The Mizuki Diving Club (MDC) has suffered a continuous loss in sales and is on the verge of bankruptcy. To convince its parent company not to shut down the club, Kayoko, a newly appointed coach, pledges that a diver from MDC will make the Japanese team for the Olympics, to be held the following year. The book describes the days leading up to the final try-outs, focusing on three MDC divers and changing perspective from chapter to chapter as it chronicles the boys’ everyday lives and the pressures they face as aspiring athletes. Mori’s affection for the three characters comes through in her portrayal of a mere moment?the 1.4 seconds in which they dive a distance of ten meters at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour?of their unique performances.

Year: 2008
Director: Naoto Kumazawa
Genre: Drama / Sport
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Ikematsu Sosuke, Mizobata Junpei, Mitsuishi Ken, Seto Asaka, Emori Toru, Renbutsu Misako
Runtime: 115 mins

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Playboy Jack Lam (Wong Cho Lam) may be short and shallow, but he’s got money and lots of it, which is enough to keep the girls coming. He even manages to dodge the financial tsunami thanks to a fortuitous error. Jack’s hot gold-digger girlfriend (Chrissie Chau), however, thinks he’s gone bankrupt and dumps him immediately, sending him a nasty wake-up call. Encouraged by the advice (and cute looks) of Angel (Angelababy), Jack decides to go out and look for love again, encountering an emotionally unstable dancer (Race Wong), a naive massage girl (JJ Jia), and a scarred triad girl (Kate Tsui).

Chinese Title: Ngai Chai Dor Ching
Year: 2009
Director: James Yuen
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Wong Cho-Lam, Angelababy, Kate Tsui, JJ Jia, Race Wong, Chrissie Chau, Ella Koon, Siu Yeah-Jim
Runtime: 105 mins

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Fai (Nick Cheung) grew up in Mongkok. In the 1970s, Fai replaced his pal, Porky, to go on a killing mission. He was shot at the back by the rookie police constable Gunner (Liu Kai Chi) and put in jail. However, this incident made him a Mongkok legend. Serving his prison terms, Fai’s personality split into two — one was a fearless hitman; the other was a timid, indecisive pacifist who longed to live a peaceful life. With the help of Legislative Councilor Lady Han (Chan Lai Wan), Fai was paroled after nearly 30 years behind bars. When he returned to Mongkok, he found the place changed beyond recognition. Even his mother (Paw Hee Ching), who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, did not recognize him. At this time, the crime group he belonged is in the process of electing a new leader. His old pal Porky wanted to make use of Fai’s legendary status to boost his popularity, while Peter planned to get rid of Fai by soliciting help from Gunner. Could Fai avoid getting involved in a possible gang war? Could he get out of Mongkok – a bigger and more dangerous prison?

Chinese Title: Mong Kok Gaam Yuk
Year: 2009
Director: Wong Jing, Billy Chung
Genre: Drama / Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Nick Cheung, Monica Mok, Bau Hei-Jing, Liu Kai-Chi, Natalie Meng, Chan Lai-Wun, Wong Jing, Willie Wai, Patrick Tam
Runtime: 96 mins

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A model student and a troublemaker fall in love with the same guy. The troublemaker lies to the model student, telling her that the guy likes wild girls. So the model student tries to turn herself into a troublemaker. Then the troublemaker tries to become a model student, in order to win the guy over. A low-budget student film originally produced for cable TV.

Korean Title: Sonyeo X Sonyeo
Year: 2007
Director: Park Dong-hoon
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Lim Seong-eon, Kwak Ji-min, Kim Kwang-min, Kim Kwang-min, Min Se-yeon, Kwon Jin-yeong
Runtime: 81 mins

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After being forced to resign from her publishing company job when her magazine goes out of circulation, office worker Haname Jinchoge (Kumiko Aso) is given the name of her real father-Noburo Jinchoge when her mother (Keiko Matsuzaka) falls into a coma after nearly drowning in a pond while searching for kappa. Unsure if Noburo (Morio Kazama) is her father, Haname decides to visit him but tells him that she is a distant relative, he happens to be the shopkeeper at an odd antiquities shop called Light Bulb Co., working for her father is a punk rocker named Gas (Ryo Kase).

