Category: Eastern
Posted on May 8, 2012 |
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Lan Kwai Fong / Xi ai ye pu (2011)
Drama | Romance
Lan Kwai Fong (LKF), a well-known party location in Hong Kong with loads of nightclubs and bars. Everyone likes to go to LKF for fun, one night stands or even true love. LKF has captured the joys and sorrows of many… One night, Steven – a regular of LKF met the flight attendant – Jennifer. They had sex on the first night they met but both could feel love come along. They had another date on New Year's Eve. Unfortunately, misunderstanding tore them apart and Jennifer decided to disappear from LKF. After eight months, Steven meets with Jennifer again and hopes to restart a relationship with her. However, Jennifer is no longer single, she's now his boss, Leslie's girlfriend. At the same time, Steven receives a call that his close friend collapsed and had to be sent to hospital. His friend encouraged him to follow his heart. When he finally decides to tell Jennifer about his feelings, Jennifer is already engaged to Leslie. Steven is heart-broken. He accepts the job promotion to stay at an overseas' branch office. His friends throw him a farewell party. He reunites with Jennifer again at the party. Will the two be together again after everything they've been through in this place with tons of one night stands happening every night?
Starring: Pak-yu Chan, Yung Cheng, Steven Dasz, Jun Kung, Seth Leslie, Shiga Lin, Emme Wong, Seli Xian, Miki Yeung
Director: Wilson Chin
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Tags: Emme Wong, Jun Kung, Miki Yeung, Pak-yu Chan, Seli Xian, Seth Leslie, Shiga Lin, Steven Dasz, Wilson Chin, Yung Cheng
Posted on May 8, 2012 |
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Appleseed / Appurushîdo (2004)
Action | Animation | Sci-Fi
Set in a post-apocalyptic 2131 A.D.A.D., girl mercenary Deunen Knute finds herself spirited away from the badlands to the gleaming utopian city of Olympus. There she's reunited with her ex-b.f. Briareos, now half-man, half-cyborg. Deunen learns from new handler Hitomi that Olympus' serenity is founded on the use of bioroids, genetically engineered clones who hold key positions in the city's government. Hitomi herself is one. Superpowerful computer Gaia monitors all, through the mediation of seven Yoda-esque elders. When a shadowy faction opposed to the bioroids' civic control start blowing stuff up, Deunen and Briareos team up to protect the city.
Starring: Ai Kobayashi, Jûrôta Kosugi, Yuki Matsuoka, Asumi Miwa, Akimoto Tsubasa
Director: Shinji Aramaki
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Tags: Ai Kobayashi, Akimoto Tsubasa, Asumi Miwa, Jûrôta Kosugi, Shinji Aramaki, Yuki Matsuoka
Posted on May 8, 2012 |
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Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur / Doraemon: Nobita no kyôryû (2006)
Animation
After bringing a fossilized egg back to life with the Time Cloth, Nobita finds himself the owner of a baby dinosaur. Everything is fine until it grows up. Nobita and friends use Doraemon's time machine to return it back to its own time.
Starring: Gekidan Hitori, Yumi Kakazu, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Subaru Kimura, Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Oohara, Tomokazu Seki
Director: Ayumu Watanabe
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Posted on May 5, 2012 |
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Dragon Tiger Gate / Lung Fu Moon (2006)
Action | Drama
Tiger Wong is a highly skilled martial artist with a strong sense of justice. While eating at a floating restaurant, he chances upon a bully. Unable to stand by and watch him terrorize the victims he defeats the bully using his special move – Dragon Slaying Leg Eighteen. At the same time, he unwittingly grabs a gold medal. It turns out that this gold medal is the Lousha Death Plaque given by the leader of the Lousha Gate, Shibumi. Whoever owns the gold medal has the power to demand the full cooperation of Lousha Gate. Tiger, unaware of the medal's powers, is ambushed by the gang during his celebrations. As fate has it, he is saved by Dragon Wong, the bodyguard of one of the gangsters, who is sent to retrieve the medal.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Jie Dong, Xiao Ran Li
Director: Donnie Yen, Wilson Yip
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Tags: Donnie Yen, Jie Dong, Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, Wilson Yip, Xiao Ran Li
Posted on May 3, 2012 |
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Turning Point 2 / Laughing Gor – Qian Zui Fan (2011)
Action | Crime
Undercover cop Laughing enters prison to track inmate and corrupt cop Tai Chit. Laughing then meets fellow prisoner Fok Tin Yam, who is a former professor now imprisoned for drug dealing. Fok Tin Yam seems also interested in Tai Chit. Things become more complicated when Laughing encounters his old nemesis So Sing Pak.
Starring: Michael Tse, Francis Ng, Chapman To, Bosco Wong, Kara Hui, Kate Tsui, Janice Man, Kai Chi Liu, Cheung-Ching Mak, Suet Lam, Kong King, Chi-Kwong Cheung, Jin Auyeung, Siu-Ming Lau, Rebecca Zhu
Director: Herman Yau
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Tags: Bosco Wong, Chapman To, Cheung-Ching Mak, Chi-Kwong Cheung, Francis Ng, Herman Yau, Janice Man, Jin Auyeung, Kai Chi Liu, Kara Hui, Kate Tsui, Kong King, Michael Tse, Rebecca Zhu, Siu-Ming Lau, Suet Lam
Posted on May 2, 2012 |
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Armageddon / Tin dei hung sam (1997)
Action | Comedy | Fantasy
In the near future 10 men are voted as the 10 who could lead the world; on the list is leading Hong Kong scientist Dr. Ken (Andy Lau). When some of the other important figures on the list start dying in suspicious cases of spontaneous human combustion, the Hong Kong CID and the British MI6 get involved to try and protect Dr. Ken. Ken's close friend in the Hong Kong police, Chiu (Anthony Wong) helps Ken stay out of trouble.
Starring: Andy Lau, Michelle Reis, Anthony Wong, Claudia Lau, Angel Wong, Yiu-Cheung Lai, Vincent Kok
Director: Gordon Chan
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Tags: Andy Lau, Angel Wong, Anthony Wong, Claudia Lau, Gordon Chan, Michelle Reis, Vincent Kok, Yiu-Cheung Lai
Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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The Scent of Green Papaya / Mùi du du xanh (1993)
Drama | Music | Romance
A young girl, Mui, becomes a servant for a rich family. Mui is notably peaceful and curious about the world. The family consists of a frequently absent husband, a wife, an older son, two younger sons, and the husband's mother. When the husband leaves for his fourth and final time, he takes all the household's money. He returns ill and passes away shortly after.
Starring: Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Vantha Talisman, Anh Hoa Nguyen, Hoa Hoi Vuong
Director: Tran Anh Hung
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Tags: Anh Hoa Nguyen, Hoa Hoi Vuong, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong, Tran Anh Hung, Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Vantha Talisman
Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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Taegukgi hwinalrimyeo / Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
Action | Drama | War
The story of two brothers who are unwillingly drafted into the South Korean army following the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950. The older brother strives to protect his younger brother on the battlefield, while struggling to find a way to have him discharged so he can return to their village and care for the family they left behind. However, as the war progresses, the horror and violence they witness begin to take its toll on each man and severe their bonds as brothers and soldiers
Starring: Dong-gun Jang, Bin Won, Eun-ju Lee, Hyeong-jin Kong, Yeong-ran Lee
Director: Je-gyu Kang
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Tags: Bin Won, Dong-gun Jang, Eun-ju Lee, Hyeong-jin Kong, Je-gyu Kang, Yeong-ran Lee
Posted on May 1, 2012 |
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Doraemon: Nobita and the New Steel Troops: Angel Wings / Eiga Doraemon Shin Nobita to tetsujin heidan: Habatake tenshitachi (2011)
Animation
Jealous of Suneo’s new robot toy, Nobita asks Doraemon to build him an even better one. Doraemon initially refuses, until Nobita accidentally discovers pieces of a mysterious robot that falls from the sky. After gathering all the robot parts and assembled them together, the giant robot, Zanda Claus, is soon completed. The duo soon learn that the robot is not a mere toy, but a powerful weapon in the fight against the coming Robot Army that is going to attack Earth and enslave the human inhabitants of it. An invasion is near, as a mysterious girl Lillele shows up, looking for the robot.
Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama, Yumi Kakazu, Kôji Katô, Subaru Kimura, Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Oohara, Miyuki Sawashiro, Tomokazu Seki
Director: Yukiyo Teramoto
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Tags: Kôji Katô, Masaharu Fukuyama, Megumi Oohara, Miyuki Sawashiro, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki, Wasabi Mizuta, Yukiyo Teramoto, Yumi Kakazu
Posted on April 29, 2012 |
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The Host / Gwoemul (2006)
Comedy | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Careless American military personnel dump chemicals into South Korea's Han River. Several years later, a creature emerges from the tainted waters and sinks its ravenous jaws into local residents. It abducts Hyun-seo (A-sung Ko) the daughter of Kang-du (Kang-ho Song), who works at a food-stand on the banks of the river. The government announces that the monstrous thing is the Host of an unidentified virus. Having feared the worst, Kang-du receives a phone call from his daughter who is frightened, but very much alive. Kang-du soon makes plans to infiltrate the forbidden zone near the Han River to rescue his daughter.
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Doona Bae, Ah-sung Ko
Director: Joon-ho Bong
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Tags: Ah-sung Ko, Doona Bae, Hae-il Park, Hie-bong Byeon, Joon-ho Bong, Kang-ho Song
Posted on April 27, 2012 |
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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai / Ichimei (2011)
Drama
An tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.
Starring: Kôji Yakusho, Hikari Mitsushima, Naoto Takenaka, Eita, Hikari Mitsushima
Director: Takashi Miike
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Tags: Eita, Hikari Mitsushima, Koji Yakusho, Naoto Takenaka, Takashi Miike
Posted on April 26, 2012 |
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Initial D / Tau man ji D (2005)
Action | Crime | Drama | Teen | Thriller
Based on a popular manga by Shuichi Shigeno, Initial D is a high-octane movie about the world of downhill mountain racing. Takumi Fujiwara is an average high-school student who has honed his driving skills while making late-night deliveries for his father's tofu restaurant. When he has an inadvertent run-in with one of the area's top racers, Takumi finds himself thrust into the world of mountain racing and is soon duking it out for top honors in a series of daredevil downhill races. Thrilling and adrenaline-fueled, the anime is presented in its entirety with this collection of episodes.
Starring: Jay Chou, Shawn Yue, Shawn Yue, Edison Chen, Anthony Wong, Anne Suzuki, Jordan Chan, Chapman To, Kenny Bee, Tsuyoshi Abe
Director: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
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Tags: Alan Mak, Andrew Lau, Anne Suzuki, Anthony Wong, Chapman To, Edison Chen, Jay Chou, Jordan Chan, Kenny Bee, Shawn Yue, Tsuyoshi Abe
Posted on April 25, 2012 |
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Taare Zameen Par / Like Stars on Earth (2007)
Drama
Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get anything right in class. When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school to 'be disciplined'. Things are no different at his new school, and Ishaan has to contend with the added trauma of separation from his family. One day a new art teacher bursts onto the scene, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, who infects the students with joy and optimism. He breaks all the rules of 'how things are done' by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan.
Starring: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tanay Chheda, Sachet Engineer, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma
Director: Aamir Khan
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Posted on April 25, 2012 |
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7 Days to Leave My Wife / Yang ngai gaw rak (2007)
Comedy | Romance
Directed by Torpong Tunkamhang, the uproarious 2007 Thai comedy 7 Days to Leave My Wife follows a cheating husband with the seven-year itch, and his hilarious efforts to untie the knot. Salesman Yong (Samapon Piyapongsiri) is a typical aging salaryman with a boring job and even more boring wife. Life is a daily drag until he somehow attracts the attentions of sexy colleague Pim (Benjawan Artner)! Next thing Yong knows, he's in a hot affair with Pim. But then Pim slaps down the ultimatum: leave his wife in a week or she'll leave him. Yong starts cooking up different schemes to end his marriage, leading to a barrel of laughs and mishaps, and even some romantic rivalry.
