Category: Eastern
Posted on November 2, 2015 |
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Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets / Sho o suteyo machi e deyou (1971)
Drama | Music
In this highly political Japanese film, a family's disintegration is shown as an analogy for the Japanese descent into heartless materialism. Though his family members have resigned themselves to their downward spiral both socially and economically, the son of the household has not. He is ambitious to attain something and to strike out on his own. What happens instead is that he grows increasingly disillusioned about his life and his world.
Starring: Hideaki Sasaki, Masahiro Saito, Yukiko Kobayashi, Fudeko Tanaka, Sei Hiraizumi, Keiko Niitaka
Director: Shûji Terayama
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Tags: Fudeko Tanaka, Hideaki Sasaki, Keiko Niitaka, Masahiro Saito, Sei Hiraizumi, Shûji Terayama, Yukiko Kobayashi
Posted on November 1, 2015 |
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Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie / Kôkaku Kidôtai (2015)
Animation | Sci-Fi
Set after the events of Arise, the film involves the assassination of the Prime Minister of Japan which is publicly described as the "greatest event since the war". It is up to Public Security Section 9, lead by Major Motoko Kusanagi, to discover the true nature of the murder. They are aided by the Prime Minister's son, Osamu Fujimoto.
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Tarusuke Shingaki, Kazuya Nakai, Miyuki Sawashiro, Shunsuke Sakuya
Director: Kazuchika Kise, Kazuya Nomura
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Posted on November 1, 2015 |
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No Touching At All / Doushitemo furetakunai (2014)
Drama
Toshiaki (Kosuke Yonehara) is a young gay man. On the first day of work, he meets Yosuke (Masashi Taniguchi) in the elevator. Yosuke is Toshiaki's new boss. Toshiaki is attracted to Yosuke. Toshiaki can't be honest with his feelings due to a traumatic incident from his past.
Starring: Kôsuke Yonehara, Masashi Taniguchi, Shou Tomita, Shôichi Matsuda, Yuya Mito
Director: Chihiro Amano
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Posted on November 1, 2015 |
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About Elly / Darbareye Elly (2009)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A group of middle-class friends travel from Tehran to spend the weekend at the seaside. Sepideh invites Elly, who is her daughter's teacher, to travel with the three families in order to introduce her to their recently divorced friend Ahmad, now living in Germany. The next morning, the two women go shopping in the town and Elly says that she has to return to Tehran because her mother has been recently submitted to hospital for heart surgery, but Sepideh asks her to stay and hides her luggage. The children are playing in the sea and one mother asks Elly to watch them. Out of the blue, Sepideh's daughter calls to some men playing volleyball to rescue one of the children from the water. After rescuing the little boy they seek out Elly, questioning whether she has drowned or returned to Tehran. What has happened to Elly?
Starring: Golshifteh Farahani, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Merila Zare'i, Peyman Moaadi, Mani Haghighi
Director: Asghar Farhadi
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Tags: Asghar Farhadi, Golshifteh Farahani, Mani Haghighi, Merila Zare'i, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti
Posted on October 30, 2015 |
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Kaidan / Kwaidan / Ghost Stories / Hoichi the Earless / Weird Tales (1964)
Fantasy | Horror
This film contains four stories. "Black Hair": A poor samurai who divorces his true love to marry for money, but finds the marriage disastrous and returns to his old wife, only to discover something eerie about her. "The Woman in the Snow": A woodcutter meets an icy spirit in the form of a woman spares his life on the condition that he never tell anyone about her. A decade later he forgets his promise. "Hoichi the Earless": Hoichi is a blind musician, living in a monastery who sings so well that a ghostly imperial court commands him to perform the epic ballad of their death battle for them. But the ghosts are draining away his life. "In a Cup of Tea": a writer tells the story of a man who keep seeing a mysterious face reflected in his cup of tea…
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura, Michiyo Aratama, Rentarô Mikuni, Kenjirô Ishiyama, Ranko Akagi
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
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Tags: Kenjirô Ishiyama, Masaki Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Ranko Akagi, Rentarô Mikuni, Takashi Shimura, Tatsuya Nakadai
Posted on October 29, 2015 |
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Bahubali: The Beginning (2015)
Action | Adventure | History | War
A dispute between brothers spans across two generations.