Haname becomes fascinated with the various oddities and charm of Light Bulb Co., and discovers that she, like her father has a knack for selling things so she decides to become a shopkeeper herself. Customers are hard to come by, but she listens to her dad’s strange advice-like filling a sink full of water whilst running errands makes life exciting. One day her father offers to sell her the key to the family warehouse for 1 million yen to fund his next trip, which she excitedly agrees to without thinking. However, when she discovers a shocking fact about Light Bulb Co. she chucks the key away in disgust. Later she realizes that she’s been stubborn not telling Noburo he was her dad, but by the time she runs back to meet him he’s already gone. Eventually Haname with the support of gas….

Year: Insutanto Numa
Year: Instant Numa
Year: 2009
Director: Satoshi Miki
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Kumiko Aso, Morio Kazama, Ryo Kase, Keiko Masuzaka, Shoko Aida, Takashi Sasano, Miho Shiraishi, Shunsuke Matsuoka, Yoichi Nukumizu
Runtime: 120 mins

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A passionate teacher, Kumiko Yamaguchi, a.k.a. Yankumi, is now overseeing the new students of Class 3D of Akado High School, who still have not opened up to her and are giving her a hard time.

One day, the students of 3D get harassed by street hoodlums. Then, Reita, a leader figure of 3D, shows up and beats up the hoodlums, yelling “Keep your hands off my friends.” The next day, the guys beat up by Reita come storming into their school. Principal Sawatari berates the students for getting mixed up with a gang, and gives Kumiko an ultimatum: “You’re fired the next time a 3D student gets into trouble.” Then Reita tells Kumiko that he doesn’t want to owe her anything, and he takes off by himself to settle the score with the gang…

Meanwhile, trouble was also brewing for the former 3D student who just graduated. The police are after Ren for being involved in an illegal drug transaction. Upset Kumiko tries to find him with the other former 3D students. However, they later find out from her grandfather, the head of the Oedo Family, the shocking identity of the mastermind pulling the strings of the drug deal Ren is being accused of…

Year: 2009
Director: Toya Sato
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Yukie Nakama, Kenji Anan, Mikihisa Azuma, Kyoko Enami, Tatsunori Fuji, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Mokomichi Hayami
Runtime: 118 mins

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Amidst a blizzard in the Northern Alps of Japan, a battle begins that will decide the fate of 127 million people! In the skies above the severe winter conditions of the Northern Alps, a top secret American forces? Estealth bomber known as the “Midnight Eagle” suddenly vanishes. Its payload is a “specialized warhead.” If it were to explode, the entire nation of Japan would be hurled into an unprecedented calamity. An ex-war photographer who now only takes nature photos in the mountains accidentally encounters the incident, and gets behind the scene, preventing the weapon to fall into the wrong hands.

Japanese Title: Middonaito Iguru
Year: 2007
Director: Izuru Narushima
Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (sub/idx)
Cast: Takao Osawa, Yuko Takeuchi, Hiroshi Tamaki, Eisaku Yoshida, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Nao Omori, Ken Ishiguro, Tatsuya Fuji
Runtime: 132 mins
Awards: 1 win

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A puppy was born in Akita Prefecture and sent as a gift to Professor Ueno of Tokyo University. Although professor’s wife does not want keep the dog. Professor Ueno loves the puppy so much and names it Hachi. Professor goes to work by railways everyday. Hachi walks to Shibuya Station with Professor each morning and greets him in the evening, no matter what the weather is. One day, Professor Ueno has a stroke and passed away. His family sold the house and moved to another city, but Hachi keeps visiting the house and waiting at the Shibuya station, believing his master.

Japanese Title: Hachiko Monogatari
Year: 1987
Director: Seijiro Koyama
Genre: Drama / Family
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Kaoru Yachigusa, Mako Ishino, Masumi Harukawa, Taiji Tonoyama, Yoshi Kato, Hisashi Igawa, Shigeru Izumiya
Runtime: 107 mins
Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations

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Mei has been in love with Yuya all her life. They’ve grown up together. But when they reach their second year of middle school, Yuya suddenly professes his love for her older sister, Haruna.

Struggling to rebound from her decade-long crush, Mei finds comfort in the close camaraderie of her school friends, Taka, Mia, Yuri, Natsu, Mitsu and Sara and then meets a reticent and gentle-natured boy named Atsushi. The two begin to realize that they share many things in common that seem to transcend mere coincidence: the same birthday (February 29th, 1992) and a previous encounter when they were both 8. Feeling a bond of fate, they grow closer.

