Category: Drama
Posted on June 15, 2013 |
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Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase / Nasu: Suitcase no Wataridori (2007)
Animation | Drama | Sport
Legendary bycicle racer Marco Rondanini dies as team Pao Pao Beer is set to race in Japan. This makes team member Ciocci, close friend of Marco, start to think about quitting. Under heavy rain, Ciocci and Pepe must put that aside as Team Pao Pao struggles to reach another victory. Pepe continues to ride his bicycle both in competition and training. He often spends time with his other team mates while they train in beautiful scenery in Japan. While in Japan a local girl helps out the team before and during the race.
Starring: Yô Oizumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Daisuke Imanaka, Kôichi Yamadera, Maaya Sakamoto, Taro Shirato, Yuushi Sato, Bon Ishihara
Director: Kitaro Kosaka
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Tags: Akio Ôtsuka, Bon Ishihara, Daisuke Imanaka, Kitaro Kosaka, Kôichi Yamadera, Maaya Sakamoto, Taro Shirato, Yô Ôizumi, Yuushi Sato
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Midway (1976)
Action | Drama | History | War
A dramatic chronicle of the Battle of Midway, considered the turning point of the war against Japan in the Pacific.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Toshirô Mifune
Director: Jack Smight
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Posted on June 15, 2013 |
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The Double Hour / La doppia ora (2009)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Guido (Filippo Timi), a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport), a chambermaid at a high-end hotel. The two hit it off, and a passionate romance develops. After they leave the city for a romantic getaway in the country, things suddenly take a dark turn. As Sonia's murky past resurfaces, her reality starts to crumble. Everything in her life begins to change – – questions arise and answers only arrive through a continuous twist and turn of events keeping viewers on edge until the film's final moments. THE DOUBLE HOUR, winner of Best Actress at the 2009 Venice International Film Festival, is directed by Giuseppe Capotondi.
Starring: Kseniya Rappoport, Filippo Timi, Antonia Truppo, Gaetano Bruno, Fausto Russo Alesi, Michele Di Mauro
Director: Giuseppe Capotondi
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Tags: Antonia Truppo, Fausto Russo Alesi, Filippo Timi, Gaetano Bruno, Giuseppe Capotondi, Kseniya Rappoport, Michele Di Mauro
Posted on June 14, 2013 |
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Shinya shokudô (TV Series 2009- )
Drama
Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and a stripper.
Starring: Kaoru Kobayashi, Yutaka Matsushige, Yûko Genkaku, Ken Mitsuishi, Narumi Yasuda
Creator: Yarô Abe
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Tokyo Sonata / Tôkyô sonata (2008)
Drama
An ordinary family in modern Japan is caught in the throes of inert pride, stymied by their own inability to communicate honestly with one another. Lies lead to suspicion, until the veneer of their civility shatters, with tragic consequences.
Starring: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi, Kai Inowaki, Haruka Igawa, Kanji Tsuda, Kazuya Kojima, Kôji Yakusho
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Tags: Haruka Igawa, Kai Inowaki, Kanji Tsuda, Kazuya Kojima, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Koji Yakusho, Kyôko Koizumi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yû Koyanagi
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The Beast of War (1988)
Drama | History | War
During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains. A unique look at the Soviet 'Vietnam' experience sympathetically told for both sides.
Starring: George Dzundza, Jason Patric, Steven Bauer, Stephen Baldwin, Don Harvey
Director: Kevin Reynolds
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Prince of the City (1981)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
New York City cop Daniel Ciello is involved in some questionable police practices. He is approached by internal affairs and in exchange for him potentially being let off the hook, he is instructed to begin to expose the inner workings of police corruption. Danny agrees as long as he does not have to turn in his partners but he soon learns that he cannot trust anyone and he must decide whose side he is on and who is on his.
Starring: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino
Director: Sidney Lumet
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Comedy | Drama | Romance | Western
A hobo accidentally stumbles onto a water spring, and creates a profitable way station in the middle of the desert.
