Category: Eastern
Posted on August 13, 2015 |
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Full Strike / Chuen lik kau saat (2015)
Action | Comedy | Sport
Once the undisputed champion of badminton in Hong Kong, Ng Kau Sau has long been banished from the court thanks to her fiery temper. She never expected to pick up a racket again, until she meets Dan, Chiu and Kun, three recently freed criminals who are hoping to turn their lives around with badminton. Spurred on to return to the sport, Kau Sau teams up with perpetually drunken savant Champion Chik to coach the three ex-cons to victory in a badminton tournament for the ages.
Starring: Josie Ho, Ekin Cheng, Ronald Cheng, Wilfred Lau, Susan Shaw, Edmond Leung
Director: Chi-kin Kwok, Henri Wong
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Posted on August 10, 2015 |
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Happy Together / Chun gwong cha sit (1997)
Drama | Romance
Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung, two of Hong Kong's biggest stars, play a pair of gay lovers living out the waning days of their relationship as expatriates in Buenos Aires. Together with Australian Christopher Doyle, Kar-Wai's longtime cinematographer, the director discovers a city rich with diverse cultural influences. Happy Together reveals a corner of the world alive with intimate colors and an astonishing array of sounds. Even more striking, though, is the way that such an international collaboration begins to life a romance that is both realistic and universal. Ho and Lai are characters who are instantly identifible, who play the roles and experience the dynamics that all couples go through in the course of a relationship. Lusty tango bars, the salsa music of the La Boca sidewalks and the hypnotic vision of the nearby Igauzu Falls gives further dimension to the tensions growing between the two lovers.
Starring: Tony Leung, Leslie Cheung, Chen Chang, Gregory Dayton
Director: Kar Wai Wong
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Posted on August 10, 2015 |
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Kabukichô Love Hotel / Sayonara kabukichô (2014)
Drama | Romance
Over one day at this love hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo – where guests have the choice of staying for a short time or overnight – the dreams and desires of these characters intersect while aspiring for something greater.
Starring: Shôta Sometani, Atsuko Maeda
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
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Posted on August 6, 2015 |
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Little Forest: Winter & Spring / Ritoru Foresuto Fuyu Hen・Haru Hen (2015)
Drama
Ichiko (Ai Hashimoto) lived in a big city, but goes back to her small hometown Komori, located on a mountain in the Tohoku region. She is self-sufficient. Ichiko gains energy living among nature and eating foods she makes from seasonal ingredients.
Starring: Ai Hashimoto, Takahiro Miura, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu, Karen Kirishima
Director: Jun'ichi Mori
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Posted on August 4, 2015 |
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Kamen Rider Fourze the Movie: Everyone, Space Is Here! / Kamen Raidâ Fôze Za Mûbî Minna de Uchû kitâ! (2012)
Action | Sci-Fi
Members of the Kamen Rider club in Amanogawa High School fight against a mysterious monster Zodiatsu. Meanwhile, Space Ironmen Gurandain and Sukaidain attempt to complete the satellite weapon XVII. There is a high possibility the satellite weapon XVII will destroy the world. Gentaro Kisaragi (Sota Fukushi) and other members of the Kamen Rider club are tasked to destroy the satellite weapon XVII and must leave into outer space to save the world.
Starring: Sôta Fukushi, Ryûki Takahashi, Fumika Shimizu, Ryô Yoshizawa, Rikako Sakata, Jastine Tomimori, Shiho, Shion Tsuchiya
Director: Koichi Sakamoto
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Tags: Fumika Shimizu, Jastine Tomimori, Koichi Sakamoto, Rikako Sakata, Ryo Yoshizawa, Ryûki Takahashi, Shiho, Shion Tsuchiya, Sôta Fukushi
Posted on August 2, 2015 |
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Midnight Diner / Shinya shokudô the movie (2014)
Comedy
A cook opens a restaurant that only serves from midnight till dawn. One day, je discovers am obituary urn. Follow the stories of his regulars tangled astound this urn.
Starring: Kaoru Kobayashi, Mansaku Fuwa
Director: Joji Matsuoka
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Posted on August 2, 2015 |
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O.T. Ghost Overtime / O.T. phi Overtime (2014)
Horro | Thriller
O.T. Ghost Overtime continues the story from film O.T. in the omnibus 3AM. After being spooked by the ghosts in their office in the first film, Karan and Tee have made it out alive, though they now suffered hallucination and paranoia.
Starring: Ananda Everingham, Ray MacDonald, Shahkrit Yamnarm
Director: Isara Nadee
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Posted on July 31, 2015 |
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Love and Honor / Bushi no ichibun (2006)
Drama | Romance
Shinnojo Mimura is a lower-ranked samurai who is employed by his clan as a poison taster. He has lived a thrifty but happy life with his beautiful wife Kayo and their old servant Tokuhei. However, his happiness comes to an end when he becomes blind after eating shellfish that is accidentally put into the lunch for the clan. Shinnojo cannot stand spending the rest of his life in darkness, so he tries to kill himself, but Kayo and Tokuhei manage to save his life, and he gradually becomes used to living without sight. Yet, one day Shinnojo finds out that Kayo has a relationship with the head clerk, Toya Shimada: in return for his recommendation for Shinnojo's position in the castle, he has demanded her body, and Shinnojo decides to divorce her. But when Shinnojo eventually figures out that Shimada merely took his pleasure with Kayo, he challenges the man to a duel.
