Category: Eastern
Posted on August 2, 2013 |
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Behind the Yellow Line / Yuen fan (1984)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
The Chinese title for this entertaining romantic drama is 'Destiny', which is fitting because it features remarkable new talent whose destiny was to become some of Hong Kong's most important filmmakers. There then 20-year-old Miss Hong Kong Pageant first runner-up Maggie Cheung. There's Leslie Cheung, before he became an award-winning singer/actor icon. There's Anita Mui ('The Chinese Madonna'), who won the Hong Kong Film Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance. And there's co-scripter Gordon Chan, destined to become a top writer/director.
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Anita Mui, Anthony Chan
Director: Taylor Wong
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Posted on August 1, 2013 |
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Tokyo Family / Tokyo kazoku (2013)
Drama
An old married couple Shukichi Hirayama (Isao Hashizume) and Tomiko ( Kazuko Yoshiyuki) live on a small island in the Inland Sea. They go to Tokyo. The couple have 3 children. The eldest son Koichi (Masahiko Nishimura) runs a hospital. The first daughter Shigeko (Tomoko Nakajima) runs a beauty salon. The second son Shuji (Satoshi Tsumabuki) works in stage art. The families ask the parents to take a rest in Tokyo, but the parents do not like staying in Tokyo. One day, Tomiko visits Shuji's apartment. There, Tomiko is introduced to Shuji's fiance Noriko (Yu Aoi), but Tomiko collapses at Koichi's house…
Starring: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yû Aoi, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Isao Hashizume
Director: Yôji Yamada
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Posted on July 31, 2013 |
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Miracle in Cell No.7 / Gift from Room 7 (2013)
Comedy | Drama
Successful Ryoo Seung-yong comes back as a fool Yong-gu for his daughter! Outsiders not allowed! In room number 7 of the prison where all kinds of criminals are gathered, comes Yong-gu, a father with the sense of a 6 year-old and his 7 year-old daughter Ye-seung. The mission of these criminals in room number 7 is to protect these two who can never stay apart for a single moment. Will they succeed?
Starring: Man-shik Jeong, Dal-su Oh, Shin-Hye Park, Won-sang Park, Seung-yong Ryoo, Kal So-Won, Kim Jung Tae
Director: Lee Hwan-Kyung
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Tags: Dal-su Oh, Kal So-Won, Kim Jung Tae, Lee Hwan-Kyung, Man-shik Jeong, Seung-yong Ryoo, Shin-Hye Park, Won-sang Park
Posted on July 29, 2013 |
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Shao Lin xiao zi / Shaolin Temple 2: Kids from Shaolin (1984)
Action | Comedy
Two rivaling families live on opposite sides of a river. One of them practices Shaolin kung fu and has only sons, while the other has only daughters and practices the Wu-Tang sword. The father of the Wu-Tang family is so paranoid about the Shaolin kids stealing his sword style (besides, he wants a son to teach it to, and the closest thing he has is a lesbian daughter) that he is taken off guard when some real bad guys come along to kill his family, but the Shaolin family helps them out. All the while, everyone is desperately trying to get the lesbian girl to marry Jet Li.
Starring: Jet Li, Lan Ding, Qiuyan Huang, Chia Hui Liu, Cheng-Hui Yu, Hai Yu
Director: Hsin-yan Chang
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Tags: Cheng-Hui Yu, Chia Hui Liu, Hai Yu, Hsin-yan Chang, Jet Li, Lan Ding, Qiuyan Huang
Posted on July 29, 2013 |
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Shao Lin Si / The Shaolin Temple (1982)
Action
The Tang emperor is betrayed by one of his generals, who installs himself as emperor in the East Capital. The son of one of his slave workers escapes to the Shaolin Temple, learns kung fu, and sets out to kill the traitor, who killed his father. The monks have to help him, and in the process, they save the true emperor, who rewards them greatly. Based on a true story from Shaolin folklore, but highly fictionalized.