But destiny can have a dark side to it, too, and a shocking revelation from both of their pasts compels Atsushi to pull away from Mei. The devastating separation then unleashes a wave of misfortune upon Mei: the death of a loved one, drug addiction and domestic violence. As circumstances seek to take control of her life, Mei struggles to maintain her faith in the tenuous thread of destiny that will reunite her with her true love.

Japanese Title: Akai Ito
Other Title: The Red Thread
Year: 2008
Director: Shosuke Murakam
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Nao Minamisawa, Junpei Mizobata, Kaoru Hirata, Anna Ishibashi, Sayuri Iwata, Ryo Kimura
Runtime: 107 mins

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After her parents’ divorce, Ann (Kaho) moves to the small rustic town of Shimane with her mother. Though she has trouble adjusting to the life in the country at first, she gradually settles in and becomes good friends with local lad Daigo (Ikematsu Sosuke). But Ann’s world comes crashing down when her mother suddenly commits suicide. Daigo stays by her side during these hard times, and the two gradually fall in love with each other, but they are forced to part ways when Ann’s father shows up to take her back to Tokyo. Twelve years later, Ann (Matsushita Nao) returns to Shimane…

Japanese Title: Sunadokei
Other Title: Sand Clock
Year: 2008
Director: Shinsuke Sato
Genre: Drama / Romance
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Nao Matsushita, Kaho, Shunya Isaka, Sosuke Ikematsu, Anri Ban, Shiho Fujimura
Runtime: 121 mins

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Police constable Mike is suspended from duty charged with abusing the use of his gun in a robbery. During his suspension from duty. Mike meets a triad society Big Brother. Tin and admires his lifestyle and also his sexy wife. Mike is apparently dismissed but in fact becoming a stoolie. Mike eventually becomes Tin’s bodyguard and discovers that his buddy Chung also becomes a stoolie. Mike uses the Police Force to get rid of all big brothers and intends to become the head of the Society. As well as taking over Tin’s wife. For his own sake, Mike even kills his buddy Chung and kidnaps Tin.

Chinese Title: Ji Fat Faan Fat
Year: 2000
Director: Marco Mak
Genre: Action / Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Eric Tsang, Daniel Wu, Suki Kwan, Anya, David Lee, Wong Chi-Yeung, Lam Suet, Tony Ho, Kwok Fung
Runtime: 98 mins

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Ji-soo, a funeral director, happens to oversee the funeral services of Jong-woo’s deceased mother. Being old friends, they are excited by the unexpected reunion, but the reality is more bitter than sweet. Jong-woo is suffering from the incurable Lou Gehrig’s disease, and Ji-soo has been through two painful divorces. Jong-woo lightheartedly asks Ji-soo to just marry him. Ji-soo is surprised by the offer, but it doesn’t seem like such a bad idea to her. She wants to start a new life with the love that is starting to grow inside her, while the fear of losing Jong-woo scares her as well. despite the disapproval of those around her, Ji-soo still goes through with the marriage to Jong-woo. As Jong-woo’s symptoms beginning to worsen with each passing day, Jong-woo gets easily irritable as he begins to lose control over more and more parts of his body. Even though he hurts Ji-soo’s feelings, all she wants is to stay with him and cure his disease.

Korean Title: Nae Sa-rang Nae Gyeol-ae
Korean Title: My Love By My Side
Year: 2009
Director: Park Jin-pyo
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Ha Ji-won, Kim Myeong-min, Nam Neung-mi, Im Ha-ryong, Choi Jong-ryeol, Sin Sin-ae
Runtime: 120 mins
Awards: 2 wins

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Gambling street thug Gang-su is always on the run from loan sharks. But when his young son Jong-chul is diagnosed with kidney cancer, he tries to be a real parent for the first time and seeks out Jong-chul’s biological father, Tae-suk. Tae-suk, however, refuses to help.

