Green Fish / Chorok mulkogi (1997)
Drama
Mak Dong has just been released from the army and is on his way home, when he helps out a woman on the train…
Starring: Seong-kun Mun, Seong-kyu Han, Suk-kyu Han, Jin-yeong Jeong, Ji-hye Oh
Director: Chang-dong Lee
Just Call Me Nobody / Da Xiao Jiang Hu (2010)
Action | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller
A hapless tax collector takes shelter at an abandoned temple, the favorite haunting grounds of a 1000 year old adrogynous tree demon. Beset with perilous traps and temptations by deadly but seductive she-devils, the bumbling hero falls in love with a beautiful ghost, whose spirit is enslaved by the tree demon. The two lovers risk their eternal souls to escape the demon's wrath, searching for happiness together.
Starring: Xiao Shen-Yang, Benshan Zhao, Kelly Lin, Eric Tsang, Jacky Wu
Director: Yen-ping Chu
Sky Blue / Wonderful Days (2003)
Action | Animation | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Would you know the colour "sky blue" if you had never seen the sky in your life? This futuristic Korean animation is set in a world where mankind's reckless exploitation of the environment has sparked a planet杦ide catastrophe that has shielded the sun from view. Can two young freedom fighters find a way to clear the clouds and allow the people of Earth to see the blue sky for the first time in their lives?
Starring: Marc Worden, Cathy Cavadini, Andrew Ableson, Joon-ho Chung, David Naughton
Director: Moon-saeng Kim
Rob-B-Hood / Robin-B-Hood/ Bo bui gai wak (2006)
Action | Comedy | Drama
Brought up in an impoverished family, and kicked out of school in his teens, Thongs found himself on the wrong side of the tracks despite being nimble-footed and neat-fingered. Spurned by his family and hounded by debtors, he is goaded by his greedy landlord to collaborate in harebrained heists. Together with the agile and opportunistic Octopus, the trio kidnaps the baby grandson of a tycoon. However, due to some unexpected glitches, they fail to hand him over to the triad as planned.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Michael Hui, Louis Koo, Charlene Choi, Biao Yuen, Yuanyuan Gao, Terence Yin
Director: Benny Chan
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Bicycle Looking for Whale (2011)
Drama
Eun-Chul (Park Ji-Bin) and Eun-Ha (Lee Seul-Gi) lives in a small village. They are the only family they have. One day, stubborn Eun-Ha begins to beg Eun-Chul to go and see a whale. Eun-Ha follows Eun-Chul all day long and keeps talking about the whale. To quiet her, Eun-Chul makes a false promise. Eun-Ha has a disease which is eroding her vision. Adults tell them that Eun-Ha should be sent to a good facility, but Eun-Chul can't separate from his sister. Eun-Chul decides to show a whale to Eun-Ha before she loses her vision completely. They begin travel from Namwon to Jangsaeng where they can see a whale. They travel their by bicycle. Along the way to Jangsaeng, Eun-Chul and Eun-Ha meet Duk-Soo (Lee Mun-Shik). Eun-Chul and Eun-Ha have a warm feelings towards him like the father they never had …
Starring: Ji-bin Park, Seul-gi Lee, Mun-shik Lee, Min Je, Yeo-jin Kim
Director: Young-ro Kim
Poker King / Pou hark wong (2009)
Comedy
Poker King is a welcome return to a good old Hong Kong genre favorite – the gambling comedy. Louis Koo and Lau Ching Wan team up again after Overheard for lighter fare, facing off as rival poker players in gambling capital Macau. All in for both the gambling and the comedy, the tanned duo preen, bicker, mug, and throw down the cards for a light and entertaining casino escapade. Ingenue Stephy Tang (La Lingerie) not to mention Cherrie Ying, Josie Ho, Jo Koo, and model Kama bring some sass and eye candy, while Wong Yau Nam, Eddie Cheung, and Lam Suet add comedic support.
