Category: Eastern
Posted on March 17, 2014 |
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The Face Reader / Gwansang (2013)
Drama | History
Set during the seizure of the throne by Sejo of Joseon in the year 1455, the movie follows the life of Nae-Kyung. Nae-Kyung, the son of a ruined noble family, goes all around Joseon and studies physiognomy. He is able to assess the personality, mental state and habits of a person by looking at someone's face. Because of his abilities, he gets involved in a power struggle between Prince Sooyang and Kim Jong-Seo.
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Jung-Jae Lee, Hye-su Kim, Yun-shik Baek, Jo Jung-suk, Jong-Suk Lee
Director: Jae-rim Han
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Tags: Hye-su Kim, Jae-rim Han, Jo Jung-suk, Jong-Suk Lee, Jung-Jae Lee, Kang-ho Song, Yun-shik Baek
Posted on March 16, 2014 |
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Ilo Ilo / Ba Ma Bu Zai Jia (2013)
Drama
Set in Singapore, Ilo Ilo chronicles the relationship between the Lim family and their newly arrived maid, Teresa. Like many other Filipino women, she has come to this city in search of a better life. Her presence in the family worsens their already strained relationship. Jiale, the young and troublesome son, starts to form a unique bond with Teresa, who soon becomes an unspoken part of the family. This is 1997 and the Asian Financial Crisis is beginning to be felt in the region…
Starring: Koh Jia Ler, Angeli Bayani, Tian Wen Chen, Yann Yann Yeo
Director: Anthony Chen
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Tags: Angeli Bayani, Anthony Chen, Koh Jia Ler, Tian Wen Chen, Yann Yann Yeo
Posted on March 14, 2014 |
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Barfi! (2012)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Set in the Darjeeling and Calcutta of the 70s, Barfi! is the story of three young people who learn that love can neither be defined nor contained by society's norms of normal and abnormal. Barfi, a hearing and speech impaired boy falls in love with the beautiful, ethereal Shruti. Worlds collide. And in spite of her deep affection for Barfi, Shruti gives in to societal and parental pressure to marry a 'normal man' and lead a 'normal life'. Many years later, their paths cross once again when Barfi, on the run from the police, is in search o f Jhilmil, a mentally challenged girl who he grew up with.
Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Ileana
Director: Anurag Basu
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Tags: Anurag Basu, Ileana, Priyanka Chopra, Ranbir Kapoor
Posted on March 13, 2014 |
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Death Note: L Change the World / Death Note 3 / L: Change the World (2008)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A spin-off of the popular Death Note films, L: Change The World focuses on the legendary detective L as he uses his final 23 days to solve crimes all over the world. When a young girl and boy come to him for aid, L is soon faced with what may be his most difficult case yet: stopping a group of corrupted scientists from spreading a lethal virus throughout the earth.
Starring: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Sota Aoyama, Shunji Fujimura
Director: Hideo Nakata
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Tags: Hideo Nakata, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Shunji Fujimura, Sota Aoyama
Posted on March 13, 2014 |
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Death Note: The Last Name / Death Note 2 / Desu nôto: The last name (2006)
Adventure | Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
Picking up where the first one leaves off, Light joins the task force searching for Kira in an effort to avert suspicion from himself—and get rid of L.
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takeshi Kaga, Shidô Nakamura, Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko
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Tags: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Shidô Nakamura, Shûsuke Kaneko, Takeshi Kaga, Tatsuya Fujiwara
Posted on March 13, 2014 |
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Death Note / Death Note 1 / Desu nôto (2006)
Adventure | Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
A battle between the world's 2 greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals.
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Director: Shûsuke Kaneko
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Tags: Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Shûsuke Kaneko, Tatsuya Fujiwara
Posted on March 12, 2014 |
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The Client / Eui-roi-in (2011)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Elite attorney Kang Seong-Hee goes up against a top prosecutor over a case involving a man accused of killing his wife.
Starring: Jung-woo Ha, Hee-soon Park, Hyuk Jang, Dong-il Song, Won-joong Jung
Director: Young-Sung Sohn
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Tags: Dong-il Song, Hee-soon Park, Hyuk Jang, Jung-woo Ha, Won-joong Jung, Young-Sung Sohn
Posted on March 12, 2014 |
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Lucia (2013)
Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller
From the director of smash hit Lifeu Ishtene, Pawan Kumar, comes Lucia, heralding a new direction for Kannada cinema, being the industry's first crowd funded film. An usher at a decrepit cinema suffers from insomnia. His life changes when he starts getting weird and wonderful dreams but with a caveat. Set in the teeming young metropolis that is Bangalore, the film is a turbulent ride where the lines between dreams and reality are blurred to delirious effect.
