Category: Eastern
Posted on September 29, 2011 |
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Om Shanti Om (2007)
Action | Comedy | Drama | Musical | Romance | Thriller
This is the story of "Om" and "Shanti." His film started in 1977 and ended in 2007. He (Om) was a junior artist in the 70's. She (Shanti) was the superstar of the 70's. He was her biggest fan. She was his biggest inspiration. He was madly in love. She was ready to give up everything she had for love. He felt betrayed in life. She felt betrayed in love. And then… started the saga of 'Om Shanti Om'. For some love stories, one lifetime is not enough.
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Kirron Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Deepika Padukone
Director: Farah Khan
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Posted on September 25, 2011 |
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Oba: The Last Samurai / Taiheiyou no kiseki: Fokkusu to yobareta otoko (2011)
Drama
Set during the end of WWII, Captain Oba and his group of 47 soldiers on the isle of Saipan fights against the U.S. army long after the Japanese Emperor surrendered …
Starring: Yutaka Takenouchi, Sean McGowan, Mao Inoue, Daniel Baldwin, Treat Williams, Toshiaki Karasawa
Director: Hideyuki Hirayama
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Posted on September 24, 2011 |
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Garo the Movie: Red Requiem (2010)
Action | Fantasy
A knight in a suit of golden armor battles with a magical beast out to destroy the world.
Starring: Yôsuke Saitô, Kanji Tsuda, Mary Matsuyama, Akira Nakao, Yôsuke Saitô
Director: Keita Amemiya
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Posted on September 22, 2011 |
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Secret Sunshine (2007)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A woman named Shin-Ae and her only child move to the small town of Milyang, South Korea. Her husband has recently passed away and she has decided to start life anew back in the hometown of her deceased husband. While entering Milyang, Shin-Ae's car breaks down along a rural highway. She is able to get the local mechanic in Milyang, named Jong-chan, to come out to her car and start it once again. Although they come from different social backgrounds, the pair hits it off and seems to find comfort in each other's presence. Tragedy soon strikes Shin-Ae again with the abduction of her only son. As Shin-Ae deals with another inexplicable tragedy, she receives help from her friend Jong-chan to try to find the light that is buried somewhere.
Starring: Do-yeon Jeon, Kang-ho Song
Director: Chang-dong Lee
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Posted on September 22, 2011 |
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The Conman / Du xia 1999 (1998)
Comedy
King (Andy Lau from the first God Of Gamblers movie) is a professional gambler who ends up in prison after murdering a man, at the gambling table, in self defense. Behind him he leaves a pregnant wife that he's neglected almost totally in favour of the cards. 5 years later King is released and wants nothing but to reunite with his wife and the child he's never seen. He enlists small time hoodlum Dragon (Nick Cheung, who also appeared in the subsequent Conman-movies) to help him locate his wife while also teaching him a thing or two about the art of gambling. King himself does not really want to return to the tables but is forced into action when the close ones to him are put into jeopardy…
Starring: Andy Lau, Athena Chu, Nick Cheung, Bonnie Law, Waise Lee, Jack Kao, Angie Cheung, Emotion Cheung
Director: Jing Wong
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Posted on September 19, 2011 |
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Sex & Zen: Extreme Ecstasy / 3D rou pu tuan zhi ji le bao jian (2011)
Drama
As a conceited scholar of the Ming Dynasty, Wei Yangsheng believes that since life is short, one should pursue the ultimate sexual pleasure as time allows. Wei Yangsheng encounters Tie Fei the Taoist priest's daughter, Tie Yuxiang, on an occasion. With the former's talent and the latter's beauty, they fall in love at first sight, and Wei Yangsheng is later married into the Tie's family. Yuxiang is elegant and courteous under the influence of her father's faith, though her lack of passion cannot fully satisfy Wei Yangsheng's sexual needs. His disappointment is no less than his affection for her.
