Category: Eastern
Posted on January 3, 2014 | Comments Off on Zatoichi Meets the One Armed Swordsman (1971) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman / Shin zatô Ichi: Yabure! Tôjin-ken / Zatôichi 22 (1971)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Japan and China's greatest heroic swordsmen find themselves caught in a plot to protect a young child. But will national distrust and language barriers leading to misunderstandings keep the two kindred spirits apart?
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
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Posted on January 2, 2014 | Comments Off on Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival / Zatôichi abare-himatsuri / Zatôichi 21 (1970)
Action | Adventure | Drama
In a town where women are bought and sold, Zatôichi stumbles upon a secret organization headed by Yamikubo, the Dark Imperial Lord. The "Boss of Bosses, blind like Zatôichi, takes an interest in the masseur, guiding him on the path of destiny and the duty of the sightless. However, a chance encounter with two beautiful women might be the end of Zatôichi, as both a jealous husband and the town Yakuza want his head!
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kenji Misumi
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Posted on January 2, 2014 |
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Failan / Pairan (2001)
Drama | Romance
Failan immigrates to Korea from China to seek her only remaining relatives but finds that her relatives have moved. Desperate to stay, she is forced to seek marriage through a match-making agency, to a petty thug.
Starring: Min-sik Choi, Cecilia Cheung
Director: Hae-sung Song
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Posted on January 2, 2014 | Comments Off on The Happy Life (2007) Blu-Ray 720p DTS x264-CHD
The Happy Life / Jeul-geo-woon in-saeng (2007)
Comedy | Drama
After suffering a string of failures at qualifying for the national college singing competition, rock band Hwal Hwa San disbands. Twenty years later, all of the band members are in their middle age, and with the exception of Gi Young (Jung Jin Young), who remains a good-for-nothing bum, everyone has moved on with their lives. But who knew an unexpected reunion at a funeral would re-ignite the fiery desires of yesteryear? With Gi Young as the lead guitarist, Sung Wook as the bassist, Hyuk Soo as the drummer, and new member Hyun Joon (Jang Keun Suk) as the vocalist, Hwal Hwa San is back on the saddle!
Starring: Jin-yeong Jeong, Sang-ho Kim, Yun-seok Kim, Jang Keun Suk, Ho-jung Kim, Ah-sung Ko, Kwi-Jung Chu
Director: Joon-ik Lee
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Posted on January 2, 2014 | Comments Off on HouseFull (2010) 720p BluRay DTS x264-TayTO
Housefull (2010)
Comedy
'Housefull' is a romantic comedy which narrates the story of Aarush – the world's unluckiest man. Being jinxed he believes his bad luck can vanish if he finds true love. In this quest for true love, how one lie leads to another and how different people from different walks of life come together, add even more confusion to this hilarious comedy of errors resulting in total chaos and mayhem. As Deepika tells Akshay in the film "Jis jhooth se kissi ka ghar basta ho, voh jhooth jhooth nahin hota".
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Deepika Padukone, Lara Dutta, Ritesh Deshmukh, Jiah Khan, Boman Irani
Director: Sajid Khan
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Posted on January 1, 2014 | Comments Off on Zone Pro Site (2013) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Zone Pro Site / Zong pu shi (2013)
Comedy
When Wan (Kimi Hsia) returns home from Taipei with both a failed modeling career, and an enormous amount of debt, she finds that misfortune has also befallen her family's restaurant, which has now dwindled down to but a single noodle stand. With her hopes dashed, luck comes in the form of Hai (Yo Yang), a self-appointed master chef who decides to help Yan's family find a return to glory by helping them recreate the traditional Taiwanese bandoh menu that once made them so famous.
Starring: Chu-Sheng Chen, Kimi Hsia, I-Chen Ko, Mei-Hsiu Lin, Pong Fong Wu, Tony Yang
Director: Yu-Hsun Chen
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Posted on January 1, 2014 | Comments Off on Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo / Zatôichi to Yôjinbô / Zatôichi 20 (1970)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Ichi seeking peace in a village he remembers fondly, finds it a changed place, controlled by Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have gold stolen from the shogunate. The boss has hired a hard-drinking Yojimbo as his enforcer, but he in turn is both a spy tracking the gold for the shogunate, and in love with the merchant's unwilling mistress. Ichi works as the merchant's masseur and buys the mistress' freedom with his employer's own money. This upsets Yojimbo. With the two heroes quarreling will they kill each other or become allies fighting for the same cause?