Starring: Jet Li, Lan Ding, Cheng-Hui Yu, Hai Yu, Chun Hua Ji, Hu Jian Qiang, Wang Guang Quan
Director: Hsin-yan Chang
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Tags: Cheng-Hui Yu, Chun Hua Ji, Hai Yu, Hsin-yan Chang, Hu Jian Qiang, Jet Li, Lan Ding, Wang Guang Quan
Posted on July 29, 2013 | Comments Off on Love Me Not (2006) HDTV 720p x264 AC3-HDWTV
Love Me Not / Sarang-ttawin piryo-eopseo (2006)
Romance
Julian (Kim Ju-Hyeok) has lived off with the money he lures from his rich female customers. But now he faces usurious debts from a hasty expansion of his business, and he will be killed unless he clears the debt in one month. The only way to save himself is to pretend to be the long-lost brother of an heiress and kill her to get her huge fortune. Ryoo Min (Moon Geun-Young), the blind heiress, cold-hearted like Julian, slowly opens herself to him, and he, too, falls for her. But Julian has to pay his creditor and what makes it worse for him is that the illness that took Ryoo Min’s eyesight relapsed, threatening her life.
Starring: Ju-hyuk Kim, Geun-Young Moon
Director: Cheol-ha Lee
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Posted on July 27, 2013 | Comments Off on Twilight Gangsters (2010) HDTV 720p x264 DD5.1-HDWTV
Twilight Gangsters / Yukhyeolpo kangdodan (2010)
Comedy | Crime
For eight years three grandmothers saved their money for a VIP tour packages to Hawaii. The grandmothers have all had difficult experiences and used their dream vacation as a beacon of hope in their lives. Jung-Ja (Na Moon-Hee) was once imprisoned and suffered the ordeal of giving up her son for adoption. Young-Hee (Kim Soo-Mi) has finally broken free from her cheating husband & heartbreak. Shin-Ja (Kim Hye-Ok) is a widow with a son that steals her money. Yet the three grandmothers have finally saved enough money for the dream vacation. The grandmothers then go to the bank to wire their money, but at that moment the bank is held up by robbers. The grandmothers lose their savings and the bank can't offer any assistance. It is at this moment that the grandmothers set off track the robbers down themselves. Using their guile and wisdom the grandmothers are able to track one of the thieves down named Joon-Suk (Im Chang-Jung). Unfortunately for the grandmothers, Joon-Suk was swindled by his gang and is now completely broke. The grandmothers are not willing to give up their dream vacation. They then make Joon-Suk train them in the art of bank robbing and the grandmothers then set out to rob banks themselves…
Starring: Mun-hee Na, Su-mi Kim, Hye-ok Kim, Chang Jung Lim, Eun-woo Lee
Director: Hyo-jin Kang
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Posted on July 26, 2013 | Comments Off on Christmas Rose (2013) 720p BluRay x264 AC3-WiKi
Christmas Rose / Sheng dan mei gui (2013)
Drama | Thriller
Paralyzed at a young age, Jing is a kind piano teacher who leads a quiet life. One day, she is allegedly molested by her doctor Zhou, who is promptly arrested and charged. The prosecutor of the case is Tim, an idealistic lawyer who join the law world to punish the guilty. However, as Tim's investigator Nam helps him peel back the pieces, the more complex the case becomes. Soon, Tim begins to question the truth surrounding Jing's story.
Starring: Chen Chang, Pat Ha, Aaron Kwok, Kai Chi Liu, Gwei Lun-Mei, Yu Xia
Director: Charlie Yeung
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Posted on July 26, 2013 |
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9-9-81 (2012)
Horror
A bride-to-be jumps to her death after becoming convinced that a tragic accident has claimed the life of her groom-to-be. But, the end of her life is the beginning of the story when her groom-to-be is alive and his false death turns out to be his and her best friend's plan to get rid of her. Distraught by the betrayal, the spirit of the bride-to-be is craving for vengeance.
