Category: Eastern
Posted on December 1, 2015 |
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The Pirates / Hae-jeok: Ba-da-ro gan san-jeok (2014)
Action | Adventure | History
Set in the Joseon Dynasty period, pirates fight to catch a gray whale which swallowed a royal seal.
Starring: Ye-jin Son, Nam-gil Kim, Sulli Choi, Tae-woo Kim
Director: Seok-hoon Lee
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Posted on November 30, 2015 |
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Poison Berry in My Brain / Nounai poizun berî (2015)
Comedy
Ichiko can't forget the younger man she met at a party. To make matters worse, she has five different characters in her brain who debate whether or not she should reach out to that man.
Starring: Yôko Maki, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Yûki Furukawa, Songha, Yô Yoshida, Hiyori Sakurada, Kazuyuki Asano
Director: Yûichi Satô
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Tags: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Hiyori Sakurada, Kazuyuki Asano, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Songha, Yô Yoshida, Yôko Maki, Yûichi Satô, Yûki Furukawa
Posted on November 29, 2015 |
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Love & Peace / Rabu & Pisu (2015)
Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance
In the summer of 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Ryoichi dreamed of becoming a punk rocker when he was younger, but became a timid salaryman at a musical instrument parts company. He has feelings for Yuko, but he can't tell her how he feels. One day, he has a fateful meeting with a turtle on the rooftop of a department store. He names the turtle Pikadon and he adores it, but his co-workers laugh at him. Ryoichi throws Pikadon into the toilet. He regrets what he did. The turtle though goes through sewerage and meets an old man who lives in the underground. Something then happens.
Starring: Hiroki Hasegawa, Kumiko Asô, Toshiyuki Nishida
Director: Shion Sono
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Posted on November 29, 2015 |
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Sayonara Itsuka / Saying good-bye, oneday (2010)
Drama | Romance
In 1975, Yutaka is transferred to Bangkok for work. One day, he meets the beautiful and mysterious Toko in a bar and is attracted to her right away. Despite being engaged to Mitsuko, the two begin a passionate affair that ends as quickly as it began. 25 years later, the former lovers are reunited in Bangkok, and their love is ignited once again. Will their love survive the second time around?
Starring: Miho Nakayama, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuriko Ishida
Director: John H. Lee
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Tags: Hidetoshi Nishijima, John H. Lee, Miho Nakayama, Yuriko Ishida
Posted on November 27, 2015 |
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Blue Demon ver.2.0 / Ao oni ver.2.0 (2015)
Horror | Thriller
Some Friends go into a mansion that is rumored to have monsters inside and what they find will change their lives forever…
Starring: Ikumi Hisamatsu, Leo Kanshûji, Shôta Matsushima, Taishi Nakagawa, Yûna Taira, Soran Tamoto
Director: Hideaki Maekawa
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Tags: Hideaki Maekawa, Ikumi Hisamatsu, Leo Kanshûji, Shôta Matsushima, Soran Tamoto, Taishi Nakagawa, Yûna Taira
Posted on November 24, 2015 |
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Jump / Tiu cheut heui (2009)
Comedy | Drama
A farm girl with dreams of becoming a big time hip-hop martial arts star in the big city gets a job as a janitor at a local dance school.
Starring: Daniel Wu, Yuqi Zhang, Leon Jay Williams, Eman Lam
Director: Stephen Fung
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Tags: Daniel Wu, Eman Lam, Leon Jay Williams, Stephen Fung, Yuqi Zhang
Posted on November 23, 2015 |
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The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War / The Next Generation Patlabor: Shuto Kessen (2015)
Action | Sci-Fi
An attack takes place on Rainbow Bridge in Odaiba, Tokyo by the fighter helicopter "Gray Ghost." 2 days earlier, the Gray Ghost was stolen. The perpetrators are followers of Yukihito Tsuge. Yukihito Tsuge planned a coup of Tokyo 13 years earlier. The leader of Special Vehicle Section 2, Keiji Gotoda (Toshio Kakei), sets out to stop the terrorists.
