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Peking Opera Blues / Do ma daan (1986)
Action | Comedy
The movie is set in chaotic 1920's China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen's underground movement tried to establish a democratic republic. The movie tells the story of three young women and two young men who are thrown together. One young woman grabs a box of jewels during the looting when one warlord takes Peking. A deserting soldier joins her, but the jewels end up at the Peking Opera. Here we meet the daughter of the head of the troupe, who dreams of being an actress. But even female roles are played by men in the opera. Soon, the daughter of the currently ruling warlord and a male agent of the democratic underground are involved.
Starring: Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung, Sally Yeh, Mark Cheng, Wu Ma, Kwok Keung Cheung, Paul Chun
Director: Hark Tsui
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Tags: Brigitte Lin, Cherie Chung, Hark Tsui, Kwok Keung Cheung, Mark Cheng, Paul Chun, Sally Yeh, Wu Ma
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Ajin: Demi-Human / Ajin (2017)
Action | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi
A high school student discovers he is an Ajin, a demi-human being. He ends up a fugitive on the run because of his powers.
Starring: Takeru Satoh, Gô Ayano, Yû Shirota, Yûdai Chiba, Yûki Yamada, Tetsuji Tamayama, Rina Kawaei, Minami Hamabe
Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro
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Tags: Gô Ayano, Katsuyuki Motohiro, Minami Hamabe, Rina Kawaei, Takeru Satoh, Tetsuji Tamayama, Yû Shirota, Yûdai Chiba, Yûki Yamada
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Ernesto / Erunesuto (2017)
Biography
The first film in forty years to be co-produced by Cuba and Japan, it recounts the story of Freddy Maymura Hurtado who was a Bolivian man of Japanese descent. He joined the freedom fighters lead by Che Guevara in 1966 and was martyred at the age of twenty five. Aiming to rid his world of injustice and the gap between the rich and powerful and the rest of us the inspiring film reminds the viewer of the need for living with a purpose. Ernesto means 'serious,' but was also Che Guevara's first name.
Starring: Joe Odagiri, Kento Nagayama, Juan M. Valero, Alexis Díaz de Villegas
Director: Junji Sakamoto
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Tags: Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Joe Odagiri, Juan M. Valero, Junji Sakamoto, Kento Nagayama
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L'Atalante (1934)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Newly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.
Starring: Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre, Paul Grimault, Jacques Prévert
Director: Jean Vigo
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Tags: Dita Parlo, Gilles Margaritis, Jacques Prévert, Jean Dasté, Jean Vigo, Louis Lefebvre, Michel Simon, Paul Grimault
