Category: Eastern
Posted on April 16, 2014 |
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Secret / Himitsu (1999)
Drama | Fantasy
Yojiro Takita directs this witty, understated comedy about the clash between generations and the different facets of love. Naoko (Kayoko Kishimoto) and her 17-year-old daughter Monami are hospitalized after their bus plunges off the edge of a cliff. Just as Naoko is about to die, she manages to transfer her soul to her daughter's body so as not to be separated from her husband Heisuke (Kaoru Kobayashi).
Starring: Ryôko Hirosue, Kaoru Kobayashi, Ken Kaneko, Yuriko Ishida, Hideaki Itô, Tomoe Shinohara, Kayoko Kishimoto, Rie Shibata, Ren Ohsugi, Hatsuo Yamaya
Director: Yôjirô Takita
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Tags: Hatsuo Yamaya, Hideaki Itô, Kaoru Kobayashi, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ken Kaneko, Ren Ohsugi, Rie Shibata, Ryôko Hirosue, Tomoe Shinohara, Yôjirô Takita, Yuriko Ishida
Posted on April 16, 2014 |
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Time of First Love / Hana no kō ni torio – Hatsukoi jidai (1975)
Drama | Romance
3 senior highschool girls help make a hot air balloon for a boy during their summer holidays and took up all sort of part-time jobs in the course.
Starring: Masako Mori, Junko Sakurada, Momoe Yamaguchi
Director: Kenjiro Morinaga
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Posted on April 16, 2014 | Comments Off on The Sound of the Waves (1975) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
The Sound of the Waves / Shiosai (1975)
Drama | Romance
Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant gossip about his rival, and Hatsue's father forbids her to see Shinji. But when the boy saves the passengers on a boat owned by Hatsue's father, his luck in love begins to change.
Starring: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Ichirô Arishima, Keiko Tsushima
Director: Katsumi Nishikawa
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Tags: Ichirô Arishima, Katsumi Nishikawa, Keiko Tsushima, Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura
Posted on April 15, 2014 | Comments Off on Omar (2013) UNRATED 720p WEB-DL AAC2.0 H.264-HD4FUN
Omar (2013)
Drama | Thriller
Omar (Adam Bakri) is a Palestinian baker who routinely climbs over the separation wall to meet up with his girl Nadja (Leem Lubany). By night, he's either a freedom fighter or a terrorist — you decide — ready to risk his life to strike at the Israeli military with his childhood friends Tarek (Eyad Hourani) and Amjad (Samer Bisharat). Arrested after the killing of an Israeli soldier and tricked into an admission of guilt by association, he agrees to work as an informant. So begins a dangerous game-is he playing his Israeli handler (Waleed F. Zuaiter) or will he really betray his cause? And who can he trust on either side?
Starring: Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Iyad Hoorani, Waleed Zuaiter, Samer Bisharat
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
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Tags: Adam Bakri, Hany Abu-Assad, Iyad Hoorani, Leem Lubany, Samer Bisharat, Waleed Zuaiter
Posted on April 13, 2014 | Comments Off on Heat Wave (1991) 720p WEB-DL AAC2.0 H.264-CG
Heat Wave / Kagerô (1991)
Crime | Drama
Jojima Orin is orphaned when Tsunejiro murders her father. She is later adopted by the Kosuji family, who run a restaurant called Yagumo, and becomes a gambler just like her father. Orin meets Tsunejiro again and confronts the Iwabune mob to take back Yagumo that rightfully belongs to her brother.
