Category: Eastern
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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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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Tags: Masaki Okada, Masataka Kubota, Mirai Shida, Sei Ashina, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Tôya Satô
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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Tags: Erika Toda, Hiroaki Matsuyama, Kôichi Satô, Satoshi Ôno
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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Tags: Ha Yoo, Ji-su Kim, Jin-young Jung, Min-ho Lee, Rae-won Kim, Seol-Hyun Kim
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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Tags: Chaoliang Huang, Dong-xue Li, Gou-Liang Chu, Hsi-shun Kou, Mei-Hsiu Lin, Ruby Lin
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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Posted on June 25, 2015 |
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Tokyo Refugees / Tôkyô Nanmin (2014)
Drama
Shu Tokieda (Aoi Nakamura) is a college student in Tokyo. He gets expelled from school for failure to pay his tuition fees, He loses contact with his father who supported his living expenses. Shu now finds himself a refugee in Tokyo. He barely makes a living by working a part-time at an internet cafe. Soon, Shu decides to become a successful host.
Starring: Aoi Nakamura, Chihiro Ohtsuka, Shô Aoyagi, Mizuki Yamamoto, Akiyoshi Nakao, Nobuaki Kaneko, Jun Inoue
Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe
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Tags: Akiyoshi Nakao, Aoi Nakamura, Chihiro Ohtsuka, Jun Inoue, Kiyoshi Sasabe, Mizuki Yamamoto, Nobuaki Kaneko, Shô Aoyagi
Posted on June 21, 2015 |
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Bali Big Brother / Kamisama wa Bali ni iru (2014)
Comedy
Sachiko (Machiko Ono) runs a business in Japan, but her business fails. She then escapes to Bali. There, Sachiko meets rich Japanese man Aniki (Shinichi Tsutsumi). From him, Sachiko gets encouragement.
Starring: Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Machiko Ono, Naoto Inti Raymi, Hiroshi Tamaki
Director: Toshio Lee
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Tags: Hiroshi Tamaki, Machiko Ono, Naoto Inti Raymi, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Toshio Lee
Posted on June 20, 2015 | Comments Off on Paradise in Service (2014) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Paradise in Service / Jun zhong le yuan (2014)
Drama | History | Romance
Army rookie Andy to Kinmen and chosen into the elite of the amphibious forces, accept the harsh training Sergeant devil long Zhang, ready to become lean dragon frog soldier. Because the natural fear of water, Andy was distributed to known as the "military paradise" said special room work. Here the special tea, is a surrounded by barbed wire to paradise, secret and lies, loyalty and justice, together, they have been imprisoned in this beautiful island, ready to face the fate and time absurd ruthless.
Starring: Ethan Juan, Jianbin Chen, Regina Wan, Ivy Chen, Bo-Chieh Wang
Director: Doze Niu
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Tags: Bo-Chieh Wang, Doze Niu, Ethan Juan, Ivy Chen, Jianbin Chen, Regina Wan
Posted on June 20, 2015 | Comments Off on Wolf Warrior (2015) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Wolf Warrior / Wolf War / Zhan lang (2015)
Action | Drama | War
A Chinese special force soldier with extraordinary marksmanship is confronted by a group of deadly foreign mercenaries who are hired to assassinate him by a vicious drug lord.
Starring: Jacky Wu, Nan Yu, Scott Adkins, Kevin Lee, Kyle Shapiro, Wenzhuo Zhao
Director: Jacky Wu
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Posted on June 18, 2015 | Comments Off on Second Chance (2014) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Second Chance / Ai shang jiu hao qiu / Ni zhuan sheng (2014)
Comedy | Drama
A normal summer morning in "Outstanding Pool House," Shine is getting ready for school. Shine is a beautiful and chic girl, but there is a bit of melancholy in her face. Six months ago, her parents died in a terrible car accident and left her nothing beside this pool house. Now, Shine even needs to face the fact that she will be sent to a foster home if there is no one from the family that can come and take care of her. Feng, Shine's uncle, an ex-expert in billiards knows this and decides to come home and takes care of his niece. However, Shine does not appreciate this since, first of all, she is not familiar with his uncle at all. Secondly, after losing everything for gambling, Feng drinks and smokes all day, and those are what Shine hates the most. All in all, how can these two people find the way to reconnect with each other through billiards? Moreover, how can they see the love that runs in their veins for making them the family?