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Rei Dan, Mitsugorô Bandô, Takashi Sasano, Kaori Momoi, Nenji Kobayashi, Ken Ogata
Director: Yôji Yamada
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Tags: Kaori Momoi, Ken Ogata, Mitsugorô Bandô, Nenji Kobayashi, Rei Dan, Takashi Sasano, Takuya Kimura, Yôji Yamada
Posted on July 30, 2015 |
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Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal / Zhong Kui fu mo: Xue yao mo ling (2015)
Action | Fantasy
Legendary Chinese anti-hero Zhong Kui, a young man endowed with mysterious powers who is forced into a battle among the realms of Heaven, Earth and Hell in the course of his attempt to save his countrymen and the woman he loves.
Starring: Kun Chen, Bingbing Li, Winston Chao, Zishan Yang, Bei-Er Bao, Summer Jike
Director: Peter Pau, Tianyu Zhao
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Tags: Bei-Er Bao, Bingbing Li, Kun Chen, Peter Pau, Summer Jike, Tianyu Zhao, Winston Chao, Zishan Yang
Posted on July 29, 2015 |
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The Incident / Jiken (1978)
Drama
The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a complex story unfolds. "The Incident" is a study in unrestrained passion and jealousy.
Starring: Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinobu Ôtake, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Tsunehiko Watase
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura
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Posted on July 27, 2015 |
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Kisaragi (2007)
Comedy | Mystery
One year after the suicide of C-list model Kisaragi Miki, five of her fans come together for a commemorative meeting; fan club leader Iemoto, Oda Yuji, "Snake", Yasuo, and "Strawberry Girl". After meeting each other for the first time, they reminisce about their idol, wondering how someone so bright and happy could have possibly taken her own life. As they discuss her death, the facts, and evidence, they slowly come to the realization that her death didn't occur they way they thought it did. The more they talk, the more the case takes shape in their minds, and the closer they come to the truth.
Starring: Shun Oguri, Yûsuke Santamaria, Keisuke Koide, Muga Tsukaji, Teruyuki Kagawa
Director: Yûichi Satô
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Tags: Keisuke Koide, Muga Tsukaji, Shun Oguri, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yûichi Satô, Yûsuke Santamaria
Posted on July 26, 2015 |
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The Chase / Stakeout / Harikomi (1958)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
When a team of detectives losees the trail of a murderer, they decide to keep an eye on the suspect's ex-lover, who is trapped in an oppresive marriage.
Starring: Minoru Ôki, Takahiro Tamura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Hideko Takamine, Kin Sugai, Masao Shimizu
Director: Yoshitarô Nomura
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Tags: Hideko Takamine, Kin Sugai, Masao Shimizu, Minoru Ôki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Takahiro Tamura, Yoshitaro Nomura
Posted on July 24, 2015 |
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Lost and Love / Shi gu (2015)
Drama
Based on a true story, "Lost and Love" strives to represent the trauma that human trafficking brings to individuals and families. In 1998, Lei Zekuan loses his son and goes on a journey of searching for his son ever since. On his way, he encounters a motorcycle repairman named ZengShuai who is trafficked at the age of 4. Two lost souls go hand in hand to search for their long lost families, developing a special father-son relationship. At last, Lei Zekuan helps ZengShuai successfully find his families and resumes his journey in quest of his son.
Starring: Andy Lau, Boran Jing, Tony Leung, Sandra Ng
Director: Sanyuan Peng
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Posted on July 21, 2015 |
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Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats / Fukufukusou no Fukuchan (2014)
Comedy | Drama
32-year-old Tatsuo Fukuda, nickname "Fuku-chan" (Miyuki Oshima), is a painter who lives in a run-down apartment complex called Fukufuku Flats. He has been a resident ever since he moved to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school in rural Tochigi Prefecture, and has held the same job the whole time. He spends his days working up a sweat painting buildings, his nights mediating disputes between the other denizens of Fukufuku Flats, and his days off flying handmade kites down by the riverside. Fuku-chan is a popular guy who treats everyone equally and with kindness, but romance is his Achilles heel, which causes him to totally mess up a date arranged by his workmate Shimacchi (Yoshiyoshi Arakawa). One day, an unfamiliar woman turns up at Fukufuku Flats. When she tells Fuku-chan her name, he is astonished. It is Chiho, his first love from his junior high school days who he has not seen for around 20 years, and she has come to apologize for something that happened in their past. As Fuku-chan allows himself to get caught up in Chiho's quest to become a photographer, he begins to fall in love all over again with this woman who was responsible for the traumatizing incident that led to his fear of women…
Starring: Miyuki Ôshima, Asami Mizukawa, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Director: Yosuke Fujita
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Posted on July 21, 2015 |
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Her Granddaughter / A Man's Life / Otoko no isshô (2014)
Drama
Tsugumi Dozono works at a large electronics company in Tokyo. She likes to spend long vacations at her grandmother's house in the countryside. One day, her grandmother passes away and Tsugumi Dozono decides to live in her grandmother's house while working from home. She finds a strange middle-aged man in the house. The man's name is Jun Kaieda. Jun Kaieda tells Tsugumi that he is her grandmother’s ex-student and her grandmother gave him a key to the annex house. Tsugumi, who does not know the exact relationship between her grandmother and Jun, begins to live with him.
