Tiger Cage 2 / Tiger Cage II / Sai hak chin (1990)
Action | Crime
A tough ex-cop and a woman are accused of murder, team up with a unscrupulous lawyer as they intend to solve the case of laundering dirty money.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Rosamund Kwan, David Wu, Robin Shou, Lieh Lo, Cynthia Khan
Director: Woo-ping Yuen
Saving Mother Robot / Ma de 2 hao (2013)
Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Tells the story of single mother Cao Yi, whose everyday life consists of her finding ways to make money and raise her young son, Xiao Hu. However, Xiao Hu feels that his mother does not have enough time to spend with him, so he frequently acts out in response. He also fantasizes that his mother will turn into the legendary "Madeleine" robot. Coincidentally, Cao Yi's superior sends her to become an assistant to Xiao Tie, an eccentric photographer whose hobby is obsessively searching for UFOs. Because Xiao Tie was also raised in a single-parent home, he interacts with Xiao Hu in interesting ways and ultimately helps the young boy understand his mother's situation.
Starring: Xiaoming Huang, Vivian Hsu, Antoine, Mini Yang, Eric Tsang, Cheryl Yang, Kong Jiu
Director: Jue Ga-Lun
The Lunchbox / Dabba (2013)
Drama | Romance
The film set in Mumbai, revolves around a mistaken delivery by the Dabbawalas (lunchbox service) of Mumbai, which leads to a relationship between an about to retire, Saajan, also a lonely widower and an unhappy housewife, Ila as they start exchanging notes through the daily lunchbox.
Starring: Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Lillete Dubey
Director: Ritesh Batra
Hasee Toh Phasee (2014)
Comedy | Romance
Nikhil (Sidharth Malhotra) is a struggling businessman whose girlfriend Karishma (Adah Sharma) is an actress. Nikhil is a guy who believes that once you are committed to a girl, there should be no straying. He is the guy every girl would love to have. Karishma asks Nikhil to arrange 50 million (US$840,000) before marriage, which is 7 days later, to earn a contract. In the mean time, Nikhil meets Meeta (Parineeti Chopra), Karishma's younger sister, with whom he had a brief encounter 7 years ago. Meeta, who is an IITian in Chemical Engineering, is a super intelligent geek, who ran away 7 years ago to China after stealing money from her own father, leading to his heart attack. Now, just a week before Nikhil and Karishma's wedding, Meeta turned up to meet her father, but Karishma was scared that her sister's sudden appearance might ruin their wedding. Hence, Karishma assigns Nikhil to keep Meeta away from her father (Manoj Joshi). During their 7 days of encounter Nikhil and Meeta generate feelings for each other, but Nikhil backs off as he doesn't want to betray Karishma. Meanwhile, Nihkil comes to know that for her research Meeta has taken a heavy loan from a Chinese investor by forging her father's signature. The deadline for payback is in three days. Nikhil helps Meeta to hack her father's account but also convince her to apologize to her family. Meeta reunites with her family as her father forgives her and instead of stealing Meeta asks money from her father. On the wedding day, Nikhil realizes that he is in love with Meeta so after Karishma gets to know about him and Meeta she asks him to run away and when he runs away from the wedding ceremony only to find Meeta standing outside. Both express their love to each other. The movie ends with Nikhil and Meeta traveling to Germany, while at the airport Meeta tells him that there is another problem waiting for them in Germany.
Starring: Sidharth Malhotra, Parineeti Chopra, Adah Sharma, Manoj Joshi, Sharat Saxena
Director: Vinil Matthew
The Suspect / Yong-eui-ja (2013)
Action | Thriller
Dong Chul was the best special field agent in North Korea, but he is abandoned by his government during a mission. While on the run, he looks for his wife and child, who were sold as slaves to China.
Starring: Yoo Gong, Hee-soon Park, Da-in Yoo, Seong-ha Jo, Jae-yun Jo, Seong-gyoon Kim
Director: Shin-yeon Won
The Harmonium in My Memory / Organ of My Heart / Nae maeumui punggeum (1999)
Drama | Romance
Hong-yun is a teenage girl in a small mountain village when she falls head-over-heels for a new teacher, Mr. Jang. Between taking care of her baby brother and the impossible age difference, it is a roller-coaster ride for her as she tries to become special for Mr. Jang. He only seems interested in the other new teacher, Miss Yang.