Starring: Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner, Strother Martin, Slim Pickens
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Drama | History | War
The amazingly detailed true story of "The Doolittle Raid" based on the personal account by Doolittle Raider Ted Lawson. Stunned by Pearl Harbor and a string of defeats, America needed a victory – badly. To that end, Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, a former air racer and stunt pilot, devises a plan for a daring raid on the heart of Japan itself. To do this, he must train army bomber pilots to do something no one ever dreamed possible – launch 16 fully loaded bombers from an aircraft carrier! Remarkable in its accuracy, this movie even uses film footage from the actual raid.
Starring: Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Tim Murdock, Don DeFore, Herbert Gunn, Phyllis Thaxter, Stephen McNally, John R. Reilly, Robert Mitchum, Scott McKay
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
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Tags: Don DeFore, Herbert Gunn, John R. Reilly, Mervyn LeRoy, Phyllis Thaxter, Robert Mitchum, Robert Walker, Scott McKay, Stephen McNally, Tim Murdock, Van Johnson
Posted on June 14, 2013 |
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Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
Drama | History | Western
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers…
Starring: Jason Patric, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Wes Studi, Matt Damon, Rodney Grant
Director: Walter Hill
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Posted on June 14, 2013 |
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Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
Drama | History
Charlton Heston made his Broadway debut in a supporting role in "Antony and Cleopatra." 25 years later, he brought his authoritative presence and literary command to the lead role of Marc Antony in this masterful adaptation. Heston wrote the adaptation and directed, opening up the story to its cinematic possibilities.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Hildegard Neil, Eric Porter, John Castle, Fernando Rey
Director: Charlton Heston
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Posted on June 13, 2013 |
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The Fall (TV Series 2013)
Drama | Thriller
The series set in Northern Ireland follows a PSNI investigation into a string of recent homicides. When the PSNI are unable to close the case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson) of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop the serial killer who is terrorizing the city of Belfast.
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan
Creator: Allan Cubitt
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Kuiba (2011)
Adventure | Animation | Drama | Fantasy
In this mystifying world, a secretive and horrible creature is reborn every 333 years. This creature is Kuiba. The creature is an exploitation of a loophole in the Universe. It brings disaster to all each time it appears. Even the deities are at its mercy. To keep Kuiba from returning, deities and people from the entire world team up and destroy the creature every 333 years, which is known as "The Revival of Kuiba". In the year 1664, Kuiba's rebirth, the extermination of Kuiba failed, as Kuiba was able to fall into the body of Manji. Manji, a young boy, as no idea of Kuiba being inside of him. Due to the failed extermination, the people of earth recruit for an army to defeat Kuiba. Manji and his Master are eager to prove themselves to be top notch warriors, so they enlist in the army to fight Kuiba. As they prepare for battle against Kuiba, Manji and Master man not only encounter a variety of dynamic characters, but also encounter a beast which will prove if they are ready for the challenges ahead that lay ahead.
Starring: Jingluo Liu
Director: Wang Chuan
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Lifting King Kong / Kingkongeul deulda (2009)
Comedy | Drama
Lee Ji-Bong (Lee Beom-Soo) is a former 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics bronze medalist for weight-lifting, but a career-ending injury from the games forces him into early retirement. Unable to find another vocation because of the lack of support from the Korean Olympic Committee, he becomes destitute. Down and out, he ends up working at a shady nightclub passing out flyers that advertises its hostesses to passersby until he is visited by his former coach who insists he begin a career as a coach at a high school in Boseong – a rural region at the southwest tip of the Korean peninsula. There, he forms a weight-lifting team comprised of a rag-tag group of outcasts.
Starring: Beom-su Lee, An Jo, Yoon-hoi Lee, Moon-kyeong Choi, Bo-mi Jeon, Min-yeong Kim
Director: Geon-yong Park
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The Insatiable Moon (2010)
Drama
When Arthur, self-proclaimed son of God, sets off on a mission to find the Queen of Heaven, his world changes.
