movies

Fate

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:53:36 +0000

In the dark criminal world of Seoul, U-min (Song), Cheol-jung (Kwon), Do-wan (Kim In-kwon) and Yeong-hwan (Ji Sung) are close friends in a gang. One day, with the help of an older member Gang-seop (Ahn Nae-seong), U-min, Cheol-jung and Do-wan attack the gang’s casino so they can start new lives. But their plan goes awry when Cheol-jung betrays them, and U-min goes to prison. He becomes the scapegoat to save his friends’ lives.

After serving his time, U-min wants to stay out of trouble but is drawn back into the underworld when he sees what has become of his friends: money and power-hungry Cheol-jung continues to betray others as he climbs up the gang ladder; Do-wan is a drug user; Gang-seop is missing; and his girlfriend Eun-yeong (Park Han-byul) has left him to run a bar as the boss’ mistress.

As U-min tries to solve the situation, however, unfortunate twists of fate set off one misunderstanding after another. To make matters worse, the mob boss and right-hand man Yoeng-hwan get them involved in a huge drug deal. Once again thrown into a game with high stakes and big cash, the once best friends must fight one another for their lives.

Aka: The Fate, 숙명(Destiny)
Year: 2008
Directed: Kim Hae-Gon
Genre.: Drama / Action
Runtime: 124 Mins
Country: Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: Korean
Cast: Song Seung-Heon, Kwon Sang-Woo, Kim In-Kwon

Miao Miao

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:23:03 +0000

First-time feature director Cheng Hsiao-tse hits the jackpot with this bright high school romance that is a refreshing antidote to Hollywood’s navel-gazing dramas of friendship and sexual identity. Teenaged Miao-Miao arrives in Taiwan as a transfer student from Japan and finds herself a quiet presence in class until Xiao-Ai befriends her and unleashes a fast friendship around the school grounds. It is not long before Miao-Miao is struck with her first love for a sullen CD store owner, Chen Fei, who keeps the world at arm’s length with his headphones. While aiding Miao-Miao in getting the boy’s attention, Xiao-Ai finds herself pulling closer to the realization that she is falling romantically for her best friend. As the tension between the trio mounts, Chen Fei slowly unravels his past and his own romantic feelings, which have shut out people of his world since a horrible tragedy. Miao Miao explores an emotional terrain seldom explored in pop art, bringing to the table tremendous lead performances from the young stars and stylish visions of urban Taipei, courtesy of key personnel from Wong Kar-wai’s Jet Tone Films. Blessed with a youthful spirit and sensitivity to the maturing of its central characters, Miao Miao is a sure-fire crowd pleaser for the teen within us all.

Halfway

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:47:11 +0000

AKA pinyin: Harufuwei
A young couple start dating, but their happy days are interrupted by a single fact: she is planning to apply for a local university but he is not. The girl pleads with her boyfriend not to go away and he starts to think over the priorities in his life.

Movie: Halfway
Romaji: Harufuwei
Japanese: ハルフウェイ
Director: Eriko Kitagawa
Writer: Eriko Kitagawa
Producer: Shunji Iwai, Takeshi Kobayashi
Cinematographer
Release Date: February 21, 2009

Cast:
Kie Kitano – Hiro
Masaki Okada - Shu
Junpei Mizobata

Other Cast Members:
Hiroki Narimiya – Teacher
Miho Shiraishi
Riisa Naka – Meme
Takao Osawa

The Warrior and the Wolf

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:35:39 +0000

AKA pinyin: láng zāi jì
Historical action film directed by veteran filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang. The film tells the story of the battle between two ancient warriors. It is Tian’s latest directorial effort since 2006’s The Go Master.

Directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Produced by William Kong
Written by Tian Zhuangzhuang
Novella:
Inoue Yasushi
Starring Maggie Q
Tou Chung-hua
Joe Odagiri
Cinematography Wang Yu
Editing by Wenders Li
Distributed by Worldwide:
EDKO Film
Release date(s) Toronto:
September 13, 2009
China:
October 2, 2009
Running time 100 min

Summer Time

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:22:22 +0000

AKA Sseom-meo-ta-im
In the dark ‘80s, Sang-ho is wanted by the authorities for participating in the student movement. He ends up in a town he has no connections to, hiding on the second floor of a worn down wooden house. One day, he discovers a hole looking into the room downstairs, and he happens to see Hee-ran. Every gesture she makes is captivating and seductive. He watches her body, feels her, and takes her into his heart. She lives a confined life, like Sang-ho. Her husband locks the door from the outside when he goes to work. Then, one day, he drops his keys on his way out. Sang-ho hesitates before he uses them to go in, but when he does, he sees her lying face down in the same position she usually is in while engaged in sex with her husband. Sang-ho approaches her. He caresses her the same way her husband does, and she receives him out of habit. Then one day, he does not caress her like he usually does. Thinking it strange, Hee-ran turns around. The gaze of the two crisscross heatedly. Sang-ho guiltily hangs his head when Hee-ran strokes his face tenderly.

