Category: Eastern
Posted on June 23, 2013 |
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Lucky Seven Special / Rakkî sebun SP (2013)
Drama
The Lucky Detective Agency is back! A year after becoming the highest-rated original drama series of the winter 2012 season, Lucky Seven returns as a one-off drama special! This time, Inoue Yumiko (Good Luck!, 14-sai no Haha) takes over scripting duties and comes with a brand-new story for the team packed with action and humor! In addition to the return of original cast members Matsumoto Jun, Eita, Oizumi Yo, Naka Riisa and Matsushima Nanako, the Lucky Seven Special brings in new cast member Ishihara Satomi (Rich Man, Poor Woman) as a devilish femme fatale and KAT-TUN's Nakamaru Yuichi as a genius economist.
Starring: Jun Matsumoto, Eita, Yô Oizumi, Riisa Naka, Nanako Matsushima, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Satomi Ishihara, Yuichi Nakamaru
Director: Hiroaki Matsuyama
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Tags: Eita, Hiroaki Matsuyama, Jun Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Nanako Matsushima, Riisa Naka, Satomi Ishihara, Yô Ôizumi, Yuichi Nakamaru
Posted on June 23, 2013 |
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Edge of the Empire (2010)
Action
"Edge Of The Empire" is based on a 1973 novel by Sanya Pholprasit. Set in southern Mongolia over 1,000 years ago, a small tribe called Tai was a colony under the power of the Great Han who enslaved them. Oppressed by the Han, the Tai unites to strike back for their freedom, justice, and country. This Thai historical epic revolves around heroes who sacrificed themselves to fight against the invasion of intruders and sought for the freedom of the country.
Starring: Ad Carabao, Sara Legge, Arnut Rapanit, Lalisa Sontirod, Than Thanakorn
Director: Nirattisai Kaljareuk
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Tags: Ad Carabao, Arnut Rapanit, Lalisa Sontirod, Nirattisai Kaljareuk, Sara Legge, Than Thanakorn
Posted on June 23, 2013 |
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Nowhere to Hide
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
A chase film in which cops try to catch a master of disguise. This is a film as much about the joy of filmmaking as it is about a deadly pursuit.
Starring: Joong-Hoon Park, Sung-kee Ahn, Dong-gun Jang, Ji-Woo Choi
Director: Myung-se Lee
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Tags: Dong-gun Jang, Ji-Woo Choi, Joong-Hoon Park, Myung-se Lee, Sung-kee Ahn
Posted on June 22, 2013 |
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14 Blades / Jin yi wei (2010)
Action | Drama | History | Thriller
At the dawn of the Ming Dynasty, in order to consolidate all power and keep his bloodline on the throne, the Emperor established a secure system of defence for himself by taking young orphans off the street and training them to the highest martial arts standards to become his secret guards. Called Jinyiwei (the Brocade Guards), these warriors operated under their own code of law, led by the most skilled of their number, Qinglong. Bestowed upon him as leader is a box containing 14 steel blades, eight of which are to be used for interrogation and the remaining six for execution. When the Imperial Court is usurped by the evil eunuch Jia, Qinglong is assigned to steal a list identifying those still loyal to the Emperor. But unknown to him, the Jinyiwei themselves have fallen under the control of Jia, who, in league with an exiled noble, Prince Qing, is plotting to rebel against the Emperor and seize power.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Zhao Wei, Chun Wu, Kate Tsui, Yuwu Qi, Ma Wu, Sammo Hung
Director: Daniel Lee
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Tags: Chun Wu, Daniel Lee, Donnie Yen, Kate Tsui, Ma Wu, Sammo Hung, Yuwu Qi, Zhao Wei
Posted on June 22, 2013 |
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LOVE: Masao kun ga iku! / Go, Masao! (2012)
Comedy
"Love, Masao-Kun Ga Iku" describes the relationship between people and their dogs. Comedian Hideki Matsumoto and a labrador retriever named Masao are selected to appear on the travel corner segment of a TV animal program. Until, Hideki Matsumoto and the labrador retriever Masao become popular, they help each other.
