The Lower Depths / Donzoko (1957)
Drama
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
Starring: Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Kyôko Kagawa, Ganjiro Nakamura, Minoru Chiaki
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Origin: Spirits of the Past / Gin-iro no kami no Agito (2006)
Animation | Anime | Drama | Romance
It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a machine that glowed in a strange blue hue inside a forbidden sanctuary. The machine, which has preserved a beautiful girl named Tula from the past, is activated. Tula has a "mission" that had been entrusted to her by the past…
Starring: Ryo Katsuji, Aoi Miyazaki, Yûko Kotegawa, Masaru Hamaguchi, Toshikazu Fukawa
Director: Keiichi Sugiyama
Troubleshooter / Hae-gyeol-sa (2010)
Action | Crime | Drama
Ex-detective and now private eye Kang Tae-Sik (Sol Kyung-Gu) enters a love motel to take pictures of a couple for an unknown client. Kang Tae-Sik is then shocked to discover a bloody slain woman on the bed. Kang Tae-Sik flees the scene when the police arrive and mistakenly believes he is the killer. A mysterious man then calls Kang Tae-Sik and offers to clear his name if he kidnaps a high-profile lawyer embroiled in a political scandal. Even more mystifying, the caller is constantly aware of Kang Tae-Sik's every move. Kang Tae-Sik must now use all of his muscles and the bevy of technological gadgetry at his disposal to clear himself and find the mastermind behind this intricate conspiracy.
Starring: Kyung-gu Sol, Jeong-jin Lee, Dal-su Oh, Sae-Byeok Song
Director: Hyeok-jae Kwon
Krrish (2006)
Action | Adventure | Romance
Singapore-based Dr. Siddhant Arya recruits a superhumanly powerful Indian-born man named Rohit Mehra, who was given special powers by a blue-skinned alien named Jadoo, to build a computer that can forecast the future, which results in an accident that kills Rohit. When this news reaches Rohit's mother, Sonia, in India, she passes this on to Rohit's wife, Nisha, who has just given birth to a son named Krishna. However, Nisha, unable to handle this devastating news, passes away, leaving Krishna to be brought up by Sonia. When Krishna is enrolled in school, she notices that he has the same intellectual and physical powers that his father possessed, so in order to shield him from any harm, she moves to a secluded and remote area in a mountainous region of the country, where he grows up. Years later, Krishna has matured, has acquired the same special powers that his father had, and is also able to communicate with animals. He meets with a camper named Priya and is attracted to her. When she returns home to Singapore, she phones him to visit her so that she can introduce him to her mother so that they can get married. A thrilled Krishna travels to Singapore, despite Sonia's pleas; meets with Priya; and is all set to meet her mother, get married, and return home. What Krishna does not know is that Priya has lured him there so that she can exploit his superhuman powers on her TV network, Star Plus–and not only maintain her job but also get a promotion. It looks like the naïve and overly trusting Krishna may now be propelled straight into the hands of Dr. Arya, who is still alive and on the verge of creating a supercomputer that can forecast the future–and is quite capable of doing anything in his power to achieve this nefarious goal and project himself as the one and only God of the universe.
Starring: Rekha, Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah, Sharat Saxena
Director: Rakesh Roshan
The Robbers / Wo de tangchao xiongdi (2009)
Action
Set during the Tang Dynasty, The Robbers tells the story of two robbers' adventures in a seemingly peaceful Bitter Bamboo Village, where they encounter a beautiful woman, a group of soldiers and a village head scheming to kill the duo.
Starring: Jun Hu, Wu Jiang, Lichun Lee, Xiao Wang, Xiao-lei Yu
Director: Shu-peng Yang
The Makioka Sisters / Fine Snow / Sasame-yuki (1983)
Drama | Romance
This lyrical adaptation of the beloved Japanese novel by Junichiro Tanizaki was a late-career triumph for world-class director Kon Ichikawa (The Burmese Harp, Fires on the Plain). Revolving around the changing of the seasons, The Makioka Sisters (Sasame-yuki) follows the lives of four sisters who have taken on their family's kimono manufacturing business, over the course of a number of years leading up to the Pacific War. The two oldest have been married for some time, but according to tradition, the rebellious youngest sister cannot wed until the third, conservative and terribly shy, finds a husband. This graceful study of a family at a turning point in history is a poignant evocation of changing times and fading customs, shot in rich, vivid colors.
