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The Banquet

2010-03-01T03:19:00.020+00:00

Aka: Legend of the Black Scorpion
Director:Feng Xiaogang
Release date: September 14, 2006
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Historical, Martial Arts

Starring:
Zhang Ziyi
Ge You
Daniel Wu
Zhou Xun
Ma Jingwu

Synopsis:
A loose adaptation of Hamlet, "The Night Banquet" is set in an empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Minister and the General all have their own enemies they would like to finish off at a night banquet

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Curiosities:
Won 2006 Asia-Pacific Film festival for best Cinematography
Won 2007 Asian Film Award for best Production Designer
Won 2007 Hong Kong Film Award for best Supporting Actress for Zhou Xun

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Spy Next Door

2010-02-25T20:20:00.000+00:00

Director: Viroj Thongsiew

Release date: 2003
Language: Thai
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Comedy

Starring:
Pongsak Pongsuwan as Odd
Unchisa Liawpiroj as Waew
Thawatchai Kacha-a as Bird
Duangkamol Junsuwan as Yui
Arkom Peedrakul as Police Jiem

Synopsis:
Od, a professional burglar from Thachalom, is married to Waew. The couple's life is fraught because of Od'slow sex drive, leaving Waew frequently ill-tempered. When a criminal dies in prison leaving a puzzle, the number "33/9" inscribed on the cell floor, Inspector Sansern instructs two sergeants to find an insider spy to investigate the mystery, and Od is nominated. Od accepts the job for fear of being arrested if he refuses, despite his wife's concerns about its potential bad effect on her career. When Inspector Sansern meets Od, the thief recognizes the cop as a cross-dresser he saw through a window, setting Od up for a bizarre time as the unwilling spy.
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Traces of Love

2010-02-14T09:20:00.000+00:00

Aka: Gaeulro
Director: Dae-seung Kim
Release date: 2006
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Romance

Starring:
Ji-tae Yu as Hyun-woo
Ji-su Kim as Min-joo
Ji-won Uhm as Se-jin
Eun-mi Bang
Jong-won Choi

Synopsis:
A touring program producer Min-joo, takes notes in her journal whenever and wherever she travels, so one day she can show all those amazing places to her longtime lover Hyun-woo. Finally Hyun-woo passes the bar exam and proposes to Min-joo. However, not long after, Min-joo dies when the department store where she was waiting for Hyun-woo collapses. Hyun-woo becomes a prosecutor, but when he digs too deeply in a sensitive political case, he ends up in detention. While in detention (five years after Min-joo's death), Min-joo's parents send him Min-joo's journal, which gives him a road to trace all the memories of his lost lover.
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Over the Rainbow

2010-02-14T09:10:00.000+00:00

Aka: Obeo deo reinbou
Director: Jin-woo Ahn
Release date: 2002
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Romance

Starring:
Jung-Jae Lee as Jin-su Lee
Jin-Young Jang as Yeong-hie Kang
Hyeong-jin Kong as Young-min Kim
Bo-eun Choi
Jae-Won Choi

Synopsis:
Lee Jung-Jae, who once impressed the audience in Il Mare, takes on another romantic lead role in Over the rainbow as Jin-Soo. He is a TV anchorman who is suffering from partial amnesia after a traffic accident and is now attempting to retrace memories of a lover he no longer remembers...
Jin-Soo's search leads him to a high school friend Yeon-Hee (Jang Jin-Young). Yeon-Hee, working at a "Lost & Found" center of a subway station, is trying to erase the memories of her latest ex-boyfriend.
A comfortable and relax movie, Over the rainbow centers on the mysterious rediscovery of a faceless lover and the struggle to let go of the pain of love. Under the brilliant light of a rainbow, will these two souls find what is closest to their hearts?
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Everyday is Valentine

2010-02-14T09:00:00.000+00:00

Aka: Ching mai daai wa wong
Director: Jing Wong
Release date: 2001
Language: Cantonese
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Comedy, Romance