Starring: Prabhas, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sathyaraj, Anushka Shetty, Rana Daggubati, Nassar
Director: S.S. Rajamouli
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Tags: Anushka Shetty, Nassar, Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, S.S. Rajamouli, Sathyaraj, Tamannaah Bhatia
Posted on October 29, 2015 |
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Key of Life / Kagi-dorobô no mesoddo (2012)
Comedy | Crime | Romance
Sakurai is an aspiring actor who becomes frustrated with his life. Sakurai then decides to kill himself, but before committing suicide Sakurai heads off to a public bathhouse. At the bathhouse, Sakurai then witnesses a man named Kondo collapse and lose his memory in front of Sakurai. On a sudden whim, Sakurai switches locker keys with Kondo and pretends to be Kondo. Sakurai soon finds himself in trouble with the yakuza.
Starring: Masato Sakai, Teruyuki Kagawa, Ryôko Hirosue
Director: Kenji Uchida
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Posted on October 28, 2015 |
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No Risk, No Gain / Casino Raiders – The Sequel / Ji juen gai jong yuen choi (1990)
Comedy | Drama
As an adviser of a Renown U.S. Casino and a Prominent Gambler, "The Supreme" Ray has encountered many adventurous challenges in his career. "Tiger Eye" Chiang has made Ray undertake to contest with him in Macau. Ray's adventure begins again. Via Hong Kong, Ray meets his female cousin's friend snakey, "Big Dee" and his schoolmate Janey. Unfortunately, he is cheated by these two guys and loses all his possession. The two guys pretend to be Supreme's identity to Macau, and the card competition are beginning.
Starring: Pak-Cheung Chan, Andy Lau, Alan Tam, Sung Young Chen, Michelle Reis, Christine Ng, May Lo
Director: Jimmy Heung, Taylor Wong
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Tags: Alan Tam, Andy Lau, Christine Ng, Jimmy Heung, May Lo, Michelle Reis, Pak-cheung Chan, Sung Young Chen, Taylor Wong
Posted on October 27, 2015 |
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Pieta in the Toilet / Toire no Pieta (2015)
Drama
Hiroshi (Yojiro Noda) has given up on his dreams of becoming a painter and works part-time cleaning office windows. He learns that he has only 3 months left to live. During his last summer, high school student Mai (Hana Sugisaki) appears. Hiroshi becomes attracted to her.
Starring: Yôjirô Noda, Hana Sugisaki, Rirî Furankî, Saya Ichikawa, Shinobu Ohtake, Rie Miyazawa
Director: Daishi Matsunaga
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Tags: Daishi Matsunaga, Hana Sugisaki, Rie Miyazawa, Rirî Furankî, Saya Ichikawa, Shinobu Ohtake, Yôjirô Noda
Posted on October 27, 2015 |
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Legal High SP 2 / Rigaru Hai Supesharu (2014)
Comedy | Drama
Attorneys Kensuke (Masato Sakai) and Machiko (Yui Aragaki) receive a request from a general hospital. They go up against veteran attorney Kazuma Kuzyo who is trying to extract money from the general hospital by a medical malpractice lawsuit
Starring: Masato Sakai, Yui Aragaki
Director: Junichi Ishikawa
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Posted on October 27, 2015 |
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Don't Laugh at My Romance / Hito no sekkusu o warauna (2007)
Comedy | Romance
Mirume is a 19 year old college student who falls in love with Yuri, an almost 40 year old art teacher at his university. Yuri isn't your typical college professor, having a quirky sense of humor and unpredictable personality. When Yuri invites Murume to her studio, she playfully seduces the still naive 19 year old student. Things become more complicated when Murume discovers that Yuri is married to a much older man.
