Country: China
Genre: Drama
Year 1941 a roll of film is delivered to Shanghai and a Chinese spy named Gong An Ming Liu Yun Long must decide what he should do with the film which turns out containing a great secret that could shock the whole world. He discovers the plan code named East Wind Rain and passes the information to the American that their territory will soon be invaded by the Japanese. The code is aired...
Country: Japan
Genre: Action ; jidaigeki
The early days of the Tokugawa shogunate are brought to light in this exciting historical tale of broken vows and violent swordplay. In an ambush reminiscent of Miike’s 13 Assassins although pre-dating that incident by 160 years the heir to the shogun’s seat is brutally cut down by those who hope to install the emperor’s 5th son as military leader of the nation. A cast of big-name stars...
Country: Japan
Genre: jidaigeki
Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters Kichigoro and Jirokichi in old Japan. When Mukai Sadayu the vassal of Kaga Clan’s accounting officer Shinagawa Daihachi demands that Omon serve him tea in his mansion and she refuses the clan’s samurai abduct her setting in motion a series of events that will bring the two firefighters into a world of...
Country: American
Genre: Short
Short Film / 13 min When Tims girlfriend wont marry him because hes not Korean theres just one way to win her back... become Asian. Egg is a romantic comedy about just how much a person will change to hang on to the one they love. DIRECTOR: Chris Martin / FESTIVALS: Palm Springs International Shortfest Audience Favorites: Best of Fest Comedies; Newport Beach Film Festival; Hawaii...
Country: South Korea
Genre: Short
Short Film / 12 min JunKyung struggles to balance her love for her younger sister MinKyung and the temptation of a mans affections. When MinKyungs fiancé comes to visit the sisters strive to keep the secrets which bind them together and now threaten to pull them apart. DIRECTOR: Matte Chi / FESTIVALS: Best Emerging Student Filmmaker at Palm Springs International ShortFest; Kodak Best...
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama ; War
A young man Kentaro Saeki Haruma Miura keeps failing his bar test and does not know what to do any more. His older sister Keiko is a freelance writer. Kentaro and Keiko begin to search for information on their grandfather Kyuzo Miyabe Junichi Okada who died in the special forces during World War...
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama
The winter for third-year university students is the crossroads in their lives. The season where they are confronted with life choices. It is a season that students cannot disregard. There are those who are about to become adults without making any of their own decisions as well as those who have made up their minds. 21-year-old Matsuoka Aoi Arimura Kasumi dislikes making trouble for the people...
Country: Japan
Genre: Drama ; Biography
Actress is not just the story that charts the rise of Kinuyo Tanaka played brilliantly by Sayuri Yoshinaga who mesmerized and illuminated the screen with her charismatic performance of a legend from her naively youthful days in pigtails to coiffed professional veteran of the industry. We see how she started off in the studio system being one of many potential talents available having her...
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