Starring: Saori Hara, Hiro Hayama, Leni Lan, Yukiko Suô, Vonnie Lui, Tony Ho, Kirt Kishita
Director: Christopher Sun
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Posted on September 19, 2011 | Comments Off on Seven Samurai (1954) 720p Criterion Collection BluRay AAC1.0 x264-EbP
Seven Samurai / Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Action | Adventure | Drama
A Japanese farming village, constantly besieged and pillaged by an army of bandits, recruits seven independent samurai to defend it.
Starring: Takashi Shimura, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Minoru Chiaki
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Posted on September 19, 2011 |
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Kagemusha / The Shadow Warrior (1980)
Drama | History | War
On the death of a clan chief his place is taken by the lookalike hired to overlook the battlefields while the chief is really busy elsewhere.
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara
Director: Akira Kurosawa
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Posted on September 16, 2011 |
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Legend of the Millennium Dragon (2011)
Adventure | Animation | Anime | Fantasy
A 15-year-old boy goes 1200 years back in time to find his unlikely destiny as the savior to end the war between humans and demons.
Starring: Ryuji Aigase, Satomi Ishihara, Kentarô Itô, Yasuyuki Kase, Sôsuke Komori, Takashi Kondô, Shotaro Morikubo
Director: Hirotsugu Kawasaki
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Posted on September 14, 2011 |
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Lady Vengeance / Chinjeolhan geumjassi (2005)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Imprisoned for thirteen years for allegedly kidnapping and murdering a six-year-old boy, Lee Geum-ja wastes no time in winning over her cellmates' sympathies. From the former prostitute who strangled her pimp to the old North Korean spy who hands her the "Sutra of revenge"– illustrated instructions for crafting a handmade gun disguised as a prayer book–all the prisoners become instrumental in the scheme Geum-ja has meticulously drafted for her future as a free woman. Deprived of her baby daughter and of her youth, Geum-ja at first seems to accept her tragic destiny. However, she never strays from her plans to take a mighty revenge on the former teacher who betrayed her and slaughtered her innocence.
Starring: Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi, Shi-hoo Kim, Yea-young Kwon
Director: Chan-wook Park
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Posted on September 14, 2011 |
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Oldboy / Oldeuboi (2003)
Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Oh Dae-su is an ordinary Seoul businessman with a wife and little daughter who, after a drunken night on the town, is abducted and locked up in a strange, private "prison." No one will tell him why he's there and who his jailer is. Over time his fury builds to a single-minded focus of revenge. 15 years later, he is unexpectedly freed, given a new suit, a cell-phone and 5 days to discover the mysterious enemy who had him imprisoned.
Starring: Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji, Dal-su Oh
Director: Chan-wook Park
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Posted on September 12, 2011 | Comments Off on Detective K (2011) BluRay 720p DTS x264-CHD
Detective K / Jo-seon Myeong-tam-jeong (2011)
Action | Comedy | Crime | History | Mystery
Detective K tells about the adventures of Joseon's top detective as he investigates, as ordered by the King, a series of mysterious murders that is plaguing the country.
Starring: Myung-min Kim, Dal-su Oh, Ji-min Han, Jae-yong Lee, Hyeon Woo
Director: Seok-yun Kim
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Posted on September 11, 2011 | Comments Off on Ashita no Joe (2011) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Ashita no Jô / Tomorrow's Joe (2011)
Drama | Sport
Ashita no Joe tells the tale of a wandering orphan named Joe Yabuki. He falls into one of Tokyo's slums and gets into a fight with a local gang and his street fighting skills gets him the attention of a washed up alcoholic boxing trainer. Until he sticks up for Joe when the gang comes back to finish Joe, Joe decides to live with the trainer. Despite the trainer's generosity, Joe is still committing money making scams and lands him in prison. While serving time, he meets another boxer named Rikiishi Tooru who gets Joe interested in boxing. Upon release, Joe then pursues a boxing career.
Starring: Tomohisa Yamashita, Karina, Teruyuki Kagawa, Yûsuke Iseya
Director: Fumihiko Sori
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Posted on September 10, 2011 |
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Gantz / Gantz: Zenpen (2011)
Action | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Kei Kurono and his childhood friend Masaru Kato attempt to save a man who has fallen onto the train tracks but are run down by an oncoming train. However, rather than finding themselves dead, they are transported to a strange apartment in which they find a mysterious black orb known as Gantz. Along with others there, they are provided weaponry and sent on missions to battle alien beings. Is this world, which tests your will to survive, a game or reality?
