Category: Eastern
Posted on October 11, 2011 |
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BKO: Bangkok Knockout (2010)
Action
A group of fighters are selected, via competition, to go to Hollywood for a project. In fact, after winning they are drugged and kidnapped, and forced to fight for their lives in a contest staged for the benefit of some extremely wealthy gamblers.
Starring: Gitabak Agohjit, Speedy Arnold, Supakson Chaimongkol, Sorapong Chatree, Virat Kemgrad
Director: Panna Rittikrai
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Posted on October 9, 2011 |
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon / Wo hu cang long (2000)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Two master warriors (Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh) are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocrat (Zhang Ziyi) prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her deeply romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face to face with their worst enemy – and the inescapable, enduring power of love.
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Sihung Lung, Pei-pei Cheng, Fa Zeng Li, Xian Gao
Director: Ang Lee
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Posted on October 5, 2011 | Comments Off on Byakuyako (2011) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Byakuyakô / Into the White Night (2011)
Drama | Mystery
A pawn shop owner in Osaka is murdered, but due to a lack of conclusive evidence the police lists the man's death as a suicide. Detective Sasagaki, who investigated the case, can't forget the dark eyes of the main suspect's daughter Yukiho (Maki Horikita) and the pawn shop owner's son Ryouji. As time goes by, more mysterious deaths surround Yukiho & Ryouji. Detective Sasagaki still unable to let go of the pawn shop owner case discovers startling details about Yukiho and Ryouji…
Starring: Maki Horikita, Kengo Kôra, Hiroko Satô, Keiko Toda, Nobuo Kyô, Urara Awata, Eiichirô Funakoshi
Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa
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Tags: Eiichirô Funakoshi, Hiroko Satô, Keiko Toda, Kengo Kôra, Maki Horikita, Nobuo Kyô, Urara Awata, Yoshihiro Fukagawa
Posted on October 3, 2011 |
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Sex & Zen II / Yu pu tuan II: Yu nu xin jing (1996)
Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Horror
Sai Moon-Kin is a rich man who idolizes Lawrence Ng's character in the original Sex and Zen, and works hard to please as many women as he possibly can. When marrying off his retarded son, he finds his son's new wife pretty hot, so he takes her for his own, not knowing that she is the evil Mirage Woman, who knows "sucking" magic that's pretty nasty. Tsui's daughter, who dresses like a man and wears chastity belt for the main part of the film, and the righteous Iron Man try to stop Mirage Woman before it's too late, which means that she'll have free rein to "suck" anyone she wishes.
Starring: Loletta Lee, Qi Shu, Tat-Wah Lok, Ben Ng, Elvis Tsui, Yut Fei Wong
Director: Man Kei Chin
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Posted on October 2, 2011 |
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Sex & Zen / Yu pu tuan zhi: Tou qing bao jian (1991)
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery
A recently married scholar goes on a quest for knowledge of other people's wives, based on his philosophical differences with the Sack Monk. He encounters the Flying Thief, who agrees to help him find women, but only if he attains a penis as big as a horse's. The scholar has a surgeon attach said unit, and he's off and running on his mission, only to find that there are obstacles to his new lifestyle, such as jealous husbands and treacherous females.
Starring: Amy Yip, Lawrence Ng, Kent Cheng, Rena Murakami, Lieh Lo, Isabella Chow, Carrie Ng, Mari Ayukawa, Elvis Tsui
Director: Michael Mak
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Tags: Amy Yip, Carrie Ng, Elvis Tsui, Isabella Chow, Kent Cheng, Lawrence Ng, Lieh Lo, Mari Ayukawa, Michael Mak, Rena Murakami
Posted on October 2, 2011 | Comments Off on Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011) 720p BluRay x264 DTS-WiKi
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan / Xuehua yu Mishan (2011)
Drama | History
In 19th-century China, seven year old girls Snow Flower and Lily are matched as laotong – or "old sames" – bound together for eternity. Isolated by their families, they furtively communicate by taking turns writing in a secret language, nu shu, between the folds of a white silk fan. In a parallel story in present day Shanghai, the laotong's descendants, Nina and Sophia, struggle to maintain the intimacy of their own childhood friendship in the face of demanding careers, complicated love lives, and a relentlessly evolving Shanghai.
Starring: Bingbing Li, Gianna Jun, Vivian Wu, Russell Wong, Archie Kao, Coco Chiang, Hu Qing Yun, Shi Ping Cao, Ruijia Zhang
Director: Wayne Wang
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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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Tags: Kanata Hongô, Kazunari Ninomiya, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Natsuna, Shinsuke Sato, Takayuki Yamada, Tomorowo Taguchi, Yuriko Yoshitaka
