Saala Khadoos (2016)
Action | Drama | Sport
The story of a former boxer who quits boxing following a fallout with the authorities over the underlying politics but goes on to coach a fisherwoman to fulfill his dream through her.
Starring: Madhavan Ritika Singh, Mumtaz Sorcar, Nassar
Director: Sudha Kongara
The Inerasable / Zange: Sunde wa ikenai heya (2015)
Horror
I is a successful writer of mystery-novels. One day she receives a letter from Kobu, a young student who recently moved into an apartment near her university. At night she hear strange noises and scary voices that got her afraid. She pleads I to help her. As a mystery-writer, I smells the ultimate story and decides to help Kobu. Together they uncover the truth about the people who lived in Kobu's apartment before. And it is a dark story full of anger, hatred, murder and suicide.
Starring: Yûko Takeuchi, Ai Hashimoto, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Ken'ichi Takitô
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
125 Years Memory / Kainan 1890 (2015)
Drama | History
Ertugrul, launched in 1863, was a sailing frigate of the Ottoman Navy. While returning from a goodwill voyage from Japan in 1890, she encountered a typhoon off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture, subsequently drifted into a reef and sank. The maritime accident resulted in the loss of 533 sailors, including Admiral Ali Osman Pasha. Only sixty-nine sailors and officers survived and returned home later aboard two Japanese corvettes. The event is still commemorated as a foundation stone of Japanese-Turkish friendship.
Starring: Seiyô Uchino, Kenan Ece, Shiori Kutsuna, Alican Yücesoy, Mehmet Özgür, Ugur Polat
Director: Mitsutoshi Tanaka
Uzumasa Limelight / Uzumasa raimuraito (2014)
Action | Drama
The film centers an aged movie extra who specializes to be killed in samurai movies without ever being lit by the limelight. Using Charlie Chaplin's film Limelight as an underlying theme, the admirable story of Seiichi Kamiyama dealing with a new generation and fading craftsmanship is told with melancholy and soul.
Starring: Seizô Fukumoto, Chihiro Yamamoto, Masashi Goda, Hirotarô Honda, Hisako Manda, Nenji Kobayashi, Hiroki Matsukata
Director: Ken Ochiai
Kabei: Our Mother / Kâbê (2008)
Drama
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru's sister Hisako and Shigeru's ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.
Starring: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tadanobu Asano
Director: Yôji Yamada
Kapoor and Sons (2016)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Kapoor and Sons (Since 1921) is a dramedy that sure knows how to put the fun in “dysfunction”. Rahul and Arjun, two estranged brothers are forced to return to their childhood home when their 90-year-old Grandpa gets a heart attack. While living under one roof, family secrets unravel and misunderstandings are on the verge of turning into tragedy. What follows is what families are made of … chaos, humor, heartache and redemption. Can the Kapoors get past the lies and betrayal? Can they forgive and forget? Can these imperfect people come together, to make a perfect family?
Starring: Sidharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan, Alia Bhatt, Rishi Kapoor
Director: Shakun Batra
Yo-Kai Watch Movie: It's the Secret of Birth, Meow! / Yo-Kai Watch the Movie: The Secret is Created, Nyan / Yôkai Watch: Tanjô no himitsuda nyan (2014)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Fantasy
When the evil Yo-Kai Kin, Gin, and Do steal the Yo-Kai Watch from Keita one night so they can help their master Tokio Ubaune prevent humans and Yo-Kai from being friends, Keita finds help in the Yo-Kai Fuyunyan, who takes Keita, Whisper, and Jibanyan back in time 60 years to when the Yo-Kai Watch was first invented by Keita's own grandfather Keizo while he was a boy. Together, the two boys fight Tokio Ubaune and her evil Kaima Yo-Kai minions to save the world from her evil plans.
Starring: Haruka Tomatsu, Tomokazu Seki, Etsuko Kozakura, Yuki Kaji, Tôru Nara, Aya Endo, Chie Satô
Director: Shigeharu Takahashi, Shinji Ushiro
Orange / Orenji (2015)
Drama | Romance | Teen
aho Takamiya (Tao Tsuchiya) is a 2nd year high school student. During the spring, Naho Takamiya receives a letter sent by herself from 10 years in the future. In the letter, she liked transfer student Kakeru Naruse (Kento Yamazaki). Kakeru Naruse carried emotional scars from his mother's suicide and he died one year later. 26-years-old Naho Takamiya thinks about Kakeru Naruse often. 2nd year high school student Naho Takamiya, with the knowledge of what she feels 10 years in the future, takes action to change her future.
