Category: Eastern
Posted on December 21, 2013 | Comments Off on Zatoichis Vengeance (1966) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi's Vengeance / Zatôichi no uta ga kikoeru / Zatôichi 13 (1966)
Drama
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka
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Posted on December 20, 2013 | Comments Off on Zatoichi and The Chess Expert (1965) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert / Zatôichi Jigoku tabi / Zatôichi 12 (1965)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert is a visual feast of swordplay and relentless action. The blind swordsman befriends a wandering, chess-loving, battle-thirsty samurai and helps a young girl who has been accidentally wounded in a brutal sword fight. This spectacular film, photographed in gorgeous color and directed by samurai specialist Kenji Misumi, shows Zatoichi at his best: battling rival yakuza and angry relatives seeking retribution.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kenji Misumi
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Posted on December 19, 2013 | Comments Off on Out of Inferno (2013) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Out of Inferno / Tao chu sheng tian (2013)
Action
On the hottest day in 50 years, a serious fire incident happened to a busy commercial tower, a gaggle of fire fighters with an indestructible enthusiasm are going to save lives.
Starring: Ching Wan Lau, Louis Koo, Angelica Lee, Sicheng Chen
Director: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
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Posted on December 19, 2013 | Comments Off on Zatoichi and The Doomed Man (1965) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi and the Doomed Man / Zatôichi sakate giri / Zatôichi 11 (1965)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kazuo Mori
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Posted on December 19, 2013 | Comments Off on Akasen chitai (1956) 720p BluRay FLAC1.0 x264-DON
Akasen chitai / Street of Shame (1956)
Drama
Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo's Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women's daily dramas play out. Each has dreams and motivations. Hanae is married, her husband unemployed; they have a young child. Yumeko, a widow, uses her earnings to raise and support her son, who's now old enough to work and care for her. The aging Yorie has a man who wants to marry her. Yasumi saves money diligently to pay her debt and get out; she also has a suitor who wants to marry her, but she has other plans for him. Mickey seems the most devil-may-care, until her father comes from Kobe to bring her news of her family and ask her to come home.
Starring: Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Aiko Mimasu, Kenji Sugawara, Yasuko Kawakami
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Posted on December 18, 2013 | Comments Off on Young Detective Dee Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon / Di Renjie: Shen du long wang (2013)
Action | Crime
The action-packed and captivating tale of Dee Renjie's beginnings in the Imperial police force. His very first case, investigating reports of a sea monster terrorizing the town, reveals a sinister conspiracy of treachery and betrayal, leading to the highest reaches of the Imperial family.
Starring: Angelababy, Mark Chao, Kun Chen, Shaofeng Feng, Carina Lau
Director: Hark Tsui
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Posted on December 18, 2013 | Comments Off on Zatoichis Revenge (1965) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi's Revenge / Zatôichi nidan-kiri / Zatôichi 10 (1965)
Action | Adventure | Drama
When a scheme to enslave young women into forced prostitution causes his old master to be murdered in cold blood, Ichi sets mercy aside until his vengeance is meted out and the young women are set free.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Akira Inoue
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Posted on December 18, 2013 | Comments Off on Fairy Tail The Phoenix Priestess (2012) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Fairy Tail: The Phoenix Priestess / Fairy Tale the Movie (2012)
Action | Animation | Drama | Fantasy
The mightiest team of mages from the magic kingdom's most infamous guild faces evil rising from the embers in this action-packed feature length adventure. Follow Fairy Tail's dream team-Natsu, Gray, Erza, Lucy, Wendy, Happy, and Carla-as they lend a helping hand to a girl with little memory and a grudge against wizards. As they uncover clues about her mysterious past, a lunatic prince hatches a half-baked plan to sacrifice her in exchange for immortality. When the fool unleashes an ancient force, a raging war becomes the fiercest inferno Fairy Tail has ever faced. Can the guild with a heart of gold save the planet from a fiery finish?
Starring: Tetsuya Kakihara, Aya Hirano, Rie Kugimiya, Yuichi Nakamura, Sayaka Ohara, Satomi Sato
Director: Masaya Fujimori
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Posted on December 18, 2013 | Comments Off on Adventures of Zatoichi (1964) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Adventures of Zatoichi / Zatôichi sekisho yaburi / Zatôichi 9 (1964)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
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Posted on December 16, 2013 |
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Real: A Perfect Day for Plesiosaur / Real / Riaru: Kanzen naru kubinagaryû no hi (2013)
Drama | Sci-Fi
Koichi (Sato) and Atsumi (Ayase) are childhood friends who have become lovers. Despite this closeness when Atsumi attempts suicide Koichi is at a loss to understand the circumstances that drove her to do such a thing. Now she is in a coma and Koichi needs to find out the reason. Since Koichi is a neurosurgeon he has access to the latest studies and so he takes part in a medical procedure that will allow him to enter Atsumi's subconscious. Through 'sensing', a type of neurosurgical procedure allowing contact with the intentional aspect of a comatose patient's mind, Koichi tries to discover why Atsumi tried to kill herself, and to bring her back to consciousness. When he enters her mind she asks him to find a picture which she drew as a child. It is the key to a suppressed memory connected to a childhood trauma, an incident buried in their past which will bring their minds together and allow him to get close to truly knowing his love.
Starring: Takeru Satô, Haruka Ayase, Miki Nakatani, Jô Odagiri, Shôta Sometani, Keisuke Horibe, Yutaka Matsushige, Kyôko Koizumi
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Tags: Haruka Ayase, Jô Odagiri, Keisuke Horibe, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Miki Nakatani, Shôta Sometani, Takeru Sato, Yutaka Matsushige
Posted on December 15, 2013 | Comments Off on Yôkihi (1955) 720p BluRay FLAC1.0 x264-DON
Yôkihi / Princess Yang Kwei-fei / Empress Yank Kwei Fei (1955)
Drama | History | Romance
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against all the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.
