Category: Eastern
Posted on July 24, 2013 | Comments Off on The Berlin File (2013) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-HDWinG
The Berlin File / Bereurlin (2013)
Action | Drama | Thriller
A North Korean agent in Berlin is betrayed and cut loose in the midst of a financial espionage intrigue. Together with his wife, a translator at the North Korean embassy in Berlin, they try to escape being purged, as North and South Korean operatives relentlessly pursue them.
Starring: Jung-woo Ha, Suk-kyu Han, Seung-beom Ryu, Gianna Jun
Director: Seung-wan Ryoo
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Posted on July 24, 2013 |
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Love for Beginners / Kyô, koi o hajimemasu (2012)
Romance
Tsubaki Hibino (Emi Takei) is a young teenage girl with a talent for styling other people's hair. Yet, Tsubaki suffers from low self-esteem and isn't very comfortable styling her own hair. She also has a tendency to dress old-fashioned. She's teased at high school because of this. One day, popular male student Kyota Tsubaki (Tori Matsuzaka) targets Tsubaki for teasing. Kyota Tsubaki holds sway over the entire classroom and is quite a playboy. Inexplicably they fall in love. Meanwhile, Kyota Tsubaki has commitment issues…
Starring: Tôri Matsuzaka, Emi Takei, Tôko Koyû
Director: Takeshi Furusawa
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Posted on July 24, 2013 | Comments Off on I Have to Buy New Shoes (2012) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
I Have to Buy New Shoes / Atarashii kutsu wo kawanakucha (2012)
Drama
Freelance writer Aoi Teshigahara (Miho Nakayama) lives in Paris, France. Sen Yagami (Osamu Mukai) is a photographer who came to Paris, France due to his younger sister Suzume's (Mirei Kiritani) insistance. Over the next 3 days, Aoi Teshigahara and Sen Yagami fall in love. Meanwhile, Suzume meets her boyfriend Kango (Gou Ayano), whom they have been in a long distance relationship.
Starring: Miho Nakayama, Osamu Mukai, Mirei Kiritani, Gô Ayano, Amanda Plummer
Director: Eriko Kitagawa
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Tags: Amanda Plummer, Eriko Kitagawa, Gô Ayano, Miho Nakayama, Mirei Kiritani, Osamu Mukai
Posted on July 24, 2013 | Comments Off on The Incredible Truth (2012) BluRay 720p DTS 2Audio x264-CHD
The Incredible Truth / Ren jian zheng fa (2013)
Horror
An artist named Jiajia promised to show her girl friend Wei Ling around in Japan but eventually fails to show up for no reason. After Wei Ling goes and gets accommodated in a family-run hot spring hotel of Shimizu, Jiajia's Japanese boyfriend, she begins her endless weired experience as if she's haunted, and the hotel even sinks into a series of horrible homicides, in which the victims are all family members of the Shimizu's without exception…
Starring: Christy Chung, Sam Lee, Yan Liu, Jun Kunimura, Megumi Kagurazaka, Denden, Tony Ho, Ikki Funaki, Haruna Yabuki
Director: Tak-Sam Leong
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Tags: Christy Chung, Denden, Haruna Yabuki, Ikki Funaki, Jun Kunimura, Megumi Kagurazaka, Sam Lee, Tak-Sam Leong, Tony Ho, Yan Liu
Posted on July 23, 2013 | Comments Off on The Castle of Crossed Destinies (2012) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
The Castle of Crossed Destinies / Ôoku: Eien – Emonnosuke · Tsunayoshi-hen (2012)
Drama | Sci-Fi
In the inner chambers of the Shugun's castle, 3,000 men attempt to vie for the affection of the female shogun.
