A team of young Interpol agents arrive in Hong Kong to give testimony at the trial of local crime lord ‘Puma’ Duen. Among them are American agent Andy Hui (Andy On), Taiwanese cop Vanness Chang (Vanness Wu), and local lawman Lok. They are greeted by Hong Kong police commander Hon Sun (Simon Yam). The heavily armed convoy taking Puma to court is attacked by a ruthless team of North Korean agents, led by international terrorist Petros Davinci (Michael Biehn). Petros is seeking revenge for his brother in arms, who was killed by Puma and his brother, ‘Tiger’ Duen. At Petros’ side is his fierce enforcer, Ko (Jun-ho Heo), and a lethal lady sniper, Song (Maggie Q). After Puma is snatched, the Interpol team insists on tracking down Petros themselves. Hon Sun rejects their request and places the team in the care of veteran police officer Kong Long (Sammo Hung). A burned out cop who has never come to terms with either his personal or professional history, Long Kong is reluctant to get involved. Finally, inspired by his young charges, he rises to the occasion, and leads the Interpol team on their quest for Petros and his team. The mean streets of Hong Kong form a backdrop for a battle of wills, wits, and urban warfare.

Tae-sik, who cleansed up the neighborhood back alley with his bare knuckle after dropping out of high school, is released on parole. The once sacrificial sheep of Tae-sik’s frank Min-seok has become a detective and Tae-sik’s henchmen friends have turned on each other’s back. As if have forgotten the old days he shared with them, Tae-sik only does what he wishes to do, which was written down on his crumpling small scrapbook. Tae-sik finds a warm shelter in the small neighborhood food joint ‘Sunflower’, where Tae-sik handed his scrapbook to its owner before. Tae-sik tries to live a quiet new life with the lady who runs the restaurant and her daughter, Hee-ju. However, nobody believes him but the owner and her daughter of the ‘Sunflower’.

Made by
Kang Seok-beom
Screenplay by
Kang Seok-beom
Song Min-ho
Cast
Kim Rae-won
Kim Hae-sook
Heo I-jae
Kim Byeong-ok
Kim Jeong-tae
Han Jeong-soo

Moo-myoung is a Joseon dynasty headhunter who tracks down fugitives and lives off their rewards. On one of his missions, he encounters a beautiful noble lady, Ja-young, and falls in love with her. A few years later, Ja-young enters the royal palace as the next queen of Joseon. Lovesick Moo-myoung becomes the personal guard to the queen in order to be closer to Ja-young. After attaining the title of queen, Ja-young tries to modernize the dynasty by allying with foreign nations but becomes turmoiled into a political power struggle. Moo-myoung must fend off devastating threats from the foreign army in order to protect Ja-young from harm.

AKA : Like Fireworks, Like Butterflies (South Korea)
Year : 2009
Runtime : 123 Min
Director : Kim Yong-Gyun
Cast : Jae-woong Choi, Seung-woo Cho, In-gu Heo, Se-hyeong Ki, Seol-gu Lee, Su-Ae,

Is there anyone who kills me? vs I barely killed her!! A professional & quiet killer, Hyun-jun. He arrives at a house where he expects a man to be killed by him, but he only finds a girl to expects him to help her suicide. She shouts at dazed Hyun-jun. “What’s the matter? It’s your job, so you just kill me” She decides to kill herself after the loss of 7 years love, but she feels unfair that she just commits suicide calmly with overdosing sleeping pills. “You should do it by yourself. I am not a helper for suicide.” He gets angry at her, forgetting what he does. Hyun-jun & Jin -young begin to meet like this. While they continue to meet, quiet Hyun -jun gets talkative, and Jin Young only dreaming of death begins to think of tomorrow. What a shame for both! Why do they meet day by day in spite that they always argue in vain?

AKA : Kill Me
Year : 2009
Runtime : 107 Min
Director : Yang Jong-Hyun
Cast : Choon-il Han, Jeon Hanssen, Mun-seok Jang, Hye-jeong Kang, Seong-oh Kim, Yeon-soo Kim, Chan-yeong Lee, Jin-woo Lee, Kwang-su Lee, Min-hee Lee, Seong-soo Oh, Woo-chang Shim

Throne of Blood is a 1957 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa. Its original Japanese title is Kumonosu-jō (蜘蛛巣城), which means “Spider Web Castle”. The film transposes the plot of William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth to feudal Japan. It is regarded as one of Kurosawa’s best films, and by many critics as one of the best film adaptations of Macbeth, even though it does not use the original language.