Starring:
Leon Lai as OK Lai
Cecilia Cheung as Wonderful
Man Tat Ng as Boasty Man
King-Tan Yuen as Queen
Tat-Ming Cheung as Pure
Matt Chow as Freaky
Natalie Ng as Witch
Kitty Yuen as Bitchy

Synopsis:
Wonderful has yet to meet a man who does not lie until she bumps into the sweet talking professional liar ok who pretends to be rich in order to win her heart. When a sudden incident forces wonderful to confront the painful truth of his fake identity.
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Living Death

2010-02-12T11:30:00.000+00:00

Aka: Disbelief Hell / Possessed / Hell of the Non-believers / Bool-sin-ji-ok
Director: Yong-Joo Lee
Release date: 2009
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Horror, Mystery

Starring:
Shim Eun-kyung as So-jin
Young-nam Jang as Su-kyeong
Bo-yeon Kim as Mother
Hie-kyung Moon as Kyeong-ja
Chang-jik Lee

Synopsis:
When 13-year-old So-Jin disappears, her elder sister Hee-Jin returns to the apartment of their religious-maniac mother. Tae-Hwan, a cop, who reluctantly has to take the case seriously is confronted with more and more suicides that are difficult to explain rationally. And why does the skeptical Hee-Jin, who keeps having gruesome encounters with suicides, have to keep coughing? (Credit: Imdb)

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Adrift in Tokyo

2010-02-11T15:20:00.004+00:00

Aka: Tenten
Director: Satoshi Miki
Release date: 2007
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Comedy, Drama

Starring:
Jô Odagiri as Fumiya Takemura
Tomokazu Miura as Aiichiro Fukuhara
Kyôko Koizumi as Makiko
Yuriko Yoshitaka as Fufumi
Kumiko Asô as Mikaduki Shizuka

Synopsis:
Takemura has no friends and no family. He's a student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. In other words, he isn't going anywhere fast. Were all this not enough, the sorry sad sack has a debt of 800,000 yen. Fukuhara, a surly debt collector with a glorious mullet, is on his case. After roughing Takemura up, he gives him an ultimatum-72 hours to pay up, or else. Takemura barely has his wits about him again when he runs across Fukuhara a second time, and this time the thug has a different proposal-a walk. That's right, in exchange for a million yen, Takemura must accompany Fukuhara on a walk across the city of Tokyo. Starting in a distant corner of the city, they begin their trek towards downtown, striking up a conversation. It's at this point that Fukuhara admits that he's recently killed his wife, and intends to turn himself in at Kasumagaseki police station-because, he says, it's the finest in town. The pair's itinerary, however, is hardly a quick and direct one. The disparate duo drift here and there, hanging out and coming across a host of eccentric personalities, creatures of the urban jungle's various habitats. As their walking, talking and trading truths continues, the arrangement between Takemura and Fukuhara starts to transform into friendship.
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Awards:
Fant-Asia Film Festival:
Jury Prize: Best Script: Satoshi Miki
Special Mention: Feature Film: Jô Odagiri and Tomokazu Miura
Kinema Junpo Awards: Best Supporting Actor: Tomokazu Miura

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April Bride

2010-02-11T14:08:00.004+00:00

Aka: Yomei Ikkagetsu no Hanayome
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
Release date: 2009
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Romance

Starring:
Nana Eikura - Chie Nagashima
Eita - Taro Akasu
Satomi Tezuka
Misako Yasuda
Akira Emoto

Synopsis:
On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer and had been given only a month to live.
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4 Toes

2010-02-11T09:29:00.005+00:00

Aka: 4 Balgarak
Director: Yun-shik Gye
Release date: 202
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Action, Comedy

Starring:
Heo Jun-ho - Audie
Lee Chang-hun - Lecaf
Park Jun-gyu - Gak Granger
Lee Won-jong - Haetae
Kim Kap-su
An Seok-hwan

