Crossing / Keurosing (2008)
Drama
The movie is based on a real story about the life of a North Korean defector and his family. Actor Cha In-pyo starred as a North Korean coal miner who crossed illegally into China to get medicine for his wife…
Starring: In-Pyo Cha, Myeong-cheol Shin, Young-hwa Seo, In-gi Jeong, Da-yeong Joo
Director: Tae-gyun Kim
Sad Fairy Tale / Shang xin tong hua (2012)
Drama | Romance
Liu Tong (Hu Xia) is a computer programmer in a film and television studio he is a small potato who is quiet, stubborn and solitary. His beautiful colleague Yang Jia (Cecilia Liu) is adored and pampered by all. She has an innocent aura and could almost pass as an princess in a fairytale. Many people in the company are attracted to her, including her covetous boss. But Yang remains stubbornly single. Liu pays close attention to Yang, helping her resolving her harassment problem with courage and wisdom. In order to protect herself from the boss, Yang always pretends to faint at the right moment. During these times, Liu stays by her side. One day he comes up with the groundbreaking idea of making Yang believes that she can leap through time so that she can be a true fairytale princess. Sad Fairy Tale is a story about giving carrying one's destined love in one's heart through joy and tears. It is also a riveting story of youth.
Starring: Shishi Liu, Xia Hu, Ryan Zuo, Nan Xie, Kenny Lin
Director: ZhengChao Xu
Sparrow / Man jeuk (2008)
Drama | Romance
Nicknamed "sparrow", a pickpocket lifts wallets from unsuspecting targets with elegance and grace, like a sparrow fluttering its wings through a congested cityscape. Fai and his 3 associates lead carefree and playful lives as pickpockets. When the mysterious Beauty charms them into stealing a key, the sparrows worry about what they're getting themselves into, but accept the job when Beauty threatens to take her own life. Mystery builds as the sparrows go forward with their plan. At the rendezvous point, Hollywood Inn, Beauty and the key disappear altogether. It seems Beauty carries many secrets, including her relationship with the reclusive powerful tycoon, Mr. Yen. The sparrows are playing with fire, although this knowledge hardly lessens their intrigue.
Starring: Simon Yam, Kelly Lin, Ka Tung Lam, Suet Lam, Hoi-Pang Lo
Director: Johnnie To
Ultraman Saga / Urutoraman Saga (2012)
Action | Sci-Fi
Monster roam the planet, with only 7 women known as "Team U" and children who are left. "Team U" fights against the monsters for the future of mankind. Ultraman Zero then arrives from a different time and space.
Starring: Daigo, Takeshi Tsuruno, Taiyô Sugiura
Director: Hideki Oka
Lan Kwai Fong 2 / Xi ai ye pu 2 (2012)
Drama | Romance
Promiscuous things going on every night at LKF. Tonight, a photographer hits it off with a girl that just broke up with her rich ex-boyfriend; an office boy in advertising mistakes his cell phone for a pretty married woman?s; a broker gets to know a prostitute a lot more than he should; a patrol officer comes across a female DJ working at a night club, they?re like familiar strangers to each other.
Starring: Lik-Sun Fong, Leo Ku, Chor-yiu Kwan, Shiga Lin, William So
Director: Wilson Chin
Flower and Snake 3 / Hana to hebi 3 (2010)
Drama
Shizuko Toyama is a rising cellist who comes back to Japan from Italy. She then falls into a planned sensual trap where she is bound with straw rope, given a diuretic, and more …
Starring: Minako Komukai
Director: Yusuke Narita
Flower and Snake 2 / Hana to hebi 2: Pari/Shizuko (2005)
Drama | Thriller
Tooyama, an aging impotent art critic, sends his much-younger wife, Shizuko, to Paris to evaluate the work of Ikegami, an artist he sponsors. She discovers she's curious about sado-masochism, and soon she becomes Ikegami's object of bondage as well as his muse. Encounters with Ikegami lead her into a shadowy world of wealthy patrons of ropes, humiliation, and slavery. Ikegami discovers his protective side, and Tooyama reenters the picture. Once Shizuko can reestablish control over her life, she can make a choice.
