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Friday 23 April 2010

Volcano High (2001)

Directed by Kim Tae-gyun


Writers: Tae-gyun Kim, Dong-heon Seo

Cast:
Jang Hyuk
Shin Min-ah
Kim Soo-Ro
Kwon Sang-woo
Huh Jun-ho

Genre:Action Fantasy

Origin: korean



Plot
Violence in Korean High School, especially inside the WaSanGo (Volcano High). You won't be able to escape.
Volcano High

The Hidden Blade (2004)

Director:Yôji Yamada


Writers:
Yôji Yamada (screenplay)Yoshitaka Asama(screenplay)




Genre:Drama Romance

Origin: japan



Plot:
During the time of change of the mid-19th Century, Yaichiro is bid farewell by his fellow samurai friends Munezo and Samon as he leaves their clan's fiefdom on the northwest coast of Japan (Unasaka) to take an important position within the shogunate in far away Edo. Munezo has lived modestly with his mother and sister Shino after his father was forced into suicide after the failure of a bridge project.
The Hidden Blade

The Promise (2005)

Director:Kaige Chen

Cast:
Dong-gun Jang ... Kunlun
Hiroyuki Sanada ... General Guangming
Cecilia Cheung ... Princess Qingcheng
Nicholas Tse ... Wuhuan
Ye Liu ... Snow Wolf
Hong Chen ... Goddess Manshen
Qian Cheng ... The Emperor
Xiao Wei Yu ... Ye Li

Genre:Action Drama Fantasy
 
Origin: korean



Plot
When the world was young, laid a Kingdom between the Land of Snow and the Barbarian Territory where gods and men lived side by side and promises were lies. When the poor and starving orphaned girl Qingcheng meets the Goddess Manshen, she accepts to become the wealthy beauty of beauties with the curse that she would lose every man she loves, unless three things happen: snow falls in the spring, time moves backwards and the dead comes back to life.
The Promise

Storm Riders (1998)

Director:Wai-keung Lau

Cast:
Aaron Kwok ... Striding Cloud
Ekin Cheng ... Whispering Wind
Sonny Chiba ... Lord Conquer
Kristy Yang ... Charity
Qi Shu ... Muse
Michael Tse ... Frost
Rongguang Yu ... Striding
Alex Fong ... Whispering Prince

Genre:Action Adventure Fantasy

Origin: china



Plot
An evil warlord takes in 2 students (Wind & Cloud) in an effort to become invincible so he can take over the world.
Wind and Cloud: The Storm Riders

Azumi 2 (2005)

Director:Shusuke Kaneko

Cast:
Aya Ueto ... Azumi
Yûma Ishigaki ... Nagara
Chiaki Kuriyama ... Kozue
Shun Oguri ... Ginkaku
Ken'ichi Endô ... Kinkaku (as Kenichi Endou)
Kai Shishido ... Hanzou
Eugene Nomura ... Samurai Z
Tak Sakaguchi ... Tsuchi-gumo

Genre:Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
 
Origin:japan
 



Plot:
Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi.
Azumi 2

Azumi (2003)

Director:Ryûhei Kitamura

Cast:
Aya Ueto ... Azumi
Shun Oguri ... Nachi
Hiroki Narimiya ... Ukiha
Kenji Kohashi ... Hyuga
Takatoshi Kaneko ... Amagi
Yûma Ishigaki ... Nagara
Yasuomi Sano ... Yura
Shinji Suzuki ... Awa

Genre:Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
 
Origin: japan


Plot:  
In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is AZUMI, the ultimate assassin.
Azumi

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

Director:Yôji Yamada

Cast:
Hiroyuki Sanada ... Seibei Iguchi
Rie Miyazawa ... Tomoe Iinuma
Nenji Kobayashi ... Choubei Kusaka
Ren Ôsugi ... Toyotarou Kouda
Mitsuru Fukikoshi ... Michinojo Iinuma
Kanako Fukaura
Hiroshi Kanbe ... Naota
Miki Itô ... Kayano Iguchi
Erina Hashiguchi ... Ito Iguchi
Reiko Kusamura ... Iguchi's Mother

Genre:Drama, Romance

Origin:japan



Plot:  
The crux of the film is the relationship between personal honor and social honor. Iguchi is indeed a most honorable man. He truly loves his children and his senile mother, and sacrifices his dignity and station to care for them. He works from dawn to dusk, attending his duties with the court by day and working on his farm by night, somehow finding time to also sell handmade insect/bird cages just to help his family get by.
Twilight Samurai

Thursday 22 April 2010

Love and honor 2006

Director:Yôji Yamada

Cast:
Takuya Kimura ... Shinnojo Mimura
Rei Dan ... Kayo Mimura
Mitsugoro Bando ... Toya Shimada
Takashi Sasano ... Tokuhei
Kaori Momoi ... Ine Hatano
Nenji Kobayashi ... Sakunosuke Higuchi
Ken Ogata ... Shinnojo's fencing instructor

Genre:Drama Romance

Origin: Japan



Plot:
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai (Kimura) and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor. Love and Honor

Peaceful Warrior (2006)

Director:Victor Salva

Writers: Kevin Bernhardt (screenplay), Dan Millman (novel)

Cast:
Scott Mechlowicz ... Dan Millman
Nick Nolte ... Socrates
Amy Smart ... Joy
Tim DeKay ... Coach Garrick
Ashton Holmes ... Tommy
Paul Wesley ... Trevor
B.J. Britt ... Kyle
Agnes Bruckner... Susie

