Category: Eastern
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 19, 2014 |
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Enthralled / Ai . Xun . Mi (2014)
Drama
The stories revolve around the lives of three childhood friends: An overseas returnee who falls in love with the young wife of an ambitious politician, a university lecturer who's searching for the truth about his late father and a handsome hair stylist whose latest conquest is a rich, middle-aged divorcee.
Starring: Tien You Chui, Christopher Goh, Chor-yiu Kwan, Mandy Lieu, Candy Lo
Director: Chip Tsao
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Posted on June 19, 2014 |
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Mr & Mrs Player / Lan gun fu dou lan gun qi (2013)
Comedy
Chinese Feng Shui master, Carson was a real ladies' man, he had never been in a stable relationship. Carson was a "Natural Born Player", taking names and breaking hearts. Fate had it that he would meet his match, the hot veterinarian, Chi-Ling. It was love at first sight, but neither could stand the other's fickle nature lest the affair might have ended as soon as it began. So Chi-Ling invite Carson to move in with her and make him promise to have no sexual contact with any girls for 100 days.
Starring: Chrissie Chow, Matt Chow, Ho-Cheung Pang, Chapman To
Director: Jing Wong
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Posted on June 19, 2014 |
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Butterfly Lovers / Mo hup leung juk / Jian die (2008)
Action | Fantasy | Romance
Life is fleeting as the butterfly, beautiful yet transient. As legends has it, a pair of butterfly lovers reappears once more after having gone through three lifetimes of repeated pain and tears. This time, they find each other in the world of martial arts. Liang is highly skilled in martial arts and resides in the mountains. When his master tasks him to take care of Zhu, a girl from a wealthy family who disguises as guy to herself from revenge, it sparks off the painful journey that they must go through once again. Zhuâ's father, in order to pay the kindness shown to him, has betrothed her to a General Ma, although Zhu is in love with Liang. Love can fester into hate in some while in the selected few, it can lead to undying love that survives one lifetime after another.
Starring: Charlene Choi, Chun Wu, Ge Hu
Director: Jingle Ma
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Posted on June 14, 2014 |
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Ring 0: Birthday / The Ring 0 / Ringu 0: Bâsudei (2000)
Horror
The film takes place 30 years prior to the events of Ring, and depicts the life of 19-year-old Sadako Yamamura, the antagonist of previous films. In this film, her role shifts to that of a protagonist.
Starring: Yukie Nakama, Seiichi Tanabe, Kumiko Asô, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Ryûshi Mizukami
Director: Norio Tsuruta
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Tags: Kumiko Asô, Norio Tsuruta, Ryûshi Mizukami, Seiichi Tanabe, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Yukie Nakama
Posted on June 13, 2014 |
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Gatchaman / Gacchaman (2013)
Action | Sci-Fi
Set in the near future in Tokyo, Japan. The evil terrorist organization Galactor has declared war on the world. The group possesses more advanced technology than governments and occupies over half of the planet. Dr. Kozaburo Nambu of the International Science Organization gathers together 5 superhero ninja agents, known collectively as Gatchaman, to stop Galactor.
Starring: Tôri Matsuzaka, Ryôhei Suzuki, Gô Ayano, Ayame Gôriki, Tatsuomi Hamada, Eriko Hatsune, Shidô Nakamura, Gorô Kishitani, Ken Mitsuishi
Director: Tôya Satô
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Tags: Ayame Gôriki, Eriko Hatsune, Gô Ayano, Gorô Kishitani, Ken Mitsuishi, Ryôhei Suzuki, Shidô Nakamura, Tatsuomi Hamada, Tôri Matsuzaka, Tôya Satô
Posted on June 13, 2014 |
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Tai-Chi Master / Tai ji: Zhang San Feng (1993)
Action | Comedy | Drama | Thriller
A Ming Dynasty avenger which pits a man and woman againts a former friend who now works for the oppressive Royal Eunuch's forces. However when the man reaches a stalemate with his Tai Chi training that literally makes him crazy, the fiesty woman manages to cover for him until the forces of nature finally offer him insight and his breakthrough enhancement.