Starring: Do-yeon Jeon, Jae-in Kim, Byung-hun Lee, Mi-yeon Lee, Hye-rin Seo
Director: Young-jae Lee
Queen (2014)
Comedy | Drama
Queen is a movie about growing up. Rani (Kangana Ranaut) is a Delhi girl from a conservative family who is ditched by her fiancé just before her marriage. Shocked by this, she decides to set out on the planned honeymoon alone. As she travels the world and meets new people, she gains new experiences and discovers her own identity.
Starring: Kangana Ranaut, Rajkummar Rao, Lisa Haydon, Mish Boyko, Jeffrey Chee, Sabeeka Imam
Director: Vikas Bahl
The Human Trust / Jinrui shikin (2013)
Drama | Thriller
Yuichi Mafune is known as a finance broker, but he's actually a conman. One day, two men show up in front of Yuichi. One man is "M" and the other is his underling Yuki Seki. They ask Yuichi Mafune to steal the "M funds". The "M funds" is thought to be a longheld legend that massive amounts of gold and other stolen loot from World War II were hidden in the basement of a Japanese bank. The loot was then taken by the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces to fund secret operations. Yuichi accepts the proposal after hearing of the large fee offerred if successful. In order to steal the "M funds," which Yuichi isn't even sure if it exists, "M" plans an unprecedented money game which brings in interests from the U.S., Russia and other places.
Starring: Kôichi Satô, Shingo Katori, Mirai Moriyama, Arisa Mizuki, Vincent Gallo, Ji-tae Yu, Jô Odagiri
Director: Junji Sakamoto
Like Father, Like Son / Soshite chichi ni naru (2013)
Drama
Would you choose your natural son, or the son you believed was yours after spending 6 years together? Kore-eda Hirokazu, the globally acclaimed director of "Nobody Knows", "Still Walking" and "I Wish", returns to the big screen with another family – a family thrown into torment after a phone call from the hospital where the son was born… Ryota has earned everything he has by his hard work, and believes nothing can stop him from pursuing his perfect life as a winner. Then one day, he and his wife, Midori, get an unexpected phone call from the hospital. Their 6-year-old son, Keita, is not 'their' son – the hospital gave them the wrong baby. Ryota is forced to make a life-changing decision, to choose between 'nature' and 'nurture.'
Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki, Rirî Furankî, Keita Ninomiya, Shôgen Hwang
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Bends / Guo jie (2013)
Drama
BENDS straddles the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border and tells the story of ANNA, an affluent housewife and FAI, her chauffeur, and their unexpected friendship as they each negotiate the pressures of Hong Kong life and the citys increasingly complex relationship to mainland China. Fai is struggling to find a way to bring his pregnant wife and young daughter over the Hong Kong border from Shenzhen to give birth to their second child, even though he crosses the border easily every day working as a chauffeur for Anna. Anna, in contrast, is struggling to keep up the facade of her ostentatious lifestyle into which she has married, after the sudden disappearance of her husband amid financial turmoil. Their two lives collide in a common space, the car.
Starring: Carina Lau, Kun Chen, Yuan Tian, Stephanie Che, Lawrence Cheng
Director: Flora Lau
Eden no umi / Sea of Eden (1976)
Drama | Romance
A jovial young man from Tokyo, Nanjo, comes to teach at a girl highschool on the coast of Setonaikai. He captures the heart of all the girls right away except a rebellious one, Tomoe.
Starring: Momoe Yamaguchi, Yutaka Nanjo
Director: Katsumi Nishikawa
Ring 2 / The Ring 2 / Ringu 2 (1999)
Horror
In the third film in the "Ring" series, Reiko takes Yoichi into hiding when her son begins to display frightening powers. Meanwhile, Mai Takano and the authorities begin a desperate search for them, as the mysterious Ring curse spreads.
