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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Cold Fish / Tsumetai nettaigyo (2010)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
When Syamoto's teenage daughter is caught stealing, a generous middle-aged man helps resolve the situation. The man and his wife offer to have Syamoto's troublesome daughter work at their fish store. Syamoto soon discovers the horrific truth of the seemingly perfect couple.
Starring: Makoto Ashikawa, Denden, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Megumi Kagurazaka, Hikari Kajiwara
Director: Shion Sono
Protégé / Moon to (2007)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
From Tung-Shing Yee, the director of One Nite in Mongkok, comes a story about an undercover cop on a mission to expose a deadly drug cartel. Packed with plenty of raw action and one liners Protégé should meet the demands of those looking for an edgy yet stylish police thriller in the tradition of the best Hong Kong cinema is known for.
Starring: Andy Lau, Daniel Wu, Louis Koo, Jingchu Zhang, Anita Yuen
Director: Tung-Shing Yee
Rolling Home with a Bull (2010)
Drama | Romance
An old but unmarried man lives in the countryside. He is a poet on his way to sell a cow. Unexpectedly, the man heads to a friend's funeral. Along the way his ex-lover (played by Kong Hyo-Jin) accompanies the man and his cow…
Starring: Young-Pil Kim, Hyo-jin Kong
Director: Soonrye Yim
Turning Point / Laughing gor chi bin chit (2009)
Action | Crime | Drama
The prequel to the popular character, Laughing Gor (Michael Tse) in the highly rated TVB drama series Emergency Unit. This movie tells the story of Laughing and before he join the police force has a dark background as member of a tried under Chou (Anthony Wong).
Starring: Michael Tse, Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, Felix Wong, Fala Chen, Yiu-Cheung Lai, Koni Lui
Director: Herman Yau
Righteous Ties / Georukhan gyebo (2006)
Action | Crime | Drama
Chi-sung, a gangster, is sent to prison for seven years after stabbing a man on orders from his boss. But his boss betrays him and tries to have him killed, though the attempt is unsuccessful and Chi-sung manages to escape. His childhood friend Joo-joong is given the task of tracking him down, forcing him to choose between his friendship and loyalty to his gang.
Starring: Jae-yeong Jeong, Jun-ho Jeong, Seung-yong Ryoo
Director: Jin Jang
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance / Boksuneun naui geot (2002)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A deaf-mute man, Ryu, works in a smelting factory and inhabits his own silent world, oblivious to the din both at work and in his downscale apartment building. He idolizes his sister, who urgently needs a kidney transplant, and when he's laid off and then tricked out of his savings by organ traffickers, his wacko girlfriend, Yeong-mi, suggests kidnapping his former boss's daughter to pay for his sister's operation. Yeong-mi sees it as social revenge. Ryu, initially scared of the consequences, finally agrees after seeing another laid-off worker attempt hara- kiri outside the boss's home. After kidnapping the boss's daughter, their whole plan starts to quickly unravel with horrible consequences.
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Ha-kyun Shin, Doona Bae, Ji-Eun Lim, Bo-bae Han, Se-dong Kim, Dae-yeon Lee
Director: Chan-wook Park
Limit of Love: Sea Monkey (2006)
Action | Drama
A small team of Coast Guard divers, including Daisuke, rappels onto the ship from a helicopter and begins to evacuate the panicked passengers. Then Daisuke finds a familiar face – Kanna. They had a tiff the night before about their wedding plans – Kanna had already made her dress, while Daisuke was still reluctant to propose – and she left for Tokyo, feeling like a fool. Now she see Daisuke in a different, more heroic light – but before they can properly reconcile, she has to evacuate, while Daisuke searches for stray passengers.
He finds two – a pregnant woman (Ohtsuka Nene) and an excitable man (Fukikoshi Mitsuru) who reluctant to leave his expensive foreign car. Through a series of mishaps, Daisuke, his pal and fellow diver Tetsuya (Sato Ryuta), and the two passengers end up trapped on the ship, as the water seeps in from below and the flames roar above.
The Coast Guard swings into action to save this quartet, but despite the presence of dozens of Guardsmen, the rescue operation does not go smoothly. Who can save them?
Starring: Hideaki Itô, Ai Katô, Ryûta Satô
Director: Eiichiro Hasumi