Synopsis:
The story involves four friends who become gangsters. As the film progresses they gain power and eventually find their way to Seoul.
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Kiss Me Much

2010-02-10T12:37:00.000+00:00

Aka: Besame Mucho
Director: Yun-su Jeon
Release date: 2001
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Drama

Starring:
Kwang-leol Jeon as Cheol-su
Mi-suk Lee as Young-hee
Myeong-gu Han as Han Ji-hun
Su-hui Hong as Seo-lin
Won-hui Jo as Jun-hyeok

Synopsis:
For Chul-soo and Young-hee who are in 10th year of their marriage, Wednesdays are special. This Wednesday is no exception. Although they are not wealthy, they have immense love and trust towards one another. But things turn bad when Chul-soo is laid off and Young-hee must relinquish her plans to buy a house. Young-hee is the perfect wife and mother and Chul-soo is willing to do anything not to disappoint her. They both begin to fight for their future with everything they have. Young-hee runs into an old friend of hers who had a crush on her back in school.
A successful businessman, Han Ji-hoon makes Young-hee an offer she cannot possibly refuse. Meanwhile, Chul-soo's new boss, Seo-lin, tries to seduce him. Another Wednesday comes by but now things are totally different from before. These two struggle by themselves with the issues of trust, fidelity and love. They ask themselves to what extent they are willing to go to save their marriage. Will they ultimately risk the thing they are trying so hard to save?
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Indian Summer

2010-02-10T11:59:00.000+00:00

Aka: In-di-an Sseom-meo
Director: Hyo-jeong No
Release date: 2001
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

Starring:
Shin-yang Park as Seo Jun-ha
Mi-yeon Lee as Lee, Shin-young
Myeong-gu Han
Yong-hee Kim
Byung-ho Son

Synopsis:
Shin-young is facing the death penalty on suspicion of murdering her husband. She refuses to say anything in her own defense and is simply waiting to die. Her lawyer sees things differently and believes that there is more to this case than anyone realizes.
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Tagline: When I look at you... I want to live

Award:
Grand Bell Awards, South Korea: Best Film Score: Michael Staudacher

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A Snake of June

2010-02-09T14:30:00.000+00:00

Aka: Rokugatsu no hebi
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Release date: 2002
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Erotic, Mature 18+, Mystery

Starring:
Asuka Kurosawa as Rinko Tatsumi
Yuji Kohtari as Shigehiko
Shinya Tsukamoto as Iguchi
Mansaku Fuwa
Tomoko Matsumoto

Synopsis:
Rinku is a suicide-prevention counselor, living with her husband Shigehiko. He's older than she, scrubbing things constantly, sexually indifferent. They sleep apart. During Tokyo's rainy season, Iguchi, a photographer Rinku has counseled by phone, sends her pictures he has taken through her skylight: she's wearing a short skirt, masturbating. He offers her the negatives if she'll follow his instructions. She's humiliated and agrees. He tells her he's only giving her license to express her inner desires. He sends her into the night to walk on the wild side. Then, she asks a favor of him, and soon her husband receives phone calls and photographs. Where will this triangle lead?
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Awards:
Fantasporto:
International Fantasy Film Award: Best Actress: Asuka Kurosawa
International Fantasy Film Special Jury Award: Tsukamoto Shinya
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival: Best Art Direction: Shinya Tsukamoto
Venice film Festival:
Kinematrix Film Award: Feature Films: Shinya Tsukamoto
San Marco Special Jury Award: Shinya Tsukamoto

Award Nominations:
Fantasporto: International Fantasy Film Award: Best Film
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival: Best Film

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The Fox With Nine Tails

2010-02-04T15:58:00.000+00:00

Aka: Gumiho
Director: Hun-su Park
Release date: 1994
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance

Starring:
Ko So-Young - Harah
Jung Woo-Sung - Hyuk
Bang Min-Seo - Agent from Underworld
Kwon Hae-Hyo
Park Kil-Soo
Dok Ko Yeong Jae
Ahn Seok-Hwan
Lee Keun-Hee
Kwon Tae-Won

Synopsis:
The Fox With Nine Tails is a modern-day re-telling of an old Korean folktale. The story centers on Kumiho, a half-woman/half-fox who must have sex with a human man in order to become human herself.
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My DNA Says I Love You

2010-02-03T12:12:00.000+00:00

Aka: Ji yin jue ding wo ai ni
Director: Yun Chan Lee
Release date: 2007
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Comedy, Romance

Starring:
Terri Kwan as Gigi
Nan Yuas Marlene
Peter Ho as Anteater
Eddie Peng as Teddy
Allen Lin as Ma's boyfriend

Synopsis:
Gigi and Marlene, two single women both in their late 20's, work at a bio-technology company, researching and developing medicine to suppress specific genes and observe their effects on the human body. Gigi is born with the "clean-freak" gene and her obsession with keeping things tidy causes problems in her relationships. Marlene, on the other hand, is born with the "fat gene" and needs to regularly take pills to maintain her weight. Marlene panics when she learns that her "anti-fat" pills will be taken off the market. Their personal problems coincide with romantic ones. Marlene grows frustrated maintaining her long-distance relationships via the Internet, and Gigi leaves her boyfriend when she discovers he's cheating on her. One day, Gigi meets Anteater, her college sweetheart, and they start dating again. Things are going well, and Gigi just cannot remember why she had broken up with Anteater until the day they are about to consummate their passion, Gigi discovers Anteater's terrible secret -- he is a first rate slob! Meanwhile, Marlene is oblivious of the feelings Teddy, the landlord's son, has for her. Realising that their own genetic make-up is the cause of their relationship issues, Gigi and Marlene decide to take an "anti-clean gene" pill. Gigi and Marlene no longer care about their own appearances, but will the two women find true love and happiness without the help of technology?
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Award Nomination:
Golden Horse Film Festival: Best New Performer: Eddie Peng

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Cursed

2010-02-02T15:59:00.000+00:00

Aka: 'Chô' kowai hanashi A: yami no karasu
Director: Yoshihiro Hoshino
Release date: 2004
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Horror, Mystery

Starring:
Kyôko Akiba as Ryôko Kagami
Yumeaki Hirayama as DFJ News anchorman
Takaaki Iwao as Komori, the night-shift clerk
Etsuyo Mitani as Store owner's wife
Hiroko Satô as Nao Shingaki
Osamu Takahashi as Store owner

Synopsis:
Experience a new fear. Prepare for the unknown… You will see something you will never forget…Nao Shingaki has a part-time job at a mini-mart. Outwardly, it looks like any other mini-mart, but there is something unmistakably abnormal about the place. Inside, the air is choked with vengeful spirits. Outside, thebackyard reeks with a horrible smell. The owner of the mini-mart seems to be overjoyed by the severe injuries sustained by a sales rep for a majorfranchise; while his wife suffers from an unknown madness and spends all of her time staring into the security cameras. Now the spirits have claimed the souls of the night-shift clerk and several customers. Nao is now faced with the task of somehow trying to escape this demonic terror!
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Tagline: Don't Look Back...