Starring: Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Siu-Ho Chin, Fennie Yuen, Cheung-Yan Yuen, Shun Lau, Hai Yu
Director: Woo-ping Yuen
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Tags: Cheung-Yan Yuen, Fennie Yuen, Hai Yu, Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh, Shun Lau, Siu-Ho Chin, Woo-ping Yuen
Posted on June 13, 2014 |
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Dances of Flame / Honoo no mai (1978)
Drama | Romance
Takuji spies a house on the hill while wandering on the beach. He is invited in and treated as an honoured guest, especially by the lovely young Kiyono. They soon marry, but as the year is 1940, the oncoming war threatens. Takuji disappears, then returns, then is enlisted.
Starring: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Toshio Hosokawa, Michiyo Kogure, Michiko Araki, Ichirô Arishima, Midori Kanazawa
Director: Yoshisuke Kawasaki
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Tags: Ichirô Arishima, Michiko Araki, Michiyo Kogure, Midori Kanazawa, Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Toshio Hosokawa, Yoshisuke Kawasaki
Posted on June 13, 2014 |
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Highway (2014)
Drama | Romance
The story begins on the eve of the wedding of Veera Tripathi (Alia Bhatt), the daughter of a rich business tycoon. She is on the highway with her fiance when she is abducted. The gang who kidnaps her panics when they find out that her father has links in the government. However, Mahabir Bhati (Randeep Hooda), one of her abductors, is willing to do whatever it takes to see this through. They continuously move to different cities, to avoid being tracked by police. As the days go by, Veera finds peace in her bondage to the point that she confides in him of her troubled childhood. Her fear of abduction is taken over by a sense of freedom. At one point while crossing a check post, the police forcefully search the truck, but Veera, surprisingly even to herself, hides. Veera confesses to Mahabir about her home where her uncle molested her, a fact which was hushed up by her mother. She concludes that she loves the journey and doesn't want to go back to her life. Mahabir can't help but care for Veera and his anger fades though slowly, he decides to let her go. Veera refuses and insists on staying with Mahabir. They both take shelter in a hilltop house. The following morning, a shootout starts as police has tracked them down. Mahabir is shot dead on the spot, while a shocked Veera is returned to her parents. Disturbed by the incident, Veera tells her family the truth about her abusive uncle and her desire of not living with them anymore. It ends with Veera shown working and living on a hill station on her own, with memories of the days she spent with Mahabir.
Starring: Alia Bhatt, Randeep Hooda, Durgesh Kumar, Pradeep Nagar, Saharsh Kumar Shukla
Director: Imtiaz Ali
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Posted on June 13, 2014 |
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Deewaar / Wall / I'll Die for Mama (1975)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
As a youth, Vijay struggles as a dockworker. Eventually, he becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while younger brother, Ravi, is an educated, upright policeman. But in the end, it all comes down to, who does mother love more?
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Neetu Singh
Director: Yash Chopra
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Posted on June 12, 2014 |
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On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate / Turning Gate / Saenghwalui balgyeon (2002)
Drama
Actor Kyung Soo (Kim Sang Kyung, Memories of Murder) leaves Seoul to visit an old classmate. The reunion with his friend does not amount to much, but the trip does lead to some romantic encounters. He gets involved with two women, first a young college student (Ye Ji Won, Old Miss Diary) whom he leaves without a moment's thought and then a woman (Chu Sang Mi, Everybody Has Secrets) whom he deems his fated partner. As Kyung Soo becomes increasingly invested in this second relationship, he begins to notice certain coincidences and similarities that recall past pairings, blurring his conception of exactly which woman, which relationship, he is so desperately holding on to.
Starring: Sang-mi Choo, Ji-won Ye
Director: Sang-soo Hong
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Posted on June 11, 2014 |
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That Demon Within / Mo jing (2014)
Action | Crime
That Demon Within stars Golden Horse Award-winner Daniel Wu as a dutiful police officer who doubts himself after saving the life of a notorious and ruthless killer played by Nick Chueng. Unsure if he did the right thing by protecting a cold-blooded murderer, his actions come back to haunt him when the killer and his gang become the leading suspects in a bloody armed robbery.