Kurosawa follows the events of Macbeth, although Kurosawa’s Washizu Taketoki (played by Toshirō Mifune) is arguably less evil than Macbeth. As with the play, the main character’s comrade (General Miki, played by Minoru Chiaki) is killed when he is perceived as a threat to the throne, only to return as a ghost. There is no Macduff character in this picture; hence Washizu does not meet his end in a duel. Instead, he is shot by his own archers and stumbles forward like a porcupine before being shot in the neck. He slowly descends the stairs and dies, collapsing dramatically on the fog-soaked ground.

Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Produced by Sojiro Motoki
Akira Kurosawa
Written by Shinobu Hashimoto
Ryuzo Kikushima
Akira Kurosawa
Hideo Oguni
William Shakespeare (play)
Starring Toshirō Mifune
Isuzu Yamada
Takashi Shimura
Music by Masaru Sato
Cinematography Asakazu Nakai
Editing by Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Character Equivalent in Macbeth Actor
Washizu Macbeth Toshiro Mifune
Asaji Lady Macbeth Isuzu Yamada
Miki Banquo Minoru Chiaki
Forest Spirit The Three Witches Chieko Naniwa
Lord Tzuzuki King Duncan Hiroshi Tachikawa
Yoshiteru Fleance Akira Kubo
Kuniharu Malcolm and/or Donalbain Takamaru Sasaki
Noriyasu None Takashi Shimura

Takashi Miike (Full Metal Yakuza, The Black Society Trilogy), one of the most prolific directors in chambara today delivers a haunting tale set in the Tokugawa Era.

Framed for a crime he did not commit, Eiji is subjected to the harsh realities of the Ishikawa Island workhouse. Sabu, Eiji’s longtime friend, must discover who is responsible for Eiji’s incarceration, before the prison life consumes him completely. Adapted from the classic Japanese rites of passage novel by Shugoru Yamamoto, Miike uses the work to his own purpose with his usual flair.

Runtime: 122
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
CAST
Tatsuya Fujiwara … Eiji
Satoshi Tsumabuki … Sabu
Tomoko Tabata … Onobu
Kazue Fukiishi … Osue
Kenji Sawada … Okayasu
Naomasa Musaka … Matsuda
Tatsuo Yamada … Ryojiro Kojima
Yoshiki Arizono … Yohei

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

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IP Man OST

Ip Man is a 2008 Hong Kong martial arts biopic that is based on the life of Yip Man, the martial arts master of Bruce Lee, and the first to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun openly. The film focuses on events surrounding Yip that took place in Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Japanese occupation of China.
Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen as Yip Man and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung. Yip Man’s two sons and several Wing Chun practitioners also appear in the film. Ip Chun, Yip Man’s eldest son served as a consultant for the film.
Ip Man is the first film to be based on the life of the martial artist. After a first attempt to portray Yip Man’s life on screen went into development hell, producer Raymond Wong developed his own project with full consent from Yip Man’s sons, and had filmmakers head to Foshan, to research Master Yip’s life.
From March to August 2008, filming took place in Shanghai, which was used to architecturally recreate Foshan. Wong Kar-wai had planned his own Yip Man biopic, The Great Master, a film that has been in development hell for several years. During the filming of Ip Man, conflict arose between producers over the film’s title, as Ip Man was originally titled Grandmaster Yip Man, which bears a resemblance to Wong Kar-wai’s film title. To settle the dispute, filmmakers decided to use their recent title.

Ip Man was released in Hong Kong on December 18, 2008, becoming a box-office hit in Asia alone, and receiving widespread acclaim from both critics and audiences.

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Part 1
http://vitamoviesrv1.com/site/videos/ipman/movie1.mp4

Part 2
http://vitamoviesrv1.com/site/videos/ipman/movie2.mp4

 

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Teaser English subtitles
http://vitamoviesrv1.com/site/videos/ipman/6.flv
Trailer English subtitles
http://vitamoviesrv1.com/site/videos/ipman/7.flv
Trailer No subtitles 
http://vitamoviesrv1.com/site/videos/ipman/4.flv
Teaser No subtitles
http://vitamoviesrv1.com/site/videos/ipman/5.flv
Photo Diary
http://vitamoviesrv1.com/site/videos/ipman/3.flv

Directed by	Wilson Yip
Produced by	Raymond Wong
Written by	Edmond Wong
Starring	Donnie Yen Simon Yam Lam Ka-Tung Hiroyuki Ikeuchi Xing Yu Fan Siu-Wong Lynn Hung Wong You-Nam
Music by	Kenji Kawai
Cinematography	O Sing-Pui
Editing by	Cheung Ka-Fai
Distributed by	 Mandarin Films Distribution Co. Ltd.  Cathay-Keris Films  Innoform Media
Release date(s)	China: December 12, 2008 Hong Kong and Singapore: December 18, 2008
Country	 Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese