Category: Eastern
Posted on August 24, 2014 |
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The Sentimental Swordsman / To ching chien ko wu ching chien (1977)
Action | Drama
Due to his own extreme ideals, famed swordsman Li has lost everyone dear to him. After his life is saved by a rival swordsman, Li's overwhelming pride means he forsakes the woman he loves and lets her marry his saviour. Li's only comfort is alcohol and the simple life he has now accepted. On one such journey, the lonely swordsman befriends the exceptionally skilled, yet secretive Fei who has his own pressures to contend with. The person behind Li's troubles proves to be elusive, though all the clues seem to point to the legendary 'Plum Blossom Bandit', a disguised figure whose identity has long proved elusive to the martial world.
Starring: Lung Ti, Li Ching, Tung-Shing Yee, On-On Yu, Hua Yueh
Director: Yuen Chor
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Posted on August 24, 2014 |
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The Flying Guillotine / Xue di zi (1975)
Action | Drama
The Emperor's armies have developed a new weapon: a thrown blade that can remove someone's head from long distance. As the paranoid Emperor begins decapitating anyone he fears might be a threat, his guard Mau Tang becomes disillusioned with the excesses of his master. He leaves his post and takes up the quiet life of farming and raising a family. Eventually, though, his past catches up with him, and he must find a way to fight the flying guillotine if he is to save his head.
Starring: Kuan Tai Chen, Feng Ku, Hung Wei, Wu Chi Liu, Ti Ai, Wei Tu Lin, Yue Wong, Yang Chiang
Director: Meng Hua Ho
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Posted on August 21, 2014 |
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Z Storm / Z fung bou / Z Feng bao / Fan tan feng bao (2014)
Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
This is a story about the biggest financial fraud attempted in Hong Kong, directed at the Government of Hong Kong and involved all 7 million Hong Kong citizens… no one is free from the scheme. Within the four decades of guarding Hong Kong's financial integrity, the ICAC has never come across an opponent so huge and so well organized as in the Z Torrent file… shadowy figures from the underworld of South America, Italy and Europe all ready to plot against the estimated 150 million dollars of Hong Kong citizens' tax money which was pooled in a fund called the WELFARE FUND. High profile chartered accountants, high ranking law enforcers, power lawyers, the super entrepreneurs; they all have their shares of play but none can really grasp the big picture; they are there only for what they desire most. When the wife of an up-rising star Superintendent of police force reported his corruption simply out of bitterness for being ill-treated, little did she know she is about to pull the head string from a very well weaved web of deceive, greed, sex, power, and last but not least, fear. The ICAC agent LOK who took charge of the simple complaint felt otherwise… it's his passion for justice that has been driving him all these years in the battle against bribery and corruption, even after losing his beloved wife. Further investigation soon revealed many unanswered questions and loose ends…the death of an ex-godfather status accountant of Hong Kong, the threats to even the seemingly harmless witnesses and informers, and the surfacing of a mysterious lady that has all connection with LOK's wanted list but with a background as simple and as tragic as a girl next door with terminal illness… As Lok dug deeper into the web, he is being hunted by trained foreign mercenaries; a tactic very seldom or never heard of in the history of Hong Kong's underworld! With the support of his superior the old but streetwise Deputy Chief of ICAC, Lok eventually unlocked the door to the plan, but only after a bloodbath gun battle that almost cost him his life and that of the attractive mysterious woman, Angel.
Starring: Louis Koo, Ka Tung Lam, Dada Chan, Janelle Sing, Michael Wong, Hoi-Pang Lo
Director: David Lam
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Posted on August 20, 2014 |
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The Tale of Nishino / Yukihiko Nishino's Love and Adventure / Nishino Yukihiko no koi to bouken (2014)
Drama
Yukihiko Nishino (Yutaka Takenouchi) is very popular with women, but, in the end, he is always dumped by a woman. Yukihiko seeks out his true love.