Starring: Kanako Higuchi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Oginome, Masahiro Motoki, Rino Katase, Takuzô Kawatani, Naoto Takenaka
Director: Hideo Gosha
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Posted on April 12, 2014 |
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My Life Changed When I Went to a Sex Parlor / Fu-Zoku Changed My Life / Fûzoku ni ittara jinsei kawatta www (2013)
Comedy
Ryotaro (Shinnosuke Mitsushima) is a 29-year-old virgin. To change this, he goes to a brothel for the firs time in his life. At the brothel, he becomes so nervous that he can't do anything and begins to hyperventilate. Kay (Nozomi Sasaki) is a prostitute there and she kindly tends to Ryotaro. Meanwhile, Ryotaro has fallen in love with Kay at first sight. With support from others including Shinsaku (Tori Matsuzaka), who he first met through the internet, Ryotaro carries out an operation to save Kayo from the brothel.
Starring: Shin'nosuke Mitsushima, Nozomi Sasaki, Tôri Matsuzaka
Director: Ken Iizuka
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Posted on April 12, 2014 |
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Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain / Zu Warriors / Xin shu shan jian ke (1983)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Horror
Set in 5th century China, centers on Ti Ming-chi (Yuen Biao) a young innocent from the West Zu army who wandered away from the battlefield and into a magical underworld filled with demons and murderous swordsmen. When his life is saved by the noble warrior Ting Yin (Adam Cheng Siu-chau), Ti joins forces with his band of fighters — including a Buddhism monk named Abbot Hsiao Yu (Damian Lau Chung-yan), his klutzy underling Yi Chen (Mang Hoi) and a fearsome old wizard named Long Brows (Sammo Hung) — in their quest to save the world from the terror of the Blood Demon. In spite of Long Brows' powers the Demon attacks and poisons Abbot Hsiao. Ting and company take the injured monk to the enigmatic Countess of Jade Pond (Brigitte Lin Hsia) hoping that her skills can cure him. Though she manages to cure Hsiao, the demon soon possesses Ting. The combined power of Ting and the demon are too great; the Countess can only surround her castle with a solid block of ice and wait while Ti, Yi and one of the countess's guards (Moon Lee Choi-fung) ventures to the top of Blade Peak to find the legendary Twin Swords.
Starring: Biao Yuen, Adam Cheng, Brigitte Lin, Sammo Hung, Judy Ongg, Moon Lee, Hoi Mang
Director: Hark Tsui
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Tags: Adam Cheng, Biao Yuen, Brigitte Lin, Hark Tsui, Hoi Mang, Judy Ongg, Moon Lee, Sammo Hung
Posted on April 11, 2014 |
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Oshin (2013)
Drama
A young girl named Oshin is sent to work for another family because of her family's financial situation.
Starring: Kokone Hamada, Aya Ueto, Kayoko Kishimoto, Manami Igashira, Ayako Kobayashi, Shin'nosuke Mitsushima, Ryôsuke Nogi
Director: Shin Togashi
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Tags: Aya Ueto, Ayako Kobayashi, Kayoko Kishimoto, Kokone Hamada, Manami Igashira, Ryôsuke Nogi, Shin Togashi, Shin'nosuke Mitsushima
Posted on April 11, 2014 | Comments Off on No Breathing (2013) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
No Breathing / Nobeureshing (2013)
Romance | Sport | Teen
A gifted swimmer rediscovers his talent by entering a competition against his long-time rival.
Starring: Jong Suk Lee, In Guk Seo, Yuri, Min-cheol Shin, Jae-young Kim, Cheol-min Park, Jeong-cheol Park
Director: Yong-sun Jo
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Posted on April 9, 2014 | Comments Off on The Rocket (2013) 720p BluRay DD5.1 x264-TayTO
The Rocket (2013)
Drama
A boy who is believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him leads his family and a couple of ragged misfits through Laos to find a new home. After a calamity-filled journey through a land scarred by the legacy of war, to prove he's not cursed he builds a giant rocket to enter the most dangerous competition of the year: the Rocket Festival.