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
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Posted on January 1, 2014 | Comments Off on Samaritan Zatoichi (1968) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Samaritan Zatoichi / Zatôichi kenka-daiko / Zatôichi 19 (1968)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kenji Misumi
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Posted on December 31, 2013 | Comments Off on Shaolin Warrior (2013) 720p WEB-DL DD5.1 H.264-HD4FUN
Shaolin Warrior / Kungfu Kid (2013)
Action
A kid rushed into the Shaolin Temple and defeated some monks as proof he was qualified for being a disciple of Shaolin Abbot. Shaolin monks refused his request. The Shaolin Abbot was touched by seeing his knee down in front of the Shoalin temple for three days. The Abbot sent him to plant vegetable fields as a start of kung fu skill practice. Meanwhile, the kid was eager to learn kung fu skills. One day, the king of Chu visited Shaolin Temple and found out the kid was the man on his 'wanted list'. What hatred behind those men, a battle between them was about to start.
Starring: Ye Jianwei, Chen Ke, Liu Ruicheng
Director: Dou Xiao
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Posted on December 31, 2013 | Comments Off on K-ON Movie (2011) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
K-On! / Eiga Keion! (2011)
Animation | Comedy | Music
Graduation time is finally here, but the girls of the Sakuragaoka Girl's High Light Music Club aren't going to let the end of high school be the end of all they've built together. First, though, they have to keep a promise to take a trip together, and like everything else they do, they're not doing it halfway. So it's time to hop on the double decker bus and go around the world as the band heads for the birthplace of the British Invasion: the United Kingdom. On the way, they have to solve that one last big puzzle that's been vexing them: what to get for their underclassman rhythm guitarist Azusa, who will be taking over the club once they don their caps and gowns and leave Sakuragaoka for the last time.
Starring: Aki Toyosaki, Yôko Hikasa, Satomi Sato, Minako Kotobuki, Ayana Taketatsu
Director: Naoko Yamada
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Posted on December 30, 2013 | Comments Off on Zatoichi and the Fugitives (1968) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi and the Fugitives / Zatôichi hatashi-jô / Zatôichi 18 (1968)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi becomes involved with a gang of bandits hiding out in a small village. While they hide in the attic of a silk mill, they manipulate the corrupt chief official of the town. Simultaneously Zatoichi tries to rescue a young woman from the sweatshop conditions of the mill. Eventually he must confront not only the leaders of the town but the outlaw gang in battle.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
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Posted on December 28, 2013 |
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Zatoichi Challenged / Zatôichi chikemuri kaidô / Zatôichi 17 (1967)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After arriving in the town, Ichi finds out that the father has been forced by a local boss to create illegal pornography to pay off his gambling debts. Ichi makes it his mission to save tha man and reunite the family, even though it brings him into conflict with a samurai he sort of befriended on his way to the town .
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kenji Misumi
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Posted on December 25, 2013 |
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Legal High SP / Rigaru Hai (2013)
Drama
Kazuhiko Kogure, who is a 2nd grade student in middle school, falls off from one of the school's rooftop. There were other male students on the roof when Kazuhiko Kogure fell off. According to the other students there, Kazuhiko Kogure tried to jump to another school building, but missed. Fortunately, Kazuhiko Kogure only fractured his leg and ribs. According to Kazuhiko Kogure's mother Hidemi, the school insists it was students playing around and did not involve bullying. Hidemi though, doesn't believe it, because Kazuhiko Kogure has a fear of heights. Hidemi goes to see attorney Machiko Mayuzumi (Yui Aragaki) and Machiko decides to take her case, but she asks for fellow attorney Kensuke Komikado's (Masato Sakai) help. Meanwhile, the school hires attorney Teshigahara Isao (Kinya Kitaoji).