Starring: Miki Nakatani, Hitomi Satô, Kyôko Fukada, Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada
Director: Hideo Nakata
Josh / Against the Grain (2013)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Fatima, a committed schoolteacher living the cosmopolitan high life in Karachi, has her life shattered when her nanny, Nusrat, inexplicably disappears. Though her friends and family beg her not to disturb the status quo and confront the powerful feudals in Nusrat's village, Fatima travels there to investigate. Will the trials and tribulations deter Fatima's resolve? Will the quest challenge an already complicated romantic relationship? Josh (Against the Grain) is the story of Fatima's search for a dangerous truth in Nusrat's feudal village. It is the story of the biggest challenge to Pakistan's still reigning feudalism: the country's youth.
Starring: Khalid Malik, Mohib Mirza, Aamina Sheikh, Salim Mairaj, Khalid Ahmed, Faizan Haqquee, Adnan Shah, Navin Waqar
Director: Iram Parveen Bilal
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Roommate / Rûmumeito (2013)
Horror
Harumi Hagiwara lands in the hospital after being involved in an accident. She hits it off with her nurse, Reiko Nishimura, and the two decide to move in together after she's discharged. However, Harumi begins to witness a series of mysterious events soon after noticing Reiko's strange behavior. Additionally, she fears for her own safety when Reiko starts referring to herself as 'Mari' as if she's become an entirely different person. Before long, the situation develops into a case of murder.
Starring: Kyôko Fukada, Keiko Kitagawa, Kengo Kôra
Director: Takeshi Furusawa
The Next Generation PatLabor Chapter 1 / The Next Generation: Patlabor (2014)
Action | Sci-Fi
In a world where giant robots are built and used for labor, a special police force of robots is created to handle crimes relating to these machines.
Starring: Erina Mano, Toshio Kakei, Seiji Fukushi, Rina Ohta, Shigeru Chiba, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Yoshinori Horimoto, Kohei Shiotsuka, Shigekazu Tajiri
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Fumina Suzuki ~ Fumiprin (2014)
Documentary
バラエティや舞台など様々なメディアで活躍する大人気アイドル・鈴木ふみ奈のイメージ。柔らかそうなHカップバストや迫力のヒップに大接近。制服姿からギリギリ衣装までたっぷり魅せてくれる
Starring: Fumina Suzuki
Anri Sugihara ~ Asia no Koibito (2013)
Documentary
バラエティ番組などでも活躍中のグラビアアイドル・杉原杏璃のイメージ。愛くるしいキュートなルックスに磨き抜かれたパーフェクトなボディを持つ彼女の、とっても眩しい魅力をたっぷり収める。
Starring: Anri Sugihara
It All Began When I Met You / Subete wa kimi ni aetakara (2013)
Romance
Six romantic stories unfold, all of which revolve around Tokyo Station just before Christmas.
Starring: Chieko Baishô, Masahiro Higashide, Tsubasa Honda, Miwako Ichikawa, Fumino Kimura, Nenji Kobayashi, Nene Ohtsuka, Azusa Okamoto, Rin Takanashi, Hiroshi Tamaki, Saburô Tokitô
Director: Katsuhide Motoki
Twa-Tiu-Tiann / Da dao cheng (2014)
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Through a famous painting "South Street Festival", a Taiwanese college boy unexpectedly travels 100 years back in time, back to the 1920's, when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. He is stuck, he panics, he wants to return to 2014 but soon changes his mind, not just because of the prettiest geisha girl in town…
Starring: Ju-Ge-Liang, Sonia Sui, Chris Wang, Liren Li, Yi Lee
Director: Tien-Lun Yeh
Campus Confidential / Ai qing wu quan shun (2013)
Comedy | Romance
The campus geek rescues the most attractive campus girl from a dried lake after she falls in. Legend has it if two people meet at the lake when it's dry, they are destined to fall in love.
Starring: Bo-lin Chen, Ivy Chen, Shu-yao Kuo, Paul Chiang, Hong Zi-Han
Director: Donnie Lai