Starring: Yutaka Takenouchi, Machiko Ono, Riko Narumi, Fumino Kimura, Tsubasa Honda, Kumiko Asô, Sawako Agawa, Yurika Nakagawa
Director: Nami Iguchi
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Tags: Fumino Kimura, Kumiko Asô, Machiko Ono, Nami Iguchi, Riko Narumi, Sawako Agawa, Tsubasa Honda, Yurika Nakagawa, Yutaka Takenouchi
Posted on August 20, 2014 |
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The Next Generation PatLabor Chapter 3 / 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 August 18, 2014 |
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Mourning Recipe / Shijuukunichi no reshipi (2013)
Drama
Through the mother's recipe for living happily, a family is able to overcome their personal wounds and move on with their lives. Ryohei's (Renji Ishibashi ) wife suddenly passes away, leaving Ryohei without the strength to live. Two weeks after her death, a woman visits Ryohei and gives him a recipe which was left by his late wife. Meanwhile, Ryohei's daughter Yuriko comes to visit him. Yuriko's own marriage is about to end.
Starring: Hiromi Nagasaku, Renji Ishibashi, Fumi Nikaidô, Masaki Okada, Taizô Harada
Director: Yuki Tanada
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Posted on August 17, 2014 |
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Deep Red Love / Sekiseki renren (2013)
Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
High school student Juri (Tao Tsuchiya) leaps to her death. Afterwards, Juri wanders to her house, school and street. She feels loneliness as nobody else is able to see her. She talks to those that she comes across including her mother & classmates, but nobody responds to her comments. Juri then sees a horrifying monster, which she never saw prior to her suicide. She calls the scary monster "Bug Man". When the mind of humans become weak, the Bug Man tempts those to commit suicide. One day, Juri walks along the street as usual. She then meets a girl that is able to see Juri. Juri names the girl Ringo-chan and plays at the park with her. Their happy moments does not last long. When they come back from the park, Juri sees Ringo-chan's mother with a grim face. The Bug Man is standing behind her mother.
Starring: Tao Tsuchiya, Fumika Shimizu, Ryô Yoshizawa, Yô Yoshida, Narimi Arimori, Ren Ohsugi, Naomi Akimoto
Director: Kazuya Konaka
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Posted on August 13, 2014 |
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Love's Whirlpool / Ai no uzu (2014)
Romance
From midnight to 5 AM, people gather at a high-end apartment in Roppongi to engage in promiscuous sexual activity. Story depicts the process of the men and women who meet for the first time there to have loveless sex.
Starring: Sôsuke Ikematsu, Mugi Kadowaki
Director: Daisuke Miura
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Posted on August 13, 2014 |
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An Autumn Afternoon / Sanma no aji (1962)
Drama
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
Starring: Chishû Ryû, Shima Iwashita, Keiji Sada, Mariko Okada, Teruo Yoshida, Noriko Maki
Director: Yasujirô Ozu
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Posted on August 13, 2014 |
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Late Autumn / Akibiyori (1960)
Drama
A widow try to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husband's three friends.
Starring: Setsuko Hara, Chishû Ryû, Mariko Okada
Director: Yasujirô Ozu
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Posted on August 13, 2014 |
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Good Morning / Ohayô (1959)
Comedy | Drama
Two young boys in Tokyo take a vow of silence after their parents refuse to buy them a TV set.
Starring: Chishû Ryû, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga
Director: Yasujirô Ozu
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Posted on August 13, 2014 |
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Equinox Flower / Higanbana (1958)
Comedy | Drama
Wataru Hirayama is an old-fashioned father, whose outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter tells him she wants a love-match.
Starring: Chishû Ryû, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima, Yoshiko Kuga, Keiji Sada
Director: Yasujirô Ozu
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Posted on August 13, 2014 |
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Floating Weeds / Ukikusa (1959)
Drama
A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Komajuro Arashi, the aging master of the troupe, goes to visit his old flame Oyoshi and their son Kiyoshi, even though Kiyoshi believes Komajuro is his uncle. The leading actress Sumiko is jealous and so, in order to humiliate the master, persuades the younger actress Kayo to seduce Kiyoshi.
Starring: Chishû Ryû
Director: Yasujirô Ozu
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Posted on August 13, 2014 |
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Late Spring / Banshun (1949)
Drama
Noriko is 27 years old and still living with her widowed father. The people around her tries to talk her into marrying, but Noriko wants to stay taking care of her father.
