Category: Eastern
Posted on May 6, 2015 |
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Barking Dogs Never Bite / Flanders' Dog / Flandersui gae (2000)
Comedy
An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.
Starring: Doona Bae, Sung-jae Lee
Director: Joon-ho Bong
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Posted on May 4, 2015 |
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Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Maybe Happy / Pikanchi Half: Life is Hard Tabun Happy (2014)
Comedy
The five friends, now in their 30s, reunit after 10 years as they're running into problems with their family or work.
Starring: Masaki Aiba, Natsuko Akiyama, Denden, Kazuaki Hankai, Yoshihiko Inohara, Kazuhide Kobayashi, Reimon Kobayashi
Director: Hisashi Kimura, Yukihiko Tsutsumi
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Tags: Denden, Hisashi Kimura, Kazuaki Hankai, Kazuhide Kobayashi, Masaki Aiba, Natsuko Akiyama, Reimon Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Inohara, Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Posted on May 4, 2015 |
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Pikanchi Double: Life is Hard Therefore Happy / Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy (2004)
Drama
Sequel to the 2002 film Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy, starring members of boy band Arashi and written by Yoshihiko Inohara of V6.
Starring: Masaki Aiba, Natsuko Akiyama, Denden, Kazuaki Hankai, Yoshihiko Inohara, Kazuhide Kobayashi, Reimon Kobayashi
Director: Hisashi Kimura, Yukihiko Tsutsumi
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Tags: Denden, Hisashi Kimura, Kazuaki Hankai, Kazuhide Kobayashi, Masaki Aiba, Natsuko Akiyama, Reimon Kobayashi, Yoshihiko Inohara, Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Posted on May 4, 2015 |
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Pikanchi: Life is Hard But Happy / Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy (2002)
Drama
"Pika*nchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy" centers around five friends who are residents in a Tokyo apartment complex.Now senior high school students, the five friends live the wildlife in Harajuku before encountering unforeseen surprises.
Starring: Masaki Aiba, Natsuko Akiyama, Anri Ban, Guin Poon Chaw, Kazuaki Hankai, Fuyuko Imae, Yoshihiko Inohara
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
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Tags: Anri Ban, Fuyuko Imae, Guin Poon Chaw, Kazuaki Hankai, Masaki Aiba, Natsuko Akiyama, Yoshihiko Inohara, Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Posted on May 3, 2015 |
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Four Days of Snow and Blood / Ni-ni-roku / 226 (1989)
Action | Drama | War
Based on the "2.26 Incident", an attempted coup d'état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Several leading politicians were killed and the center of Tokyo was briefly held by the insurgents before the coup was suppressed.
Starring: Ken'ichi Hagiwara, Tomokazu Miura, Masahiro Motoki
Director: Hideo Gosha
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Posted on May 3, 2015 |
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Fancy Dance / Fanshî dansu (1989)
Comedy
Yohei, a punk rocker, has to become a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Yohei though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline learns to adjust. Then his girlfriend shows up, enticing him to return to his rock 'n' roll roots.
Starring: Masahiro Motoki, Honami Suzuki, Ken Osawa, Hikomaro, Hiromasa Taguchi, Kazuo Chikada, Paul Silverman, Yu Tokui
Director: Masayuki Suo
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Tags: Hikomaro, Hiromasa Taguchi, Honami Suzuki, Kazuo Chikada, Ken Osawa, Masahiro Motoki, Masayuki Suo, Paul Silverman, Yu Tokui
Posted on May 2, 2015 |
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Undulant Fever / When I Sense the Sea / Umi wo kanjiru toki (2014)
Drama
High school student Emiko (Yui Ichikawa) meets an older student named Yo (Sosuke Ikematsu) in the high school newspaper club. One day, Emiko is kissed by Yo and they have sex impulsively. Since that time, whenever Emiko, who does not know love, sees Yo, she asks him to have sex. As time goes by, Yo movies away to attend college in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Emiko works at a flower shop just because she wants to be close to Yo. Emiko is hurt by Yo's rejection, but whenever she meets him she has sex with him.
Starring: Yui Ichikawa, Sosuke Ikematsu, Madoka Sakai, Sakiko Takao, Masaki Miura, Kumi Nakamura
Director: Hiroshi Ando
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Tags: Hiroshi Ando, Kumi Nakamura, Madoka Sakai, Masaki Miura, Sakiko Takao, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Yui Ichikawa
Posted on May 2, 2015 |
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Parasyte: Part 1 / Kiseijû: Part 1 (2014)
Horror | Sci-Fi
The humanity is suffering from murders all over the globe, called "Mincemeat murders". High school student, Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he might be the discoverer of truth.