Starring: Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa, Haruko Sugimura
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Posted on December 14, 2013 | Comments Off on Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara (2013) BluRay 720p x264 DTS-HDWinG
Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Dobaara! / Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai 2 (2013)
Action | Crime | Drama
The story of Shoaib, an underworld don who came to power by killing his mentor and has extended his kingdom with the help of his best friend, Javed, and his former lover, Mumtaz. While visiting the area where he grew up, he meets Aslam, who becomes his protégé.
Starring: Sonakshi Sinha, Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan, Vidya Balan, Sophiya Chaudhary
Director: Milan Luthria
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Posted on December 12, 2013 | Comments Off on The Cat Returns (2002) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
The Cat Returns / Neko no ongaeshi (2002)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Haru-chan, a normal girl in a normal town, saves a strange cat carrying a present from being overrun by a truck. In return she's going to receive lots of favors, including marriage to the crown prince of Cat Kingdom. As she finds that a bit too much, she gets into contact with the Cat Business Office. Together with CBO's owner, the Baron, she enters the Cat Kingdom to try and prevent her marriage.
Starring: Chizuru Ikewaki, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Aki Maeda, Takayuki Yamada, Hitomi Satô
Director: Hiroyuki Morita
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Posted on December 12, 2013 | Comments Off on Fight Zatoichi Fight (1964) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight / Zatôichi kesshô-tabi / Zatôichi 8 (1964)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kenji Misumi
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Posted on December 11, 2013 |
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It's Me, It's Me / Ore Ore (2013)
Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Hitoshi is an electronic store clerk who hates his job and his boss. When an annoying customer at a fast food restaurant leaves his phone behind, Hitoshi takes the cell phone and calls the man's mother, posing as her son to borrow a large sum of money. The scam works, but Hitoshi discovers that the phone's owner has transformed into someone who looks exactly like him. More "Hitoshis" begin to appear from out of nowhere, and the slacker Hitoshi decides to build an "Ore" Empire – an empire filled with Hitoshis.
Starring: Kazuya Kamenashi, Yuki Uchida, Ryô Kase
Director: Satoshi Miki
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Posted on December 11, 2013 | Comments Off on Ghost in the Shell Arise Border 2 Ghost Whisper (2013) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 2 – Ghost Whisper (2013)
Action | Animation | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The anime's story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's 501st Secret Unit. Batou, a man with the "eye that does not sleep," suspects that Kusanagi is the one behind the bombing. The Niihama Prefectural Police detective Togusa is pursuing his own dual cases of the shooting death and a prostitute's murder. Motoko herself is being watched by the 501st Secret Unit's head Kurutsu and cyborg agents.
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichirô Matsuda, Shunsuke Sakuya, Ikkyu Juku, Takurou Nakakuni, Yôji Ueda
Director: Kazuchika Kise, Masahiko Murata
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Posted on December 11, 2013 | Comments Off on Ghost in the Shell Arise Border 1 Ghost Pain (2013) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 1 – Ghost Pain (2013)
Action | Animation | Sci-Fi
The anime's story is set in 2027, one year after the end of the fourth non-nuclear war. New Port City is still reeling from the war's aftermath when it suffers a bombing caused by a self-propelled mine. Then, a military member implicated in arms-dealing bribes is gunned down. During the investigation, Public Security Section's Daisuke Aramaki encounters Motoko Kusanagi, the cyborg wizard-level hacker assigned to the military's 501st Secret Unit. Batou, a man with the "eye that does not sleep," suspects that Kusanagi is the one behind the bombing. The Niihama Prefectural Police detective Togusa is pursuing his own dual cases of the shooting death and a prostitute's murder. Motoko herself is being watched by the 501st Secret Unit's head Kurutsu and cyborg agents.
Starring: Maaya Sakamoto, Ken'ichirô Matsuda, Shunsuke Sakuya, Ikkyu Juku, Takurou Nakakuni, Yôji Ueda
Director: Kazuchika Kise, Masahiko Murata
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Posted on December 9, 2013 | Comments Off on Doraemon Nobita and the Island of Miracles Animal Adventure (2012) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure / Eiga Doraemon: Nobita to kiseki no shima – Animaru adobenchâ (2012)
Animation
Nobita and Doraemon use time tree Mochi and catches a big bird Moa, which has been extinct for 500 years ago. To protect extinct the animal, Nobita and Doramon go to Beremon Island which is protected by a golden beetle named Herakles. They meet a girl from the Rokkoro tribe and a boy who looks exactly like Nobita on Beremon Island …
Starring: Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Oohara, Tomokazu Seki
Director: Kôzô Kusuba
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Posted on December 9, 2013 | Comments Off on Zatoichis Flashing Sword (1964) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi's Flashing Sword / Zatôichi abare tako / Zatôichi 7 (1964)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
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Posted on December 9, 2013 | Comments Off on Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold (1964) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold / Zatôichi senryô-kubi / Zatôichi 6 (1964)
Action | Drama
In the 1840s, Ichi, blind masseur and quick-draw swordsman, travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years' ago. The villages in the area, after several years of famine, have struggled to raise 1,000 ryo in taxes they owe. The money is stolen while in transit to the governor. Ichi is accused as is Boss Chuji, a samurai Ichi respects. Ichi sets out to find the money and clear his own and Chuji's names. Along the way, he must face Kichizo's sister, some of Chuji's own gang, a corrupt governor, and his henchmen. Loyalties shift even as Ichi's moral compass stays true.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
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