Category: Eastern
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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Tags: Ikkyu Juku, Kazuchika Kise, Kenichiro Matsuda, Maaya Sakamoto, Masahiko Murata, Shunsuke Sakuya, Takurou Nakakuni, Yoji Ueda
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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Posted on December 8, 2013 | Comments Off on Zatoichi on the Road (1963) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi on the Road / Zatôichi kenka-tabi / Zatôichi 5 (1963)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind swordsman/masseuer Ichi (or "Zatôichi") is asked by a dying man to deliver the maiden Mitsu (or "Omitsu") to her family in Edo, and Zatôichi feels honor-bound to do so. But rival gangs each have an interest in kidnapping the girl for ransom. Zatôichi joins with one of the gangs when the other gang captures Mitsu, but he then finds that to rescue her, he must fight both gangs.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
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Posted on December 8, 2013 |
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Uwasa no onna / The Woman in the Rumor (1954)
Drama | Romance
Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present day Kyoto. Her daughter Yukiko returns from Tokyo following a failed suicide attempt, after her lover found out about her mother's profession. Hatsuko is having a discrete affair with the young Dr. Matoba, who looks after the geisha girls. The doctor is attracted to Yukiko, who initially despises him and everything connected with the geisha house. However Yukiko gradually changes her views.
Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomoemon Otani, Yoshiko Kuga, Eitarô Shindô
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
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Posted on December 7, 2013 |
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The Great Passage / Fune wo amu (2013)
Drama
Majime (Ryuhei Matsuda) has a talent to comprehend different languages and holds different views than others. He is the most important member of a dictionary edit team. Other word enthusiasts gather at the dictionary edit section for a publishing company. Majime finds himself struggling with the word "sea". Meanwhile, Majime attempts to tell Kaguya Hayashi (Aoi Miyazaki) how he feels about her. Kaguya Hayashi is a cook and the granddaughter of the owner of his boarding home.
Starring: Ryûhei Matsuda, Aoi Miyazaki, Jô Odagiri, Haru Kuroki, Misako Watanabe, Chizuru Ikewaki, Shingo Tsurumi
Director: Yûya Ishii
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Tags: Aoi Miyazaki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Haru Kuroki, Jô Odagiri, Misako Watanabe, Ryûhei Matsuda, Shingo Tsurumi, Yûya Ishii
Posted on December 7, 2013 | Comments Off on Princess Mononoke (1997) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Princess Mononoke / Mononoke-hime (1997)
Adventure | Animation | Fantasy
While fighting to save his village from the attack of a demon-god, Ashitaka comes in contact with it and is inflicted with a deadly curse. In his search for a cure he is forced to leave his village forever and journey to the forest inhabited by animal gods. There he finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and a village led by Lady Eboshi.
Starring: Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijô
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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Posted on December 6, 2013 | Comments Off on Unbeatable (2013) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Unbeatable / Ji Zhan (2013)
Action | Drama | Sport
Fai, once a world champion in boxing, escapes to Macau from the loan sharks and unexpectedly encounters Qi, a young chap who is determined to win a boxing match. Fai becomes Qi's mentor and rediscovers his passion to fight not only in the ring but for his life and ones he cares…
Starring: Singh Hartihan Bitto, Nick Cheung, Feier Li, Ting Mei, Andy On, Eddie Peng, Fatih Ugurlu
Director: Dante Lam
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Posted on December 6, 2013 |
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My Lucky Star / Feichang Xingyun (2013)
Adventure | Comedy | Romance
A woman gets caught up in an international diamond heist that draws her near to a spy trying to save the world.
Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Leehom Wang, Ruby Lin, Chen Yao, Singh Hartihan Bitto
Director: Dennie Gordon
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Posted on December 5, 2013 | Comments Off on Sorry Baby (1999) 720p REPACK BluRay x264 AC3-HDWinG
Sorry Baby / Mei wan mei liao (1999)
Comedy
Han is a minibus driver working for the Ruan, the boss of a small travel company. Ruan owes Han 98,000rmb in wages and constantly delays paying Han back. In desperation, Han kidnaps Ruan’s girlfriend Liu to force Ruan to pay him. Unable to follow through with the kidnapping, Han lets Ruan go. Ruan decides to help Han get his money back and at the same time see if Ruan values money or her more.