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Ju-On - The Grudge: Girl in Black

2010-02-02T14:59:00.000+00:00

Aka: Ju-on: Kuroi shôjo / Ju-On: Black Ghost
Director: Mari Asato
Release date: 2009
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Horror

Starring:
Ai Kago
Koji Seto
Yuri Nakamura
Maria Takagi
Hana Matsumoto
Yuno Nakazono
Kana Tsugihara
Ryota Matsushima
Masanobu Katsumura
Kozo Sato

Synopsis:
A Nurse named Yuko (Kago) has a strange experience while taking care of a girl named Fukie. Test results show a cyst inside Fukie’s body, but that cyst is actually the leftover grudge from a baby who was unable to be born. The cyst’s grudge spreads to Fukie and everyone around her. Soon Fukie’s father goes mad and commits murder. Fukie’s sister Mariko has special spiritual power, and together with their mother they have some success driving out the evil spirit. But the worst of the grudge is yet to come.
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Ju-On: The Curse 2 (TV Version)

2010-02-01T11:34:00.003+00:00

Aka: Ju-On 2
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Release date: 2000
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Horror, Mystery

Starring:
Yûrei Yanagi as Shunsuke Kobayashi
Takako Fuji as Kayako Saeki
Takashi Matsuyama as Takeo Saeki
Yûko Daike as Kyôko Suzuki
Makoto Ashikawa as Tatsuya Suzuki
Yue as Manami Kobayashi

Synopsis:
Ju-on 2 is the second film in the Japanese horror series. The film was released in Japan on March 25, 2000 and was later released onto video on April 14, 2000.
Much of this sequel is a recap of the first film, nearly 30 minutes of retelling out of 76 minutes. Also the rest of the movie introduces new information on those events, and new characters, as well as briefly introducing events which would play into the two theatrical films.
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Ju-On: The Curse (TV Version)

2010-02-01T11:09:00.003+00:00

Aka: Ju-On
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Release date: 2000
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Horror, Mystery

Starring:
Yûrei Yanagi as Shunsuke Kobayashi
Yue as Manami Kobayashi
Ryôta Koyama as Toshio Saeki
Hitomi Miwa as Yuki
Asumi Miwa as Kanna Murakami
Chiaki Kuriyama as Mizuho Tamura
Yoriko Douguchi as Nakamura
Denden as Yoshikawa
Tarô Suwa as Kamio

Synopsis:
Jealous of his wifes love for another man, a teacher from her high school, a man brutally kills his wife and young son. Searching for the son who has missed a lot of school, the teacher enters their house, only to find the dead ghost of his mother, and consequently has a heart attack and becomes a ghost himself. The story goes on to tell of the new tenants of the house and what they experience, and an investigation by two police officers into why so many people are dissapearing. (Credit: Imdb)

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Ju-On - The Grudge 2

2010-02-01T10:09:00.004+00:00

Aka: Ju-On: The Curse 2 / Ju-On 4 / Ju-on 2: Gekijô-ban
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Release date: 2003
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English(Soft-subbed)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Starring:
Noriko Sakai as Kyoko Harase
Chiharu Niiyama as Tomoka Miura
Kei Horie as Noritaka Yamashita
Yui Ichikawa as Chiharu
Ayumu Saitô as Masashi Ishikura

Synopsis:
While driving , the pregnant horror-movie actress Kyôko Harase and her fiancé are in a car crash caused by the Toshio's friend. Kyôko loses her baby and her fiancé winds up in a coma. Kyôko was cursed together with a television crew when they shot a show in the haunted house where Kayako was brutally murdered by her husband years ago. While each member of the team dies or disappears, Kyôko is informed that she has a three-and-a-half-month-old fetus in her womb.
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Award Nomination:
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival: Best Film

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Ju-On - The Grudge

2010-02-01T09:49:00.005+00:00

Aka: The Grudge / Ju-on: Gekijô-ban / Ju-On 3
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Release date: 2003
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Starring:
Megumi Okina as Rika Nishina
Misaki Ito as Hitomi Tokunaga
Misa Uehara as Izumi Tôyama
Yui Ichikawa as Chiharu
Kanji Tsuda as Katsuya Tokunaga

Synopsis:
It looks like a normal, everyday house, but the atmosphere about it is anything but. Something happened here once... no, even now there is a terror here, born of a spirit that possesses this place. The various supernatural experiences undergone by the different owners of the house, unaware of the horrible events that have taken place here, mingle across time, and the true form of the terrifying, invisible "Ju-On" that nests in this house becomes clear...
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Award:
Screamfest: Festival Trophy: Best Foreign Film