Starring: Hiromi Nagasaku, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Yû Aoi, Shûgo Oshinari, Morio Agata, Yôichi Nukumizu, Harudanji Katsura
Director: Nami Iguchi
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Tags: Harudanji Katsura, Hiromi Nagasaku, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Morio Agata, Nami Iguchi, Shûgo Oshinari, Yôichi Nukumizu, Yû Aoi
Posted on October 25, 2015 |
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Deadman Inferno / Z airando (2015)
Action | Horror
Hiroya Munakata (Sho Aikawa) is the leader of the yakuza group Munakata-gumi. After 10 years since the big fight, Hiroya Munakata's non blood-related younger brother Takashi (Shingo Tsurumi) is released from prison, but Takashi's daughter, Hyuga (Maika Yamamoto) says she does not want to meet her father and runs away from home. Hiroya, Takashi and Hiroya's subordinate Shinya (Red Rice) go to Zeni Island where Hyuga is headed to. Something they never expected is waiting for them.
Starring: Shô Aikawa, Shingo Tsurumi, Sawa Suzuki, Daisuke Miyagawa, Red Rice, Kunihiro Kawashima, Yûichi Kimura
Director: Hiroshi Shinagawa
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Tags: Daisuke Miyagawa, Hiroshi Shinagawa, Kunihiro Kawashima, Red Rice, Sawa Suzuki, Shingo Tsurumi, Shô Aikawa, Yûichi Kimura
Posted on October 25, 2015 |
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Casino Raiders / Ji juen mo seung (1989)
Action | Crime
This is the story about the friendship between Asia's King of Gamblers, Law, and the Magic Hand, Chan. Law meets a girl Tung, who is willing to go straight with her father's help. Meanwhile, Chan tricked the Japanese Yakksa leader a large sum of money and resulted with the death of himself and his lover, Po-po. In order to take revenge, Law finally fights a life and death cardgame with the Yakusa…
Starring: Andy Lau, Alan Tam, Idy Chan, Rosamund Kwan
Director: Jimmy Heung, Jing Wong, Corey Yuen
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Tags: Alan Tam, Andy Lau, Corey Yuen, Idy Chan, Jimmy Heung, Jing Wong, Rosamund Kwan
Posted on October 23, 2015 |
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Last Hero in China / Iron Rooster vs. the Centipede / Wong Fei Hung V: Tit gai dau ng gung (1993)
Action | Comedy | History
Master Wong tries to protect his randy students from the corrupting influence of the brothel next-door, while investigating a gang of perverted Shaolin monks who have been abducting young women.
Starring: Jet Li, Sharla Cheung, Dicky Cheung, Pak-cheung Chan, Ka-Yan Leung
Director: Jing Wong, Woo-Ping Yuen
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Tags: Dicky Cheung, Jet Li, Jing Wong, Ka-Yan Leung, Pak-cheung Chan, Sharla Cheung, Woo-ping Yuen
Posted on October 23, 2015 |
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The Golden Cane Warrior / Pendekar Tongkat Emas (2014)
Action
The Golden Cane: a relic of incomparable force, coveted by all. And with it, the training of a technique so unrivaled, it vanquishes all who dare oppose its power. As Master Cempaka and her four disciples – orphans of her enemies, now heirs to the Cane – prepare for the new warrior guardian to ascend, an act of villainous betrayal threatens to destroy the clan and destabilize the realm. Their only hope to restore order lies in finding the elusive White Dragon, the only remaining pupil still equipped to unlock the mysteries of the Golden Cane.