Directed by Park Jae-ho
Produced by Lee Jeong-hak
Screenplay by Yoo Kab-yeol

Starring:

Kim Ji-hyeon

김지현
As
Hee-ran
(희란)
Ryoo Soo-yeong
류수영
As
Jin-woo/Sang-ho
(진우/상호)
Choi Cheol-ho
최철호
As
Tae-yeol
(태열)
Ahn Byeong-kyeong
안병경
As
Mister Park
(박씨)
Song Ok-sook
송옥숙
As
Gi-ok
(기옥)
Choi Seong-min
최성민
As
Kyeong-cheol
(경철)

Man, Woman and the Wall

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:02:54 +0000

AKA Kikareta onna no mirareta yoru
A young magazine reporter finds his attraction to his beautiful new neighbor snowballing into obsession in this erotic thriller from Junk Food director Masahai Yamamoto. Ryo had just moved into his new apartment when he was greeted with the passionate cries of his ravishing neighbor Satsuki. Upon realizing that the walls in his new building are paper thin, Ryo finds himself eavesdropping not only on Satsuki’s lovemaking sessions, but her frequent bubble baths and intimate conversations as well. Later, as Ryo’s fantasies begin to cloud his view of reality, he becomes increasingly hysterical over the sordid phone calls Satsuki fields night after night. Before long Ryo and Satsuki’s lives have converged, delusion has taken hold, and one man’s infatuation finally drives him to the unthinkable. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Directed by Masashi Yamamoto
Produced by Eisuke Ishige
Story by Fumihiro Yamada
Screenplay by Masashi Yamamoto
Starring:
Hiroto Kato … Yuta
Shô Nishino … Imaginary Satsuki
Takashi Oda … Hide
Keita Ôno … Ryo
Aoi Sola … Satsuki

Dream

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:13:33 +0000

AKA Bi-mong
Jin wakes up from a nightmare of a traffic accident. It drives him to the very spot where a real accident took place. He follows the police to the suspect’s home and watches as Ran denies the hit-and-run accusation since she was asleep the entire night. Jin explains his dream to them and asks to be charged instead. The police dismiss him and arrest Ran. Jin is convinced that there’s an unexplainable connection between the two. They discover that when he dreams, she acts out his dream in her sleep.

Directed by Kim Ki-duk
Produced by Kim Ki-duk Film
Written by Kim Ki-duk
Starring Joe Odagiri
Lee Na-young
Park Ji-ah
Kim Tae-hyeon
Fan Bingbing
Lee Joo-seok-I
Han Gi-joong

Back on Track

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:34:38 +0000

The site is no longer under construction. There has not been major changes in a while and the site for the most part has been working well.

In the near future there will be some updates to the whole site over all but presently the movies section is back on track and new content will be added in a weekly to daily bases. A while ago we used to add 2 posts per day. We might be going back to this regime in order to catch up with others and to bring in new content.

In order to do this please post your requests on the request page for now, until we find a better management system for the requests.

thanks vachi

Shinjuku Incident

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:25:26 +0000

AKA San suk si gin
In China, the poor worker Nick repairs tractors and misses his sweetheart Xiu Xiu, back in Japan, she having never sent any news to her family or him. While illegally emigrating to Japan, Nick loses his Chinese documents and so cannot return to his country. He is welcomed by his countrymen who lodge and work in Shinjuku where they also help him to find illegal work. While running from a police raid through the sewage system where Chinese are illegally working, Nick saves Inspector Kitano from drowning in the dirty water. Later, after an incident with his cousin, Joe, and a Taiwan gang, Nick saves the powerful Yakuza boss Toshinari Eguchi. He is the husband of Xiu Xiu, who is now called Yuko and are parents of a little daughter. The mobster offers a dirty job to Nick; in retribution, he promises to deliver the quarter dominated by the Taiwan gang to him. Nick becomes the boss of the Chinese illegal immigrants.

Directed by Derek Yee
Produced by Jackie Chan
Willie Chan
Solon So
Written by Derek Yee
Chun Tin-Nam
Starring Jackie Chan
Naoto Takenaka
Daniel Wu
Xu Jinglei
Fan Bingbing
Masaya Kato
Music by Peter Kam

Spy Girl

movies — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:58:48 +0000

LIM Gye-sun is a North Korean spy sent to South on a mission of capturing KIM Young-kwang. She uses the name of PARK Hyo-jin and works in a fast food restaurant. She works as a waitress during the day and as a spy during the night. CHO, Go-bong who failed the university entrance exam for three times falls in love with her at the first sight. And the next is all about his love chase towards her.

Made by

Park Han-choon (ë°•í•œì¤€)

Screenplay by

Ha Won-joon (í•˜ì›ì¤€)

Cast

Kim Jeong-hwa (ê¹€ì •í™”)

Gong Yoo (ê³µìœ )

Baek Il-seob (ë°±ì¼ì„)

Kim Ae-kyeong (ê¹€ì• ê²½)

Nam Sang-mi (ë‚¨ìƒë¯¸)

Jo Dal-hwan (ì¡°ë‹¬í™˜)