Starring: Shôta Sometani, Eri Fukatsu, Ai Hashimoto, Kazuki Kitamura, Masahiro Higashide, Tadanobu Asano, Miko Yoki, Jun Kunimura, Hirofumi Arai, Pierre Taki
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
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Tags: Ai Hashimoto, Eri Fukatsu, Hirofumi Arai, Jun Kunimura, Kazuki Kitamura, Masahiro Higashide, Miko Yoki, Pierre Taki, Shôta Sometani, Tadanobu Asano, Takashi Yamazaki
Posted on May 1, 2015 |
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Dearest / Qin ai de (2014)
Drama
Based on a true story, the film follows Tian Wen-Jun and his ex-wife Lu Xiao-Juan as they search frantically for their missing three year-old son Pengpeng. Years later, after numerous dashed hopes, they find Pengpeng living with Li Hong-Xin. But their reunion with the vastly changed Pengpeng proves difficult, and Hong-Xin convincingly claims that she is unaware that the child – who now calls her mother – was originally stolen.
Starring: Wei Zhao, Bo Huang, Dawei Tong, Lei Hao, Yi Zhang
Director: Peter Chan
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Tags: Bo Huang, Dawei Tong, Lei Hao, Peter Chan, Wei Zhao, Yi Zhang
Posted on April 30, 2015 |
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Guilty / Si fei (2015)
Drama | Romance
A hitman Jack is slowly wandering into a red light district. As he walks through the alley, everyone avoid eye contact with him because of his extremely ugly face. Ting Ting is the only prostitute that did not reject him. Jack finds a scar on the stomach of Ting Ting which was wounded by a gunshot. Ting Ting on the other hand stares at the giant lump on Jack's face without showing any sign of fear. The two of them quickly form a bond and Jack could not bear to leave Ting Ting alone. He decides to take Ting Ting out of her miserable life at any cost. From then on, their lives turns out differently.
Starring: Pak-ho Chau, Liddy Li, Kai Chi Liu
Director: Jill Wong
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Posted on April 29, 2015 |
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Tada's Do-It-All House / Mahoro ekimae kyôsôkyoku (2014)
Comedy | Drama
In the fictional Tokyo suburb of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada (Eita) works as a "benriya" – a general problem solver for hire. One day in January, former classmate Haruhiko Gyoten (Ryuhei Matsuda) appears unannounced. Back in their schooldays Haruhiko was a quiet person who rarely talked. Now, Haruhiko is talkative. Both men are over 30 years old and divorced. Without giving an explanation, Haruhiko suddenly asks to spend the night at Keisuke's home. Keisuke turns down Haruhiko, but Haruhiko is persistant and finally Keisuke allows him to sleep over for one night. What Keisuke is unaware of is that Haruhiko plans to stay for more than one night. Eventually, Keisuke accepts Haruhiko as his assistant and they become involved in various cases involving an assortment of people from different walks of life.
Starring: Eita, Ryûhei Matsuda, Kengo Kôra, Yôko Maki
Director: Tatsushi Ohmori
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Tags: Eita, Kengo Kôra, Ryûhei Matsuda, Tatsushi Ohmori, Yôko Maki
Posted on April 29, 2015 |
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The Railroader / Railroad Man / Poppoya (1999)
Drama
A solitary middle-aged station manager is haunted by troubling memories of his past when he learns the line his station is on will be decommissioned for lack of profitability. He is visited by a young woman, who mysteriously appears to cheer him up.
Starring: Ken Takakura, Shinobu Ôtake, Ryôko Hirosue, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masanobu Andô, Ken Shimura, Tomoko Naraoka, Yoshiko Tanaka, Nenji Kobayashi
Director: Yasuo Furuhata
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Tags: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Ken Shimura, Ken Takakura, Masanobu Andô, Nenji Kobayashi, Ryôko Hirosue, Shinobu Ôtake, Tomoko Naraoka, Yasuo Furuhata, Yoshiko Tanaka
Posted on April 28, 2015 |
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Cape Nostalgia / Fushigi na misaki no monogatari (2014)
Drama
A story set in a café situated along a small cape and run by an elderly woman named Etsuko and aided her nephew Koji.
Starring: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Hiroshi Abe, Yûko Takeuchi, Tsurube Shôfukutei
Director: Izuru Narushima
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Tags: Hiroshi Abe, Izuru Narushima, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tsurube Shôfukutei, Yûko Takeuchi
Posted on April 28, 2015 |
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Black Vengeance / Tragic Hero / Rich and Famous 2 / Ying hung ho hon (1987)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Kok and Yung were raised up together and like brothers. They are assistants of Chai, a native of Chiu Chow, a leading man in the underworld. However a misconception broke out which overshadwoed the relation amongst the three of them. It made Chai and Yung divergence, Kok went to Malacca nd Yung went after Chu Lo Dai, the business partner of Chai. On attempt of killing Yung as he was no longer under control, Chu was failed and killed by Yung, On the other hands, Chai faced a series of betrayal by his friends and almost.