Starring: Sathish Neenasam, Sruthi Hariharan
Director: Pawan Kumar
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Posted on March 10, 2014 |
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Yes or No / Yes or No: Yaak Rak Gaw Rak Loey (2010)
Comedy | Romance
Pie is a sweet girl who moves into a new college dorm room where she finds out that her new roommate Kim, is a tomboy who looks and dress like a boy. As their friendship develops, Pie and Kim begin to wonder if the feeling they feel for one another is just an ordinary friendship or true love.
Starring: Sushar Manaying, Supanart Jittaleela, Arisara Thongborisut, Soranut Yupanun, Inthira Yeunyong
Director: Saratswadee Wongsomphet
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Tags: Arisara Thongborisut, Inthira Yeunyong, Saratswadee Wongsomphet, Soranut Yupanun, Supanart Jittaleela, Sushar Manaying
Posted on March 9, 2014 |
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Anohana the Movie: The Flower We Saw That Day / Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day – The Movie / Ano hi mita hana no namae wo bokutachi wa mada shiranai (2013)
Animation | Fantasy | Teen
She suddenly appeared before us one day… 6 of us…friends…we were always together. I believed that I wasn't afraid of anything. But, then it happened. I didn't mean to hurt her. I'll just tell her sorry tomorrow, that's what I thought. But… That "tomorrow" never came. So, time passed by and then one summer day, a miracle happened. Because of an accident during their childhood, 6 friends' hearts were closed shut, and they grew apart from one another. One summer day, their friend who passed away in the accident appears before them. But, she cannot remember the reason why she came back. The friends meet once more to figure out just what her "reason" was.
Starring: Miyu Irino, Ai Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu, Takahiro Sakurai, Saori Hayami, Takayuki Kondô
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
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Tags: Ai Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu, Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Takahiro Sakurai, Takayuki Kondô, Tatsuyuki Nagai
Posted on March 9, 2014 |
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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai / Something Is Happening (1998)
Comedy | Musical | Romance
Rahul Khanna and Anjali Sharma were best friends at college. Anjali realizes that she has fallen for Rahul but she's too late because Rahul has already fallen for Tina Malhotra. Heartbroken, Anjali leaves the city. Tina and Rahul get married and soon Tina becomes pregnant, giving birth to a daughter which they call Anjali. Due to complications during pregnancy, Tina passes away. Anjali is brought up by her father, and each year on her birthday he allows his daughter to read one of her mother's letters. Through these letters she learns that her mother (Tina) knew that another Anjali was in love with Rahul, and vows to bring them together again.
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji
Director: Karan Johar
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Tags: Kajol, Karan Johar, Rani Mukerji, Shah Rukh Khan
Posted on March 8, 2014 |
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Blood and Ties / Accomplice / Gongbum (2013)
Thriller
Da-eun lives a happy life with her single father, a man who sacrificed everything in his life for her. Da-eun becomes suspicious that her father might be a monstrous kidnapper. Even though she wants to believe in his innocence, she finds herself searching for evidence to the contrary.
Starring: Ye-jin Son, Kap-soo Kim, Kyu-han Lee
Director: Dong-Suk Kuk
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Posted on March 7, 2014 |
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The Grandmasters / Yi dai zong shi (2013)
Action | Biography | Drama
The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Tony Leung, Cung Le, Hye-kyo Song, Chen Chang, Woo-ping Yuen, Benshan Zhao, Shun Lau, Qingxiang Wang, Hoi-Pang Lo, Wang Jue, Shih-chieh Chin, Tielong Shang, Shenyang Xiao
Director: Kar Wai Wong
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Tags: Benshan Zhao, Chen Chang, Cung Le, Hoi-Pang Lo, Hye-kyo Song, Kar Wai Wong, Qingxiang Wang, Shenyang Xiao, Shih-chieh Chin, Shun Lau, Tielong Shang, Tony Leung, Wang Jue, Woo-ping Yuen, Ziyi Zhang
Posted on March 7, 2014 |
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The Wrath of Vajra / Jin gang wang (2013)
Action | Fantasy | Horror
Japanese assassin's cult kidnaps children and trains them to grow into lethal killing machines. Vajra, the best fighter, escapes to China joins Shaolin and fights to protect against the deadly cult.
