Category: Eastern
Posted on July 21, 2015 |
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Fuku-chan of FukuFuku Flats / Fukufukusou no Fukuchan (2014)
Comedy | Drama
32-year-old Tatsuo Fukuda, nickname "Fuku-chan" (Miyuki Oshima), is a painter who lives in a run-down apartment complex called Fukufuku Flats. He has been a resident ever since he moved to Tokyo after graduating from junior high school in rural Tochigi Prefecture, and has held the same job the whole time. He spends his days working up a sweat painting buildings, his nights mediating disputes between the other denizens of Fukufuku Flats, and his days off flying handmade kites down by the riverside. Fuku-chan is a popular guy who treats everyone equally and with kindness, but romance is his Achilles heel, which causes him to totally mess up a date arranged by his workmate Shimacchi (Yoshiyoshi Arakawa). One day, an unfamiliar woman turns up at Fukufuku Flats. When she tells Fuku-chan her name, he is astonished. It is Chiho, his first love from his junior high school days who he has not seen for around 20 years, and she has come to apologize for something that happened in their past. As Fuku-chan allows himself to get caught up in Chiho's quest to become a photographer, he begins to fall in love all over again with this woman who was responsible for the traumatizing incident that led to his fear of women…
Starring: Miyuki Ôshima, Asami Mizukawa, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Director: Yosuke Fujita
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Posted on July 21, 2015 |
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Her Granddaughter / A Man's Life / Otoko no isshô (2014)
Drama
Tsugumi Dozono works at a large electronics company in Tokyo. She likes to spend long vacations at her grandmother's house in the countryside. One day, her grandmother passes away and Tsugumi Dozono decides to live in her grandmother's house while working from home. She finds a strange middle-aged man in the house. The man's name is Jun Kaieda. Jun Kaieda tells Tsugumi that he is her grandmother’s ex-student and her grandmother gave him a key to the annex house. Tsugumi, who does not know the exact relationship between her grandmother and Jun, begins to live with him.
Starring: Nana Eikura, Etsushi Toyokawa, Osamu Mukai, Sakura Andô, Tomoya Maeno
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
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Posted on July 20, 2015 | Comments Off on Ocean Waves (1993) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Ocean Waves / Umi ga kikoeru (1993)
Animation | Drama | Romance
Ocean Waves is high school love story set in Kochi, Japan. Morisaku Taku and Matsuno Yutaka are best friends when a girl from Tokyo named Muto Rikako transfers to their school. Excluding herself from group activities, she’s eventually labeled a snob. Matsuno has a crush on Rikako, so it’s no surprise that he gets a little jealous when Morisaku and Rikako start spending more time together. The rumors around school get worse, but Morisaku still insists there is nothing between him and Rikako.
Starring: Nobuo Tobita, Toshihiko Seki, Yoko Sakamoto, Yuri Amano, Kae Araki, Jun'ichi Kanemaru, Ai Satô, Aya Hisakawa, Tomokazu Seki, Hikaru Midorikawa
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
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Tags: Ai Satô, Aya Hisakawa, Hikaru Midorikawa, Jun'ichi Kanemaru, Kae Araki, Nobuo Tobita, Tomokazu Seki, Tomomi Mochizuki, Toshihiko Seki, Yoko Sakamoto, Yuri Amano
Posted on July 19, 2015 | Comments Off on The August without Emperor (1978) 4K REMASTERED 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
The August without Emperor / Kôtei no inai hachigatsu (1978)
Drama | Thriller
Satsuo Yamamoto may not be the most popular japanese director, yet he’s one of those who actually committed his career to making films with social & political ideas. Always trying to point out some of the taboos of Japanese Society, presenting ideas and inviting the audience to think about it. Here, August without Emperor seems to be about a train hijacking involving the military & a coup d'etat (to be confirmed). This looks massive, and representative of a "cinema of ideas".