Starring: Toshio Kakei, Erina Mano, Seiji Fukushi, Rina Ohta, Shigekazu Tajiri, Yoshinori Horimoto, Kohei Shiotsuka, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Shigeru Chiba, Kanna Mori, Kôtarô Yoshida, Reiko Takashima
Director: Mamoru Oshii
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Tags: Erina Mano, Kanna Mori, Kohei Shiotsuka, Kôtarô Yoshida, Mamoru Oshii, Reiko Takashima, Rina Ohta, Seiji Fukushi, Shigekazu Tajiri, Shigeru Chiba, Toshio Kakei, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Yoshinori Horimoto
Posted on November 23, 2015 |
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Tag / Riaru onigokko (2015)
Horror
Female highs school students, including Mitsuko (Reina Triendl), Keiko (Mariko Shinoda) and Izumi (Erina Mano), become the targets of ghosts with various appearances including a groom with a pig's face and female teacher with a machine gun.
Starring: Reina Triendl, Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano, Yuki Sakurai, Aki Hiraoka, Ami Tomite
Director: Shion Sono
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Tags: Aki Hiraoka, Ami Tomite, Erina Mano, Mariko Shinoda, Reina Triendl, Shion Sono, Yuki Sakurai
Posted on November 23, 2015 |
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Undercover Duet / Man lung dut gwing (2015)
Action | Comedy
Undercover cop Dream Dragon takes on a special operation, which is to protect his old-time buddy, flaunty James, during a male pageant contest. James being the only witness of a suspected substitute case that involves the son of the richest developer, the police uses the chance to bait the killer. But Dragon and James' incompatibility complicates matter for the operation.
Starring: Ronald Cheng, Mark Wu, Ava Liu
Director: Mark Wu
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Posted on November 23, 2015 |
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Dragon Fist / In Eagle Dragon Fist / Lung kuen (1979)
Action | Drama
A dishonored student of the Dragon Fist Sect seeks revenge for the death of his teacher.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Nora Miao, James Tien, Lin Yin-Ju, Szu-Cheng Mu, Yen Si-Kuan, Sha-Fei Ouyang, Hsia Hsu
Director: Wei Lo
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Tags: Hsia Hsu, Jackie Chan, James Tien, Lin Yin-Ju, Nora Miao, Sha-Fei Ouyang, Szu-Cheng Mu, Wei Lo, Yen Si-Kuan
Posted on November 23, 2015 |
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Dragon Inn / Lung mun hak chan (1967)
Action | Adventure
In the mid-Ming dynasty, a loyal and upright Minister Yu is accused and killed by the evil and powerful eunuch Cao. Yu's children are sentenced to exile to the border Dragon Gate. Cao sends several assassins to kill Yu's children on their way, yet failed. Cao then sends killers of East Chamber, the espionage agency. The righteous swordsman Xiao and Yu's former staffs come to Dragon Inn to rescue Yu's children. The two groups have many fights there. Then Cao himself comes to have a fierce fight with Xiao and others.
Starring: Lingfeng Shangguan, Chun Shih, Ying Bai, Feng Hsu, Chien Tsao, Han Hsieh
Director: King Hu
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Tags: Chien Tsao, Chun Shih, Feng Hsu, Han Hsieh, King Hu, Lingfeng Shangguan, Ying Bai
Posted on November 20, 2015 |
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Doraemon: Nobita and the Space Heroes (2015)
Animation
One day Doraemon, Nobita, Shizuka, Gian and Suneo were shooting a film as space heroes. When they were shooting the film in the open lot a boy called Aron comes and alerts them of aliens attacking his planet. They agree to help him by turning into real superheroes, but it isn't as easy as it looks.