Starring: Tara Basro, Christine Hakim, Eva Celia Latjuba, Reza Rahadian, Nicholas Saputra
Director: Ifa Isfansyah
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Tags: Christine Hakim, Eva Celia Latjuba, Ifa Isfansyah, Nicholas Saputra, Reza Rahadian, Tara Basro
Posted on October 22, 2015 |
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The Library Wars: Book of Memories / Toshokan sensô: Book of Memories (2015)
Action
Iku (Nana Eikura) joined the Library Defense Force after a member from that team retrieved an important book that was targeted for censorship. She is assigned to work under Atsushi's (Junichi Okada) team. She endures Atsushi's harsh treatment and looks for the member who retrieved her book. She also finds herself becoming attracted to Atsushi. Iku meets female high school student Marie (Tao Tsuchiya) at the library. Maries has a hearing disability. She is also a childhood friend of Mikihisa (Kei Tanaka). Iku senses Marie's strong feelings for Mikihisa. Asako (Chiaki Kuriyama) works as a clerk for the Library Task Force. She has frequent meetings with curator Shuji (Aoi Nakamura). This creates complicated feelings for Hikaru (Sota Fukushi). One day, Mikihisa is arrested because of a book he recommended to Marie. Official reason given is because the book is unsuitable for disabled people. The members of the Library Task Force are angered by Mikihisa's arrest.
Starring: Jun'ichi Okada, Nana Eikura, Kei Tanaka, Sôta Fukushi, Tao Tsuchiya, Chiaki Kuriyama
Director: Shinsuke Sato
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Tags: Chiaki Kuriyama, Junichi Okada, Kei Tanaka, Nana Eikura, Shinsuke Sato, Sôta Fukushi, Tao Tsuchiya
Posted on October 22, 2015 |
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Doctor Mack / Mack the Knife / Lau man yi sang (1998)
Comedy
Apart from sophisticated medical techniques, a doctor should also have respectful mortal and concern for his patients. Dr. Mack Lau gives up his career in a famed hospital and opens a clinic in a run-down place. Not only does he heal the residences!| wounds, but also their torn-and-broken hearts.
Starring: Tony Leung, Ching Wan Lau, Gigi Leung, Christy Chung, Jordan Chan, Andy Hui
Director: Chi-Ngai Lee
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Posted on October 21, 2015 |
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The Arti: The Adventure Begins / Qi Ren Mi Ma: Gu Luo Bu Zhi Mi (2015)
Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Produced by Taiwan's insanely popular Pili Puppetry, the film follows the story of the children of a family accused of treason who are forced to cross a desert while being pursued by a jealous prince planning to construct a robot army. Featuring Pili's unique fusion of traditional Chinese puppetry and CGI, it was released over the lunar new year holiday in Taiwan and produced with a budget of $10 million, probably making it the most expensive non-Henson/Muppet independent puppet film ever made.
Starring: Ricky Hsiao, Hsiao-shun Hsu, Chia-chia Peng, Yan Pui, Huang Wen Tze
Director: Huang Wen Chang
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Tags: Chia-chia Peng, Hsiao-shun Hsu, Huang Wen Chang, Huang Wen Tze, Ricky Hsiao, Yan Pui
Posted on October 21, 2015 |
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Grey Crow / Haiiro no karasu (2015)
Drama
Together with a girls' camping club, Tamae sets out on a trip to a mountain where it is said that a long-nosed goblin lives. According to romours, the goblin once was a boy who by mistake killed his own mother and has since been abducting people who have burdened hearts. The girls, who end up getting lost in the mountain, meets the mysterious boy Tsubaki. But who is he really?
Starring: Sayo Ampo, Luna Ichikawa, Kaho Kobayashi, Tatsuya Nakayama, Eri Nishida
Director: Nao Shimizu
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Tags: Eri Nishida, Kaho Kobayashi, Luna Ichikawa, Nao Shimizu, Sayo Ampo, Tatsuya Nakayama
Posted on October 20, 2015 |
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Solomon's Perjury 2 / Soromon no gishou: Kouhen saiban (2015)
Thriller
A group of junior high school must find out the truth of their classmate's death is he was killed by someone or committed suicide.
Starring: Mizuki Itagaki, Yuna Kawahara, Fumiyo Kohinata, Haru Kuroki, Hiromi Nagasaku, Yui Natsukawa, Machiko Ono, Kuranosuke Sasaki
Director: Izuru Narushima
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Tags: Fumiyo Kohinata, Haru Kuroki, Hiromi Nagasaku, Izuru Narushima, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Machiko Ono, Mizuki Itagaki, Yui Natsukawa, Yuna Kawahara