Starring: Tsunehiko Watase, Sayuri Yoshinaga
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto
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Posted on July 17, 2015 |
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Again / Agein 28 Nenme no Koshien (2015)
Drama
Mie's (Haru) father died during the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. One day, she finds a bundle of unsent New Year's cards, which languished there for 28 years. To find out why the cards were never sent, Mie tracks down Haruhiko Sakacho (Kiichi Nakai). Haruhiko played on the same high school baseball team with her father. Mie eventually gathers together her father's former teammates to play in the Masters Koshien (a senior league baseball tournament). Mie also uncovers a truth about her father and the baseball team.
Starring: Kiichi Nakai, Haru, Emi Wakui, Toshirô Yanagiba, Mugi Kadowaki, Taiga, Asuka Kudô
Director: Sumio Ohmori
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Tags: Asuka Kudô, Emi Wakui, Haru, Kiichi Nakai, Mugi Kadowaki, Sumio Ohmori, Taiga, Toshirô Yanagiba
Posted on July 17, 2015 | Comments Off on Amagi Pass (1983) 4K REMASTERED 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Amagi Pass / Amagi goe (1983)
Drama
Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a printing shop owner, was visited by a retired policeman who came from Amagi Pass. The truth then started to reveal itself.
Starring: Tsunehiko Watase, Yûko Tanaka, Mikijirô Hira, Yôichi Ito, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Kenzo Kaneko, Ichirô Ogura
Director: Haruhiko Mimura
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Posted on July 13, 2015 |
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After School / Afutâ sukûru (2008)
Thriller
A middle school teacher, Jinno, is friends with a young couple that is about to have a baby. But on the eve of the birth, the father, Kimura, disappears. A somewhat shady private detective named Shimazaki confronts Jinno with a photo of Jinno with another woman. When they investigate in the seedy underworld of Tokyo, Jinno must confront what he thought he knew about his friend Kimura.
Starring: Yô Ôizumi, Masato Sakai, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Takako Tokiwa, Tomoko Tabata
Director: Kenji Uchida
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Tags: Kenji Uchida, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Masato Sakai, Takako Tokiwa, Tomoko Tabata, Yô Ôizumi
Posted on July 11, 2015 |
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The Vancouver Asahi / Bankûbâ no asahi (2014)
Drama | Sport
The Vancouver Asahi baseball team consists of 2nd generation Japanese immigrants living in Canada. They play within a local amateur baseball league. The team got popular due to their fair play spirit, while struggling to fight against discrimination and poverty in their everyday lives. Reggie is a 2nd generation Japanese immigrant who works at a sawmill in Vancouver. He is the leader of the team and plays shortstop. Roy is the team's ace pitcher and works at a fishery field. Kaye is the team's 2nd baseman and co-worker of Reggie. Tom is the catcher and works at a tofu shop. Frank works at a hotel and plays baseball with the team.
Starring: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kazuya Kamenashi, Ryô Katsuji, Yûsuke Kamiji, Sôsuke Ikematsu, Kôichi Satô
Director: Yûya Ishii
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Posted on July 10, 2015 |
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Fantastic Girls / Deeree Girls (2015)
Comedy
In 1980, Ayuko (Mio Yuki) is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and relies on her boyfriend Hideo who is a college student. Ayuko likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi (Rika Adachi), becomes a huge fan of Ayuko's manga and they become close friends. Due to an incident though, they drift apart. 30 years later, Ayuko (Yuri Shirahane) is now a manga artist and comes back to Okayama to give a lecture at her former high school. There, Ayuko meets Takemi (Kei Aran) who is now a teacher.
Starring: Mio Yûki, Rika Adachi, Yuri Shirahane, Kei Aran
Director: Akiko Ohku
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Posted on July 10, 2015 |
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Princess Jellyfish / Kurage hime (2014)
Comedy
A cross-dressing jellyfish geek that comes to turn the lives of several roommates inside out.