Starring: Masato Sakai, Yui Aragaki, Nana Eikura, Ryôko Hirosue, Katsuhisa Namase, Kin'ya Kitaôji
Director: Junichi Ishikawa
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Posted on December 25, 2013 | Comments Off on Baby Blues (2013) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Baby Blues (2013)
Horror
When a young couple, blogger Tian Qing and song-writer Hao moves into a home, they find a mysterious doll that changes their lives forever. Not long after, Tian Qing becomes pregnant with twins but as Hao is always busy with his work, he comes home late every night. When Tian Qing suffers a fall and ends up giving birth to only one child, she begins to show signs of depression and weird behaviour…
Starring: Janelle Singe, Raymond Lam, Hoi-Pang Lo, Karena Ng, Kate Tsui, Bo Yu, Irene Wan
Director: Po-Chih Leong
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Posted on December 25, 2013 | Comments Off on The Myth (2005) BluRay 720p DTS AC3 2Audio-HDWinG
The Myth / San wa / Shen hua (2005)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Chan stars as Jack, an intrepid and world-renowned archaeologist who has begun having dreams of a past life as a warrior in ancient China. When a fellow scientist asks for Jack's help in locating the mausoleum of China's first emperor, the past collides violently with the present as he discovers his amazing visions are based in fact. When they discover an ancient sword and a magical gemstone that can defy the laws of gravity, the past collides violently with the present with often comical consequences.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Hee-seon Kim, Tony Leung, Mallika Sherawat, Ken Lo, Rongguang Yu
Director: Stanley Tong
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Posted on December 25, 2013 | Comments Off on I Hate Luv Storys (2010) 720p BluRay DTS x264-TayTO
I Hate Luv Storys (2010)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Born from a Gujarati mother and a Punjabi father, Mumbai-based Bollywood Art Director, Simran, is in love with her childhood sweetheart, Raj Dholakia, who is also her mother's choice. Then her employer, Veer Kapoor, assigns a slacker-Casanova, Jay Dhingra, to work as her subordinate. Jay turns on his charm – albeit in vain – and almost gets fired. Both eventually patch-up and get engrossed in the making of a movie 'Pyar Pyar Pyar'. During the filming, Simran admits that she has fallen in love with him, and even breaks up with Raj, but Jay rejects her. Heartbroken, she returns to Raj – who welcomes her back, and they are all set to wed. It is then Jay realizes that he may in love, and wants to meet and apologize to her.
Starring: Imran Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Sammir Dattani, Samir Soni, Kavin Dave, Bruna Abdullah
Director: Punit Malhotra
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Posted on December 25, 2013 | Comments Off on Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi the Outlaw / Zatôichi rôyaburi / Zatôichi 16 (1967)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Zatoichi arrives in a town where a gambling house is kidnapping its poor, debt-ridden patrons. A rival establishment moves to pay those debts and free the peasants, but this house's seemingly altruistic boss is actually laying the groundwork for a ruthless money-grabbing scheme. The sixteenth Zatoichi film is the first from its star's own Katsu Productions, and is one of the series' most daring.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Satsuo Yamamoto
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Posted on December 24, 2013 | Comments Off on Zatoichis Cane Sword (1967) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi's Cane Sword / Zatôichi tekka tabi / Zatôichi 15 (1967)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Combining violent action with slapstick comedy, Zatôichi's Cane Sword is a superb example of samurai filmmaking. The village of Tonda is ruled by violent and unscrupulous yakuza, and Zatôichi takes it upon himself to clean up the town. The film blends brilliant color photography with breathtaking action sequences while offering a look into Zatôichi's past, as the blind swordsman learns the origin of his famous cane sword, and discovers it may soon fail in battle.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
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Posted on December 22, 2013 | Comments Off on Zatoichis Pilgrimage (1966) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage / Zatôichi umi o wataru / Zatôichi 14 (1966)
Drama
Ichi seeks out on a pilgrimage to 81 temples, exploring spirituality to atone for his bloody past. On the way, Ichi stumbles into a village that's being bullied by a violent Yakuza boss and his henchmen. After killing a young, hired assassin, Ichi is led back to the young man's village by his peculiar horse. Upon learning that her brother is dead, Okichi (Yasuda Michiyo) grabs a sword and attacks Ichi, either in an attempt to avenge her brother or in an attempt to commit suicide by forcing Ichi to defend himself. After injuring Ichi, Okichi tends to his wounds, nurses him back to health, and begins to have feelings for him. The Yakuza boss still wants Ichi dead in order to take over the village and now Ichi alone must deal with the boss and his gang, the young woman's feelings and a village full of cowards, who will not stand up for themselves!
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
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Posted on December 21, 2013 | Comments Off on Special ID (2013) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Special ID / Dak siu san fan (2013)
Action | Crime | Thriller
Zi Long has been an infiltrating cop in Xiong's Hong Kong mafia clan for many years. The failure of his recent negotiation on behalf of Xiong with the other three local clans makes Xiong suspicious of Zi Long's identity. Xiong sets to wipe out every undercover in his gang. Sensing the danger, Zi Long requests an end to his undercover career from his supervisor Sir Zhang. However, Zhang sends Zi Long to Mainland China to infiltrate a business of "Special Identity" trading instead. The business is run by Xiong's best protégé Sunny who was Zi Long's previous buddy in the gang. Zhang promises to reinstate Zi Long's Police identity in conclusion of the mission once Sunny's business is broken down. Zi Long agrees, joining local Police Officer Lei Peng and Fang Jing in the force.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Tian Jing, Andy On, Ronald Cheng, Collin Chou, Terence Yin, Zhigang Yang, Hanyu Zhang, Hee Ching Paw, Cheung-Ching Mak
Director: Clarence Fok
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