Starring: Ching Wan Lau, Louis Koo, Josie Ho, Stephy Tang, Cherrie Ying, Jo Kuk, You-Nam Wong
Director: Hing-Ka Chan, Janet Chun
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Legendary Assassin / Long nga (2008)
Action | Thriller
An assassin who is fresh from his latest kill becomes stranded in an island, when he inadvertently befriends a female police officer (Celina Jade). As the night progresses, the unspoken truth honored by the two sides of the law is broken. After the remains of a body that belonged to a drug lord and syndicate crime leader are found, chaos ensues and criminals ravage the once peaceful streets in a race against time to find the mysterious murderer that's loose and out for blood.
Starring: Jacky Wu, Celina Jade, Kara Hui, Alex Fong, Zhan-Wen Ke, Ronald Cheng, Baocheng Jiang, Sammy Leung, Mark Cheng, Suet Lam, Kai Man Tin, Noriko Aoyama
Director: Chung Chi Li, Jacky Wu
Running Turtle / Geobugi dallinda (2009)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
Jo Pil-seong, a rural detective, is an unhappy husband, often blamed by his older wife for gambling. Despite her being hard on him, he steals money from her to bet on bull butting. Fortunately, he chalks up an unexpected win, but his luck, by no means, lasts long because his money gets snatched by an unprecedented absconder.
Starring: Yun-seok Kim, Kyeong-ho Jeong, Woo-seon Seon, Mi-ri Gyeon, Ji-na Kim, Jeong-geun Sin
Director: Yeon-woo Lee
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Aces Go Places IV / Zuijia paidang zhi qianli jiu chaipo (1986)
Action | Comedy
The invention of a prism – a special brain stimulant, gets King Kong and Inspector Albert into a series of dangerous adventures. The lives of Inspector Ho and her son are also threatened by some villains. The villains abducted Inspector Ho as the hostage for the prism after failing to kidnap Inspector Albert. Depressed by the news, Inspector Albert decides leave for New Zealand to exchange for Inspector Ho…..
Starring: Samuel Hui, Karl Maka, Sylvia Chang, Sally Yeh, Tat-wah Cho
Director: Ringo Lam
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street / Zuijia paidang zhi nuhuang miling (1984)
Action | Comedy
A man claims to be Mr. Bond from the British Secret Service finds King Kong and assigns him a mission to save two precious stones stolen from the Queen of England. After several tries, King Kong carries the mission successfully. However, it is later on recovered that there is a conspiracy…… The conspiracy is discovered, so Inspector Albert, Inspector Ho summons King Kong to catch "Mr. Bond".
Starring: Samuel Hui, Karl Maka, Sylvia Chang, Huguette Funfrock, Sandâ Sugiyama
Director: Hark Tsui
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Aces Go Places / Zuijia Paidang (1983)
Action | Comedy
The Mafia is concluding a secret deal in Hong Kong when the loot to be handed over, a consignment of valuable diamonds, is stolen by someone who left a white glove. Based on this clue, the police thinks that is the work of the infamous international thief "White Glove". Interpol is contacted and an ace detective, Albert is sent from New York to investigate. He is assisted by superintendent Nancy Ho, who is known for her toughness. The two begin a wrong footing initially but grow to be very fond of one another. Later on, Albert discovers that the theft was actually the work of a local thief, King Kong.
Starring: Samuel Hui, Karl Maka, Sylvia Chang, Dean Shek, Hark Tsui, Carroll Gordon
Director: Eric Tsang
Bunohan / Return to Murder (2011)
Action | Drama
Adil, a young Muay Thai kick-boxer, has just fled an honor fight-to-the-death. Ilham, an assassin who is also Adil's stepbrother, is promptly hired by the organizer of the death match to kill the fugitive. Looking for somewhere to hide and recover, Adil and a childhood friend take shelter in the Bunohan boxing club where Adil started his career. Ilham, meanwhile, has never been back to Bunohan since the day he left many years ago. Upon returning, memories of loneliness and abandonment flood his mind, and he experiences waves of resentment and regret. Bakar, the third brother, has also come home from the city; ostensibly a respectful schoolteacher, he is in reality a greedy and ruthless person, and is trying to convince his father to sell a burial ground to a construction company.