Starring: Masachika Ichimura, Marina Inoue, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Arisa Mizuki, Wasabi Mizuta
Director: Yoshihiro Osugi
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Tags: Arisa Mizuki, Marina Inoue, Masachika Ichimura, Subaru Kimura, Wasabi Mizuta, Yoshihiro Osugi, Yumi Kakazu
Posted on November 20, 2015 |
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C'est Si Bon / Ssesibong (2015)
Drama | Romance
Oh Geun-tae (JUNG Woo) is a country boy with a booming baritone who is discovered by aspiring singer-songwriter Lee Jang-hui (JIN Goo) and thrust into the bustling world of Seoul's iconic folk music café-C'est Si Bon. Unwittingly, he becomes the third member of the yet-to-debut "C'est Si Bon Trio" and the begrudging buffer between two rival musicians-the vocal genius, Song Chang-shik (JO Bok-rae), and the heartthrob, Yoon Hyeong-ju (KANG Ha-neul). Amidst the smoke and chatter of C'est Si Bon's youthful clientele, they meet aspiring actress Min Ja-young (HAN Hyo-joo) and find themselves completely bewitched. Will their muse inspire them to create legendary music, or tear them apart before they even begin?
Starring: Yun-seok Kim, Jung Woo, Hie-ae Kim, Hyo-ju Han, Hyeong-seong Jang, Jin Goo, Jo Bok-rae, Jiin Jang
Director: Hyun-seok Kim
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Tags: Hie-ae Kim, Hyeong-seong Jang, Hyo-ju Han, Hyun-seok Kim, Jiin Jang, Jin Goo, Jo Bok-rae, Jung Woo, Yun-seok Kim
Posted on November 20, 2015 |
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Cat Funeral / Goyangi Jangryesik (2015)
Drama | Romance
Dong-Hoon and Jae-Hee (Park Se-Young) are ex-lovers. When they were together, they raised a cat named Gooreumi. After their breakup, Dong-Hoon looked after the cat. One day, the cat died. Dong-Hoon decides to call Jae-Hee and let her know what happened Gooreumi. They then meet for the first time in a year. To have a funeral for their cat, Dong-Hoon and Jae-Hee go out for a one night and two day trip together.
Starring: Se-young Park, Kang In
Director: Jong-hoon Lee
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Posted on November 20, 2015 |
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When Geek Meets Serial Killer / Ye lang yu ma li (2015)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
Zhang Jian-He, a reserved and rather introverted cartoonist, is dating a beautiful and conservative girlfriend, YaShi. One day, in an unfortunate dispute with his best buddy Chen-Jun, is accidentally killed by Zhang Jian-He. To cover up his deed, Jian-He cleaned the bloodstains and any entailing evidence of the crime scene, and found an unique and creative way to dispose of Chen-Jun's body. Soon Jian-He discovered a shocking truth: Chen-Jun was sleeping with YaShi all the time. Zhang Jian-He felt the utmost pain for being cheated by his best friend, and the girl he love is just a slut. The story soon brought out traces of a serial killer Jia-Ming, who murdered his own father when he was a minor. Disguised as a policeman, Jia-Ming return to his killing spree soon after his released from the prison, and through an online instant messenger, Jia-Ming get to know Zhang Jian-He. Curiously, Jia-Ming paid a visit to Jian-He's home and discovered that Yashi is accusing Jian-He for the murder of Chen-Jun. The story follows with an enticing, dark and humorous line which will change the life of Jian-He and Jia-Ming forever.
Starring: Ray Chang, J.C. Chee, Shiga Lin
Director: Remus Kam, Chin Pei-Chen
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Posted on November 19, 2015 |
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Assassination / Am-sal (2015)
Drama | History | Thriller
Set in the 1930s during Japan's colonial rule of Korea, many Korean resistance activists are based in China while hiding from Japanese authorities. In 1933, orders are given to assassinate a Japanese army commander. For this covert mission, interim government agent Yeom Seok-jin breaks out topnotch sniper Ahn Ok-yun from a Shanghai prison, where she's been sentenced to death. Among her comrades are mysterious and ruthless gun-for-hire Hawaii Pistol and his right-hand man Pomade, and firearms specialist Soksapo (meaning "rapid-fire gun"). The squad arrives in Gyeongseong not knowing that Hawaii Pistol is secretly working for the Japanese and was given his own orders to kill Ahn Ok-yun.