Starring: Rawiri Paratene, Sara Wiseman, Ian Mune, Greg Johnson
Director: Rosemary Riddell
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Posted on June 13, 2013 |
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Stranger Things (2010)
Drama
An unusual and touching bond develops when grieving Oona reaches out to a mysterious homeless man, offering him a place to stay in her garden shed.
Starring: Adeel Akhtar, Bridget Collins, Victoria Jeffrey, Keith Parry
Director: Eleanor Burke, Ron Eyal
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Posted on June 13, 2013 |
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Zero Effect (1998)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Daryl Zero is a private investigator. Along with his assistant, Steve Arlo he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Though a master investigator, when he is not working, Zero doesn't know what to do with himself. He has no social skills, writes bad music, and drives Arlo crazy. In his latest case, Zero must find out who is blackmailing a rich executive, and when his client won't tell him, why. The only problem with this case is Zero has done something he's never done before: got emotionally involved.
Starring: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone, Hugh Ross
Director: Jake Kasdan
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Posted on June 12, 2013 |
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Dexter (TV Series 2006-2013)
Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Based on Jeff Lindsay's novels Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted Dexter this crime thriller follows Dexter Morgan. Dexter is a forensic blood spatter expert for the Miami Metro Police Department. Thanks to a code instilled in him by his foster father, Harry, he hunts down people who have escaped justice and makes sure they don't get away with a crime again.
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Vélez, David Zayas, James Remar, C.S. Lee, Desmond Harrington, Julie Benz, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey
Creator: James Manos Jr.
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Posted on June 12, 2013 |
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Love Phobia / Domabaem (2006)
Drama | Romance
One day, a young girl named A-Ri (Byeon Ju-Yeon) appears at her new school wearing a yellow raincoat, even though it is a sunny day. Due to various incidents, all of A-Ri's classmates are frightened of her except for Jo-Kang (Park Geon-Tae). Jo-Kang develops a crush on A-Ri due to her quirky nature and cute appearance. But, just as they get closer, A-Ri disappears. Ten years later and now in high school, Jo-Kang (Cho Seung-Woo) receives a phone call from A-Ri (Kang Hye-Jung). Jo-Kang then goes to meet A-Ri who is now living at a Buddhist temple. She tells Jo-Kang about the ghosts that visits her and she also teaches Jo-Kang English. He soon falls deeper in love with A-Ri and they share their first kiss together. But, just like ten years earlier, A-Ri then suddenly disappears. Five years later, A-Ri and Jo-Kang meet again, but A-Ri informs Jo-Kang that she is leaving for America the next day. Jo-Kang drops A-Ri off at the airport the next day, but they soon meet again in the most unexpected of places.
Starring: Seung-woo Cho, Hye-jeong Kang, Ju-yeon Byeon, Geon-tae Park
Director: Ji-eun Kang
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Posted on June 12, 2013 |
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Nancy, Please (2012)
Drama
NANCY, PLEASE tells the story of Paul Brawley, a gifted PhD candidate at Yale University. Paul has just moved into an apartment with his pragmatic girlfriend, Jen, and is struggling to complete his dissertation before embarking on a career in academia. There's just one snag: as Paul is unpacking his belongings, he discovers that something has been left behind. A seemingly inconsequential object, but one Paul feels is of great importance to his dissertation and, therefore, to his future: a battered, personally annotated hardcover copy of 'Little Dorrit' by Charles Dickens. He will have to retrieve it from his former roommate – the obstinate Nancy. As he becomes increasingly consumed with the retrieval of 'Little Dorrit', Paul's relationship and career unravel.
Starring: Will Rogers, Eleonore Hendricks, Rebecca Lawrence Levy, Santino Fontana, Novella Nelson, Wally Dunn
Director: Andrew Semans
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