Starring: Masato Sakai, Miho Kanno, Machiko Ono, Tasuku Emoto, Koki Tanaka, Jun Kaname, Ren Kiriyama
Director: Fuminori Kaneko
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Tags: Fuminori Kaneko, Jun Kaname, Koki Tanaka, Machiko Ono, Masato Sakai, Miho Kanno, Ren Kiriyama, Tasuku Emoto
Posted on July 22, 2013 |
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Strawberry Night (2013)
Thriller
Reiko Himekawa (Yuko Takeuchi) is a female detective at the Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko doesn't come from an elite background, but she has risen fast through the ranks with hard work. Reiko than becomes involved in a murder case named "Strawberry Night" due to the mysterious use of those words surrounding the case…
Starring: Yûko Takeuchi, Takao Osawa, Ken'ichi Endô, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Renji Ishibashi, Tomokazu Miura
Director: Yûichi Satô
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Tags: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Ken'ichi Endô, Renji Ishibashi, Takao Osawa, Tomokazu Miura, Yûichi Satô, Yûko Takeuchi
Posted on July 22, 2013 |
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Eat Drink Man Woman / Yin shi nan nu (1994)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Senior Master Chef Chu lives in a large house in Taipei with his three unmarried daughters, Jia-Jen, a chemistry teacher converted to Christianity, Jia-Chien, an airline executive, and Jia-Ning, a student who also works in a fast food restaurant. Life in the house revolves around the ritual of an elaborate dinner each Sunday, and the love lives of all the family members.
Starring: Sihung Lung, Yu-Wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu, Kuei-Mei Yang, Sylvia Chang
Director: Ang Lee
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Tags: Ang Lee, Chien-lien Wu, Kuei-Mei Yang, Sihung Lung, Sylvia Chang, Yu-Wen Wang
Posted on July 22, 2013 |
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The Wedding Banquet / Xi yan (1993)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Simon and Wei-Tung are a gay couple living together in Manhattan. To defer the suspicions of Wei-Tung's parents, Simon suggests a marriage of convenience between Wei-Tung and Wei-Wei, an immigrant in need of a green card. When Wei-Tung's parents come to America for the wedding, they insist upon an elaborate banquet, resulting in several complications.
Starring: Ya-lei Kuei, Sihung Lung, May Chin, Winston Chao, Mitchell Lichtenstein
Director: Ang Lee
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Tags: Ang Lee, May Chin, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Sihung Lung, Winston Chao, Ya-lei Kuei
Posted on July 22, 2013 | Comments Off on Pushing Hands (1992) BluRay 720p AC3 x264-HDWinG
Pushing Hands / Tui shou (1992)
Comedy | Drama
Master Chu, a retired Chinese Tai-Chi master, moves to Westchester, New York to live with his son Alex, his American daughter-in-law Martha, and their son Jeremy. However, Martha's second novel is suffering from severe writers' block brought on by Chu's presence in the house. Alex must struggle to keep his family together as he battles an inner conflict between cultural tradition and his modern American lifestlye.
Starring: Sihung Lung, Lai Wang, Bo Z. Wang, Deb Snyder, Fanny De Luz
Director: Ang Lee
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Posted on July 22, 2013 |
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Sakuran (2006)
Drama | History
Set in Edo era Japan, “Sakuran” traces the life of Kiyoha (Anna Tsuchiya) as she rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. Kiyoha was determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.
Starring: Anna Tsuchiya, Kippei Shiina, Yoshino Kimura, Hiroki Narimiya, Miho Kanno, Masatoshi Nagase
Director: Mika Ninagawa
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Tags: Anna Tsuchiya, Hiroki Narimiya, Kippei Shiina, Masatoshi Nagase, Miho Kanno, Mika Ninagawa, Yoshino Kimura
Posted on July 22, 2013 | Comments Off on Sorry Thanks (2011) HDTV 720p x264 AC3-HDWTV
Sorry, Thanks / Living with the Animals / Dong-mool-gwa Ham-gge Sa-neun Se-sang / Mi-han-hae, Ko-ma-weo (2011)
Drama
"Sorry, Thanks" is an omnibus film containing four short films. The central theme is the relationship between pets and their owners. In Heung-Sik Park's "My Younger Brother" a 6-year-old girl gets separated from her dog when her mother gets pregnant with her second child and the family decides to give the dog away for adoption. Soon-rye Lim's "Catty Kiss" tells the story of an old maid who often takes in stray cats. This has caused a conflict with her father who doesn't understand why she devotes so much money and time into the cats. Jeom-gyoon Oh's "Chu Chu" shows the friendship between the homeless man Young-jin and the stray dog Chu Chu. In Il-gon Song's "Thank You, I'm Sorry" a hard-working mother inherits a dog after the death of her father. Taking care of her father's dog causes her to reflect on her life.