Starring: Zahiril Adzim, Faizal Hussein
Director: Dain Said
Velayudham (2011)
Action | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller
Velu (Joseph Vijay) is a village milkman who raises and dotes on his younger sister Kaveri (Saranya Mohan). When her marriage is fixed, Velu decides to collect his hard-earned savings from the Building Society in Chennai. However, his indirect encounters with the Underworld mafia soon lands him in a dilemma of being mistaken as the Superhero "Velayutham" – a fictional character created by Bharathi (Genelia D'Souza), a journalist committed to eradicating terrorism.
Starring: Vijay, Genelia D'Souza, Hansika Motwani, Saranya Mohan, Santhanam
Director: M. Raja
Sleepless Fashion / Yu shi shang tong ju (2011)
Drama
Eight years after the idol drama Love Storm, Vic Chou and Vivian Hsu join hands once again in the big-screen comedy Sleepless Fashion. The charming stars team up with Canto-pop legend Alan Tam, singer Kimi Qiao, online celebrity the Chopsticks Brothers, and character actor Lam Suet in the hilarious, inspirational, and surprisingly touching underdog tale from poet-turned-director Yin Lichuan (writer of Zhang Yimou’s Under the Hawthorn Tree movie). Vic Chou sheds his idol image to play arrogant fashion magazine editor Zhou Xiaohui, who is fired by his treacherous boss Alex (Alan Tam) for being too overtly outstanding. Eager to fight back, Xiaohui assembles a ragtag team of professional losers, including nerdy runner Yinghong (Vivian Hsu), clueless rich kid Wuyang (Kimi Qiao), and a country bumpkin photographer (Wang Taili), to embark on their bittersweet road back to success.
Starring: Vic Chow, Vivian Hsu, Xiao Chun, Renlang Qiao, Alan Tam, Suet Lam
Director: Lichuan Yin
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From Kokuriko Hill / From Up On Poppy Hill / Kokuriko-zaka kara (2011)
Animation | Drama
Umi Matsuzaka, the eldest sibling in a close-knit family of five, raises a pair of signal flags everyday at her seaside house in Yokohama Bay without fail in anticipation of the return of her father, who went missing in action during the Korean War. In school, Umi finds herself involved in a student movement seeking to prevent the demolition of an old club house. In the process, she falls in love with the newspaper club president Jun Kazama, only to find out that they might be related by blood.
Starring: Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita, Yuriko Ishida, Rumi Hiiragi
Director: Goro Miyazaki
A Simple Life / Tao jie (2011)
Drama
Roger is a successful movie producer with a housekeeper, Ah Tao, who has worked for his family over the course of four generations. Ah Tao has been a nanny and maid for Roger's family for nearly all her adult life, and he looks upon her as a member of the family rather than an employee. When Roger comes home one day to discover Ah Tao has suffered a severe stroke, its' clear she's no longer up to the demands of her job, and he agrees to help her relocate to a nursing home. Roger, the only member of his family still living in Hong Kong, is eager to help, but he's unsure of just how much he's supposed to do for her and is afraid to seem neglectful; Ah Tao, on the other hand, doesn't want to be a burden to Roger, and their relationship goes through an awkward period.