Starring: Kazunari Ninomiya, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kanata Hongô, Natsuna, Tomorowo Taguchi, Takayuki Yamada
Director: Shinsuke Sato
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Posted on September 9, 2011 | Comments Off on The King and the Clown (2005) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
The King and the Clown (2005)
Drama | History | Thriller
Two clowns are arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.
Starring: Woo-seong Kam, Jin-yeong Jeong, Seong-Yeon Kang, Jun-ki Lee
Director: Jun-ik Lee
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Posted on September 7, 2011 | Comments Off on Jeon Woochi The Taoist Wizard (2009) BluRay 720p DTS x264-HDChina
Jeon Woochi: The Taoist Wizard / Woochi (2009)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | History
Jeon Woo-chi, an undisciplined womanizing Taoist from the Joseon era, ends up in present day Korea causing mayhem with his knack for magic.
Starring: Yun-seok Kim, Su-jeong Lim, Dong-won Kang, Jung-ah Yum, Yun-shik Baek, Hae-jin Yu, Hyo-jin Kim
Director: Dong-hun Choi
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Posted on September 6, 2011 |
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Eternal First Love (2010)
Drama | Romance
A heartwarming and bittersweet love story of a man and a woman, who are strongly bonded by a longtime promise.
Starring: Saki Aibu, Daisuke Maki, Ken Mogi, Tomoki Okayama, Takashi Tsukamoto
Director: Yoshinori Muratani
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Posted on September 4, 2011 |
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Yi Yi (2000)
Drama | Music | Romance
NJ Jian, his wife Min-min and their two kids are a typical middle-class family, sharing their Taipei apartment with Min-min's elderly mother. NJ is a partner in a computer hardware firm which made big profits last year but will go bankrupt soon if it doesn't change direction. He warms to the idea of teaming up with Ota, an innovative designer of games software in Japan, and enjoys spending time with the charming and urbane Japanese man. Things start to go wrong for the Jians on the day that Min-min's brother Ah-Di gets married. That's the day when Min-min's mother suffers a stroke and is rushed to hospital in a coma from which she may never awaken.
Starring: Nien-Chen Wu, Kelly Lee, Elaine Jin, Hsi-Sheng Chen, Jonathan Chang
Director: Edward Yang
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Posted on September 3, 2011 | Comments Off on Beach Spike (2011) BluRay 720p DTS x264-CHD
Beach Spike (2011)
Action | Comedy | Sport
In Hong Kong's Paradise Cove Sharon (Chrissie Chau) and Rachel (Theresa Fu) work at a restaurant of their kung fu master uncle Tao (Lo Mang) while taking on rivals in beach volleyball matches. The wealthy Bu family has plans to have the beach made into a playground for the rich and getting rid of the youth at the beach. Mrs. Bu's two Eurasian daughters, Natalie (Jessica C) and Phoenix (Phoenix Valen) challenge Sharon and Rachel to a volleyball match which Natalie and Phoenix win. Phoenix and Natalie give Rachel and Sharon a challenge: if the two local girls enter and win the upcoming All Hong Kong Women’s Volleyball tournament, Mrs. Bu will revise her plans to further develop the area. Sharon and Rachel feel they don't have a chance to win the tournament. Their uncle then Tao teaches the girls kung fu skills that they apply to volleyball.
Starring: Jessica Cambensy, Phoenix Chou, Chrissie Chow, Theresa Fu, Chi-Sing Lam, Suet Lam
Director: Tony Tang
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Posted on September 1, 2011 | Comments Off on The Housemaid (2010) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
The Housemaid / Hanyo(2010)
Thriller
A man's affair with his family's housemaid leads to a dark consequences.
Starring: Do-yeon Jeon, Jung-Jae Lee, Seo Woo, Yeo-Jong Yun, Seo-Hyeon Ahn
Director: Sang-soo Im
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