Starring: Daniel Wu, Nick Cheung, Kai Chi Liu, Ka Wah Lam, Andy On, Kwok-Lun Lee, Stephen Au, Kuan-Chun Chi
Director: Dante Lam
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Posted on June 10, 2014 |
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Brawl / Fighting Fish (2012)
Action
A former boxer, Mike, moves to Thailand to start a new life when he is robbed and left with nothing…until he meets Yo, a skilled Muay Thai boxer, and his beautiful wife. The new friends soon enter an underground fight club called "Fighting Fish" in order to make the money they desperately need to survive, but in this dangerous world, losing is not an option.
Starring: Jawed El Berni, David Ismalone, Jakkrit Kanokpodjananon, Jirantanin Pitakporntrakul
Director: Julaluck Ismalone
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Tags: David Ismalone, Jakkrit Kanokpodjananon, Jawed El Berni, Jirantanin Pitakporntrakul, Julaluck Ismalone
Posted on June 9, 2014 |
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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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Tags: Akira Ishida, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Kazuya Nakai, Kenichi Suzumura, Rie Kugimiya, Satoshi Hino, Shinji Takamatsu, Susumu Chiba, Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Sugita
Posted on June 9, 2014 |
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Bewakoofiyaan (2014)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Mohit is a marketing whiz kid vying for a step up the career ladder. Mayera is a financial brain with a penchant for shoes. They're a young middle-class corporate couple that's ambitious and likes the good life. They work hard, they party hard. They're also passionately in love with each other. Their belief: You can live on love and fresh air. Their obstacle: Mayera's wilful bureaucratic father V.K Sehgal. The obstinate old man believes that only a rich man can bring Mayera happiness and a mid-level executive like Mohit simply isn't good enough! Exactly how fragile are relationships in these times where consumer lifestyles dictate their very nature and intensity? Who gets the last laugh when recession strikes and the lack of money tests love… credit-card-junkies private-sector Mohit-Mayera; or safe-playing sarkari, V.K. Sehgal?
Starring: Ayushmann Khurrana, Sonam Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Swedha Singh
Director: Nupur Asthana
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Posted on June 9, 2014 |
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Bay Rong / Clash (2009)
Action
Trinh, a mercenary, must complete a series of organized crime jobs for her boss in order to win the release of her kidnapped daughter. She hires several mercenaries to help, including Quan, who she becomes attracted to. Trinh and Quan's relationship becomes complicated as it becomes evident that their motivations are not the same.
Starring: Johnny Nguyen, Thanh Van Ngo, Hoang Phuc Nguyen, Lam Minh Thang, Hieu Hien, Truong The Vinh, Nguyen Hau
Director: Thanh Son Le
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Posted on June 8, 2014 |
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Ashes of Time Redux / Dung che sai duk (1994)
Action | Drama
Ouyang Feng has lived in the western desert for several years. He left his home on White Camel Mountain when the woman he loves chose to wed his elder brother rather than him. Instead of pursuing glory himself, he he becomes an agent representing other swordsmen and bounty hunters. When locals come to him for protection or with a wish to eliminate a person who has wronged them, he puts them in touch with a swordsman who can do the job for a fee.
Starring: Tony Leung, Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Leslie Cheung, Jacky Cheung
Director: Kar Wai Wong
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Posted on June 8, 2014 |
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Take Me Away / If She Looks Back, It's Love / Furimukeba ai (1978)
Drama | Romance
Kyoko met Tetsuo during her vacation in San Francisco. They fell in love at first sight and agreed to meet in Tokyo. However, Tetsuo failed to turn up and Kyoko decided to marry someone else. When Tetsuo learnt of Kyoko‘s marriage, he took up all sort of jobs in order to save enough money to fly to Tokyo…
Starring: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Yôko Minamida, Akitsugi Moritsugi, Tomoko Naraoka, Eiji Okada
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
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Posted on June 6, 2014 |
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Black Butler / Kuroshitsuji (2014)
Action | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
An orphaned aristocrat summons a demonic butler to aid her, at the price of her soul.
Starring: Hiro Mizushima, Ayame Gôriki, Mizuki Yamamoto, Yûka, Takurô Ohno
Director: Kentarô Ohtani, Kei'ichi Sato
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Tags: Ayame Gôriki, Hiro Mizushima, Kei'ichi Sato, Kentarô Ohtani, Mizuki Yamamoto, Takurô Ohno, Yuka