Starring: Aya Sugimoto
Director: Takashi Ishii
Flower and Snake / Hana to hebi (2004)
Drama | Thriller
Tôyama, a weak-willed businessman, is in debt to the Yakuza; they also have a video of him bribing a government minister. To clear his debts, he agrees to let them drug and kidnap his wife Shizuko, Japan's queen of the tango, and subject her to the proclivities of a 95-year-old voyeur, who's a Yakuza boss. After a masked ball, Shizuko is taken prisoner; she fights her captors, submitting only when the life of Kyôko, her female bodyguard, is threatened. Tôyama feels regret and seeks to buy back Shizuko, but by this time, she may be enjoying her situation. Is she, or is she pretending in order to protect herself and Kyôko? Would she want a way out if there is one?
Starring: Aya Sugimoto
Director: Takashi Ishii
Ocean Flame / Yi ban hai shui, yi ban huo yan (2008)
Drama
Wong Yiu was a very shameless person and a blackmailer until one day he met a waitress named Ni Chen. He thought Ni Chen was like any other girls that could be controlled by him, but her stubbornness was way beyond his imagination. As time goes by, they both lost their ways and losing themselves in the process. He was not as free as he once was. Insanity causes him to end her life. Eight years later, Wong Yiu stepped out from the jail. He carried a gun and went to look for Ni Chen's mother at her home wishing to fulfill his own will.
Starring: Fan Liao, Monica Mok, Simon Yam, Shiu Hung Hui, Suet Lam, Hee Ching Paw, Yitian Hai
Director: Fendou Liu
19-Nineteen (2009)
Drama
Three teenagers that have two things in common: they are all nineteen, and they are all suspects in the murder of another girl. Opting to run from a corrupt policeman that refuses to believe their innocence, the three young fugitives learn to trust one another, and begin their personal journeys towards self discovery, unraveling the mystery of the true murderer along the way.
Starring: Seung Hyun Choi, In-jae Heo, Seungri, Her Jie
Director: Yong-woo Chung
Always 3 chôme no yûhi '64 / Always: Sunset on Third Street '64 (2012)
Drama
The Tokyo Olympics are about to open, and Rynosuke Chagawa is excited to receive a new TV set to watch the upcoming events. His wife Hiromi is pregnant and he has built a second level on his shop to provide his adopted son Junnosuke with a private space to study for entrance to Tokyo University to set up a career with a major company. He dreams of sparing Junnosuke the struggles that he has faced as a writer. The family continues to rely upon Hiromi's income from her bar. Meanwhile a rival story, The Virus, by a new writer has appeared in the periodical that has been publishing his stories "Boy's Adventure Book" and he fears the new competition. Norifumi Suzuki also receives a new TV, but more of a deluxe model. Mutsuko Hoshino (Roku) is still the principal mechanic in the Suzuki family's auto repair shop, but she dresses up some mornings to go to a nearby street with the hope of a "chance" meeting with Dr…
Starring: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki, Maki Horikita, Masako Motai, Tomokazu Miura, Hiroko Yakushimaru
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Always zoku san-chôme no yûhi / Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007)
Drama
Chagawa finds it increasing difficult to support his young ward Junnosuke in his store across the street from the Suzuki garage on Third Street. Unless he can provide a better life, Junnosuke's rich father, Kawabata will take him away. Chagawa focuses once again on winning the "Akutagawa-sho" literary award and the prize money coming with it. Mika, a 7-year old relative of the Suzukis is left to stay with them when her father has business reverses. She is accustomed to a richer life style and at first her behavior is very spoiled but is humbled when sees the menial chores that her same-aged cousin Ippei performs. Mutsuko continues to work in the family as a mechanic but has an aspiring boyfriend Takeo, who is studying cooking. Chagawa seeks to find Hiromi, who has become successful once more as the exotic dancer "Betty."
Starring: Shin'ichi Hatori, Maki Horikita, Kazuki Koshimizu, Koyuki, Tomokazu Miura, Masako Motai, Kenta Suga, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Always san-chôme no yûhi / Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005)
Drama | Family
Leaving her provincial home, teenage Mutsuko arrives in Tokyo by train to take a job in a major automotive company but finds that she is employed by a small auto repair shop owned by Norifumi Suzuki. Suzuki's hair-trigger temper is held somewhat in check by the motherly instincts of his wife, Tomoe, and his young son Ippei immediately bonds with Mutsuko as if she were his older sister. The Suzuki shop lies almost in the shadow of the Tokyo Tower as it rises steadily above the skyline during construction in 1958. Others in the neighborhood also are striving to better themselves as Japan continues to emerge from the shadow of war. Hiromi has just abandoned her shady life as a dancer to start a sake bar. Abandoned by his single mother, young Junnosuke is first handed off to Hiromi but she passes him off to Ryunosuke Chagawa, a struggling writer who runs a candy shop and only manages to sell adventure stories for boys as his serious novels continue to be rejected…
Starring: Maki Horikita, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Koyuki, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Kazuki Koshimizu, Kenta Suga
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Sadako / Sadako 3D / Ringu 5 (2012)
Horror
A mysterious, white-clad man is seen dropping a long-haired woman into a well. The well is full of women, all with long hair, all dressed in night-dresses. Thirteen years after the original film, two mysterious suicides- one at a bus station, and the other involving a schoolgirl prompt Detective Koiso and his partner to investigate a string of mysterious deaths. The deaths involve video played on devices, with a voice saying "You're not the one", just before the deaths.
