Category: History
Posted on June 19, 2014 |
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A Tale of Samurai Cooking: A True Love Story / Bushi no kondate (2013)
Drama | History
Set within the Kaga Domain in the Edo Period. Oharu (Aya Ueto) is an excellent cook and recognized for her skills. Due to her cooking talents, she marries Yasunobu (Kengo Kora), who is an heir in the Funaki family. The Funaki family serves as the cook for the Kaga Domain. Nevertheless, Yasunobu himself is a terrible cook. With the help of Oharu's mother-in-law Mitsuru (Kimiko Yo), she begins to teach Yasunobu how to cook.
Starring: Aya Ueto, Kengo Kôra, Kimiko Yo, Toshiyuki Nishida
Director: Yûzô Asahara
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Posted on June 19, 2014 |
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Once Upon a Time in Shanghai / E Zhan (2014)
Action | Crime | History
Possessing unique martial arts skills since childhood, Ma Yongzhen (Philip Ng) travels from his hometown to Shanghai to seek a livelihood. There he meets rising overlord Lung Chat (Andy On). The two youth who both possess a dream quickly befriend each other and they become brothers after going through difficulties together. Since then, the two brothers have worked hard together, defeating numerous enemies, and took down the largest triad gang the Axe Gang in one swoop, which makes them renown throughout Shanghai. At the same time, Ma also got help from retired kung fu master, the Iron Leader (Sammo Hung), to fight their common enemy.
Starring: Philip Ng, Andy On, Sammo Hung, Luxia Jiang, Raiden Integra
Director: Ching-Po Wong
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Posted on June 17, 2014 | Comments Off on Overlord (1975) BluRay Criterion Collection 720p AC3 x264-CHD
Overlord (1975)
Drama | History | War
During the war a young lad is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-day.
Starring: Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie Neesam, Sam Sewell, John Franklyn-Robbins, Stella Tanner
Director: Stuart Cooper
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Posted on June 17, 2014 | Comments Off on Fiddler on the Roof (1971) BluRay 720p DTS x264-CHD
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Drama | Family | History | Musical | Romance
Film version of the stage musical, based on the stories of Sholom Aleichem. Tevye the Milkman is a Jewish peasant in pre-Revolutionary Russia, coping with the day-to-day problems of 'shtetl' life, his Jewish traditions, his family (wife and daughters), and state-sanctioned pogroms.
Starring: Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Rosalind Harris
Director: Norman Jewison
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Posted on June 17, 2014 | Comments Off on Miracle (2004) 720p BluRay DD5.1 x264-DON
Miracle (2004)
Drama | Family | History | Sport
The inspiring story of the team that transcended its sport and united a nation with a new feeling of hope. Based on the true story of one of the greatest moments in sports history, the tale captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a cold war could be put on ice. In 1980, the United States Ice Hockey team's coach, Herb Brooks, took a ragtag squad of college kids up against the legendary juggernaut from the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. Despite the long odds, Team USA carried the pride of a nation yearning from a distraction from world events. With the world watching the team rose to the occasion, prompting broadcaster Al Michaels' now famous question, to the millions viewing at home: "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!"
Starring: Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Noah Emmerich, Sean McCann, Kenneth Welsh, Eddie Cahill
Director: Gavin O'Connor
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Posted on June 13, 2014 | Comments Off on Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) 720p BluRay FLAC2.0 x264-TayTO
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Drama | History
Anne of the Thousand Days concentrates on the romance between Britain's King Henry VIII and his ill-fated second wife Anne Boleyn. After holding out for marriage rather than an illegitimate union, Anne marries Henry after he sheds himself of Katherine of Aragon, thus causing a rift between the Crown and the Catholic Church. Anne's inability to produce a male heir leads Henry to look about for other suitable mates. Henry's sinister right-hand man Cromwell arranges for Anne to be condemned on a charge of adultery,after which she is beheaded, while Henry disconsolately sits in Windsor Castle, regretting this callous example of political expediency.
Starring: Geneviève Bujold, Richard Burton, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle, John Colicos
Director: Charles Jarrott
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Posted on June 12, 2014 | Comments Off on Casualties of War (1989) 720p BluRay DTS x264-EbP
Casualties of War (1989)
Drama | History | War
The true story of a group of U.S. soldiers, and their battle-scarred sergeant who takes his problems out on a new squad member during the war in Vietnam.
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo, Dale Dye
Director: Brian De Palma
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Posted on June 9, 2014 | Comments Off on Gintama The Movie (2010) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Gintama: The Movie / Gekijouban Gintama: Shin'yaku benizakura hen (2010)
Action | Animation | Comedy | History | Sci-Fi
The silver-haired samurai Sakata Gintoki investigates the disappearance of a legendary sword named Benizakura while his partners Kagura and Shimura Shinpachi try to find out what has happened to Gintoki's friend, Kotaro Katsura.
Starring: Susumu Chiba, Satoshi Hino, Akira Ishida, Takehito Koyasu, Rie Kugimiya, Kazuya Nakai, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Tomokazu Sugita, Kenichi Suzumura
Director: Shinji Takamatsu
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Posted on June 8, 2014 | Comments Off on 55 Days at Peking (1963) 720p BluRay DD5.1 x264-CRiSC
55 Days at Peking (1963)
Action | Drama | History | War
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, David Niven, Flora Robson, Harry Andrews, Leo Genn
Director: Nicholas Ray, Guy Green
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Posted on June 5, 2014 | Comments Off on Da Vincis Demons S02 720p WEB-DL DD5.1 H.264-BS
Da Vinci's Demons (TV Series 2013-2015)
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | History | Mystery
Written by David S. Goyer, the series follows the "untold" story of Leonardo Da Vinci: the genius during his early years in Renaissance Florence. As a 25-year old artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist, he struggles to live within the confines of his own reality and time as he begins to not only see the future, but invent it.