Starring: Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Suthep Po-ngam, Boonsri Yindee, Sumrit Warin, Alice Keohavong
Director: Kim Mordaunt
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Tags: Alice Keohavong, Boonsri Yindee, Kim Mordaunt, Loungnam Kaosainam, Sitthiphon Disamoe, Sumrit Warin, Suthep Po-ngam
Posted on April 6, 2014 | Comments Off on Hwayi A Monster Boy (2013) BluRay 720p DTS x264-CHD
Hwayi: A Monster Boy / Hwayi: Gwimuleul samkin ahyi (2013)
Action | Thriller
A boy with five fathers who is attached to the criminal underworld. A sinister past is about to be revealed as he is forced to join the killing spree.
Starring: Yun-seok Kim, Jin-gu Yeo, Jin-woong Jo, Hyeong-seong Jang, Seong-gyoon Kim, Hae-jun Park, Ji-Eun Lim, Ji-hyeon Nam
Director: Joon-Hwan Jang
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Posted on April 5, 2014 |
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Ninja Kids!!!: Summer Mission Impossible / Ninja Kids!!! 2 / Nintama Rantarô: Natsuyasumi shukudai daisakusen! no dan (2013)
Action | Comedy
At a time when nations are warring, a sword with mysterious power called "Heaven's Sword" is stolen. The sword is said to give its wielder the power to conquer the world. Various ninja all over Dokutake Castle and beyond also manuevering for this sword of immense power. Rantaro and his classmates are assigned to retrieve the stolen sword, their first real ninja mission.
Starring: Seishirô Katô, Roi Hayashi, Roy Hayashi, Juri Shingetsu, Hiroki Uchi
Director: Ryuta Tazaki
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Tags: Hiroki Uchi, Juri Shingetsu, Roi Hayashi, Roy Hayashi, Ryuta Tazaki, Seishirô Katô
Posted on April 5, 2014 | Comments Off on Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (1973) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC1.0 x264-TayTO
Titash Ekti Nadir Naam / A River Called Titas (1973)
Drama
Based on the acclaimed novel by Advaita Malla Barman, and shot in Ghatak’s childhood home of East Bengal shortly after the independence of Bangladesh, the film captures the songs, speech, rituals, and rhythms of a once self-sufficient community and culture swept away by natural catastrophes, modernisation, and political conflict.
Starring: Rosy Samad, Fakrul Hasan Bairagi, Narain Chakraborty, Kabari Choudhury, Chetana Das
Director: Ritwik Ghatak
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Posted on April 4, 2014 |
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Why Don't You Play in Hell? / Jigoku de naze warui (2013)
Action | Drama
Muto (Jun Kunimura) and Ikegami (Shinichi Tsutsumi) are two gangsters who hate each other, but Ikegami is in love with Muto's actress daughter Michiko (Fumi Nikaido). Meanwhile, Muto attempts to make his wife Shizue's (Tomochika) dream come true which is to have their daughter appear in a movie. Koji (Gen Hoshino), who is just a passerby, is mistaken for a movie director. Koji then requests to independent film director Hirata (Hiroki Hasegawa) to cast Michiko as the leading actress in his film. Their situation soon goes completely wrong.