Starring: Satomi Ishihara, Kôji Seto, Yûsuke Yamamoto, Ryôsei Tayama, Ai Hashimoto
Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa
Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault / Pi Zi Ying Xiong (2012)
Action | Comedy | Crime
Before he teams up with coffee-drinking cop Pi Zi, Ying Xiong was an overzealous cop out to stop criminals at any cost. After his latest arrest causes major damage to the city, his supervisor forces him to undergo psychological evaluation. Meanwhile, small-time gangster Ta Fu is looking to leave the criminal life and plans to make a quick profit by buying a diamond with the gang's money. However, a sudden raid interrupts the deal, and Ta Fu is arrested by Ying Xiong, who is investigating another case against his superior's orders. Now, the two must team up to find out the truth behind the diamond deal with the help of a mysterious woman – even when Ta Fu's gang, Ying Xiong's superiors, and the terrorists behind the conspiracy are all after them.
Starring: Mark Chao, Bo Huang, Angelababy, Leon Dai, Dean Fujioka, Terri Kwan, Ken Lin, Alex To
Director: Yueh-Hsun Tsai
Radio Star / Ra-dee-o-seu-ta (2006)
Comedy | Drama
Award Winning singer gets down with drugs and his comeback who was assisted by his manager. Then they decided to split-up and the consequences…
Starring: Joong-Hoon Park, Sung-kee Ahn, Jeong-yun Choi
Director: Joon-ik Lee
My Dear Enemy / Meotjin haru (2008)
Drama | Romance
Jobless, single and in her early thirties, Hee-soo is miserable. Desperate, she sets out to find her ex-boyfriend, Byoung-woon, who owes her $3,500. Rather inconveniently, it turns out that Byoung-woon is also penniless, but he cheerfully claims he can get the money from a series of girlfriends. Suspicious, Hee-soo decides to trail Byoung-woon as he makes the rounds of his varied lady chums, just in case he tries to deceive her. Thus the pair embark on a strange, nostalgic journey together.
Starring: Do-yeon Jeon, Jung-woo Ha
Director: Yoon-ki Lee
Apaharan (2005)
Action | Crime | Drama
An idealistic young man, who aspires to become a police officer, is drawn into the dark world of corruption and despair in this drama of shattered dreams from award winning director, Prakash Jha. Ajay Shastri is a young man living in the Hindi heartland of Bihar, and looking to follow in his law-enforcing father's noble footsteps. Just as Ajay's dreams of sharing a blissful life with devoted girlfriend Megha, begin to come into focus, he is shaken to the core by the questionable choices.
Starring: Ajay Devgn, Nana Patekar, Bipasha Basu, Ayub Khan, Mohan Agashe, Mukesh Tiwari
Director: Prakash Jha
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai / Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (2010)
Crime | Drama | Romance
During March 1993, after his Ambassador car is being fished out of water, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Agnel Wilson, narrates to the Commissioner as to how he commenced his investigation against an underworld gangster, Sultan Mirza. He details how Sultan had survived floods in Madras, shortly after Independence; his arrival in Bombay; and his employment which earned him a mere 25 Paisa daily. Agnel's attempts to rein in Sultan fail, but he keeps tabs on him and his romance with Bollywood actress, Rehana; as well as his new recruit, Shoaib, the son of Sub-Inspector Khan. Agnel will find his investigation slipping out of his hands after Sultan temporarily delegates complete responsibility to Shoaib.
Starring: Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Randeep Hooda, Kangana Ranaut, Prachi Desai
Director: Milan Luthria
Mongol / Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan / Da mo ying xiong (2007)
Biography | Drama | History | Romance | War
Recounts of the the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave, born as Temudgin in 1162, before going on to conquer half the world, including Russia, in 1206.
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Sun Hong-Lei, Khulan Chuluun, Odnyam Odsuren, Amarbold Yuvinbayar
Director: Sergei Bodrov