Korean Title: Busan
Year: 2009
Director: Park Ji-won-I
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Kim Yeong-ho, Ko Chang-seok, Yoo Seung-ho, Jeong Seon-kyeong, Kim Jeong-hak, Jo Jin-woong
Runtime: 101 mins

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Japanese evil warlord Lord Godless desired to conquer China. He imprisoned a large number of martial artists and tried to make them subjugate. Among the prisoners were Cloud and the martial arts elder statesman Nameless. Wind came to the rescue. The trio was badly wounded by Lord Godless’s evil martial arts attack. Chu Chu was also knocked out when she blocked Cloud from Lord Godless’s strike. The remaining martial artists sacrificed their lives to save the trio, in the hope that the trio would beat Lord Godless one day and save the country.

Chinese Title: Fung Wan II
Other Title: The Storm Riders 2
Year: 2009
Director: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Mandarin (dubbed)
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Charlene Choi, Tiffany Tang, Simon Yam, Nicholas Tse, Kenny Ho
Runtime: 110 mins

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In the darkest corners of Thailand, child prostitution and organ sales flourish. In order to save a child’s life, another life must be taken. An outraged Japanese journalist and a passionate young Japanese NGO member attempt to save “children of the dark” from being consumed by arrogance and greed. However, the harsh realities of life intervene… Adapting Yan Sogil’s book, which unflinchingly portrays the tragic realities unfolding today, filmmaker Junji Sakamoto directs a talented multinational cast to bring these stark events to life.

Japanese Title: Yami No Kodomotachi
Year: 2008
Director: Junji Sakamoto
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Yosuke Eguchi, Aoi Miyazaki, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Koichi Sato, Sawa Suzuki, Kosuke Toyohara, Setanan Homyamyen, Prima Ratchata, Sansei Shiomi
Runtime: 138 mins
Awards: 1 win

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Aimie, a recently arrived Korean immigrant teenager, has fallen in love with her best and only friend, Tran. She tries to express her feelings for him but is scared of losing their friendship. Their misunderstood affection for each other creates a delicate relationship that is challenged by the demands of living in a new country. Aimie begins to lose Tran to an Americanized Korean girl, and her world becomes more isolated until she is forced to look inside herself for answers.

Year: 2006
Director: Kim So-yong
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (hardsubbed)
Cast: Jiseon Kim, Taegu Andy Kang
Runtime: 81 mins
Awards: 4 wins & 4 nominations

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One fine day Yan Xiao Jia (Gigi Leung) coincidentally stumbles over a walkie-talkie, which gets her connected with Jia Hui (Ken Zhu). As luck would have it they both study at the same university and try to make an appointment. However every time something else prevents them from meeting in person. Therefore, they fall into the habit of keeping in contact with their walkie-talkies and end up becoming close friends via extensive verbal communications.

Chinese Title: Oi Duen Liu Sin
Year: 2003
Director: Teng Hua-Tao
Genre: Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Gigi Leung, Ken Chu, Tong Dawei, Tao Hong, Liu Zi
Runtime: 90 mins

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A young medical intern student named Keisuke Soma (Eita) is assigned to work in a remote countryside village. Keisuke at first takes the attitude that this assignment is below his creditentials. His thoughts soon change.

Keisuke Soma then meets the small town’s resident doctor named Dr. Ino (Tsurube Shofukutei), who is universally beloved by the town. The town doctor works diligently around the clock, while knowing virtually everything about the residents’ illnesses and their family history. Keisuke follows Dr. Soma around and starts to learn things he never learned in medical school.

A secret then emerges about Dr. Ino and the town must come to grips with this new knowledge of the man they so admired.

Year: 2009
Director: Miwa Nishikawa
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Tsurube Shofukutei, Eita, Teruyuki Kagawa, Haruka Igawa, Kimiko Yo, Kaoru Yachigusa
Runtime: 130 mins

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“Bodyguards and Assassins” tells the story of a group of bodyguards protecting Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) from assassins in 1905 Hong Kong.

Chinese Title: Shi Yue Wei Cheng
Year: 2009
Director: Teddy Chan
Genre: Action / Drama / History
Country: China / Hong Kong
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Wang Xueqi, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Hu Jun, Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung, Wang Bo-Chieh, Donnie Yen Ji-Dan, Leon Lai Ming, Li Yuchun, Mengke Bateer
Runtime: 132 mins

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“Shall We Dance?” is a charming comedy about Shohei Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho), a married, middle-aged, workaholic accountant who becomes obsessed with a sad and beautiful dance instructor (Tamiyo Kusakari) he spies through the window of a dance studio. His dull life takes a funny turn when he signs up for ballroom dancing lessons to try to meet the mysterious woman and instead is assigned a plump, middle-aged instructor. But is the mystery woman, as his instructor warns, “all the sweeter when viewed from afar”?