Starring: Jun Kunimura, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Fumi Nikaidô, Tomochika, Hiroki Hasegawa, Gen Hoshino
Director: Shion Sono
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Tags: Fumi Nikaidô, Gen Hoshino, Hiroki Hasegawa, Jun Kunimura, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Shion Sono, Tomochika
Posted on April 3, 2014 | Comments Off on The Monkey King (2014) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
The Monkey King / Xi you ji: Da nao tian gong (2014)
Action | Adventure | Fantasy
Sun Wukong, (The Monkey King) is a monkey born from a heavenly stone who acquires supernatural powers. After rebelling against heaven and being imprisoned under a mountain for 500 years, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to India. Thus, according to legend, Buddhism is brought to ancient China. This much beloved story, is as much a part of Asian culture as The Iliad and The Odyssey or The Wizard of Oz are to the West. This first installment in a trilogy of live action 3-D movies is actually a prequel to The Journey To The West, the much told story of the Monkey King's adventures on the road to India. The Monkey King: Havoc In The Heavenly Palace will be released in the U.S. as The Monkey King. The first movie is the origins story – beginning with the birth of Sun Wukong and ending with his imprisonment for his crimes under the Five-Peaked Mountain. Along the way he acquires incredible powers, battling the armies of the gods and the armies of the demons to find his rightful place in the Heavens.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Yun-Fat Chow, Aaron Kwok, Yitian Hai, Peter Ho, Joe Chen, Xia Zitong
Director: Pou-Soi Cheang
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Tags: Aaron Kwok, Donnie Yen, Joe Chen, Peter Ho, Pou-Soi Cheang, Xia Zitong, Yitian Hai, Yun-Fat Chow
Posted on April 3, 2014 | Comments Off on The Best Plan Is No Plan (2013) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
The Best Plan Is No Plan / Kau neoi bat lei saam hing dai (2013)
Comedy | Romance
Chan Wing Sing (Justin Cheung), Yip Lai Shin (Hanjin Chan) and Ma Wei Hung (Sammy Shum) are three friends who find out at their ex-girlfriend's funeral that they were all involved with the same woman at some point in their lives. Feeling at a loss in love, the three of them bond overnight to overcome their future obstacles with women.
Starring: Sammy Sum, Hanjin Tan, Justin Cheung, Jacqueline Chong, Shiga Lin, Angel Chiang, Jinny Ng
Director: Patrick Kong
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Tags: Angel Chiang, Hanjin Tan, Jacqueline Chong, Jinny Ng, Justin Cheung, Patrick Kong, Sammy Sum, Shiga Lin
Posted on April 3, 2014 | Comments Off on The Tattooed Swordswoman (1970) 720p BluRay DD2.0 x264-CtrlHD
The Tattooed Swordswoman / The Blind Woman's Curse / Kaidan nobori ryû (1970)
Action | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Akemi and the man of her clan confront their opponents; Akemi delivers a sword thrust to kill the opponents' leader, and Aiko, his daughter, tries to interpose herself, suffering a glancing blow to her eyes, thus cutting her badly, and blinding her. Amid the ensuing fight, no one notices that a black cat laps the young woman's wound. Years later, revenge between the two clans continue, plus added dissension amongst Akemi's people, leading to more deaths. A new member comes to help them, but she is a strange woman – and blind. The curse of the blind woman is about to fell on the dragon-lady.
Starring: Meiko Kaji, Hoki Tokuda, Makoto Satô, Hideo Sunazuka, Shirô Ôtsuji
Director: Teruo Ishii
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Posted on April 2, 2014 |
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The Izu Dancer / Izu no odoriko (1974)
Drama
Based on Yasunari Kawabata real life sotry in which he had a brief time of romance with a girl dancer.
Starring: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura
Director: Katsumi Nishikawa
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Posted on April 2, 2014 | Comments Off on Yaariyan (2014) 720p BluRay DD5.1 x264-TayTO
Yaariyan (2014)
Drama | Romance
A college student must win an inter college competition to save his college from being demolished by property builders.
Starring: Himansh Kohli, Vivek Bhatnagar, Nicole Faria, Gulshan Grover, Aditya Kohli, Dev Sharma, Rakul Preet Singh
Director: Divya Khosla
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Posted on April 1, 2014 | Comments Off on Jai Ho (2014) 720p BluRay DTS x264-TayTO
Jai Ho / Mental (2014)
Action | Drama
An ex-army officer initiates a unique idea of propagating social responsibility among ordinary people and in doing so, crosses paths with a powerful political family.
Starring: Salman Khan, Tabu, Sunil Shetty, Pulkit Samrat, Genelia D'Souza
Director: Sohail Khan
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Tags: Genelia D'Souza, Pulkit Samrat, Salman Khan, Sohail Khan, Sunil Shetty, Tabu
