Chang-dong Lee – Milyang AKA Secret Sunshine (2007)
Milyang (2007) Renowned Korean filmmaker Lee Chang Dong, the director of Green Fish, Peppermint Candy, and Oasis, returns to the director’s chair in 2007 with the critically acclaimed Secret Sunshine....
View ArticleSun-Woo Jang – Ggotip AKA A Petal (1996)
Ggotip (1996) Synopsis:A young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the country’s takeover by the military...
View ArticleKon Ichikawa – Nihonbashi AKA Bridge of Japan (1956) (HD)
Ichikawa’s 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—and re-evaluate it as a sanbi-ha work of decadence,...
View ArticleKon Ichikawa – Shokei no heya AKA Punishment Room (1956) (HD)
Shokei no heya (1956) Katsumi is a university student who has no respect for his hardworking parents, his professors, or even his friends. He helps one friend obtain a loan to finance a dance, by...
View ArticleSôkichi Tomimoto – Kajitsu no nai mori AKA Forest of No Escape (1965)
Kajitsu no nai mori (1965) Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto’s novel of the same name. The.Forest.of.No.Escape.1965.1080i.HDTV.MPEG2.AAC-JPTVclub.mkv General Container: Matroska Runtime: 1h 28mn Size:...
View ArticleTadashi Imai – Bushidô zankoku monogatari AKA Cruel Tales Of Bushido (1963)
Bushidô zankoku monogatari (1963) PLOT:The attempted suicide of his fiancée prompts a Japanese salary-man to read his family chronicles and look back at the life of his ancestors. They were samurai,...
View ArticleTokuzô Tanaka – Zoku heitai yakuza AKA Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O. (1965)
Zoku heitai yakuza (1965) Having escaped, Omiya and Arita are sent flying backwards by landmines set by the guerillas. Once again, they must confront their superiors....
View ArticleTakeshi Fukunaga – Mountain Woman (2022)
Mountain Woman (2022) Late 18th century, Tohoku. An outcast girl, Rin lives in a village suffering from famine. She draws strength from Mt. Hayachine, where the spirits of humans ascend after passing....
View ArticleMyung-se Lee – Gagman (1989)
Gagman (1989) Lee Jong-se is a third-rate comedian who believes himself to be a creative genius. He desires nothing more than to be a movie director. When he befriends barber, Mun Do-seok who has...
View ArticleToshiya Fujita – Aka chôchin AKA Red Lantern (1974)
Aka chôchin (1974) Masayuki and Sachie had little to lose when they first met each other. They were young. Their lives unscripted. It did not take long for Masayuki to quit his job and for the two to...
View ArticleMitsuo Yanagimachi – Ai ni tsuite, Tokyo AKA About Love, Tokyo (1992)
Ai ni tsuite, Tokyo (1992) Ho Jun is a student from Beijing who is working in a cattle slaughter house in Tokyo. He lives with other Chinese friends in cheap lodgings. All of them find it difficult to...
View ArticleKazuaki Kiriya – Casshern (2004)
Casshern (2004) Synopsis: In a world with an alternate history, a great war finally comes to an end leaving the earth diseased and polluted. The geneticist Dr. Azuma vies for support from the...
View ArticleTeiichi Hori – Moso shojo okaku-kei AKA Otaku Type Delusion Girl (2007)
Moso shojo okaku kei (2007) Synopsis: Teen romance film based on a manga (Japanese comic book) series by Fujoshi Rumi. Moso shojo otaku kei.mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 1h 53mnSize: 1.10...
View ArticleYukihiko Tsutsumi – First Love (2021)
First Love (2021) Imdb:A university student has the usual dreams and aspirations. It turns out to be a pipe dream and so she murders her own flesh and blood. The usual media heads seek an answer in...
View ArticleKazuaki Kiriya – Goemon (2009)
Goemon (2009) Based on a Japanese folk legend that echoes the tale of Robin Hood, this ninja thriller follows the exploits of Goemon Ishikawa (Yôsuke Eguchi), who leaves his fighting clan after its...
View ArticleRyû Murakami – Kagirinaku toumei ni chikai blue aka Almost Transparent Blue...
Kagirinaku toumei ni chikai blue (1979) In 1979 Ryû Murakami directed the adaption of his best selling novel “Almost Transparent Blue”: Main character Ryū and his small group of young friends are...
View ArticleMitsuo Yanagimachi – Ai ni tsuite, Tokyo AKA About Love, Tokyo (1992)
Ai ni tsuite, Tokyo (1992) Ho Jun is a student from Beijing who is working in a cattle slaughter house in Tokyo. He lives with other Chinese friends in cheap lodgings. All of them find it difficult to...
View ArticleMani Ratnam – Bombay (1995)
Bombay (1995) Based on true incidents, a south Indian Hindu man falls in love with a Muslim woman–taboo in the small village from which they hail. They marry against family wishes and move to Mumbai,...
View ArticleKi-hwan Oh – Jakeob-ui jeongseok AKA Art of Seduction (2005)
Jakeob ui jeongseok (2005) Synopsis wrote:Min-Jun (SONG Il-Kook) and Ji-Won (SON Ye-Jin) are so-called the first-rate “players” who are dating gurus with 100% success rates in any dating pursuits....
View ArticleKatsu Kanai – Mujin rettô AKA The Desert Archipelago (1969)
Mujin rettô (1969) KatsuKanai wrote:The Deserted Archipelago was my first independently directed and produced film. The film won the Grand Prix at the Nyon International Film Festival and garnered...
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