rao, Prakash Belawadi, Shishir Sharma
Director: Meghna Gulzar
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Tags: Atul Kumar, Gajraj Rao, Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Meghna Gulzar, Neeraj Kabi, Prakash Belawadi, Shishir Sharma, Sohum Shah
Posted on December 1, 2015 |
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The Pirates / Hae-jeok: Ba-da-ro gan san-jeok (2014)
Action | Adventure | History
Set in the Joseon Dynasty period, pirates fight to catch a gray whale which swallowed a royal seal.
Starring: Ye-jin Son, Nam-gil Kim, Sulli Choi, Tae-woo Kim
Director: Seok-hoon Lee
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Tags: Nam-gil Kim, Seok-hoon Lee, Sulli Choi, Tae-woo Kim, Ye-jin Son