Starring: Keiko Kishi, Yoshiko Sakuma, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kotegawa Yûko, Jûzô Itami, Kôji Ishizaka, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, Ittoku Kishibe
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Tokyo Drifter / Tôkyô nagaremono (1966)
Action | Crime | Drama
In this jazzy gangster film, reformed killer Phoenix Tetsu's attempt to go straight is squashed when his former cohorts call him back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang.
Starring: Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Ryûji Kita, Tsuyoshi Yoshida
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Magadheera (2010)
Action | Drama | Romance
Magadheera is set in the backdrop of divine mysteries of death and reincarnation, The story happens in the year 1609. Kala Bhairava is the protector/cheif guard of Udayghad kingdom. Mitra, the heir princess is in love with him. But there is a bad relative of the king who wants to marry her. Sher Khan plans to invade Udayghad. In the process, all of them die. These people are reborn after after 400 years in the contemporary era. Harsha is a race biker, he falls in love with Indu, and a bad guy called Raghuveer is after her.
Starring: Ram Charan Teja, Kajal Agarwal, Dev Gill, Srihari, Sarathbabu
Director: S.S. Rajamouli
Casshern (2004)
Action | Sci-Fi
It is late in the 21st century. After 50 years of devastating war between Europa and the Eastern Federation, the latter has emerged victorious, and the new federation of Eurasia is formed. There can be no glorious peace, however, as the planet has been ravaged by chemical, biological and even nuclear weapons and the entire human race is dispirited and exhausted by half a century of war. The only hope for long term survival lies with geneticist Dr. Azuma and his breakthrough 'neo-cell' treatment that can rejuvenate the body and could regenerate humankind. But when his experiments go wrong, a race of mutant androids is unleashed and only Azuma's dead son, reincarnated as the legendary hero CASSHERN, has the power to lead the war against the super robots.
Starring: Yûsuke Iseya, Kumiko Asô, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Mayumi Sada, Jun Kaname
Director: Kazuaki Kiriya
Choileefat / Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu (2011)
Action | Drama
Childhood growing up in the United States PALEO (DANNY) won the intercollegiate boxing champion, a moment Mingzao Chinatown, but PALEO Chi not only this, the goal is the world boxing title. After his mother’s encouragement, with a heart of roots and serve the country’s ambitions to return alone, back to the origin of the town – Xinhui, Guangdong.
Starring: Baoqiang Wang, Man Tat Ng, Michelle Ye, Kara Hui, Naijin Xiong, Yut Fei Wong
Director: John Ching
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Drama | Romance
Set in a mysterious and exotic world which still casts a potent spell today, the story begins in the years before World War II, when a Japanese child is torn from her penniless family to work as a servant in a geisha house. Despite a treacherous rival who nearly breaks her spirit, the girl blossoms into the legendary geisha Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang). Beautiful and accomplished, Sayuri captivates the most powerful men of her day, but is haunted by her secret love for the one man (Ken Watanabe) who is out of her reach. Based on the internationally acclaimed novel by Arthur Golden.
Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Koji Yakusho, Youki Kudoh, Li Gong, Tsai Chin, Kaori Momoi
Director: Rob Marshall
Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night / Paranômaru akutibiti: Dai-2-shô – Tokyo Night (2010)
Horror | Thriller
The Yamano family lives in a secluded home in a remote Tokyo residential area. Their 27-year-old daughter Haruka suffered a compound fracture in a car accident while traveling in America. Haruka returns home in a wheelchair. There to meet her is her younger brother 19-year-old Koichi. Their father is away from the Yamano resident due to a business trip abroad. Koichi is left to take care of his sister until she can walk again.
Starring: Aoi Nakamura, Noriko Aoyama
Director: Toshikazu Nagae
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010)
Action
In the year 2025, Tokyo has been transformed into "Zebra City" and completely covered in black and white. Every morning at 5:00am, the sensational singing voice of a woman called Zebra Queen (Riisa Naka) can be heard resounding throughout the city. Suddenly, a man named Shinichi Ichikawa (Show Aikawa) awakes with no idea of where he is. In his confusion, he's shot in the chest by Zebra Queen's police force and knocked unconscious. He's rescued by a man in a strange costume and soon finds himself in a small commune outside of the city. Their leader recognizes Shinichi as the school teacher turned super hero who saved Earth from an alien invasion 15 years ago before suddenly disappearing. However, Shinichi has no recollection of where he was during that time.