Japanese Title: Shall We dansu?
Year: 1996
Director: Masayuki Suo
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Music / Romance
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English / Japanese / Chinese (idx/sub)
Cast: Koji Yakusho, Tamiya Kusakari, Naoto Takenaka, Eriko Watanabe
Runtime: 136 mins
Awards: 51 wins & 3 nominations

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Aeja (Kang-hee Choi) was once a promising student. Not only did she do well in school, she also loved to write poetry on rainy days & also possessed excellent fighting skills. Her dream was to become a novelist and a few years later she moved to Seoul to fulfill those dreams.

Aeja is now 29 years old and has not achieved any of the success she has hoped for. Her only accomplishment to date is winning an award from a local newspaper organziation. Meanwhile, Aeja’s personal life is not much better off. Her boyfriend cheated on her and eventually ran off leaving behind large amounts of debt. Aeja was nearly pushed to the edge, but then channels her energy into a writing contest that offers a large reward.

While writing for the contest Aeja receives a message from her mother asking her to come back to Busan for her brother’s wedding. Aeja’s mother has always been tough on her and when she goes back to Busan her mother treats her no different. Then one day, Aeja’s mother suddenly collapses and her world starts shaking from the seams.

Year: 2009
Director: Jeong Gi-hoon
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English / Korean (idx/sub)
Cast: Choi Kang-hee, Kim Yeong-ae, Bae Soo-bin, Choi Il-hwa, Seong Byeong-sook, Sa Hyeon-jin
Runtime: 109 mins

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Tells the story of young knight Qiao Fei (played by Jay Chou) for combating organized crime, no effort to protect treasures and desperate story.
In the desert, once gave birth to countless downtown 1:00 dynasty has evolved out of countless cultural legend. This piece witness the birth of numerous dynasties fall of the desert, a surprising number of buried treasures, these treasures in the desert, under a quiet slumber, no one can enter the door here to open the treasure, because, here are a group of mysterious guardian of They magical wand omnipotent, generations are guarding this stretch of desert, to protect those non-owners of the wealth. Their leader, called desert eagle (played by Chen Chu River). However, the desert will soon usher in Once Upon a quiet storm, as a record of a lost treasure map of the Millennium trace of the ancient city of warlords has raised the competition …

Chinese Title: Ci Ling
Year: 2009
Director: Kevin Chu
Genre: Romance / Sci-Fi
Country: Taiwan / China
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: English / Chinese / Malay (idx/sub)
Cast: Jay Chou, Lin Chi-Ling, Chen Dao Ming, Eric Tsang, Miao Pu, Baron Chen, Wong Yat-Fei, Kenneth Tsang, Liu Genghong
Runtime: 105 mins

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Based on the manga by Kimio Yanaagisawa, this quirky Japanese spy comedy tells the story of dorky wage slave Hitoshi Tadano, an everyday salaryman who’s bland as toast by day, but who transforms into a suave, tuxedo wearing secret agent by night. When in the guise of his persona, Hitoshi can handle anything, but when a loose-cannon cowgirl of an endorsement model becomes the object of his protection, the man of mystery gets in over his head.

Japanese Title: Tokumei Kakaricho Tadano Hitoshi: Saigo No Gekijoban
Year: 2009
Director: Hisashi Ueda
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Katsunori Takahashi, Atsuko Sakurai, Masaru Nagai, Yuri Ebihara, Ryosei Tayama, Reiko Miura, Tatsuo Umemiya, Azumi Harusaki, Maria Ozawa
Runtime: 116 mins

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“Fish Story” centres around a rock band from 1975 who decide to break up having had no success, they record one last song before the band splits up. Decades later that song will have a profound effect on peoples lives, eventually becoming the saviour of the world.

Japanese Title: Fisshu Sutori
Year: 2009
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Atsushi Ito, Kengo Kora, Mikako Tabe, Gaku Hamada, Mirai Moriyama, Nao Omori, Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Runtime: 112 mins

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“The Weird Missing Case of Mr. J” is a detective-comedy centered around fund manager Seung-pil Jeong (Beom-su Lee). Seung-pil Jeong manages some 50 billion wons in assets and suddenly disappears one day. His fiance Mi-seon (Gyu-ri Kim) reports Seung-pil missing to the police. An overly aggressive detective named Inspector Kim (Chang-min Son) then suspects Mi-seon (Gyu-ri Kim) as the likely suspect – she took out an insurance policy on Seung-pil Jeong just the week before he went missing. Meanwhile, the disappearance of Seung-phil becomes a hot topic on national television.