Starring: Chishû Ryû, Setsuko Hara, Yumeji Tsukioka, Haruko Sugimura, Hohi Aoki, Jun Usami
Director: Yasujirô Ozu
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Posted on August 13, 2014 |
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Horses of God / Les chevaux de Dieu (2012)
Drama
A fictional account of the lives of the men responsible for the suicide bombings in Casablanca in 2003.
Starring: Abdelhakim Rachi, Abdelilah Rachid, Hamza Souidek, Ahmed El Idrissi Amrani
Director: Nabil Ayouch
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Posted on August 11, 2014 |
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A Night in Nude: Salvation / Nûdo no yoru: Ai wa oshiminaku ubau (2010)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Jiro (Naoto Takenaka) is a man who can do anything for you for a price. Part odd jobs man and part private eye he takes on tasks as simple as clearing out storage lockers to tracking down lost items. That's what he's asked to do by a beautiful young woman (Hiroko Sato) who shows up at his warehouse living space one afternoon. This young woman asks Jiro to help her track down a lost Rolex watch that she says was accidentally thrown out of a helicopter while she was scattering the ashes of her late father. Jiro knows the story isn't true, but he needs the money so he and the young woman begin poking around miles of woodland in the proverbial search for a needle in a haystack. Miraculously Jiro finds the wrist watch, but it looks to be caked in rotting meat. Needy but not stupid Jiro hands the watch over to a sympathetic police woman he knows for analysis. Little does Jiro know that the discovery of this Rolex will lead to another case, one filled with violence, sex and danger, one that will lead him directly into the heart of darkness.
Starring: Naoto Takenaka, Hiroko Satô, Machiko Kochi, Harumi Inoue, Jô Shishido, Shinobu Ôtake
Director: Takashi Ishii
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Posted on August 10, 2014 |
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The Little House / Chiisai ouchi (2014)
Drama
A woman looks back on her family's life in Tokyo before and during WWII. A maid arrives from the countryside to work for an upper middle class family. She fits in well, but everyone's emotions are stirred up with the arrival of a student.
Starring: Takako Matsu, Haru Kuroki, Takatarô Kataoka, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chieko Baishô, Isao Hashizume
Director: Yôji Yamada
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Tags: Chieko Baishô, Haru Kuroki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Isao Hashizume, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Takako Matsu, Takatarô Kataoka, Yôji Yamada
Posted on August 6, 2014 |
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When I Saw You / Lamma shoftak (2012)
Drama
Tarek, 11, and his mother Ghaydaa, are amongst this latest wave of refugees in Jordan. Placed in “temporary” refugee camps made up of tents and prefab houses until they would be able to return, they wait, like the generation before them who arrived in 1948. With difficulties adjusting to life in Harir camp and a longing to be reunited with his father, Tarek searches a way out, and discovers a new hope emerging with the times. Eventually his free spirit and curious nature lead him to a group of people on a journey that will change their lives.
Starring: Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri, Ali Elayan, Ruba Shamshoum, Ahmad Srour, Firas W. Taybeh
Director: Annemarie Jacir
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Posted on August 6, 2014 |
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Miss Lovely (2012)
Drama
A Hindi feature film set in the lower depths of Bombay's "C" grade film industry. Miss Lovely follows the devastating story of two brothers who produce sleazy horror films in the mid-1980s.
Starring: Anil George, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh
Director: Ashim Ahluwalia
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Posted on August 6, 2014 |
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Patang / The Kite (2011)
Drama
In the city of Ahmadabad, six people are taken on an extraordinary journey during India's largest kite festival. Each year a million kites circle the skies of the old city. Wishing to share the festival's colorful splendor with his daughter, a thriving Delhi businessman takes her on a surprise trip to his childhood home. Yet among the music, fireworks, and light stirs thick emotions and fading dreams. He is forced to mend the broken relationships he left behind. A story of healing and renewal illustrated by actors and non-actors respectively, Patang offers a startling array of beauty and pain stirring among the kites in the sky.
Starring: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Mukkund Shukla, Seema Biswas, Sugandha Garg, Aakash Maheriya
Director: Prashant Bhargava
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