Starring: Nana Eikura, Etsushi Toyokawa, Osamu Mukai, Sakura Andô, Tomoya Maeno
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
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Posted on July 20, 2015 |
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Ocean Waves / Umi ga kikoeru (1993)
Animation | Drama | Romance
Ocean Waves is high school love story set in Kochi, Japan. Morisaku Taku and Matsuno Yutaka are best friends when a girl from Tokyo named Muto Rikako transfers to their school. Excluding herself from group activities, she’s eventually labeled a snob. Matsuno has a crush on Rikako, so it’s no surprise that he gets a little jealous when Morisaku and Rikako start spending more time together. The rumors around school get worse, but Morisaku still insists there is nothing between him and Rikako.
Starring: Nobuo Tobita, Toshihiko Seki, Yoko Sakamoto, Yuri Amano, Kae Araki, Jun'ichi Kanemaru, Ai Satô, Aya Hisakawa, Tomokazu Seki, Hikaru Midorikawa
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
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Tags: Ai Satô, Aya Hisakawa, Hikaru Midorikawa, Jun'ichi Kanemaru, Kae Araki, Nobuo Tobita, Tomokazu Seki, Tomomi Mochizuki, Toshihiko Seki, Yoko Sakamoto, Yuri Amano
Posted on July 19, 2015 |
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The August without Emperor / Kôtei no inai hachigatsu (1978)
Drama | Thriller
Satsuo Yamamoto may not be the most popular japanese director, yet he’s one of those who actually committed his career to making films with social & political ideas. Always trying to point out some of the taboos of Japanese Society, presenting ideas and inviting the audience to think about it. Here, August without Emperor seems to be about a train hijacking involving the military & a coup d'etat (to be confirmed). This looks massive, and representative of a "cinema of ideas".
Starring: Tsunehiko Watase, Sayuri Yoshinaga
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto
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Posted on July 17, 2015 |
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Again / Agein 28 Nenme no Koshien (2015)
Drama
Mie's (Haru) father died during the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. One day, she finds a bundle of unsent New Year's cards, which languished there for 28 years. To find out why the cards were never sent, Mie tracks down Haruhiko Sakacho (Kiichi Nakai). Haruhiko played on the same high school baseball team with her father. Mie eventually gathers together her father's former teammates to play in the Masters Koshien (a senior league baseball tournament). Mie also uncovers a truth about her father and the baseball team.
Starring: Kiichi Nakai, Haru, Emi Wakui, Toshirô Yanagiba, Mugi Kadowaki, Taiga, Asuka Kudô
Director: Sumio Ohmori
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Tags: Asuka Kudô, Emi Wakui, Haru, Kiichi Nakai, Mugi Kadowaki, Sumio Ohmori, Taiga, Toshirô Yanagiba
Posted on July 17, 2015 |
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Amagi Pass / Amagi goe (1983)
Drama
Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a printing shop owner, was visited by a retired policeman who came from Amagi Pass. The truth then started to reveal itself.
Starring: Tsunehiko Watase, Yûko Tanaka, Mikijirô Hira, Yôichi Ito, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kenzo Kaneko, Ichirô Ogura
Director: Haruhiko Mimura
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Tags: Haruhiko Mimura, Ichirô Ogura, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kenzo Kaneko, Mikijiro Hira, Tsunehiko Watase, Yôichi Ito, Yûko Tanaka
Posted on July 13, 2015 |
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After School / Afutâ sukûru (2008)
Thriller
A middle school teacher, Jinno, is friends with a young couple that is about to have a baby. But on the eve of the birth, the father, Kimura, disappears. A somewhat shady private detective named Shimazaki confronts Jinno with a photo of Jinno with another woman. When they investigate in the seedy underworld of Tokyo, Jinno must confront what he thought he knew about his friend Kimura.
Starring: Yô Ôizumi, Masato Sakai, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Takako Tokiwa, Tomoko Tabata
Director: Kenji Uchida
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Tags: Kenji Uchida, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Masato Sakai, Takako Tokiwa, Tomoko Tabata, Yô Ôizumi