Starring: Shô Aikawa, Riisa Naka, Tsuyoshi Abe, Masahiro Inoue
Director: Takashi Miike
Ready (2011)
Action | Comedy | Drama
Set in Thailand and India, a case of mistaken identity leads to love; and a man and his family concoct a grand scheme to win over the hearts of a woman and her greedy conniving uncles.
Starring: Salman Khan, Asin, Paresh Rawal, Mahesh Manjrekar, Anuradha Patel
Director: Anees Bazmee
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Haunters (2010)
Thriller
Also known as "Psychic", "Hunters", "Choin", "Haunters", directed by Kim Min-suk – cowriter of "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" (2008) – depicts the struggle between a psychic named Cho-in (Kang Dong-won) who can control people with his mind and a man named Kyu-nam (Ko Soo) who is immune to the psychic's supernatural power.
Starring: Deok-Moon Choi, Jeong Eun-Chae, Soo Go, Dong-won Kang, Da-kyeong Yoon
Director: Min-suk Kim
Detective Conan: Quarter of Silence / Meitantei Conan: Chinmoku no kuôtâ (2011)
Animation
The story begins with a threat against the Tokyo governor, but Conan's quick thinking prevents any fatalities when a subway tunnel is blown up. Conan learns there may be a connection to a village that was relocated for the construction of a dam, and he races to stop the criminal before the next attack.
Starring: Minami Takayama, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama, Shohei Yamaguchi, Naoko Matsui
Director:Kobun Shizuno
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My Kingdom / Da wu sheng (2011)
Action | Drama | Romance
Wu Chun and Han Geng clash in the spectacular tale of love, revenge, and betrayal set in the world of Peking Opera! Seeking breakthroughs in their artistic pursuits, the super-idols of Asian pop signed onto My Kingdom to play "wushengs" – actors dedicated to martial arts in the traditional Chinese performing art form – in Mainland musician and writer-director Gao Xiaosong's stylish take on the wuxia film genre.
Starring: Chun Wu, Geng Han, Barbie Hsus, Louis Liu, Biao Yuen, Rongguang Yu, Annie Shizuka Inoh
Director: Xiaosong Gao
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Red Cliff (2008)
Action | Adventure | Drama
The first chapter of a two-part story centered on a battle fought in China's Three Kingdoms period (220-280 A.D.).
Starring: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao, Jun Hu, Chiling Lin, Shidô Nakamura, Yong You, Ba Sen Zha Bu, Yong Hou
Director: John Woo
Red Cliff II (2009)
Action | Adventure | Drama
In this sequel to Red Cliff, first minister Cao Cao convinces Emperor Han to initiate a battle against the two Kingdoms of Xu and Wu, who have become allied forces, against all expectations. Red Cliff will be the site for the gigantic battle.
Starring: Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Fengyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao, Jun Hu, Chiling Lin, Shidô Nakamura, Yong You, Ba Sen Zha Bu, Yong Hou
Director: John Woo
Prince Charming / Hei ma wang zi (1999)
Drama | Romance
A man falls in love with a woman from Shanghai, who's come to Hong Kong to look for long-lost-mother, but problems arise when her wealthy father assumes she's been kidnapped.
Starring: Andy Lau, Michelle Reis, Deannie Yip, Suki Kwan, Nick Cheung, Rongguang Yu
Director: Jing Wong
Love You You (2011)
Comedy | Romance
In Malaysia, there is a beautiful island, where the clear water and white sand, beautiful scenery, is an excellent resort. The island has a young island main play music (Eddie ornaments), who runs the island's only one hotel, while a variety of creative development of tourism projects, the business operation a resounding success, until one day, a called Chamie (Angela baby decoration) of the girl's arrival changed everything … … Chamie is a very strange girl, no matter when and where she was with headphones, seems to be a full day immersed in his music world little girl. One day, Chamie suddenly came to the island, play music take her request to do waiters. Although full of doubt play music, but still accept her. The first night, play music on the body found Chamie a terrible secret.
Starring: Angela Baby, Eddie Peng, Yang Zhou, Yuchen Zhu, Jie He
Director: Jingle Ma