Starring: Rena Nônen, Masaki Suda, Hiromi Hasegawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Rina Ôta, Tomoe Shinohara, Azusa Babazono
Director: Taisuke Kawamura
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Tags: Azusa Babazono, Chizuru Ikewaki, Hiromi Hasegawa, Masaki Suda, Rena Nônen, Rina Ôta, Taisuke Kawamura, Tomoe Shinohara
Posted on July 9, 2015 | Comments Off on Maestro (2015) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Maestro! / Maesutoro! (2015)
Drama | Music
Due to the economic recession, the orchestra is shut down. The members hear later that the orchestra will be reformed. Only some of the members, who have not yet been rehired, gather for the orchestra. For the first time since they disbanded the orchestra plays together, but they sound horrible. At that time, the conductor Tetsusaburo Tendou (Toshiyuki Nishida) appears in front of them. The orchestra members are not familiar with Tetsusaburo Tendou's background or career. At first, the members of the orchestra are resistant to Tetsusaburo Tendou. They change though as they are brought into Tetsusaburo Tendou's unprecedented world of music. Except for the concertmaster Shinichi Kousaka (Tori Matsuzaka), the members of the orchestra, who all have their own wounds and frustrations, recover their confidence.
Starring: Tôri Matsuzaka, Toshiyuki Nishida, Miwa, Yutaka Sado, Nobuyuki Tsujii
Director: Shôtarô Kobayashi
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Tags: Miwa, Nobuyuki Tsujii, Shôtarô Kobayashi, Tôri Matsuzaka, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yutaka Sado
Posted on July 8, 2015 |
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ST: The Movie / ST MPD Scientific Investigation Squad / ST: Aka to Shiro no Sôsa File the Movie (2015)
Thriller
A genius hacker named Tooru Kaburaki orchestrates a prison break and the discovery of a charred corpse leads to Akagi being arrested as the prime suspect. ST is officially disbanded, but when Akagi escapes from jail, police are ordered to track down all of the former ST members. Yurine believes in his heart that Akagi is innocent and they soon begin investigating a new form of computer virus called "Fugin" which becomes a key to the case.
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Masaki Okada, Mirai Shida, Sei Ashina, Masataka Kubota
Director: Tôya Satô
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Posted on July 7, 2015 |
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The Locked Room / Kagi no kakatta heya (2014)
Mystery
Based on two novels by Yusuke Kishi: "Kyou no kuni no Satsujin" (published in literary magazine "Shosetsu Yasei Jidai" on November 12, 2013) and "Futatsu no Mitshitsu" (publishing date yet to be decided).
Starring: Satoshi Ôno, Erika Toda, Kôichi Satô
Director: Hiroaki Matsuyama
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Posted on July 7, 2015 | Comments Off on A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
A Distant Cry from Spring / Haruka naru yama no yobigoe (1980)
Drama
In the vast expanse of an unforgiving land, Kazami Tamiko, a widow who lives only with her young son, struggles to make a living by running a small diary farm. Life is harsh, yet pleasurable when she finds a congenial companion, Tajima Kosaku. When Kosaku's mysterious past is finally revealed, Kazami resolves on a radical change…
Starring: Ken Takakura, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Director: Yôji Yamada
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Posted on July 4, 2015 |
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Snow on the Blades / Zakurozaka no adauchi (2014)
Action | Drama | History
Shimura Kingo fails his duty to protect the life of the Shogun's chief minister, and spends his life tracking down the assassins. However, all but one of the assassins die before Kingo can reach them. Still, Kingo presses on.