Starring: Tao Tsuchiya, Kento Yamazaki, Ryô Ryûsei, Hirona Yamazaki, Dôri Sakurada, Kurumi Shimizu
Director: Kôjirô Hashimoto
Inside Men / Nae-bu-ja-deul (2015)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Lee Kang-hee is an editorialist of a influential newspaper in South Korea. With the power of the press, he makes the congressman Jang Pil-woo to one of the candidates of the next presidential election. That is the result of a secret deal between Lee and Ahn Sang-goo, a political henchman of Jang Pil-woo. But Ahn makes an almost fatal error, when he gets caught pocketing the record on the Jang's slush fund. The prosecutor Woo Jang-hoon is about to investigate and becomes absolutely determined, because the case would help him making big steps in his career. Ahn gets in real trouble, when he gets dropped by Jang and should have been killed, but is able to flee. Now a bitter war starts between one who is lusting for power, the one who wants vengeance and the one who is eager for success.
Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Seung-woo Cho, Yun-shik Baek, Kyeong-yeong Lee
Director: Min-ho Woo
Ghayal Once Again / Ghayal 2 (2016)
Action | Drama
Ajay Mehra (from previous Ghayal-1990), after finishing off his life sentence, starts a newspaper called Satyakam. Still dealing with the haunting trauma of losing his loved ones, Ajay manages to make a credible name for himself in investigative journalism. Working with a strange team of RTI activists, ex-criminals and ilk; and even stranger ways of unearthing and presenting truth, Ajay Mehra has earned quite a fan following among the youths, who finds his fearless and unforgiving approach in dealing with all kinds of sociopaths very inspiring. Among his die hard fans are these four teenagers who happened to have received bravery medals from him once. These four friends once out on photography expedition, accidentally record a murder on a camera. The footage turns out to be explosive as it clearly shows two of the city's most powerful people involved in the murder. Well what happens after this is a series of twists and turns where the four kids get entangled and have to fight it out with the most powerful men of the city, will Ajay be able to save them? Will the kids be successful in their mission to stand by the truth only time will tell.
Starring: Sunny Deol, Rishabh Arora, Nadira Babbar, Harsh Chhaya
Director: Sunny Deol
Robbery / Lao li (2015)
Comedy | Drama | Thriller
A down and out guy called Ping (Derek Tsang) gets a job at a convenience store one night. Ping decides to have some fun to strike back against his new unpleasant employer, Fat Boss (Lam Suet) and colleague Mabel (J. Arie) joins in the mischief. During the night a passerby (Phillip Keung) needs the toilet, a young woman in a cheerleader's outfit (Anita Choi) wants some condoms, and Grandpa (Feng Tsui Fan) wants a sandwich and some large scissors. Before long insanity ensues and the Exceed convenience store becomes the scene of a robbery.
Starring: Kwok Cheung Tsang, J. Arie, Suet Lam, Stanley Fung
Director: Ka Wing Lee
Persona Non Grata / Sugihara Chiune (2015)
Adventure | Biography | History | War
The story of a Japanese diplomat, sometimes called the Schindler of Japan, and his life lading up to and after his decision to issue over 2,000 visas to Jewish refugees in Kaunas, Lithuania resulting in saving the lives of over 6,000 people. This is the story of a man who believed in doing all he could do for the benefit of his beloved Japan, including trying to keep her from becoming embroiled in a worldwide conflict he saw as inevitable. Along the way, he came face to face with the plight of the European Jews as they tried to escape the onslaught of the Nazi's and the rapidly advancing German army. Caught between the unbending policies of his country now bound by treaty with Nazi Germany and his awakening moral responsibilities, we follow his life from his early days in Manchuria to his eventual posting in Lithuania and his appointment with destiny which would forever brand him a hero.
Starring: Toshiaki Karasawa, Koyuki, Fumiyo Kohinata, Takashi Tsukamoto
Director: Cellin Gluck
Hana's Miso Soup / Hanachan no misoshiru (2015)
Drama
Chie, who is a recent college graduate, becomes engaged to a man. Her life, however, takes an unexpected turn when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. The ensuing treatment should render her infertile. Despite that, life delivers another unexpected twist when Chie finds herself impregnated. She is now faced with the difficult choice of risking her own life or ending the pregnancy for which she has yearned. Chie adopts a traditional Japanese diet and puts the lifeline she is given to use.