Award Nomination:
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA: Saturn Award: Best DVD Release

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Castaway on the Moon

2010-01-29T12:21:00.002+00:00

Aka: Kimssi pyoryugi / The Adventures of Mr. Kim
Director: Hae-jun Lee
Release date: 2009
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Drama

Starring:
Min-heui Hong
So-yeon Jang
Jae-yeong Jeong
Ryeo-won Jeong
Gyo-hwan Koo

Synopsis:
After failing to kill himself by jumping off a bridge, the man is washed up on a deserted island in the middle of the river, but within view of the city's high-rises. He attempts to escape, but soon accepts his fate and the challenges in living on the island. A reclusive young woman, who takes close-up shots of the moon and has not left her apartment in years, spies him on the island and comes to think of him as her own alien.
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Award:
(29th) Hawaii International Film Festival: NETPAC Award

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A Single Spark

2010-01-27T14:55:00.005+00:00

Aka: Jeon Tae-il
Director: Kwang-su Park
Release date: 1995
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Political

Starring:
Kyoung-In Hong
Bo-kyeong Kim
Sun-Jae Kim
Seong-kun Mun
Yong-soo Park

Synopsis:
The film intercuts two stories, one in black and white, one in color. From 1965 to 1970, we follow Jeon Tae-Il, a poor young man who quits street vending to work in a garment factory. Amid appalling work conditions, he buys a law book, seeks government help, forms an association, talks to reporters. When conditions don't change, he takes a dire step. Five years later, a young couple follow Tae-Il's path: pregnant Shin Jung-Soon tries to organize a union in her garment factory. She's harassed, then beaten. Her husband, Kim Yong-Su, an intellectual in hiding from Park Chung Hee's repressive regime, is writing Tae-Il's story. Can he elude capture to complete the book?
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Award:
Blue Dragon Awards: Best Film

Award Nomination:
Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Berlim Bear: Kwang-su Park

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You Are the One

2010-01-27T11:10:00.002+00:00

Director: Cathy Garcia-Molina
Release date: 2006
Language: English and Filipino (Tagalog)
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Romance

Starring:
Tony Gonzaga as Sally Malasmas
Sam Milby as Will Derby / Vernard Garcia
Jodi Sta. Maria as Charry
Susan Africa
Gio Alvarez

Synopsis:
Sally Malasmas (Toni Gonzaga) applies for a US visa. There she meets the young and dashing vice-consul Will Derby (Sam Milby) with a wide, warm and inviting smile. Sally feels it’s her lucky day! But Will thinks Sally does not have enough ties to the Philippines that will make her come back. He denies her visa, beams one last sweet smile at her and turns his back before she could protest. It isn’t Sally’s lucky day anymore.
Sally Malasmas is a Care Officer at the National Statistics Office. She’s smart and is a genuinely caring person who always has a hand to help other people. But despite her capabilities, Sally feels insecure of her older sister Charry whom she feels her parents always favored and always outperformed her. And in love, Sally tends to be needy and clingy. Her parents and only sister have all migrated to the United States to embrace the ‘American Dream’. But for Sally, the Philippines is where she wants to be.
Will Derby is a dashing vice-consul from the United States Embassy in Manila. He grew up in pre-dominantly white North Dakota where very few Filipinos live. But Will is not an American. He’s a Filipino adopted by an old American couple. He would have avoided being posted in the Philippines, a place he doesn’t like very much, if he could. But a promise to his mother to search for his real parents made him not to. Will has always lived a life of incompleteness and unbelongingness. Even his relationships are fleeting until he meets Sally.
Sally is only forced to apply for a US Visa because her sick mom who refuses to come home needs care. So for Sally, how could Mr. Derby think she’s another TNT when she never ever dreamed of going to the land of milk and honey?! She is definitely insulted. And too bad she initially thought he’s gorgeous.
To make things worse, Will decides to finally try searching for his parents. He goes to the NSO to look for his original birth certificate. Fate plays a trick and makes Sally and Will meet again. She seeks revenge and makes him wait all afternoon for his document. But her ploy fires back as her boss catches her. Now, she’s forced to help him.
After giving it some thought, Sally sees the opportunity to use Will to finally get a visa. She goes out of her way to go with him to places, from the rugged Tondo to a town fiesta in Pampanga, just to find his parents. As they inch nearer and nearer to where his parents are, they also get closer and closer to each other. And after several experiences together, from getting caught by the police in a gambling house to the more intimate fiesta plaza dance, their initial attraction becomes real, though unconfessed, love.
Will Mr. Derby finally discover where his real parents are? And with his posting in Manila about to end, will he find another reason to stay? Will there be a chance for Sally and Will’s Love to bloom? And if there is, will they have the courage to admit it’s each other that they need?
You Are The One explores the insanities that comes with love, the impossibilities to be hurdled to make love happen and the self-confidence we all need to make love work.
(Credit: Filipinomovierentals)