Starring: Seo-Hyeon Ahn, Ji-ho Kim, Young-min Kim, Tae-hwa Seo
Director: Soon-rye Lim, Jeom-gyoon Oh, Heung-Sik Park, Il-gon Song
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Posted on July 22, 2013 | Comments Off on The Beast and the Beauty (2005) HDTV 720p x264 DD5.1-HDWTV
The Beast and the Beauty / Yasuwa minyeo (2005)
Comedy | Romance
Dong-Gun has a serious complex of sorts. He has low self-esteem about his appearance, particularly a scar that sits next to right eye-brow. His world changes when he drives down a street and is flagged down by a beautiful girl that gets into his car. The girl, named Hae-Joo, is blind and mistakes Dong-Gun’s car for a taxi cab and asks him to take drive her to another part of Seoul. He immediately falls for Hae-Joo and realizes that Hae-Joo’s blindness would be perfect for him and his low self-esteem. Dong-Gun soon becomes Hae-Joo’s eyes, taking her to various places and describes what everything looks like to her. When Hae-Joo asks Dong-Gun what he looks like, Dong-Gun inexplicably describes someone from his high school that he looked up to. His name ws Jun-Ha. They soon fall for each other and see each other day for 3 years. Everything changes once Hae-Joo receives a phone call from her doctor. The doctor tells her that a donor has been found and she can soon see again, once she has an operation. Dong-Gun again feels like the Beast and he doesn’t know what to do once the Beauty gets her vision back. Things are further complicated when Dong-Gun’s high school friend, Jun-Ha, randomly crosses path with Hae-Joo and falls for her as well.
Starring: Seung-beom Ryu, Min-a Shin, Sang-tae Ahn, Kang-woo Kim, Kil-Kang Ahn, Jong-shin Yuns
Director: Gye-byeok Lee
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Posted on July 19, 2013 |
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Patlabor 3: The Movie / Patlabor 3 / WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 (2002)
Action | Animation | Crime | Sci-Fi
Two police detectives and SV2 investigate a series of mysterious acts of deadly destruction occuring in and around Tokyo Bay.
Starring: Katsuhiko Watabiki, Hiroaki Hirata, Atsuko Tanaka, Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi, Mîna Tominaga, Toshio Furukawa
Director: Takuji Endo, Fumihiko Takayama
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Tags: Atsuko Tanaka, Fumihiko Takayama, Hiroaki Hirata, Katsuhiko Watabiki, Mîna Tominaga, Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi, Takuji Endo, Toshio Furukawa
Posted on July 19, 2013 |
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Patlabor 2: The Movie / Patlabor 2 / Kidô keisatsu patorebâ: The Movie 2 (1993)
Animation | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The date is 2002, three years after the events of Patlabor: The Movie. The destruction of a United Nations Labor team in South East Asia begins the build-up to a deadly terrorist plan that threatens to send shockwaves throughout Japan's military. With evidence of an impending military takeover, the scattered members of the original SVD (Special Vehicle Division) must gather to defend the city against danger.
Starring: Mîna Tominaga, Toshio Furukawa, Michihiro Ikemizu, Issei Futamata, Daisuke Gôri, Shigeru Chiba, Osamu Saka, Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Tomomichi Nishimura
Director: Mamoru Oshii
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Tags: Daisuke Gôri, Issei Futamata, Mamoru Oshii, Michihiro Ikemizu, Mîna Tominaga, Osamu Saka, Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi, Shigeru Chiba, Tomomichi Nishimura, Toshio Furukawa, Yoshiko Sakakibara
Posted on July 19, 2013 |
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Patlabor: The Movie / Patlabor 1 / Kidô keisatsu patorebâ: Gekijô-ban (1989)
Action | Animation | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The year is 1999. Japan has concentrated 45% of its entire labor force in the ambitious Babylon Project, designed to save the Tokyo Bay area from being submerged as an effect of the sea level increment. For this purpose, a 500-meter wide and 150-meter high multy-level platform, called the Ark, has been built on the sea. The suicide of a mysterious man on the massive Babylon Project construction site sets off a cascade of events that may signal the eventual destruction of Tokyo. What is the connection between the suicide, the new Mobile Police AV-X0 Zero Labor, and a military prototype Labor suddenly gone berserk?