Starring: Samapon Piyapongsiri, Suwatjanee Chaimusik, Benjawan Artner, Prinya Rhunprapan
Director: Torpong Tunkamhang
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Posted on April 25, 2012 |
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The Conmen in Vegas / Du xia da zhan Lasi Weijiasi (1999)
Comedy
Wong Jing continues the story of his gambling action comedy The Conman (1998) in the sequel The Conmen in Vegas (1999). This time, master gambler King (Andy Lau) and his sidekick Dragon (Nick Cheung) have got a new partner in the latter's swindler cousin Nat (Nat Chan). Together, the trio successfully cons a huge fortune from the underground casino owned by Brother Man. The vicious gang boss sends his henchmen after them, and Dragon gets taken. Meanwhile, King and Nat are commissioned by Beijing to go on a mission to Las Vegas to bring back corrupt tycoon Peter Chu (Alex Man), who has stolen four billion dollars from the state. But it won't be easy, as Chu has the backing of US politicians and the gangs…
Starring: Pak-cheung Chan, Nick Cheung, Andy Lau, Kelly Lin, Alex Man, Yin Nam, Jing Wong, Fang Yu, Jewel Lee
Director: Jing Wong
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Tags: Alex Man, Andy Lau, Fang Yu, Jewel Lee, Jing Wong, Kelly Lin, Nick Cheung, Pak-cheung Chan, Yin Nam
Posted on April 25, 2012 |
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Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild / Madangeul Naon Amtak (2011)
Adventure | Animation | Drama | Family
On a chicken farm among hundreds of chickens is clever Leafie, an amazing hen who dreams of a life outside her cage. She manages to escape from captivity but finds herself being hunted down by the weasel, One Eye. Luckily, Leafie is saved by a brave duck known as Wanderer. One day, Leafie enters Wanderer’s nest and finds an abandoned warm egg and sits on it tenderly. Time passes and the egg hatches on the night that Wanderer is himself killed by One Eye. Seeing a patch of green on the baby’s head, Leafie names him Greenie and decides she’ll take care of him. However, the differences between the hen and her duckling prove challenging. Sometime later, Greenie gets caught by the chicken farm owner and Leafie rushes to the farm to save him.
Starring: So-ri Moon, Seung Ho Yoo, Min-sik Choi, Cheol-min Park, Sang-hyun Kim, Jeon Sook-Kyeong
Director: Seong-yun Oh
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Tags: Cheol-min Park, Jeon Sook-Kyeong, Min-sik Choi, Sang-hyun Kim, Seong-yun Oh, Seung Ho Yoo, So-ri Moon
Posted on April 24, 2012 |
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Vengeance is Mine / Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (1979)
Crime | Drama
Iwao Enokizu is a middle-aged man who has an unexplainable urge to commit insane and violent murders. Eventually he is chased by the police all over Japan, but somehow he always manages to escape. He meets a woman who runs a brothel. They love each other but how long can they be together?
Starring: Ken Ogata, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôchô Miyako, Mitsuko Baishô, Mayumi Ogawa
Director: Shôhei Imamura
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Tags: Chôchô Miyako, Ken Ogata, Mayumi Ogawa, Mitsuko Baishô, Rentarô Mikuni, Shôhei Imamura
Posted on April 23, 2012 |
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Speed Angels / Ji su tian shi (2011)
Action | Drama | Romance
Three women chase their dreams of becoming professional race-car drivers.
Starring: Cecilia Cheung, Rene Liu, Wei Tang, Jimmy Lin, Pei-pei Cheng, Kazuki Kitamura, Chie Tanaka
Director: Jingle Ma
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Tags: Cecilia Cheung, Chie Tanaka, Jimmy Lin, Jingle Ma, Kazuki Kitamura, Pei-pei Cheng, Rene Liu, Wei Tang
Posted on April 22, 2012 |
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Throw Down / Yau doh lung fu bong (2004)
Action | Drama
A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.
Starring: Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying, Tony Leung, Siu-Fai Cheung, Jordan Chan
Director: Johnnie To
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Tags: Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying, Johnnie To, Jordan Chan, Louis Koo, Siu-Fai Cheung, Tony Leung
Posted on April 21, 2012 |
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Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale Part II / Sàidékè balái Part II (2011)
Action | Drama | History
Part II depicts the grisly guerrilla warfare employed as the Seediq, led by Chief Mona Rudao (Lin Ching Tai), use Taiwan's mountains and forests to their advantage. But the Japanese employ modern warfare – airplanes, cannons, tear gas, and explosives – to mount their counterattack and the vastly outnumbered Seediq can only withstand for so long.
Starring: Masanobu Andô, Umin Boya, Chi-Wei Cheng, Lin Ching-Tai, Da-Ching, Jun'ichi Haruta, Michio Hayashida, Akira Hibino, Vivian Hsu
Director: Te-Sheng Wei
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Tags: Akira Hibino, Chi-Wei Cheng, Da-Ching, Jun'ichi Haruta, Lin Ching-Tai, Masanobu Andô, Michio Hayashida, Te-Sheng Wei, Umin Boya, Vivian Hsu