Starring: Biao Fu, You Ge, Chien-lien Wu, Hanyu Zhang, Honglei Sun, Fan Xu
Director: Xiaogang Feng
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Posted on December 5, 2013 | Comments Off on Be There or Be Square (1999) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-HDWinG
Be There or Be Square / Bu jian bu san (1998)
Comedy | Romance
Liu is a carefree Beijing native living in the US in a caravan while making a living doing odd jobs such as working for a film company and selling life insurance. He comes across Li who is an old acquaintance and just arrived in the US. Li cannot speak any English and appears to be totally out of her depth so Liu buys her a ticket back to Beijing and sees her off at the airport. A year later Liu has a small car crash in a supermarket car park and to his surprise, the other driver is Li. Unbeknown to Liu, Li could not bear to leave the US so she refund her ticket at the airport and has been working hard to build a good life in the US for the last year. Their relationship appears to be cursed because Liu takes Li to a restaurant while it is being held up and they are both robbed. He then arranges for Li to work with him at his friend’s travel agency only to find out after they are arrested that the agency is smuggling Chinese in the US. Unable to face any more bad luck, Li thanks Liu and asks him to forget her and never contact her again. Another year passes and Liu meets Li again after she responds to an add Liu placed in a local newspaper trying to find her. Liu makes his affection and desire for Li very clear to her but she maintains a distance and does not let their relationship progress beyond work and friendship. Liu is determined to win Li’s heart and resorts to desperate measures with predictable consequences.
Starring: You Ge, Fan Xu
Director: Xiaogang Feng
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Posted on December 5, 2013 | Comments Off on The Dream Factory (1997) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-HDWinG
The Dream Factory / Jiafang yifang (1997)
Comedy
Four friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course of executing this novel service, they encounter a whole spectrum of people in society, finding ways to genuinely help them boost their morale and overcome their fears, while gaining unusual and new insights into the human condition.
Starring: You Ge, Xiaogang Feng, Biao Fu, Bing He, Bin Li, Qi Li, Pei Liu, Fan Xu, Da Ying
Director: Xiaogang Feng
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Tags: Biao Fu, Bin Li, Bing He, Da Ying, Fan Xu, Pei Liu, Qi Li, Xiaogang Feng, You Ge
Posted on December 5, 2013 | Comments Off on Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
Zatoichi the Fugitive / Zatôichi kyôjô-tabi / Zatôichi 4 (1963)
Action | Adventure | Drama
Blind swordsman/masseur Ichi (known as Zatoichi, or "Masseur Ichi") angers a local yakuza gang when he defeats several of them in a wrestling match. When he finds that his long lost love Tane is nearby and romantically involved with a tough samurai in the employ of the gang, he remains in the village. Meanwhile, the young heir to the leadership is forced to confront his own fear and weakness when the gang insists he fight Ichi.
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka
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Posted on December 4, 2013 | Comments Off on SDU Sex Duties Unit (2013) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
SDU: Sex Duties Unit / Fei hu chu zheng (2013)
Comedy
The Special Duties Unit (SDU) is an elite paramilitary tactical unit of the Hong Kong Police Force and is considered one of the world's finest in its role. But being the best carries takes a toll. Like everyone else, they go through troubles with love, with family and with their jobs…And sometimes they get horny. This is a touching story about Special Duties Unit Team B and their trip to Macau for a weekend of unadulterated debauchery.
Starring: Chapman To, Shawn Yue, Kwok Cheung Tsang, Matt Chow
Director: Gary Mak
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Posted on December 4, 2013 | Comments Off on New Tale of Zatoichi (1963) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay FLAC x264-CtrlHD
New Tale of Zatoichi / Shin Zatôichi monogatari / Zatôichi 3 (1963)
Action | Drama
Blind masseur and master swordsman, Zatoichi, is tired of killing. He journeys to his old village looking for peace, but is pursued by the brother of Boss Kanbei, a man he's killed. Back home, Ichi connects with Banno, his teacher, who seeks prestige and has arranged for his younger sister, Yayoi, to marry into a wealthy samurai family. Ichi and Yayoi realize they are in love, but Ichi's request for her hand meets with Banno's derision. Ichi is also drawn into Banno's plot to kidnap the son of a wealthy man, ostensibly to aid the Mito Goblins, a gang of thieves on the run; but Banno wants to keep the ransom. Ichi wants harmony and love, but can he escape a destiny of violence?
Starring: Shintarô Katsu
Director: Tokuzô Tanaka
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Posted on December 3, 2013 |
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Saat po long / Sha po lang / SPL: Kill Zone (2005)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
An ailing veteran cop whose relentless determination to do away with an untouchable gangster has led him to employ a series of unethical tactics finds his investigation complicated by the arrival of principled new inspector and the death of a fellow cop in this explosive underworld tale.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Jacky Wu, Sammo Hung
Director: Wilson Yip
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