Korean Title: Jeong Seung Pil Siljong Sageon
Other Titles: The Weird Missing Case of Mr. J
Year: 2009
Director: Kang Seok-beom
Genre: Comedy
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Lee Beom-soo, Kim Min-seon, Son Chang-min, Kim Roi-ha, Choi Jae-hwan, Lim Dae-ho, Kim Kwang-gyoo
Runtime: 139 mins

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“Take Off” is centered around the joy and sorrow of the first Korean national ski jump team. In 1997, the county of Muju in South Korea bids to host the 2002 Winter Olympics. The IOC judges responsible for picking the host city wonders how Korea could host the Winter Olympics without having a national ski jump team. Because of this, a Korean ski jumping team is quickly formed.

Korean Title: Gukga Daepyo
Year: 2009
Director: Kim Yong-hwa
Genre: Drama / Sports
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English / Korean (idx/sub)
Cast: Ha Jeong-woo, Kim Ji-seok, Kim Dong-wook, Lee Jae-eung, Choi Jae-hwan, Lee Han-wi, Sung Dong-il, Hyeon Junie
Runtime: 139 mins

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Ken is a heartthrob actor who has a bad boy reputation of loving beautiful girls and dumping them when he finds a new girl. His complicated relationship always leads to many gossips. When Ken’’s wedding is announced, the public curiously take more focuses on him and his life never be the same again. Soon, Ken is convinced that he is threatened by his fanclub and paparazzi. But when the threats getting more deadly, Ken begins to realize that an envious ghost of one of his ex-girlfriend never wants to let him go.

Thai Title: Fan Kao
Year: 2009
Director: Piyapan Choopetch
Genre: Horror
Country: Thailand
Language: Thai
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Chakrit Yamnarm, Wanida Termtanaporn, Nawadee Mokkawes
Runtime: 86 mins

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A hit man looks to protect the daughter of one of his victims against CIA assassins.

Year: 2009
Director: Max Mannix
Genre: Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese / English
Subtitles: English (srt)
Cast: Gary Oldman, Kippei Shiina, Kyoko Hasegawa, Misa Shimizu, Takumi Bando, Akira Emoto, Dirk Hunter
Runtime: 111 mins

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A convenience store is robbed by a man in mask, at all that chaotic moment, a customer is stabbed with a little table knife on his back and fell over?!

The robber is jolted and in a blaze, he hustles to run away. All of a sudden, his lookout is knocked down by a car, the lady deadly pours in a pool of blood…

Inside the car sits two young guys who should have got there to rob that convenience store in the first place, unfortunately they are impeded by a lady passed by while stealing the car… since then their plan have to be changed. Two guys are totally thunderstruck when they knock over the lady…

It is about the same time, a team of police comes coincidentally for an unrelated operation, all the things are uncovered and all the guys are arrested.

All the crazy things happen at one night, but none of the incidents are really coincident. It comes out like this is all because someone plays too BIG!!

Chinese Title: Kwan Yan Chut Si
Year: 2009
Director: Danny Pang Fat
Genre: Drama / Crime / Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Subtitles: English (idx/sub)
Cast: Elanne Kong, William Chan, Chrissie Chau, Jones Xu, Wylie Chiu, Pakho Chow, Siu Fei, James Ho, Stephanie Cheng
Runtime: 80 mins

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Just out of jail, Ah Yu is looking to find her way again in life and love. A former prison mate gives her a job in a girly bar, but the men she meets either think she’s a prostitute or take advantage of her until one day at the pier she meets a seemingly aloof fisherman who draws an emotional response that she thought was lost.

Chinese Title: Shen Hai
Year: 2005
Director: Cheng Wen-tang
Genre: Romance / Drama
Country: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin
Subtitles: English / Chinese (idx/sub)
Cast: Tarcy Su, Lu Yi-Ching, Leon Dai, Huang Wu-shan, Wei Lee, Yang Kuei-Mei
Runtime: 107 mins
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

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