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Tagline: Would you rather love someone who completes you... Or someone who loves you completely?

Award Nominations:
FAMAS Awards: Best Sound: Lamberto Casas Jr.
FAP Awards, Philippines: Best Editing: Marya Ignacio

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Interview

2010-01-27T10:54:00.002+00:00

Aka: Dogme # 7 - Interview / In-teo-byoo
Director: Byun Hyuk
Release date: 2000
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Melodrama, Romance

Starring:
Jung-Jae Lee as Eun-seok
Eun-ha Shim as Yeong-heui
Jae-hyeon Jo
Min-jung Kweon
Jeong-hyeon Kim

Synopsis:
A story of a filmmaker who falls in love with a woman he interviews for his film, presents the evolution of a relationship which shifts from the objective to the subjective, and from lies to truth.
Film director Eun-suk gradually discovers his feelings for Young-hee, one of the many subjects he is interviewing for a documentary currently being shot. Young-hee resists the subtle gestures of interest Eun-suk expresses due to a past she cannot easily escape from, and moreover to sustain the lies she began from her first interview with Eun-suk. However, during the course of events, she slowly comes to terms with her own true story, which is revealed during her conversations with Eun-suk, and decides to stop the false testimonies…
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Award:
Grand Bell Awards, South Korea: Best Production: Mi-yeong Lee

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Andromedia

2010-01-26T15:30:00.000+00:00

Aka: Andoromedia
Director: Takashi Miike
Release date: 1998
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Starring:
Hiroko Shimabukuro as Mai Hitomi & Ai
Eriko Imai as Yoko
Takako Uehara as Rika
Hitoe Arakaki as Nao
Kenji Harada as Yuu

Synopsis:
Mai and her friends have an inseparable bond since childhood. But as of late, their friendship is questioned when their romantic relationships get in the way of others. But before Mai can make amends, she is unfortunately killed in a traffic accident. Distraught with her death, Mai's father implements his ongoing research of recording a person's memory into a microchip. His years of work finally pay off and Mai is alive again--through a computer. But trouble soon brews when a large corporation sends some thugs to retrieve Mai and the technology by forcible means. But before they can get to Mai, her father luckily safe havens her into her former boyfriend's laptop. Now the chase is on for the laptop and Mai's boyfriend and former friends have to run to keep her safe.
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Awards:
Awards of the Japanese Academy:
Newcomer of the Year: Issa Hentona
Newcomer of the Year: Takako Uehara
Nikkan Sports Film Awards:
Best New Talent
Hiroko Shimabukuro (as Speed)
Eriko Imai (as Speed)
Takako Uehara (as Speed)
Hitoe Arakaki (as Speed)

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