Starring: Patitta Attayatamavitaya, Supachai Girdsuwan, Setsit Limkasitdej, Thiti Vechabul
Director: Rapeepimol Chaiyasena
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Posted on July 26, 2013 |
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Land of Hope / Kibô no kuni (2012)
Drama
An elderly couple, their only son, the son's wife, a young man and his lover live peacefully in a small residential area. Then, a terrifying earthquake strikes that causes a nearby nuclear station to explode. The residents learn they must evacuate, but the elderly couple owns a farm, with the evacuation line draped across their front yard. The father wants to stay, but the son wants him to go. Meanwhile, the son's wife Izumi (Megumi Kagurazaka) learns she is pregnant.
Starring: Isao Natsuyagi, Naoko Ohtani, Jun Murakami, Megumi Kagurazaka, Hikari Kajiwara, Yutaka Shimizu
Director: Shion Sono
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Posted on July 26, 2013 | Comments Off on Porco Rosso (1992) 720p BluRay x264 DTS AC3 4Audio-HDWinG
Porco Rosso / Kurenai no buta (1992)
Adventure | Animation | Fantasy | Romance
When "Porco" — whose face has been transformed into that of a pig by a mysterious spell — infuriates a band of sky pirates with his aerial heroics, the pirates hire Curtis, a rival pilot, to "get rid" of him. On the ground, the two pilots compete for the affections of the beautiful Gina. But it is in the air where the true battles are waged. Will our hero be victorious?
Starring: Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Sanshi Katsura, Greg Ellis, Tsunehiko Kamijô, Akemi Okamura, Akio Ohtsuka, Hiroko Seki
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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Tags: Akemi Okamura, Akio Ohtsuka, Greg Ellis, Hayao Miyazaki, Hiroko Seki, Sanshi Katsura, Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Tsunehiko Kamijô
Posted on July 25, 2013 | Comments Off on Haunting Me (2007) BluRay 720p DTS x264-CHD
Haunting Me / Hor taew tak (2007)
Comedy | Horror
Taew, Cartoon, Mot-dum and Songkram are four aging-yet-still-outrageous katoey (drag queens) who run a boarding house for boys in provincial Thailand. After helping to cover up the mysterious deaths of two local teens (obese ladyboy "Pancake" and a beautiful local girl named Num-Ning), the two spirits begin haunting the dormitory, forcing the "girls" to try all sorts of crazy schemes to get rid of the ghosts. Eventually, they realize that the only way to do this is to help one the ghosts to avenge their deaths.
Starring: Jaturong Mokjok, Sukonthawa Koetnimit, Ekkachai Srivichai, Yingsak Chonglertjetsadawong, Kohtee Aramboy, Wiradit Srimalai, Panward Hemmanee, Ratchanont Sukpragawp, Thanakorn Jaipinta
Director: Poj Arnon
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Tags: Ekkachai Srivichai, Jaturong Mokjok, Kohtee Aramboy, Panward Hemmanee, Poj Arnon, Ratchanont Sukpragawp, Sukonthawa Koetnimit, Thanakorn Jaipinta, Wiradit Srimalai, Yingsak Chonglertjetsadawong
Posted on July 25, 2013 | Comments Off on Secret (2009) HDTV 720p x264 DD5.1-HDWTV
Secret / Sikeurit (2009)
Thriller
Sung-ryeol is a detective in charge of violent crimes. He is an upright man, but is having an affair with his colleague's wife, and it is the reason he loses his own son in a car accident. Wracked with guilt but unable to explain to his wife, Ji-yeon, what happened on that day and why, he loses her in her grief when she decides to go abroad. Ji-yeon comes home unexpectedly and insecurely one day, peaking Sung-ryeol's curiosity about his wife's behavior. The next day, Sung-ryeol finds trace evidence that hints at his wife while investigating a murder scene. He presumes that his wife is connected to the case, and does all he can to keep her from being identified as a suspect. When an unidentified man shows up claiming to know Ji-yeon is involved and asking for money, the situation is made worse by Ji-yeon refusing to offer Sung-ryeol an explanation or tell him any kind of truth.
Starring: Seung-won Cha, Yun-ah Song, Seung-yong Ryoo
Director: Jae-gu Yoon
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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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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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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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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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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