Starring: Toshio Furukawa, Mîna Tominaga, Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Yô Inoue, Michihiro Ikemizu, Issei Futamata
Director: Mamoru Oshii
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Tags: Issei Futamata, Mamoru Oshii, Michihiro Ikemizu, Mîna Tominaga, Ryûnosuke Ôbayashi, Toshio Furukawa, Yô Inoue, Yoshiko Sakakibara
Posted on July 19, 2013 | Comments Off on Duresori The Voice of East (2012) 720p BluRay DD5.1 x264-EbP
Duresori: The Voice of East / Du-re Sori Story (2012)
Drama | Music | Teen
Seul-Gi and Ah-Reum are 3rd year students at the National High School of the Traditional Arts. They are also best friends. Seul-Gi majors in pansori (Korean traditional music) and Ah-Reum majors in Gyeonggi Folk Music. During their summer break, the girls struggle with pressures and anxiety. They then take a special summer school class due to a lack of attendance. Meanwhile, the Education Burea informs their school that they will take part in a chorus contest. The school selects Teacher Ham, a composer, to make up the school's chorus team. The pool consists of students from the special summer school class. A conflict also ensues between Ms. Ham, who majored in western music, and the students, who are majors in traditional Korean music. Can the students compete in the chorus performance?
Starring: Jo Ah-Reum, Choi Eun-hye, Choi Eun-Yeong, Lim Ha-nee, Ham Hyeon-Sang, Kim Seul-gi
Director: Cho Jung-Rae
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Posted on July 17, 2013 | Comments Off on Waterboys (2001) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-HDWinG
Waterboys (2001)
Comedy | Sport
In a Japanese school, 5 adolescent geeks join the new sport teacher and take up the challenge to take part in the competition, in spite of the mockeries of the "real sportsmen".
Starring: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Hiroshi Tamaki, Akifumi Miura, Kôen Kondô, Takatoshi Kaneko, Aya Hirayama
Director: Shinobu Yaguchi
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Tags: Akifumi Miura, Aya Hirayama, Hiroshi Tamaki, Kôen Kondô, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Shinobu Yaguchi, Takatoshi Kaneko
Posted on July 17, 2013 | Comments Off on Chichi yo haha yo (1980) 720p WEB-DL AAC2.0 H.264-UMAi
Chichi yo haha yo! / The Young Rebels (1980)
Drama
A newspaper reporter investigates the lives of juvenile delinquents. Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita.
Starring: Kaneko Iwasaki, Gô Katô, Kunitaro Kawarazaki, Junko Mihara, Hiroyuki Nagato
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
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Posted on July 16, 2013 | Comments Off on Ghost (2010) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Ghost / Gôsuto (2010)
Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
A man tries to solve his lover's murder by communicating with her spirit through the help of a medium.
Starring: Nanako Matsushima, Seung-heon Song, Kirin Kiki, Sawa Suzuki, Satoshi Hashimoto
Director: Tarô Ohtani
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Tags: Kirin Kiki, Nanako Matsushima, Satoshi Hashimoto, Sawa Suzuki, Seung-heon Song, Tarô Ohtani
Posted on July 16, 2013 | Comments Off on Aurangzeb (2013) 720p BluRay DD5.1 x264-TayTO
Aurangzeb (2013)
Action | Drama | Thriller
A cop goes undercover into a gangster's family as his son. This sets in place a chain reaction of complications and increasingly uncontrollable events.
Starring: Arjun Kapoor, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jackie Shroff, Rishi Kapoor, Sasha Aagha
Director: Atul Sabharwal
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Tags: Arjun Kapoor, Atul Sabharwal, Jackie Shroff, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Rishi Kapoor, Sasha Aagha