Starring: Ryôko Hirosue, Shingo Katori, Riko Narumi, Ken Mitsuishi, Susumu Terajima, Takehiko Ono
Director: Kentarô Ohtani
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Tags: Ken Mitsuishi, Kentarô Ohtani, Riko Narumi, Ryôko Hirosue, Shingo Katori, Susumu Terajima, Takehiko Ono
Posted on June 22, 2013 |
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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… / Happiness & Tears (2001)
Drama | Musical | Romance
Yashvardhan Raichand lives a very wealthy lifestyle along with his wife, Nandini, and two sons, Rahul and Rohan. While Rahul has been adopted, Yashvardhan and Nandini treat him as their own. When their sons mature, they start to look for suitable brides for Rahul, and decide to get him married to a young woman named Naina. When Rahul is told about this, he tells them that he loves another woman by the name of Anjali Sharma. Yashvardhan decides to meet with the Sharma family, and finds out that they are middle-classed, unsophisticated, and will not be able to it into his family circle, as a result he refuses to permit Rahul to marry Anjali. A defiant Rahul decides to leave, gets married to Anjali, without his foster parents blessings, and re-locates to London, England, where Anjali's unmarried sister, Pooja, also lives.
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor
Director: Karan Johar
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Tags: Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Kajol, Karan Johar, Kareena Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan
Posted on June 21, 2013 |
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Galileo: SP / Galileo: Episode Zero (2008)
Drama | Mystery
The special is set 3 years prior to the drama series, with the story being related to a murder case that was partly referenced in the original show. Detective Kusanagi is looking to solve a murder mystery, and he gets back in touch with his former badminton teammate, the brilliant professor Yukawa Manabu
Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Keizô Kani'e, Kazuki Kitamura, Ayaka Komatsu, Miki Maya, Haruma Miura, Masami Nagasawa, Kazuma Sano, Hiroshi Shinagawa, Ikkei Watanabe
Director: Mizuki Nishizaka
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Tags: Ayaka Komatsu, Haruma Miura, Hiroshi Shinagawa, Ikkei Watanabe, Kazuki Kitamura, Kazuma Sano, Keizô Kani'e, Masaharu Fukuyama, Masami Nagasawa, Miki Maya, Mizuki Nishizaka
Posted on June 20, 2013 |
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Nautanki Saala! (2013)
Comedy
An actor's life changes dramatically when he saves a stranger from suicide.
Starring: Ayushmann Khurrana, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Pooja Salvi, Gaelyn Mendonca, Evelyn Sharma, Sanjeev Bhatt, Rufy Khan
Director: Rohan Sippy
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Tags: Ayushmann Khurrana, Evelyn Sharma, Gaelyn Mendonca, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Pooja Salvi, Rohan Sippy, Rufy Khan, Sanjeev Bhatt
Posted on June 19, 2013 |
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Finding Mr. Right / Anchoring in Seattle (2013)
Comedy | Romance
City girl Jia-Jia is traveling to Seattle to give birth to the son who's going to help her win over her rich, married boyfriend. Armed with his unlimited credit card and the singular goal of bringing a little U.S. citizen back to Beijing, Jia-jia knows how to play this game of modern love.
Starring: Wei Tang, Xiubo Wu
Director: Xiao Lu Xue
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Tags: Wei Tang, Xiao Lu Xue, Xiubo Wu
Posted on June 17, 2013 |
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We Were There: Part 2 / Bokura ga ita: Part 2 (2012)
Drama
During the 2nd year of high school in the winter season, Yano (Toma Ikuta) transferred from Kushiro to Tokyo due to a family matter. Yano and Nanami (Yuriko Yoshitaka) promised to meet again. A couple of years later, Nanami is busy finding a job, while Yano's friend Takeuchi (Sousuke Takaoka) supports her. in the beginning, Yano and Nanami kept their relationship, even with the long distance between them, but Yano suddenly stops contacting Nanami…
Starring: Tôma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sôsuke Takaoka, Yuika Motokariya, Manami Higa
Director: Takahiro Miki
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Tags: Manami Higa, Sôsuke Takaoka, Takahiro Miki, Tôma Ikuta, Yuika Motokariya, Yuriko Yoshitaka
Posted on June 17, 2013 |
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We Were There: Part 1 / Bokura ga ita (2012)
Drama
"We Were There" follows the 10 year romance between Motoharu Yano (Toma Ikuta) & Nanami Takahashi (Yuriko Yoshitaka). During their high school days, Motoharu Yano was the most popular boy in school, but can't get over the death of his girlfriend from a car crash. Nanami Takahashi falls in love with Motoharu Yano and must deals with his inability to let go of the past.
Starring: Tôma Ikuta, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sôsuke Takaoka, Yuika Motokariya, Manami Higa
Director: Takahiro Miki
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Tags: Manami Higa, Sôsuke Takaoka, Takahiro Miki, Tôma Ikuta, Yuika Motokariya, Yuriko Yoshitaka
Posted on June 16, 2013 |
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Sorry for the City / City of Damnation / Yugamseureoyun Doshi (2009)
Action | Comedy
A comic variant of the "Infernal Affairs" plot. A traffic constable goes undercover in a mafia gang, meanwhile someone from the mafia gets inside the police.