Starring: Ji-hyun Jun, Jung-jae Lee, Jung-woo Ha, Jin-woong Jo, Duek-mun Choi, Dal-su Oh
Director: Dong-hoon Choi
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Tags: Dal-su Oh, Dong-Hoon Choi, Duek-mun Choi, Ji-hyun Jun, Jin-woong Jo, Jung-Jae Lee, Jung-woo Ha
Posted on November 19, 2015 |
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Flying Colors / Biri Gal / Biri gyaru (2015)
Drama
Sayaka Kudo is a gyaru who wears miniskirts and dyes her hair blonde. Although she is a 2nd year senior high school student, she is on par academically with 4th grade elementary school students. She frequently transfers between school because she is unable to make friends, and was once suspended for being caught with cigarettes. To prepare her for her university entrance examination, her mother decides to send her to Seiho Cram School. However, when the school director, Yoshitaka Tsubota, hears about Sayaka's academic problem, he makes it his personal achievement to help her enter the university of her choice, Keio University, a prestigious university that is considered one of the most difficult to enter in Japan. After her father labels her an "air-head", Sayaka became determined to study hard to prove her father wrong. Over the course of the summer holidays of her second year through to the exams at the end of her third year in senior high school, Sayaka studies extremely hard. She even removes her blond hair dye and cuts her hair to show her resolve. Her results progressively improves and her academic deviation value increases tremendously from 30 to 70 in this short span of time.
Starring: Kasumi Arimura, Atsushi Itô, Shûhei Nomura
Director: Nobuhiro Doi
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Posted on November 19, 2015 |
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Paris Holiday / Ba li jia qi (2015)
Comedy | Romance
Kit leaves Hong Kong to Paris with a broken heart to start a new page of life and the wine business. Through real estate agent, Lau Chung, he finds a shared apartment with a weird tenant, Man, a desperate artist undergoing a love failure. Man has a deep hatred of men after a devastating break up, in order to get along with Man under the same roof, Kit pretends to be a gay guy. At the beginning, Man's incredibly insane behaviour gets on Kit's nerve, but after knowing Man’s heartbreaking past by chance, Kit decides to stay and teaches Man how to get out of love failure, this is exactly what he has encountered in his past. Kit also helps Man regain inspiration for drawing, Man gradually regains pace of life, the two become closer and closer and develop an intimate relationship. One day, Man bumps into her ex-fiancé Fai, she is shocked but surprisingly she has no longer felt any pain, she has really overcome the past relationship with the help and support of Kit. At the time when Kit and Man are going to move a step forward with no more obstacles, Kit's ex-girlfriend comes to Paris and creates a lot of misunderstandings, the two are pulled apart again from each other…
Starring: Louis Koo, Amber Kuo, Jones Xu
Director: James Yuen
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Posted on November 19, 2015 |
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Love Detective / Mei nu shen tan (2015)
Action | Comedy | Mystery
Policewoman Wang Wanbao IQ of 189, Yong Chunzhu is good at Taekwondo and karate, is regarded as the police star. Behind the strong outlook, treasure or hide a young heart. And her boyfriend Peter Pan dating for seven years. Every year, we expect Peter will propose to her, but finally because Peter falls in love with a stainless die to end up breaking up. Because of brokenhearted, treasure life will never fall into the abyss, a dead-alive person became a hundred-percent "only"! By the four surge in popularity, a mold consisting of "Yogurt" members were mysterious death threats, attacks on the injured assistant. The police sent to undercover identity Zhong Jiabao secretly survey the case…
Starring: Ivana Wong, Pak-ho Chau, Anjaylia Chan, Jacqueline Chong, Shiga Lin
Director: Jill Wong
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Posted on November 19, 2015 |
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Phantom (2015)
Action | Drama | Thriller
Phantom is a political thriller that unfolds across various countries around the world. The plot revolves around protagonist Daniyal, whose journey to seek justice takes him from India to Europe, America and the volatile Middle East. However, he finds out that in a mission like this, there is always a price to pay, in this case, a very personal price.
Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Katrina Kaif, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Rajesh Tailang
Director: Kabir Khan
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Tags: Kabir Khan, Katrina Kaif, Rajesh Tailang, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Saif Ali Khan