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Andy Lau, Alex Man, Siu Fong Wong, Carina Lau, Danny Lee, Chun Hsiung Ko
Director: Taylor Wong
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Posted on April 27, 2015 |
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Twilight: Saya in Sasara / Twilight Sasarasaya / Towairaito Sasara Saya (2014)
Drama | Fantasy
A drama about a struggling young widow with a baby whose dead husband returns to the world of the living to help her.
Starring: Yui Aragaki, Yô Oizumi
Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa
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Posted on April 24, 2015 |
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The Next Generation PatLabor Chapter 7 / The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014)
Action | Sci-Fi
In a world where giant robots are built and used for labor, a special police force of robots is created to handle crimes relating to these machines.
Starring: Erina Mano, Toshio Kakei, Seiji Fukushi, Rina Ohta, Shigeru Chiba, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Yoshinori Horimoto, Kohei Shiotsuka, Shigekazu Tajiri
Director: Mamoru Oshii
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Tags: Erina Mano, Kohei Shiotsuka, Mamoru Oshii, Rina Ohta, Seiji Fukushi, Shigekazu Tajiri, Shigeru Chiba, Toshio Kakei, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Yoshinori Horimoto
Posted on April 24, 2015 |
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A Short Distance Relationship / Close Range Love / Kinkyori ren ai (2014)
Romance
A smart high school student become falling in love with her new English handsome teacher after she begins to receive one-on-one tutoring from him.
Starring: Tomohisa Yamashita, Nana Komatsu
Director: Naoto Kumazawa
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Tags: Nana Komatsu, Naoto Kumazawa, Tomohisa Yamashita
Posted on April 24, 2015 |
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Triumph in the Skies / Chong shang yun xiao (2015)
Drama | Romance
Young pilot Branson recently takes over Skylette, his father's aviation empire, only to realise his old flames Cassie is a flight attendant there. Several years ago, he was forced to break up with her and move to New York to take care of his father's business. To this day, the two continue to harbour feelings for each other but decide to keep them bottled up. In an effort to rebrand the airline, Branson invites rock idol TM to star in an upcoming commercial and appoints Sam as her flying consultant. Incongruent in both tastes and experience, this odd couple gets off on the wrong foot. As the shoot progresses, however, they slowly discover each other's merits, developing a strong mutual attraction. Jayden has left Skylette Airline to become a pilot for private jets. He meets the young and vivacious Kika during a flight and assumes her to be wayward and shallow…
Starring: Louis Koo, Sammi Cheng, Francis Ng, Julian Cheung, Charmaine Sheh, Amber Kuo
Director: Matt Chow, Wilson Yip
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Tags: Amber Kuo, Charmaine Sheh, Francis Ng, Julian Cheung, Louis Koo, Matt Chow, Sammi Cheng, Wilson Yip
Posted on April 24, 2015 |
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Rich and Famous / Gong woo ching (1987)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Kok, Yung and Wai Chu were living in poverty, Yung was addicted to gambling while Chu was a prostitude. Yung was caught red-handed in making a mischief. He was harshly punished and forced to make compensation. With the idea inspired by their friend, Ying Hung, they decided to rob Chu Lo Tai, the boss of Ying Hung. Their target was the embargoed gold. The attempt of robbery was unsuccessful and they were pursued and Wai Chu was caught by Chu's killers. To let Wai Chu's free, Kok made himself as hostage.
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Andy Lau, Alex Man, Siu Fong Wong, Carina Lau, Alan Tam, Danny Lee
Director: Taylor Wong
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Tags: Alan Tam, Alex Man, Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Danny Lee, Siu Fong Wong, Taylor Wong, Yun-Fat Chow
Posted on April 15, 2015 |
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The Admiral: Roaring Currents / Myeong-ryang (2014)
Adventure | Biography | War
At the strait known as 'Roaring Currents', master strategist Admiral Yi and his 12 battleships oppose an enemy fleet of 330, and win an incredible victory.
Starring: Min-sik Choi, Seung-ryong Ryu, Jin-woong Jo, Myung-gon Kim, Ku Jin
Director: Han-min Kim
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Tags: Han-min Kim, Jin-woong Jo, Ku Jin, Min-sik Choi, Myung-gon Kim, Seung-ryong Ryu