Starring: Yu Xing, Sung-jun Yoo, Heon Jun Nam, Baocheng Jiang, Yamei Zhang, Yasuaki Kurata, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Director: Wing-cheong Law
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Tags: Baocheng Jiang, Heon Jun Nam, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Sung-jun Yoo, Wing-cheong Law, Yamei Zhang, Yasuaki Kurata, Yu Xing
Posted on March 6, 2014 |
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Firestorm / Fung bou (2013)
Action | Crime | Thriller
'Firestorm' centers on a senior police inspector determined to bring down a violent gang of robbers responsible for a string of violent heists across the city.
Starring: Chen Yao, Ka Tung Lam, Andy Lau, Jun Hu, Shing-Ban Lam, Vincent Sze, Michael Wong
Director: Alan Yuen
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Tags: Alan Yuen, Andy Lau, Chen Yao, Jun Hu, Ka Tung Lam, Michael Wong, Shing-Ban Lam, Vincent Sze
Posted on March 6, 2014 |
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Mr. Vampire / Geung si sin sang (1985)
Action | Comedy | Fantasy
The planned reburial of a village elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, threatening mankind. Therefore, a Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.
Starring: Ching-Ying Lam, Siu-hou Chin, Wah Yuen, Anthony Chan, Ma Wu, Moon Lee
Director: Ricky Lau
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Tags: Anthony Chan, Ching-Ying Lam, Ma Wu, Moon Lee, Ricky Lau, Siu-hou Chin, Wah Yuen
Posted on March 5, 2014 |
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Cyrano Agency / Si-ra-no;Yeon-ae-jo-jak-do (2010)
Comedy | Romance
Lovelorn Kim Hyeon-gon has fallen for coffee shop worker Seon-ah. He learns about Cyrano Agency, a small organization that claims 100% success in matchmaking. Kim signs on, and the Cyrano team construct elaborate scenarios to help him catch Seon-ah.
Starring: Min-jung Lee, Shin-Hye Park, Tae-woong Eom, Cheol-min Park
Director: Hyun-seok Kim
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Tags: Cheol-min Park, Hyun-seok Kim, Min-jung Lee, Shin-Hye Park, Tae-woong Eom
Posted on March 4, 2014 |
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Chai-Lai Angels / Chai lai / Dangerous Flowers (2006)
Action | Comedy
Five undercover agents, each with her own specialty, must combat international terrorists who have come to Thailand. They must use every resources available and known to them as this mission will be one that is unlike any they have known.
Starring: Jintara Poonlarp, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Supakson Chaimongkol, Bunyawan Pongsuwan, Kessarin Ektawatkul, Krit Sripoomseth, Salani Chachacha
Director: Poj Arnon
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Tags: Bongkoj Khongmalai, Bunyawan Pongsuwan, Jintara Poonlarp, Kessarin Ektawatkul, Krit Sripoomseth, Poj Arnon, Salani Chachacha, Supakson Chaimongkol
Posted on February 28, 2014 |
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Sadako 3D 2 / Sadako 2 3D (2013)
Horror
Fuko Ando (Miori Takimoto) is a 24-years-old graduate student in psychology. She is tasked to take care of her 4-year-old niece. Soon, mysterious events occur around her niece. She then learns of an incident involving a cursed video that took place 5 years earlier. Fuko Ando finds herself involved with the cursed video.
Starring: Satomi Ishihara, Yûsuke Yamamoto, Miori Takimoto, Kôji Seto, Kokoro Hirasawa
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa
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Tags: Kôji Seto, Kokoro Hirasawa, Miori Takimoto, Satomi Ishihara, Tsutomu Hanabusa, Yûsuke Yamamoto
Posted on February 28, 2014 |
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Sweet Whip / Amai muchi (2013)
Mystery
When Naoko was a freshman in high school she was kidnapped and imprisoned by a man who lived next door. For one month, she went through hell. Finally, she killed the man and escaped. Now as an adult, Naoko is a doctor specializing in infertility treatment, but she also has another side. Naoko is a popular master in a S&M club.
Starring: Mitsu Dan, Yuki Mamiya, Hiroko Nakajima, Tsuyoshi Nakano, Naoto Takenaka
Director: Takashi Ishii
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Tags: Hiroko Nakajima, Mitsu Dan, Naoto Takenaka, Takashi Ishii, Tsuyoshi Nakano, Yuki Mamiya
