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Language: Japanese, Director: Yojiro Takita
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Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoko Hirosue |
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“Departures” is the rare film that successfully combines aspects of a commercial film, art house film, light comedy & heavy drama (pertaining to family & death). The film recently received a surprise boost in recognition by winning the “Best Foreign Language Film” at this year’s Academy Awards.
The film already achieved stellar box office results when it first screened in Japan this past September and is currently screening for the second time in Japan after winning the Academy Awards. U.S. distributor Regent Releasing is also planning to distribute the film in select U.S. cities starting this May... |
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| Red Cliff 2 / Chi bi xia: Jue zhan tian xia (Chinese) |
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Just six months after “Red Cliff” bulldozed its way across cinema screens in Asia, the second & final installment of John Woo’s epic portrayal of the Battle of Red Cliff comes to the screen as “Red Cliff 2.”... |
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| Breathless / Ddongpari (Korean) |
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After watching “Breathless” I can certainly understand why the movie generated so much buzz at international film festivals earlier this year. “Breathless” also marks the debut for Ik-jun Yang who takes the role of director... |
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| Infernal Affairs / Mou gaan dou (Chinese) |
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“Infernal Affairs" was a huge hit in Hong Kong and inspired Scorsese’s remake, “The Departed”. The most compelling aspect of the film would be the psychological war of wits between SP Wong (cops) and Sammy (triad)... |
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| Kwaidan / Kaidan (Japanese) |
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Kwaidan consists of four separate and unrelated stories based on Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folk tales. The movie won the Special Jury Prize at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination... |
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{ Top Japanese Movies } |
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Battle Royale (Batoru rowaiaru) |
| Director: Kinji Fukasaku; Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Shin Kusaka, Ren Matsuzawa, Gouki Nishimura, Shigehiro Yamaguchi, Taro Yamamoto |
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Tokyo Sonata |
| Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa; Cast: Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyoko Koizumi, Yu Koyanagi, Inowaki Kai, Haruka Igawa |
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{ Top Chinese Movies } |
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Election (Hak se wui) |
| Director: Johnny To; Cast: Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Louis Koo, Nick Cheung, Ka Tung Lam, Siu-Fai Cheung, Suet Lam, Tian-lin Wang |
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The longest night in Shanghai |
| Director: Yibai Zhang; Cast: Wei Zhao, Masahiro Motoki, Li Feng, Dylan Kuo, Sam Lee, Naomi Nishida, Ben Niu, Xinyi Zhang, Yibai Zhang |
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Red Cliff (Chi Bi Xia) |
| Director: John Woo ; Cast: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Chen Chang, Wei Zhao, Shido Nakamura, Fengyi Zhang, Jun Hu |
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Exiled (Fong Juk) |
| Director: Johnny To; Cast: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Francis Ng, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Richie Ren, Roy Cheung |
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Ip Man |
| Director: Wilson Yip; Cast: Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Simon Yam, Siu-Wong Fan, Ka Tung Lam, Yu Xing, You-Nam Wong, Chen Zhi Hui |
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{ Top Korean Movies } |
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The divine weapon (Singijeon) |
| Director: Yu-jin Kim; Cast: Jae-yeong Jeong, Eun-jeong Han, Jun-ho Heo, Sung-kee Ahn, Geon-sik Bae, Li-seong Do, Seong-mo Jeong |
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Breathless (Ddongpari) |
| Director: Yang Ik-Jun; Cast: Yang Ik-Jun, Kim Kkot-Bi, Jeong Man-Sik, Lee Hwan, Yun Seung-Hun, Kim Hee-Su, Park Jeong-Sun |
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Secret sunshine (Milyang) |
| Director: Lee Chang-Dong; Cast: Jeon Do-Yeon, Song Kang-Ho, Seon Jeong-Yeop, Jo Yeong-Jin, Kim Mi-Hyang, Kim Mi-Kyung |
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My dear enemy (Meotjin haru) |
| Director: Yoon-ki Lee; Cast: Jeon Do-Yeon, Ha Jung-Woo, Hye-ok Kim, Oh Ji-Eun, Kim Young-Min, Kim Jung-Ki, Yeong-jin Shin, Gi Ju-Bong |
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The host (Gwoemul) |
| Director: Joon-ho Bong; Cast: Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Doona Bae, Ah-sung Ko, Brian Rhee |
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