Starring: Andy Lau, Deannie Yip
Director: Ann Hui
The Wesley's Mysterious File / Wai See Lee ji lam huet yan (2002)
Action | Romance | Sci-Fi
The popular pulp hero Wai Si Lei (or "Wesley") is given a modern update in the 2002 Wong Jing sci-fi extravaganza, The Wesley's Mysterious File! Andy Lau is Dr. Wesley, an extraterrestrial investigator for the United Nations, who stumbles onto a mystery with possible otherwordlyimplications. The mysterious "Blue Bloods" may be coming to Earth, and Wesley teams with Sue (Shu Qi) and Pak (Roy Cheung) of Double-X, the United States extraterrestrial agency, to investigate. But the mystery leads them to Wesley's dream woman Fong (Rosamund Kwan), who arrived on Earth 600 years ago along with her brother Tan (Samuel Pang). Are the two Blue Bloods, and what do they have to do with two murderous alien invaders (Almen Wong Pui Ha and Mark Cheng) who've just arrived on Earth and are exponentially adding to their body count? Heady science fiction and Chinese martial arts combine as Wesley strives to unearth the mystery of the Blue Bloods! Featuring updated special effects, and a healthy helping of action and comedy, The Wesley's Mysterious File is intriguing Hong Kong science-fiction told in Wong Jing's inimitable style!
Starring: Andy Lau, Rosamund Kwan, Qi Shu, Beverly Hotsprings, Jing Wong, Mark Cheng, Almen Won, Roy Cheung, Samuel Pang, Kong Lung
Director: Wai-keung Lau
Mr. Gam's Victory / Superstar Gam Sa-Yong (2004)
Action | Drama | Sport
1982. It’s the first year of Korea's Pro-Baseball League. GAM is able to join the team just because the Sammi Superstars don’t have any left-hander pitcher. Unlike its name, Superstars, Sammi is the last place team in the league. GAM never becomes an ace, but throws as a mop-up relief pitcher in losing games. Nobody would expect him to win a game. Obviously the other team cheered with relief when GAM stood on the mound. Then one day, a perfect chance arrives for GAM. It’s a game with the best team in the League, the OB Bears. OB’s ace pitcher PARK Chul-soon is about to win his 20th consecutive game. No other pitcher in Sammi wants to go up against Park’s winning streak. This is the last and the first chance in his life for GAM to be an ace. Just once. Just one freaking game! Would will a dream come true for GAM Sa-yong?
Starring: Beom-su Lee, Jin-seo Yun, Yoo Gong, Hyeok-jae Lee, Seung-su Ryu
Director: Jong-hyeon Kim
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Once Upon a Time in China and America / Once Upon a Time in China VI / Wong Fei Hung VI: Sai Wik Hung See (1997)
Action | Adventure | History | Western
The story is set in both Hong Kong and the U.S. So goes to the U.S. to open a martial arts school. Around this time, many Chinese people were sold off to U.S. railroad companies, and were brutally treated by the Americans under the harsh working conditions. Thus, the American workers' hatred towards the Chinese immigrants is high. As a result, So gets into trouble with the Americans and the mob, and calls Master Wong for help.
Starring: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Xin Xin Xiong, Kwok-Pong Chan. Jeff Wolfe. Joseph Sayah, Chrysta Bell, Richard Ng
Director: Sammo Hung
Once Upon a Time in China III / Wong Fei Hung III: Si wong jaang ba (1993)
Action | Adventure | Biography | History
Wong Fei-Hung and sidekick Chung arrive in Peking just as the Empress announces a Lion Dance martial arts contest. Also accompanying him is cousin Yee, his young, Westernized aunt-by-adoption, to whom Wong is secretly betrothed. Wong faces a possible romantic rival in a Russian diplomat, Tumanovsky, whom Aunt Yee knew back in school, and a martial arts rival in the brutal Club Foot, who beats up Wong's father. Club Foot works for the slimy Leung Fun, who is determined to win the prestigious Lion Dance contest at any cost. However, by the time the spectacular Lion Dance contest occurs many things will change.
Starring: Jet Li, Cunzhuang Ge, Rosamund Kwan, Shun Lau, Siu Chung Mok, John Wakefield, Xin Xin Xiong, Chunzhong Zhang
Director: Hark Tsui