Genre:Drama Romance Sport


Plot:
A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast. Peaceful Warrior 2006 Taiwanese 11x17 Mini MOVIE POSTER

The Legend of 1900 (1998)

Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Writers: 

Alessandro Baricco (monologue Novecento),Giuseppe Tornatore

Cast:
Tim Roth ... Danny Boodmann
Pruitt Taylor Vince ... Max Tooney
Bill Nunn ... Danny Boodmann
Clarence Williams III ... Jelly Roll Morton
Mélanie Thierry ... The Girl
Gabriele Lavia ... Farmer
Peter Vaughan ...'Pops', the Shopkeeper

Genre:Drama Fantasy Music Romance



Plot
The story is told in medias res as a flashforward. Max Tooney, a musician, enters a secondhand music shop just as it's closing, broke and badly in need of money. He only has a trumpet, which he sells for less than he had hoped. Clearly torn at parting from his prized possession, he asks to play it one last time. The shopkeeper agrees, and as the musician plays, the shopkeeper immediately recognizes the song from a broken record master he found inside a recently acquired secondhand piano. He asks who the piece is by, and Max tells him the story of 1900.

The Legend of 1900

Wednesday 21 April 2010

Love Story (1970)

Director:Arthur Hiller


Writer: 

Erich Segal



Genre: Drama, Romance


Tagline:Love means never having to say you're sorry


Plot:
Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other.
Love Story

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Director:Sergio Leone



Writers:
Dario Argento (story), Bernardo Bertolucci (story)





Genre:Western, Drama, Action


Plot:
Epic story of a mysterious stranger with a harmonica who joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
Once Upon a Time in the West (Collector's Edition)

Once Upon a Time in High School (2004)

Directed by Yu Ha

Cast:
Kwon Sang-Woo as Hyun-soo
Han Ga-In as Eun-ji
Lee Jeong-Jin as Woo-sik
Park Hyo-jun as Hamburger
Kim In-Gweon as Stabber
Lee Jong-Hyeok as Jong-hoon
Kim Bu-Seo as Sung-choon
Cheon Ho-Jin
Baek Bong-Gi

Genre:Drama History

Origin:korean



Synopsis

A model student transfers to a notorious Jungmoon High School!
In the spring of 1978, Hyun-soo transfers to Jungmoon High School in Kangnam where his mother thinks the land price will skyrocket due to the development of the area. Yet, Jungmoon High School is notorious for its severe corporal punishment by teachers and power struggles between school gangs. On the first day, he gets spanked with an aluminum baseball bat for violating the school's dress code. Then, one day, he plays basketball with his classmates and helps his team to a victory, which allows him to become chummy with Woo-sik, a kingpin of the school. Before long, they find out that they both are huge fans of Bruce Lee and become best friends. ONCE UPON A TIME IN HIGH SCHOOL (IMPORT) Spirit of Jeet Kune Do Yoo Ha, Kwon Sang Woo, Lee Jung Jin, Han Ga In

The Legend of Seven Cutter (2006)

Director:Nam-ki Kwon

Cast:
Jae-mo Ahn
Myeong-hun Cheon
Yeong Hyeon
Jun-ha Jeong
Eul-dong Kim
Jeong Lee
Hyo-jun Park
Seul-gi Park
Eun-hye Yun

Genre:Comedy, Drama, Action

Origin: korean



Plot

The "Seven Cutter" is a legendary fighter throughout various high schools within Korea. His name is Jung Han Soo and he remains unbeaten by the toughest fighters from many different schools. Many who had tried to defeat him not only suffered the circumstances of losing, but is left with his trademark: a 7-centimeter scar that he always leaves behind them to remind them of their loss.

Welcome To Dongmakgol (2005)

Director:Kwang-Hyun Park

Writers:

Jin Jang (play), Joong Kim
Cast:
Jae-yeong Jeong
Ha-kyun Shin
Hye-jeong Kang
Ha-ryong Lim
Jae-kyeong Seo
Deok-Hwan Ryu
Steve Taschler

Genre:Comedy Drama War

Origin: korean


Plot
Soldiers from both sides of the Korean divide live among villagers who know nothing of the war. Welcome to DongMakGol DVD (2005 Korean Movie)

A Dirty Carnival (2006)


Director: 

Ha Yu


Writer: 

Ha Yu


Stars:

 Ho-jin ChunIn-jae Heo and Ku Jin

Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller

Origin: korean




Plot:
Byung-du is a 29-year-old career criminal, working for the middle-rank enforcer Sang-chul. Burdened with a terminally ill mother and taking care of younger siblings, Byung-du is feeling financial pressure as a substitute patriarch. When the big boss President Hwang is cornered by a corrupt prosecutor, Byung-du volunteers for a whack job and wins the big man's trust. However, his real trouble begins when friend Min-ho, an aspiring movie director, asks him to be a consultant for the latter's debut film. 

Cyborg She (2008)

Director:Jae-young Kwak

Cast:
Haruka Ayase ... Cyborg 
Keisuke Koide ... Jiro Kitamura
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Risa Ai ... Girlfriend
Yoshikazu Ebisu ... Shop Owner of Candy Store
Ken'ichi Endô ... Auctioneer
Masatô Ibu ... Designer
Kenta Kiritani ... Jiro's schoolmate

Genre:Sci-Fi Action Comedy Romance

Origin:japan



Plot
Keisuke Koide is an ordinary lonely university student. One day he meets an beautiful and interesting woman. Unfortunately she is an Cyborg that lacks manners and emotions.
Cyborg She, Cyborg Girl (Standard Edition) DVD

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