Starring: Ryôko Hirosue, Ken'ichi Takitô, Yo Hitoto, Mahiru Konno
Director: Tomoaki Akune
House of Wolves / E ren gu (2016)
Comedy
Charlie invites sympathy with his disability and dog charity home, but it's actually all a shameless act to con money. Bing is the cocky chief of the village, but he does little work and throws his weight around like a bully. Both of them fall head over heels for their village's newest resident, Jane, who is hiding from her rich boyfriend. Already expecting, Jane tricks Charlie and Bing into believing that one of them is her baby's father.
Starring: Francis Ng, Ronald Cheng, Shuying Jiang
Director: Vincent Kok
Dilwale (2015)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance
Dilwale (translation:The Big Hearted) is an upcoming 2015 Indian romantic action comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty, and produced by Gauri Khan and Shetty under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment and Rohit Shetty Productions respectively. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon in lead roles.
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon, Boman Irani, Kabir Bedi
Director: Rohit Shetty
David Loman 2 / Da wei lu man 2 (2016)
Comedy | Drama
Now retired from the criminal underworld, Loman runs a bed and breakfast with his loud, boisterous family. The plot is built around various domestic situations – a relationship crisis between Loman's daughter Jin and her partner Xiao Ho, as well as unresolved issues between David's wife and her younger sister Hottie. Hong Kong’s big boss Brother Tien soon arrives to meddle in everyone's affairs.
Starring: Ko-Liang Chu, Amber Kuo, Tony Yang
Director: Li-Kwan Chiu
Good Take! (2016)
Drama | Horror | Thriller
Five new-generation Hong Kong filmmakers – Wong Ching Po (Revenge: A Love Story), Derek Tsang (Lacuna), Henri Wong (Hardcore Comedy), Wong Chun and Vernie Yeung – offer their own wildly different Macau-set stories in Good Take. With shorts ranging from the outrageous to the heartwarming, the Eric Tsang-produced anthology features a host of familiar Hong Kong actors.
Starring: Alex Fong, Pak-ho Chau, Eddie Cheung, Charlene Choi, Suet Lam, Sam Lee, Cherrie Ying, Kiu Wai Miu
Director: Kwok Cheung Tsang, Ching-Po Wong, Henri Wong, Vernie Yeung, Wong Chun
The Land of Rain Trees / Reintsurî no kuni (2015)
Drama | Romance
Nobuyuki Sakisaka (Yuta Tamamori) is a salaryman. When he was in middle school student, he read light novel "Fairy Game”. He still has that light novel, because he was so shocked by the ending. One day, Nobuyuki Sakisaka browses the internet and comes across the blog "Rein Tsuri no Kuni.” He learns that the blog writer, Rika Hitomi (Mariya Nishiuchi), also was shocked by the ending in light novel "Fairy Game." Nobuyuki and Rika soon begin to exchange emails. Nobuyuki wants to meet Rika, but she refuses due to her secret.
Starring: Yûta Tamamori, Mariya Nishiuchi
Director: Yoshishige Miyake
Fan (2016)
Action | Drama | Thriller
In a world of labels it's easy to forget who made sportsmen, pop singers and matinee idols into stars, superstars and megastars – the FANS. Every FAN has their own personal relationship with their hero – it's almost a Love Story. FAN is the story of Gaurav (Shah Rukh Khan) a young man, 20 something, whose world revolves around the mega movie star Aryan Khanna (Shah Rukh Khan) or God as he refers to him. From the by lanes of Delhi, young Gaurav embarks on a journey to the city of dreams, Mumbai, in order to wish his God on his birthday. After all, he is Aryan's biggest FAN and even has a striking resemblance to him – how difficult could it be for the world biggest FAN to get an audience with the world's biggest Star. When things don't go according to plan, Gaurav's love and passion for his God turns in to a dangerous obsession that crosses the fine line. In an edge of the seat thriller, FAN will peel away at both Gaurav and Aryan's personalities and characters as the two men discover people within themselves that even they didn't know existed, and we're left wondering who to sympathize with and whom to root for – can we really pick a side, after all, Superstars are also human beings but each one of us is also a FAN.
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Joelle Koissi, Mariola Jaworska, Sayani Gupta, Farah Ahmed, Lee Nicholas Harris
Director: Maneesh Sharma
Mountains May Depart / Shan he gu ren (2015)
Drama | Romance
China, 1999. Childhood friends Liangzi and Zhang are both in love with Tao, the town beauty. Tao eventually decides to marry the wealthier Zhang. They soon have a son he names Dollar… From 1999 to 2025, from China to Australia, the lives, loves, hopes and disillusions of a family over two generations in a society changing at breakneck speed.
Starring: Tao Zhao, Yi Zhang, Jing Dong Liang, Zijian Dong, Sylvia Chang
Director: Zhangke Jia