Starring: Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Gregg Chillin, Eros Vlahos, Blake Ritson, Elliot Cowan, Hera Hilmar, James Faulkner, Lara Pulver, David Schofield, Ian Pirie, Alexander Siddig
Creator: David S. Goyer
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Posted on May 28, 2014 |
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The Kiyosu Conference / Kiyosu kaigi (2013)
History
After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata (Koji Yakusho), Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa and Tsuneoki Ikeda meet to decide on a successor. The conference would become Japan's first group made political decision. The meeting was known as the Kiyosu Kaigi.
Starring: Fumiyo Kohinata, Kôji Yakusho, Yô Ôizumi, Kôichi Satô, Eisuke Shinoi, Kyôka Suzuki, Yûsuke Iseya, Miki Nakatani, Kankurô Nakamura, Ayame Gôriki
Director: Kôki Mitani
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Tags: Ayame Gôriki, Eisuke Shinoi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kankurô Nakamura, Kôichi Satô, Koji Yakusho, Kôki Mitani, Kyôka Suzuki, Miki Nakatani, Yô Ôizumi, Yûsuke Iseya
Posted on May 23, 2014 |
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Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes / Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Adventure | Biography | Drama | History
Gonzalo Pizarro orders a small Spanish expedition of forty men to search for El Dorado, leaving the mountains of Peru and going down the Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great difficulties and Don Aguirre, a ruthless man who cares only about riches, becomes their leader. But will his quest lead them to "the golden city", or to certain destruction?
Starring: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling
Director: Werner Herzog
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Posted on May 22, 2014 |
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Rang De Basanti / Paint it Saffron (2006)
Drama | History
A young woman from England comes to India to make a documentary about her grandfather's diary which was written in the 1920s about the Indian Independence with five young men.
Starring: Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi, Kunal Kapoor
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
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Posted on May 21, 2014 | Comments Off on No God No Master (2012) 720p WEB-DL DD5.1 H.264-HD4FUN
No God, No Master (2012)
Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
When a series of package bombs show up on the doorsteps of prominent politicians and businessmen in the summer of 1919, U.S. Bureau of Investigation Agent William Flynn is assigned the task of finding those responsible. He becomes immersed in an investigation that uncovers an anarchist plot to destroy democracy. Inspired by true events of the 20s the film sets the stage for a timely thriller with resoundingly similar parallels to the contemporary war on terrorism and the role government plays to defeat it.
Starring: David Strathairn, Ray Wise, Sam Witwer, Alessandro Mario, Edoardo Ballerini, James Madio, Mariana Klaveno
Director: Terry Green
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Posted on May 19, 2014 | Comments Off on The Last Samurai (2003) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
The Last Samurai (2003)
Action | Adventure | Drama | History | War
Set in Japan during the 1870s, The Last Samurai tells the story of Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a respected American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the Emperor attempts to eradicate the ancient Imperial Samurai warriors in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly government policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Samurai, which places him at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him.
Starring: Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada
Director: Edward Zwick
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Posted on May 10, 2014 | Comments Off on Destination Tokyo (1943) 720p WEB-DL AAC2.0 H.264-HDCLUB
Destination Tokyo (1943)
Adventure | History | War
In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore.
Starring: Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, John Ridgely, Dane Clark, Warner Anderson, Robert Hutton
Director: Delmer Daves
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Posted on May 8, 2014 | Comments Off on New France (2004) 720p WEB-DL DD5.1 H.264-HD4FUN
New France / Battle of the Brave / Nouvelle-France (2004)
Drama | History | Romance | War
In the mid-18th Century, as England and France battle over control of Canada, an epic romance between a peasant woman and a trapper unfurls.
Starring: Noémie Godin-Vigneau, David La Haye, Gérard Depardieu, Irène Jacob, Tim Roth, Jason Isaacs, Colm Meaney
Director: Jean Beaudin
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Posted on May 6, 2014 | Comments Off on Brotherhood of the Wolf DiRECTORS CUT (2001) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Brotherhood of the Wolf / Le pacte des loups (2001)
Action | Adventure | History | Horror | Mystery
Set in 1765, during the reign of Louis XV, an epic adventure based in part on a well-known French legend. In a rural province of France, a mysterious creature is leaving a trail of mutilated corpses across the countryside, savagely killing scores of women and children. Unseen, possessed of enormous strength and a seemingly near-human intelligence, the beast has eluded capture for years. Desperate to end the growing unrest of the populace, the King sends in a renowned scientist and his Haudenosaunee blood brother, an unconventional team whose combined methods and capabilities may finally bring the beast down. But what these men find, when finally confronted with the true nature of the beast, is more shocking than anyone could have anticipated
Starring: Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Émilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci, Jérémie Renier, Mark Dacascos
Director: Christophe Gans
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Posted on May 4, 2014 | Comments Off on Pompeii (2014) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Pompeii (2014)
Action | Adventure | Drama | History | Romance
Set in the days leading up to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, a slave on a ship heading for Naples works to get home to save the woman he loves and his best friend, a gladiator trapped inside the city's coliseum.
Starring: Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Jared Harris, Jessica Lucas, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kiefer Sutherland
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
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Posted on May 3, 2014 |
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Vikings (TV Series 2013- )
Action | Drama | History | War
Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods, legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
Starring: Travis Fimmel, Clive Standen, Gustaf Skarsgård, Katheryn Winnick, George Blagden, Jessalyn Gilsig, Maude Hirst, Alyssa Sutherland, Jefferson Hall
Creator: Michael Hirst
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