Starring: Monster Wen, Peijia Huang, Jason Wang, Yihao Liu, Angel Yao
Director: Wen Yen Kung
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Posted on June 17, 2015 |
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Blue Spring Ride / Ao Ha Ride (2014)
Drama | Romance
In a middle school, Yoshioka liked Kou who was unlike the other boys and quite gentle. Kou then moved away and they lost contact but in high school she meets Kou again. But now, he is not the same person anymore.
Starring: Tsubasa Honda, Masahiro Higashide, Yua Shinkawa, Ryô Yoshizawa, Izumi Fujimoto, Mitsuki Takahata, Yûdai Chiba, Yû Koyanagi
Director: Takahiro Miki
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Tags: Izumi Fujimoto, Masahiro Higashide, Mitsuki Takahata, Ryo Yoshizawa, Takahiro Miki, Tsubasa Honda, Yû Koyanagi, Yua Shinkawa, Yûdai Chiba
Posted on June 14, 2015 |
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Go See the Fall / Ecotherapy Getaway Holiday / Taki wo mini iku (2014)
Drama
7 middle-aged/elderly women take part in a tour to see a picturesque water fall. While they walk along a mountain path, they enjoy taking pictures and the company of each other, but their male guide soon disappears. The 7 women are now deep within in the mountains without cellphone service.
Starring: Haruko Negishi, Chigusa Yasuzawa, Yuriko Ogino, Mie Kirihara, Kumiko Kawada, Keiko Tokunou, Michiko Watanabe Michiko Watanabe , Daisuke Kuroda
Director: Shûichi Okita
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Tags: Chigusa Yasuzawa, Daisuke Kuroda, Haruko Negishi, Keiko Tokunou, Kumiko Kawada, Michiko Watanabe Michiko Watanabe, Mie Kirihara, Shûichi Okita, Yuriko Ogino
Posted on June 13, 2015 |
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Tokyo Slaves / Me & 23 Slaves / Doreiku: Boku to 23-nin no dorei (2014)
Mystery
24 people play a fierce survival game for their own purposes.
Starring: Sayaka Akimoto, Kanata Hongô, Udai Iwasaki, Yûki Kubota, Yusuke Makio, Hikaru Ohsawa, Yôsuke Saitô, Miyuki Torii, Yûki Yamada
Director: Sakichi Satô
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Tags: Hikaru Ohsawa, Kanata Hongô, Miyuki Torii, Sakichi Satô, Sayaka Akimoto, Udai Iwasaki, Yôsuke Saitô, Yûki Kubota, Yûki Yamada, Yusuke Makio
Posted on June 13, 2015 |
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100 Yen Love / Hyakuen no koi (2014)
Comedy
Kazuko (Sakura Ando) lives at her parents' home. She rarely hangs out with other people. Things change when her younger sister divorces and moves back with her child. Kazuko and her sister's relationship goes bad, causing Kazuko to move out and live alone. What brings happiness to Kazuko is to watch a middle-aged boxer (Hirofumi Arai) practice at a boxing gym. The boxing gym is located between the 100 yen shop where she works and her home. One day, Kazuko and the middle-aged boxer meet and they begin to live together.
Starring: Sakura Andô, Hirofumi Arai
Director: Masaharu Take
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Posted on June 13, 2015 | Comments Off on The Crossing I (2014) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
The Crossing / The Crossing: Part I / Tai ping lun (2014)
Drama
In the midst of the Chinese Revolution during the late 1940s, couples flee to the island of Taiwan.
Starring: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Ziyi Zhang, Hye-kyo Song, Xiaoming Huang, Dawei Tong, Masami Nagasawa
Director: John Woo
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Tags: Dawei Tong, Hye-kyo Song, John Woo, Masami Nagasawa, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Xiaoming Huang, Ziyi Zhang
