Country: China
Genre: Drama
A moving and human portrait of a group of unemployed and above all lonely men who stayed behind when their wives moved to the city looking for work. They worked in the timber industry in the province of Heilongjiang but deforestation has taken its toll. For instance we see 46-year-old San Liangzi. Twelve years ago he divorced his wife and became unemployed. For 10 years he has had an eye on...
Country: Japan
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Due to the influence of someone who visited her town when she was a child Princess Mikoto of Elua decides to become a hunter and search for treasure all over the land of Driland. She sets out on her journey with her personal assistant Wallens but they are soon joined by Pollon a hunter who dreams of being a hero and Paan a wandering knight. As they continue their exploration they begin to...
Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action ; Thriller
The film begins with escaping prisoners Funky Simon Yam Calf Andy On Hung Ken Lo Kong Xiong Xin Xin and Andy Lok Cheung Siu-fai on the run from several Peoples Armed Police officers somewhere in China. Though Funky and his crew manage to fight off the guards he and Andy Lok the crime boss of their gang get separated with the others while protecting something very valuable to Mr...
Country: South Korea
Genre: Comedy ; Romance
A comedy movie that tells the story of a criminal detective with bad credit and a bond company worker who argue and eventually fall in love. Detective Bang Keuk-Hyun Lim Chang Jung falls into debt after a loan he guaranteed for a friend becomes delinquent. Kim Mu-Ryeong Uhm Ji-Won works as a customer relations representative for a credit company. Her job is to go after debtors day and night....
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama
The film started production in 1995 and it was just completed in 2012 hence the 2012 date. In 1997 the not-to-distant future in their eyes Tokyo has been torn apart by gang violence and two organizations in particular the Japanese nationalist Kamikaze and the Chinese-immigrant led Baihubang are embroiled in a bitter feud resulting from decades-long racial tensions. As things boil over...
Country: China
Genre: Comedy ; Drama
Bad Girls is a youthful romantic comedy about a high school girl Dan Ella Chen who has a chivalrous personality. She and her two best friends form a girl group called ‘Bad Girls’ in school to fight bullies. One day a filming crew borrows Dan’s school to film a romantic movie. The male lead Justin Mike Ho is a popular idol and the girls in school are going crazy over him. Dan is chosen...
Country: Other Asia
Genre: Drama ; Romance ; Thriller
Andrea is a receptionist and loves soap opera star Sam Lloyd Pascual. When Sam Lloyd Pascual checks in to the resort hotel she works in he invites her for a romantic dinner. She now has a chance to make fantasy love a reality but this turns out...
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama
In the 1970s director Fukasaku Kinji’s Yakuza Papers films chronicled decades of gang warfare in post-war Hiroshima. Over three decades later up-and-coming young director Kubata Takashi brings a new generation of Hiroshima motorcycle gangsters to the big screen with Badboys. Based on Tanaka Hiroshi’s hit comic series of the same name which also spawned five animated OVAs in the 1990s...
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