Starring: Jun-ho Jeong, Woong-in Jeong, Woon-taek Jeong, Go Eun Han
Director: Dong-won Kim
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Tags: Dong-won Kim, Go Eun Han, Jun-ho Jeong, Woon-taek Jeong, Woong-in Jeong
Posted on June 15, 2013 |
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Together / Tian mi mi (2012)
Drama | Romance
Min Min runs a juice stall in Taipei's Yongle Market. Her husband Bin runs a small printing business in the neighborhood. Their daughter Hsiao Lan is dating a bad boy-type that keeps her out late at night, and their youngest son Hsiao Yang is helping his best friend get a date with a local café girl. One day, neighborhood girl Hsiao Li returns home and announces her engagement to a bookseller. However, Hsiao Li is getting cold feet about the marriage and starts spending time with Bin. Meanwhile, Min Min also finds herself growing closer to Hsiang, the friendly owner of a dress-making shop in the market.
Starring: Lieh Lee, Shao-Yang Huang, Sonia Sui, Kenny Bee, Umin Boya, Gina Li, Shaio-Hwei Chang, Jain-Ho Wu
Director: Chao-Jen Hsu
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Tags: Chao-Jen Hsu, Gina Li, Jain-Ho Wu, Kenny Bee, Lieh Lee, Shaio-Hwei Chang, Shao-Yang Huang, Sonia Sui, Umin Boya
Posted on June 15, 2013 |
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Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase / Nasu: Suitcase no Wataridori (2007)
Animation | Drama | Sport
Legendary bycicle racer Marco Rondanini dies as team Pao Pao Beer is set to race in Japan. This makes team member Ciocci, close friend of Marco, start to think about quitting. Under heavy rain, Ciocci and Pepe must put that aside as Team Pao Pao struggles to reach another victory. Pepe continues to ride his bicycle both in competition and training. He often spends time with his other team mates while they train in beautiful scenery in Japan. While in Japan a local girl helps out the team before and during the race.
Starring: Yô Oizumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Daisuke Imanaka, Kôichi Yamadera, Maaya Sakamoto, Taro Shirato, Yuushi Sato, Bon Ishihara
Director: Kitaro Kosaka
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Tags: Akio Ôtsuka, Bon Ishihara, Daisuke Imanaka, Kitaro Kosaka, Kôichi Yamadera, Maaya Sakamoto, Taro Shirato, Yô Ôizumi, Yuushi Sato
Posted on June 15, 2013 |
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The Worst Man of My Life / The Worst Guy Ever / Nae saengae choeak-ui namja (2007)
Comedy | Romance
Ju-eyon and Seong-tae have been best friends ever since they first met each other 10 years ago. But in one night their 10 year friendship comes crashing to the ground after they sleep together. The comfort and security of marriage is a siren call, and the two decide to forego their ideals to spend their first day as man and wife. However, their perfect lover soon appears right in front of them: A sexy editor appears to seduce Seong-tae and an advertising director appears to tempt Ju-yeon. With a single smile they turn the newlyweds dream into a nightmare. Even after only a few days, they soon find themselves faced with the worst choice of their lives as they struggle to reach happiness.
Starring: Jung-ah Yum, Jae-hun Tak
Director: Hyun-hee Sohn
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Posted on June 15, 2013 |
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Almost Love / Cheongchun-manhwa (2006)
Comedy | Romance
Ji-Hwan (Kwon Sang-Woo) and Dal-Rae (Kim Ha-Neul) are old friends and they have grown up in the same neighborhood. Ji-Hwan admires Hong Kong movie star "Jacky Chan" and wants to be a world action star. Dal-Rae has a desire to be an actress. They always bear grudges against each other with their private weak parts, and they quarrel everyday, however they are great friends who care for each other. One day, Dal-Rae goes out with Young-Hoon who is in the same Taekwondo group as Ji-Hwan. Young-Hoon is a student representative of the department as well as an all-round athlete. Ji-hwan is also dating a girl, Ji-Min, a gorgeous glamour girl who has a well-shaped figure. It seems that there would be no problem between the good friends Ji-Hwan and Dal-Rae, but somehow a strange atmosphere arises after they start seeing someone else. Everybody knows it is more than just a friendship, except Ji-Hwan and Dal-Rae.
Starring: Sang-woo Kwon, Ha-Neul Kim, Sang-woo Lee, Mi-ne Jang, Jin-bin Park, Gyu-su Jeong
Director: Han Lee
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Tags: Gyu-su Jeong, Ha-Neul Kim, Han Lee, Jin-bin Park, Mi-ne Jang, Sang-woo Kwon, Sang-woo Lee
Posted on June 14, 2013 |
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Tokyo Sonata / Tôkyô sonata (2008)
Drama
An ordinary family in modern Japan is caught in the throes of inert pride, stymied by their own inability to communicate honestly with one another. Lies lead to suspicion, until the veneer of their civility shatters, with tragic consequences.
Starring: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi, Kai Inowaki, Haruka Igawa, Kanji Tsuda, Kazuya Kojima, Kôji Yakusho
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Tags: Haruka Igawa, Kai Inowaki, Kanji Tsuda, Kazuya Kojima, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Koji Yakusho, Kyôko Koizumi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yû Koyanagi
Posted on June 13, 2013 |
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Kuiba (2011)
Adventure | Animation | Drama | Fantasy
In this mystifying world, a secretive and horrible creature is reborn every 333 years. This creature is Kuiba. The creature is an exploitation of a loophole in the Universe. It brings disaster to all each time it appears. Even the deities are at its mercy. To keep Kuiba from returning, deities and people from the entire world team up and destroy the creature every 333 years, which is known as "The Revival of Kuiba". In the year 1664, Kuiba's rebirth, the extermination of Kuiba failed, as Kuiba was able to fall into the body of Manji. Manji, a young boy, as no idea of Kuiba being inside of him. Due to the failed extermination, the people of earth recruit for an army to defeat Kuiba. Manji and his Master are eager to prove themselves to be top notch warriors, so they enlist in the army to fight Kuiba. As they prepare for battle against Kuiba, Manji and Master man not only encounter a variety of dynamic characters, but also encounter a beast which will prove if they are ready for the challenges ahead that lay ahead.
Starring: Jingluo Liu
Director: Wang Chuan
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Posted on June 13, 2013 |
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Lifting King Kong / Kingkongeul deulda (2009)
Comedy | Drama
Lee Ji-Bong (Lee Beom-Soo) is a former 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics bronze medalist for weight-lifting, but a career-ending injury from the games forces him into early retirement. Unable to find another vocation because of the lack of support from the Korean Olympic Committee, he becomes destitute. Down and out, he ends up working at a shady nightclub passing out flyers that advertises its hostesses to passersby until he is visited by his former coach who insists he begin a career as a coach at a high school in Boseong – a rural region at the southwest tip of the Korean peninsula. There, he forms a weight-lifting team comprised of a rag-tag group of outcasts.
Starring: Beom-su Lee, An Jo, Yoon-hoi Lee, Moon-kyeong Choi, Bo-mi Jeon, Min-yeong Kim
Director: Geon-yong Park
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Tags: An Jo, Beom-su Lee, Bo-mi Jeon, Geon-yong Park, Min-yeong Kim, Moon-kyeong Choi, Yoon-hoi Lee
Posted on June 12, 2013 |
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Love Phobia / Domabaem (2006)
Drama | Romance
One day, a young girl named A-Ri (Byeon Ju-Yeon) appears at her new school wearing a yellow raincoat, even though it is a sunny day. Due to various incidents, all of A-Ri's classmates are frightened of her except for Jo-Kang (Park Geon-Tae). Jo-Kang develops a crush on A-Ri due to her quirky nature and cute appearance. But, just as they get closer, A-Ri disappears. Ten years later and now in high school, Jo-Kang (Cho Seung-Woo) receives a phone call from A-Ri (Kang Hye-Jung). Jo-Kang then goes to meet A-Ri who is now living at a Buddhist temple. She tells Jo-Kang about the ghosts that visits her and she also teaches Jo-Kang English. He soon falls deeper in love with A-Ri and they share their first kiss together. But, just like ten years earlier, A-Ri then suddenly disappears. Five years later, A-Ri and Jo-Kang meet again, but A-Ri informs Jo-Kang that she is leaving for America the next day. Jo-Kang drops A-Ri off at the airport the next day, but they soon meet again in the most unexpected of places.
Starring: Seung-woo Cho, Hye-jeong Kang, Ju-yeon Byeon, Geon-tae Park
Director: Ji-eun Kang
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Tags: Geon-tae Park, Hye-jeong Kang, Ji-eun Kang, Ju-yeon Byeon, Seung-woo Cho