Starring: Kiichi Nakai, Hiroshi Abe, Ryôko Hirosue, Masahiro Takashima, Sei Matobu, Eisaku Yoshida, Yoshikuni Dôchin, Yôichirô Ohmi, Yuria Kizaki, Tatsuya Fuji, Kichiemon Nakamura
Director: Setsurô Wakamatsu
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Tags: Eisaku Yoshida, Hiroshi Abe, Kichiemon Nakamura, Kiichi Nakai, Masahiro Takashima, Ryôko Hirosue, Sei Matobu, Setsurô Wakamatsu, Tatsuya Fuji, Yôichirô Ohmi, Yoshikuni Dôchin, Yuria Kizaki
Posted on July 2, 2015 | Comments Off on Gangnam Blues (2015) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Gangnam Blues / Gangnam 1970 (2015)
Action
Childhood friends Jong Dae (Lee Min Ho) and Yong Ki (Kim Rae Won) grew up together in an orphanage and are as close as brothers. After their shanty home is destroyed, the two get involved in a political skirmish for pay, and get separated in the process. Three years later, Jong Dae is living with former gang leader Gil Soo (Jung Jae Young) and Yong Ki is working for a crime organization with vested interests in the Gangnam real estate market. As the fight over land heats up, the two friends find themselves on opposite sides of the battle.
Starring: Min-ho Lee, Rae-won Kim, Jin-young Jung, Seol-Hyun Kim, Ji-su Kim
Director: Ha Yoo
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Posted on July 2, 2015 | Comments Off on The Wonderful Wedding (2015) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
The Wonderful Wedding / Da xi lin men (2015)
Comedy
Centers on the wedding of a cross-straits couple and the fallout that comes as both families try to come to terms with differences in culture.
Starring: Ruby Lin, Dong-xue Li, Mei-Hsiu Lin, Gou-Liang Chu, Hsi-shun Kou
Director: Chaoliang Huang
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Posted on July 2, 2015 |
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700 Days of Battle: Us vs. the Police/ Boku tachi to chûzai san no 700 nichi sensô (2008)
Comedy
After one of their group is caught for speeding a group of trouble-making teenagers decide to prank the local police officer. It starts with simple speeding pranks but gradually moves to more elaborate and bizarre pranks.
Starring: Hayato Ichihara, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kumiko Asô
Director: Renpei Tsukamoto
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Posted on July 2, 2015 |
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The Blue Light / Ao no hono-o (2003)
Crime | Drama | Romance
Shuichi Kushimori is a 17-year-old student who lives a happy life with his mother and his sister. Without warning, one day his missing stepfather, Sone, is back after a long absence. Sone is soon in a vicious circle of drinking and starts to harass his ex-wife and stepdaughter. When he makes sexual advances towards Shuichis sister, Shuichi decides to take matters into their own hands. After careful and precise preparation Shuichi puts his plan into action. It seems that he has committed the perfect crime, autopsy reveals a natural death and Shichi cleared of all suspicion. But the murder weapon disappears from the hiding place and soon the young killer is filled with doubt, fear and anxiety.
Starring: Kazunari Ninomiya, Aya Matsuura, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Kansai Yamamoto, Baijaku Nakamura, Anne Suzuki, Naomasa Musaka, Toshiaki Karasawa, Naoto Takenaka
Director: Yukio Ninagawa
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Tags: Anne Suzuki, Aya Matsuura, Baijaku Nakamura, Kansai Yamamoto, Kazunari Ninomiya, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Naomasa Musaka, Naoto Takenaka, Toshiaki Karasawa, Yukio Ninagawa
Posted on June 27, 2015 |
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Bon Lin / Bon to Lin chan (2014)
Comedy
Natsuko Yotsuya (Ema Sakura) is a teenager and she is also known as Bon. She lives in a town and has a friend, Miyu-chan, who lives with her boyfriend in Tokyo. Miyu-chan though is abused by her boyfriend. To bring back her friend back, Natsuko and her childhood friend Rintaro Tomoda (Mahiro Takasugi), also known as Lin, go to Tokyo together. With the help of a man, who they met through an internet forum for "boys’ love" manga fans, they head to Miyu-chan's house.
Starring: Emma Sakura, Mahiro Takasugi, Hakushu Tôgetsuan, Rino Higa
Director: Keiichi Kobayashi
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Tags: Emma Sakura, Hakushu Tôgetsuan, Keiichi Kobayashi, Mahiro Takasugi, Rino Higa
